Like when I heard Bruno Walter’s Conducting of Beethoven’s 5th.
It was monophonic. And it blew my ass away. It was glorious. How the fuck it should be done.
But there is no accounting for taste.
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Bruno Walter would beat your ass over your head… without you becoming insensible.
I should probably stop talking by this time…
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I have to agree, Mr. Klempff does a better job of this piece. However, I will never discount anyone who can play Moonlight Sonata (any or all of the movements) this well. I can tinker on the piano, but this is another level.
You know, it’s funny you should have this thread … I wrote the “Moonlight” Sonata (“Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp Minor” is the real name) for a girl Ludwig and I were both dating. She ditched us both – but what a ride!
I later taught Wilhelm the piano – good student.
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I had ORGAN lessons as a kid, hated it. The 3rd Movement has always been phenomenal, maybe with a 3rd hand. Might be why I have a player piano.
@Jimmy Soul
32,838,480 views, I’m pretty my old fingers can’t move that fast anymore. We used to change the stereo from 33 to 16 to figure out guitar parts.
Remember those – “record players”.
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@Erik
I don’t know too much about classical music, but I am pretty sure that the portion of Holst’s “Planets” that represent Jupiter were turned into a hymn which was played at Princess Diana’s funeral. It is, IMO, the best part of “Planets”.
The video of the funeral is available on YouTube.
@Erik
I did a little searching and the hymn is an English patriotic song based on Holst’s Jupiter segment. It has been played at the funeral of many British PMs,including Churchill and Thatcher. It is called “I Vow to Thee My Country”. It is a beautiful piece of music.
Nothing against this… but I’ll have to stick with Wilhelm Kempff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6txOvK-mAk
I had an LP (probably still have it) by Deutsche Grammophon that was Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, including the No.14. It was Wilhelm Kempff, pianist.
The LP cover was a charcoal drawing of some fucking building. And some losers.
But it was a definitive work, for me. Nothing else would do.
That’s much to say Holst’s The Planets was definitive with the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s The Planets, Conducted by William Steinberg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D283OHutcn0
Like when I heard Bruno Walter’s Conducting of Beethoven’s 5th.
It was monophonic. And it blew my ass away. It was glorious. How the fuck it should be done.
But there is no accounting for taste.
Bruno Walter would beat your ass over your head… without you becoming insensible.
I should probably stop talking by this time…
I have to agree, Mr. Klempff does a better job of this piece. However, I will never discount anyone who can play Moonlight Sonata (any or all of the movements) this well. I can tinker on the piano, but this is another level.
Flashmob!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4NJRCCgK_AM
You know, it’s funny you should have this thread … I wrote the “Moonlight” Sonata (“Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp Minor” is the real name) for a girl Ludwig and I were both dating. She ditched us both – but what a ride!
I later taught Wilhelm the piano – good student.
I had ORGAN lessons as a kid, hated it. The 3rd Movement has always been phenomenal, maybe with a 3rd hand. Might be why I have a player piano.
3rd movement, hey?
https://youtu.be/o6rBK0BqL2w
@Jimmy Soul
32,838,480 views, I’m pretty my old fingers can’t move that fast anymore. We used to change the stereo from 33 to 16 to figure out guitar parts.
Remember those – “record players”.
@Erik
I don’t know too much about classical music, but I am pretty sure that the portion of Holst’s “Planets” that represent Jupiter were turned into a hymn which was played at Princess Diana’s funeral. It is, IMO, the best part of “Planets”.
The video of the funeral is available on YouTube.
@Erik
I did a little searching and the hymn is an English patriotic song based on Holst’s Jupiter segment. It has been played at the funeral of many British PMs,including Churchill and Thatcher. It is called “I Vow to Thee My Country”. It is a beautiful piece of music.
A version is here, sung by Katherine Jenkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIh8_2c2aqU