The Greatest Recordings EVER! Beethoven "Named" Piano Sonatas

[@kevinyoung4548]

Might I also recommend Jed Distler's Piano Maven podcast as a companion to this channel. Takes care of the piano fix we all need.

[@michelangelomulieri5134]

@@kevinyoung4548 I share your recommendation and go on saying that while listening to his podcast I had the great opportunity to getting to know pianists who were unfamiliar to me on Beethoven piano sonatas. Seymour Lipkin, to name but a few: his op 10 n. 2 is out of this world! It seems to listen to the late Beethoven!

[@jdistler2]

Thank you, Kevin!

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

Absolutely. Jed's the best.

[@piotrkaczmarczyk1792]

Great recollection of less known apprentice of Arturo Benedetti - Michelangeli. Try also recordings of less known Jeno Jando, Rudolf Buchbinder or Paul Badura - Skoda. The last one with great esteem in Mitteleuropa but I do not know if well known in States. 😊

[@michelangelomulieri5134]

@ Agree with you as to badura Skoda!

[@pierrevigna]

The best beethoven sonatas recording ever. Without any question ! Just listen to the moonlight finale. One of my all time favourite cd. Thanks for sharing Moravec genius

[@neilford99]

I wish I had your self-confidence and profound knowledge to deny the genius of Moravec. 😂😂😂

[@rameau6577]

Thank you for highlighting once again a recording of one of my idols. I will always be grateful for Moravec‘s Chopin.

[@ethanlehman5612]

Thank you for the wonderful morning of listening!

[@georgequievryn1150]

WOW. I am not typically a solo piano guy but OH MY! The last movement of the Moonlight is like nothing I have ever heard. At times terrifying and at times singing. And at times both at the same time. I’m a violinist and won’t pretend to understand how it’s possible to get such emotions from a piano.

[@markmiller3713]

I'll have to get this! Thanks for the recommendation.

[@davekeyes5589]

I so enjoy your speaking about Ivan Moravec, both as a pianist and as a person.

[@jbbevan]

Ivan was certainly underrated. I bought his first recordings of Beethoven Sonatas on LP back in the bi-centennial year of 1970. After hearing the 3rd movement of the Moonlight I've always thought "nobody else 'gets it.'" Recently I completed my set of Moravec's Beethoven...but still have those original LP's. I also have his Chopin Nocturnes which I think are very fine. I wish I had seen him live...but he simply didn't get much exposure in the USA. He was greatly respected by a niche group, but not well known among average collectors. Sad.

[@tom6693]

The "named" Beethoven sonata LP that surprised me years & years ago was Rubinstein's, not a pianist you automatically think of when you think of Beethovenians. But it's a winner, the Les Adiuex being especially wonderful. As ever, his tone is gorgeous and his rhythms exact. I've returned to it often. As Barenboim said, in one of those Great Pianists of the Century videos, Rubinstein, like many of his contemporaries, only performed a relatively small handful of the sonatas publicly but in private knew them all inside and out. And not for nothing, in his final recital tour of 1975-76, he included Op 31 #3, which I was lucky enough to hear him play with all the gusto and humor and dash you'd ever want. His recording of Op 2 #3 is another delightful surprise, fresh, well-sprung, engaging, just deliciously played.

[@piotrkaczmarczyk1792]

Great recollection of the less known apprentice of Arturo Benedetti - Michelangeli. As regards of other less known Beethoven interpreters, it is worth listening also to Jeno Jando, Rudolf Buchbinder and Paul Badura - Skoda (the last one maybe better known).

[@bobflagg8917]

Yes! The best version. The sound is remastered for the "Portrait" Moravec box from Supraphon which is wonderful.

[@sedna90377]

Here’s to more piano music! 😊

[@PaulCouture-t7d]

And to more Moravec! Thanks to this channel I love Moravec, especially in French music, and would like to learn more about his discography, particularly the two live concerts available on Supraphon.

[@michelangelomulieri5134]

I can confirm it was printed also by supraphon. Amazing performances!

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

Thanks for verifying. I was wondering about that. VAI must have been a licensed reissue.

[@maestroclassico5801]

These are the same recordings as the ones I see on Supraphon?

[@michelangelomulieri5134]

@yes, they are!

[@maestroclassico5801]

@michelangelomulieri5134 They are on HERE! YES! Fine recorded sound

[@mmeister13]

I just looked up the Supraphon on Amazon, and based on the photo it seems to be missing the Appassionata. Instead it has the No. 27. So maybe the VAI and Supraphon aren't exactly the same?

[@joseluisherreralepron9987]

Ordered! Thank you, Dave!

[@Johnwilkinsonofficial]

can i ask why you wouldnt just stream it?

[@SFguy415]

It's worth mentioning producer E. Alan Silver who was instrumental in capturing Moravec's magical sound world on those Connoisseur Society recordings.

[@drgaryb13]

I really want to thank you-- I am learning endlessly from your limitless knowledge about this material and your enthusiasm about it catches like wildfire. I imagine these may have been among your goals in starting this station. Also nice to see if your refusal to settle for subpar material, even if everyone else has sold his soul and is praising it! I've been poking through your videos and trying to see if you've compiled a list of your favorite conductors. If you've done one, can you kindly direct me to it? Please keep going!

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

I have not.

[@drgaryb13]

@DavesClassicalGuide - Well, forgive me for my ignorance, but here's a question I've not yet found anyone able to answer: What exactly makes a conductor "great?"

[@SuperHyperExtra]

I have a Supraphon CD with Les Adieux, Moonlight, Pathétique... but op. 90 instead of the Appassionata...

[@CluelessClutz]

Dave, do you know whether the Supraphon Moravec Beethoven CD contains the same performances? It is the same except the Appassionata is replaced by Op 90 and the 32 Variations (of which it may be the greatest recording ever!). In any case, truly stellar playing!

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

Yes, they are the same performances.

[@CluelessClutz]

@ Thank you!

[@damianthompson703]

But there's nothing fun about the left-hand broken octaves in the first movement of the Pathétique. Exhausting! Great recommendation, btw.

[@JohnBowen-z2e]

I think I know the answer but where do you stand on Moravec's Chopin Nocturnes?

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

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