MICHELANGELI - SONATE OPUS 111 - ARIETTA [2] - BEETHOVEN

II. Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile -
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Klavier -
Turin 1962
Seine Weltkarriere begann mit einem Debüt in London im Jahre 1946.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, auch ABM genannt, reiste grundsätzlich mit seinem eigenen Flügel und eigenem Klavierstimmer. Er stand im Rufe eines unnahbaren Perfektionisten, der bereits wegen geringfügiger Mängel Konzerte absagte. Gefürchtet waren auch seine gereizten Reaktionen aufgrund schon geringer Störungen aus dem Publikum.

Seinem Perfektionismus ist es zuzuschreiben, dass er sich auf ein relativ schmales Repertoire konzentrierte. Neben der Musik von Ravel und Debussy widmete er sich besonders ausgesuchten Werken der Wiener Klassik und Romantik. Viele seiner Interpretationen zeichneten sich durch großen farblichen Reichtum, klangliche Vollendung und strukturelle Klarheit aus. [Wikipedia]

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• Michelangeli
• Sonate op.111
• Beethoven
• 2.Satz [2]

[werewethere]

Technically magnificent, but agreed, cold. But I do wonder if part of it is the sound engineering, even the applause sounds like it's being muffled by a comforter. Thank you for posting, berlinzerberus.

[berlinzerberus]

..i dont agree with you that Michelangeli plays the arietta coldly,perhaps you mean 'cool', that might be right,outstanding as he was.

consider he was italian and he comes from verdi and not from wagner,the two famous antagonistic parties,so of course he has got another basic approach inevitably to Beethoven and to the interpretation of his sonatas,completely different to the great german or austrian pianists.

but 'cold' no i dont think so!!!

[degreplayspiano]

@berlinzerberus I don't think you can seriously say that michelangeli, as an italian, "comes from verdi", while german pianists "come from wagner"...I'd like to know, according to this opinion, where does Arrau "come from"! I agree with the guys who said that this interpretation is cold and doesn't express the deep meaning, almost religious, of this piece. And I precise that Michelangeli is my favourite pianist...this isn't one of his best interpretations.

[berlinzerberus]

..but of course,it´s a question of mentality,tradition especially in education.arrau got a studenship from the Chilean govenment to study abroard.he just arrived in berlin as a child and had been taught by a german teacher [Martin Krause].so he adapted the german musical tradition very early and he was destined for that.

no doubt that Michelangeli belongs to the 'Verdi'-camp.but i heard him live with Op.111 15 years later and it was absolutely glorious and outstanding not cold,on the contrary!!

[cirosuperiore]

so sad that ABM never seemed to quite respect his audience... oh well. he was such a great performer that his fan forgave his misgivings anyway.

great videos...it's wonderful that so many of these forgotten videos are making their way to YouTube...the internet is getting better by the minute. 

[iguarni]

@surgeinmedium Viene da chiedersi come possa una persona ormai sorda, in una maniera splendida, far capire che cosa sarà la musica cent'anni dopo la sua morte. Beethoven non è solo un compositore, è vero, è un genio senza tempo dell'Umanità!

[dagadbm]

there is only one problem that i see here. and it's between the chair and the computer screen

[bratzko79]

this is brilliant as most of the other great musicians that played it. Leonskajas new release is a must too...

[PublicLibraryx]

@harald144 Nope the 2nd movt of his 32nd sonata (obviously), it has a boggie woggie feel. I geuss the root of boogie jazzy music? perhaps?

[cirosuperiore]

did this man EVER miss a note? 

[harald144]

isn't this boogie woogie ?

[jeflehardi91]

Too fast for me ! I just like the Serkin or Arrau 's version ! (sorry for my english)

[plonati]

I suggest to pay attention at 1:50. There's a subtle beat I hear only in Michelangeli's performance, a sort of counterbeat very clear and dancing, full of swing I'd say: usually pianists play here a sort of rustle, not rhythmically defined. In the score there's a clear pedal indication that only Michelangeli fully seems to realize, that bears this effect. I think this is something MORE in this interpretation, not better, not worst, but a plus in score reading accuracy and understanding.

[dermusikverfallen]

Maybe his Heaven seems a bit could first, but IT IS indeed a beautyfull heaven. Logically, clear lines full of melodios tension, ability for pianissimo. Creating a kind of secound nature in art, emotions so strangly cultivated that they become in a way objectivable that the art performance is getting an idea of eternity. Where ever this titan may be now, I wish that he is sourounded by the warmness had earned his soul for that unsefilsh serving the music an god. He will always be a mementum.