Irina Lankova, Beethoven The Appassionata Part II & III , St Martin in the Fields

[@johnrobertson8938]

WOW! A lively powerful performance without being overbearing. Loved it.

[@hughlazarus7806]

Outstanding

[@luizamsalgado]

The epithome of poetry and refinement in playing, Irina Lankova !

[@TheOBOE71]

Rien de mieux que de vous écouter au réveil dans Beethoven ! Quelle classe. Merci encore, Irina.

[@A1IslaFan]

Having never heard this before, you've set a very high standard for me to appreciate🎼🎵, and it will be hard to accept anything less!

[@johnswimcat]

Irina takes no prisoners, she goes straight for the heart. Once her playing has touched you, there is no way back

[@luizamsalgado]

EXACTLY ! I love her, a peerless artist !

[@shengfang4031]

An honor to leave my first comment on KZbin to pianist Lankova's 'live' for Appassionata, Part 2. Thanks a million, Irina Lankova. :) From a prospective mathematician.

[@pierredehon9538]

C’est magnifique Irina 🙏🙏💫💫💕

[@teamuncle]

Thank you.

[@gradimircvetkovic3521]

Strong

[@pascalcs]

Après avoir passé un an pour (mal) jouer les 40 premières secondes du 3 eme mouvement, j’ai finalement abandonné et me console en vous écoutant et vous voyant le jouer avec autant de naturel et sans tension apparente. C’est magnifique.

[@GarySchmidtPianist]

Of course I have heard many many performances of this and yours is definitely one of the best.

[@luizamsalgado]

Always wonderful dear Maestra IRINA ! Each interpreation of yours is Always a Revelation ... That's the way I was expecting to listen to the "Appasionata".....Thank you !

[@IrinaLankovaOfficialChannel]

Thank you Luiz!

[@gennadiyshenfeld3499]

You are magician.

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Irina, magnífica maestra

[@mathis.lucasmusic2418]

as a pianist myself, i can't even imagine the amount of work to learn a piece like this from Bethov, inspiring playing ! liked and suscribed cheers from France

[@IrinaLankovaOfficialChannel]

merci Mathis, meilleurs voeux

[@melki999]

C'est presqu'une marche funèbre la façon dont il commence ce deuxième mouvement; le maître aura rarement été si triste. Mais à 2:00, un sourire revient déjà, très fin. Puis ça devient positivement étrange, pluie et soleil, grosses gouttes espacées, la retenue des notes entre 6:20 et 7:20 est magique (la main gauche), c'est littéralement une minute hors du temps... Alors ce doit être l'aube à nouveau, et très vite, et les chevaux, une course avec le soleil qui se lève. J'adore la narration et jusqu'au final qui contient une véritable chute en lui-même. Brillante Irina. Je suis aussi très heureux de lire les commentaires ici, je croyais que j'étais fou mais vous êtes sincèrement unique. Admiration et respect total. :-)

[@large_format_photography]

Interpretazione di incredibile bellezza!

[@francoriva55]

Beautiful performance and beautiful you are Irina. From Bellagio ,Italy. 100 metres near Liszt 's home (1837 ).

[@IrinaLankovaOfficialChannel]

Thank you Franco ! Greetings to beautiful Italy

[@teodorgodtfredteistedal9780]

I like it. Wonderful!

[@カープファン-z6g]

いつも、いつもランコワさんの演奏に癒されています。情感が伝わってきます。

[@johnswimcat]

I've never heard this played like this

[@shengfang4031]

Happy new year pianist Irina Lankova. Happy new year to all friends passing by. All the best!

[@victorjosesanchezruiz1214]

Irina, te felicito por tu talento y virtuosismo. Eres una privilegiada del Universo y si eres creyente....una bendecida por Dios ))))

[@minageorgepiano5099]

u need more audience very well played, we wait for more u r gr8

[@ivanchelsea2110]

Bravo lady

[@moacirjosedondellipaulillo3146]

Ela é a minha atual paixão musical!

[@avocatdenis]

There is a lot of debate (well, perhaps some) regarding the tempo for the last movement of Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata. The marking is "Allegro ma non- troppo". To quote from the foremost expert on Beethoven, Donald Fransis Tovey, "This movement is often taken too fast. Beethoven is rather sparing of the warning 'ma non troppo' and it occurs more often in later than in earlier works. It is therefore not a warning that should be neglected." Most pianists (as is the case here) prefer to take a faster tempo, as it does create a rather exciting rendition, which is preferred by the general public. However, a more authoritative reading of this movement requires a slower tempo. You may want to contrast this interpretation with that of either Arthur Schabel or Anton Kuerti to explore how tempi that are more in keeping with Beethoven's markings have a profoundly different outcome/effect. In the end, we are blessed with having so many different approaches to such a great work. Otherwise, the musical world would be rather boring if everyone plaid masterworks exactly the same way.

[@IrinaLankovaOfficialChannel]

I totally agree with your conclusion 🙏😘

[@camillobenso468]

Maybe I am wrong but I had the impression that the acoustic of the hall was not fitting this Sonata & may have disturbed the artist. Too much marble or stones around the piano gave sometimes a sound too bright, especially in the 3rd movement. Nothwistanding Ms Lankova managed to play very well. She showed to be a pianist of great class.

[@IrinaLankovaOfficialChannel]

thank you, the acoustique of a church is often difficult for piano, but this particular place is unbelievably inspiring..

Would be interesting to hear your Beethoven Pathetique first movement, Tempest, Debussy’s Arabesque and Schubert’s the other two Impromptus.