Claire Huangci | Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 21, op. 53 "Waldstein" (live recording)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53 "Waldstein"
I. Allegro con brio 00:07
II. Introduzione: Adagio molto 10:32
III. Rondo: Allegretto moderate - Prestissimo 14:16
Claire Huangci - Piano
Video commissioned by con brio - Freunde der Kammermusik Hückelhoven e.V. as part of the festival "Klavier entlang der Rur"
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Full recital: • Claire Huangci
Sound and video: Daniel Gronsfeld

[@Desireyso58]

She's magnificent pianist! This Waldstein it's Flawless, one of the best in this Century.

[@tbarrelier]

This is as good as it gets. I never heard Ms. Huangci play before; she now has one more fan (me) after hearing this extraordinary rendition of the Waldstein!

[@rothschildianum]

I have listened to her playing for 2 years. I say that her playing is one of the best. She is definitely top pianists in the world. I hope she will receive more recognition.

[@weile4u]

Most delightful, thank you for doing Beethoven's most shining pieces!

[@jcinaz]

So very excellent! A mesmerizing performance.

[@elisabethlililatigresse840]

🌹Voici la version la plus originale de tout ce que j’ai pu entendre, Claire surpasse les plus célèbres pianistes. Waoh, quelle artiste !!🌹

[@clementreid907]

Very moving, very human, transcendental performance. Lines amazingly clear.

[@elfriedelengersdorf110]

Die Waldsteinsonate so frisch, transparent und klar, einfach wunderbar.

[@kerawelt2008]

Terrific performance ! Two thumbx up !

[@liewlipnan3524]

The best Waldstein I have ever heard! 😊👍👏👏

[@davyroger3773]

Listen to Martha Argerich's

[@parkthoven]

Clear and bright C.Bechstein sound, wonderful~!

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Incredibly good pianist. Have her Chopin Nocturnes and they are the best I've heard since long ago. A prodigy of sensitivity and a masterful technique. Ms Huangci is with no doubt, one of the greatest pianists of this Century. 🎶🎵👍😇

[@VanoArts]

very good dynamics

[@simonmountford1511]

Delightful performance. One of my favourite sonatas. Cannot remember when i heard it broadcast on the radio.

[@perotal]

She remembered everything Kovacevic taught her. Beautiful

[@jorgevillagra6400]

Wow, great performance !

[@Desireyso58]

I think she's a great musician! I went at Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, Her rendition on Schumann's concert was superb! BRAVO CLAIRE!!!

[@K43TOC]

Her tremolos are breathtaking!!!

[@user-jh3ys3im6f]

Браво, милая леди! Вы великолепны! Играете божественно! Здоровья, счастья и всего самого наилучшего!

[@hansussusans5047]

Eine großartige Pianistin und eine Aufnahme, die optisch wie akustisch optimal ist! Danke! ❤

[@loving-everyone-equally]

Thrilling, fantastic, great. 🌹

[@nelsnelsen6741]

When Ludwig wrote this I don't think he ever imagined someone like Clair was going to Play it like this , ,

[@chulight]

I am also a new fan. I agree that it does not get better. I heard her last night in concert performing the Beethoven conceerto 3.

[@opera93]

Thanks, just starting with this Artist.. ps:: Where was the THIRD CONCERTO AT?? thank you.

[@reginaltedbrown]

MY FAVORITE....very, very good.

[@charlesmerritt52]

I was like, "I'll check this out for 3 minutes". 3 became 23.

[@russellaustin8453]

Wonderful Technique!

[@goscott444]

Learned something from her, she backwards strokes some keys!😊

[@Janaceks_Dad]

Brilliant, just briliant...even if her tempos a bit too fast in the 1st and 3rd movements...I love her firm sense of rhythm...hopefully she'll continue playing at this level...astounding playing!!

[@grayline88s]

Agree! This is breakneck speed, but I think the power of the piece comes through even more at a slightly slower speed.

