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Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata op 27 # 2 Mov 3 Valentina Lisitsa
Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata op 27 # 2 Mov 3 Valentina Lisitsa
Recording in Beethovensaal, Hannover Germany, Dec 2009. Wilhelm Kempff recorded Beethoven cycle in the very same hall. Buy Moonlight Sonata DVD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Royal-Albert-Hall-DVD/dp/B008B11S1A/ref=pd_sim_m_h__1/280-8455980-3697964 Valentina Lisitsa Live at the Royal Albert Hall US iTunes - http://bit.ly/iTunesUSVal US Amazon - http://bit.ly/ValRAH
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Moonlight Sonata played at what is now thought at the original, faster, tempo. Really interesting new way to listen to a classical piece everybody knows.




I'm confused by your comment. This is the third movement, not the first. It has three parts. It has always been played this quickly! The music tempo markings require it. The first movement is slow, this is perhaps the one you are familiar with.
I learnt to play this piece for my piano exams when I was a 14yr old, and that third movement became a bit of a party piece on demand because of that fiery rash of broken arpeggios. Teenagers!
There are many recordings of this work but Daniel Barenboim's from the late 60s, are considered definitive recordings of Beethoven's sonatas. If you are ever wondering about style and historic research.
I'm going to photograph the music markings for you so that you can see the tempo directions. 1. Adagio sostenuto (slow), 2. Allegretto (upbeat) 3. Presto agitato (crazy fast)
Very interesting, thanks!
After some googling, it seems this is just something going around the interwebs without sources. I'm now part of the problem!
No way. Is that really what people are spreading around? That's HILARIOUS. I bet money on that being a practical joke some classical musos cooked up, too. :)
Haha, would be really interesting to track down.
Do us all a favor and post more classical on /Music!
The app has a meltdown when I click your music link, so I'm not sure which comm it directs to. I've joined a few with music in the name, to be sure!
Yeah, confusingly enough, there are multiple comms named "Music", but only one of them has the URL https://www.imzy.com/Music. It's the one with the guitar-playing dino as its icon.
Ok, Dino did it. Your link also breaks Imzy app. Thanks, Dino!
If you want a real "we've been playing classical music wrong" story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/theater/have-we-been-playing-gershwin-wrong-for-70-years.html
George Gershwin's "American in Paris" has a part for a set of four Paris taxicab horns. In the original score, they are labeled A, B, C, and D. Which led people to believe that the horns were meant to be tuned to those notes.
But analysis of early recordings of the piece reveal that the horns aren't tuned to those notes at all. Gershwin just grabbed a random set of four taxi horns.
This is a bit controversial, since we've been playing the piece with the A-B-C-D tuning for many years. And there are companies which specifically manufacture taxi horns tuned for this piece.
Oh man, it's not just "presto" it's "presto agitato"!
Yup. I recall after my exam was done (man, this is taking me back years now, oh 80s), my piano teacher said she was pressed up against the door listening in a state of panic, because I started that movement at a breakneck speed, and she didn't know if I would hold out until the end. So funny! I held on! I felt like such a boss at the end of it. Examiner's notes were a little excited, too, I recall. This is the ultimate piece for funnelling teenage angst! Take that, world! Take that, hormones! ;)