[@ewtam24]

Brava!

[@tandavid9016]

Beethoven is the greatest that compose great works you can't find composer now a day can write great music but there is many pianist who can perform this work nothing fantastic

[@nicolinopintus4919]

Bravissima

[@Mrmmm88]

I will never understand why most pianists start this movement mezzo forte/ forte. It's clearly marked Pianissimo. However I did enjoy most of the interpretation.

[@pierrot6598]

I suspect there are many things you will never understand.

[@CreatedPSC]

14:46 이 부분에 오류가 있습니다

[@joshuaanpiano]

very freely

[@mariosantoniades4058]

Geschwindigkeit ist nicht alles in der Musik. Viele kleine Fehler aufgrund dessen bzw. ab 22:30 die Skalen sind laut Manuskript nicht so durchzuführen! Alles in allem eine schöne Interpretation dieses Meisterwerks von L. v. Beethoven.

[@ernestnagel4683]

Ich stimme völlig überein!

[@hansdekorver7365]

Die Skalen ? That is totally unimportant.

[@saxangel45]

muy bien, pero un poco mas tranquila, para mi gusto. felicidades.

[@magicmulder]

The interpretation is good, I just don't like that she cheats with the octaves (which everyone but Horowitz and Rubinstein play glissando - which I don't like either -, and only Horowitz manages to play them at proper speed) by using both hands while sacrificing a few notes.

[@pierrot6598]

Her hands are too small to comfortably play the octaves in an octave glissando fashion. However I have to say she manages to make her fingered octaves sound more like glissandos than anyone else who fingers the octaves.

[@kbalfe]

Keys were narrower and action much lighter in Beethoven's dsy

[@asafoetida5403]

It's good, if rather on the busy side-but why do pianists fail to take Beethoven's pianissimos seriously/

[@camilloflaim7242]

Better than W. Kempf more brillant . Probably have had one good teacher.

[@danilobonamoneta1111]

Molto abile, ma l'esecuzione di dubravka tomsic è inarrivabile

[@user-gi2qr1gi2q]

I always regard Clare as one of more musically mature young pianists with deeper understanding of music she plays especially in Austro-German repertoire. But this is a surprise to me that Beethoven is not at home in this particular performance. Maybe Liszt is housing sitting Instead because what she does here is a display of stunning finger-busting etude playing ignoring Beethoven's revolutionary harmonic progressions with a variety of orchestral sounds in mind. Not to denigrate Mussorgsky 's Pictures, but one can still get away with it by using a wrong emotional template to play it through. But one cannot be a revisionist playing Beethoven as his music is very specific in terms of sound, tempo and articulation. She misses the point amid speedy runs. It is a fallacy nowadays to generalize all performances (good or bad) as a matter of taste if all notes are hit correctly. This is not a good Beethoven rendition.

[@user-bt8kn6rz8j]

As a music loving, non-musician I must say that despite the undeniable brilliance, talent and sheer laser-like playing of today's crop of younger players (the Yuja Wang crowd), I still can't compare them to the deep humanity of the great names of the past, such as Richter, Gilels, Rubinstein and Horowitz... I may not understand or be able to communicate the finer details/ specifics of music theory, but my ears have been tuned to the great pianists of the past, and as great a talent as these modern players are, I still cannot compare these young titans to the masters of the past. Their performance is undeniably wonderful, but I believe they need further to mature, and audiences of today need to be reminded of the incredible quality and humanity of past masters. Thank God for CD's (and all recorded music of the past, an incredible treasure)! Cheers, massolrac 😎🖖Live Long & Prosper!

[@yugangcheng2429]

又是一个从钢琴流水线上出来的，没有贝多芬的感觉

[@rwllms9845]

对于那些苛责她的人，你能做得更好吗？她非常有才华！

[@yugangcheng2429]

@@rwllms9845 有才不是你喊出来的，是需要大家公认的，就这快跟精神病似的水平，我看她是想出名都快想疯了……