Vladimir Ashkenazy: Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op. 101

[@nickk8416]

Ashkenazy is underrated in most everything he plays. I've never heard a sub par performance from him. He is a marvelous pianist.

[@jormaple]

what a master.....this is pianism of the highest magnitude...

[@joshuafruend3348]

Glorious! I love this sonata so much, and Ashkenazy’s interpretation is beautiful and clear!

[@benlizon]

@@IbrahimHoldsForth for me it's tied with the fugue inversion in Op. 110. I prefer this sonata overall though

[@cattleman6420012000]

A wonderful live performance. I really love Vladimir Ashkenazy's playing.

[@altoclef6688]

Ashkenazy is one of my favourite Beethoven pianists. There is something special with Beethoven, pianists I usually love to listen to become boring when they play Beethoven... Ashkenazy finds the emotions in his pieces. This particular sonata is also one of my favourite Beethoven pieces - a very good combo!

[@uwedringenberg6473]

wunderbar gespielt, mit großer Tiefe, ohne Eitelkeiten, ohne Romantizismen, im besten Sinne klassisch.

[@donaldalbano6484]

Vladimir and Wilhelm Kempff are my favorite Beethoven pianists. Wunder shoene gespielt.

[@geospot4679]

Superb. I usually listen to the Gilels but this is every bit as good

[@francodegrandis7531]

Quasi come gilels no come gilels

[@highpeaksphil]

Beethoven at his sublime best!

[@frederiquefiorente8794]

"une rose épanouie sur l'immense plaine neigeuse du silence" Milan Kundera (L'insoutenable légèreté de l'Etre)

[@chrish12345]

great playing of perhaps the hardest Beethoven sonata

[@MrMattouven]

Why so difficult? I am genuinely curious!

[@FirstGentleman1]

I guess we all can agree that his Hammerklaviersonate op. 106 is his hardest.

[@MichaelTLam]

@@MrMattouven the 2nd and 4th movements are very technically demanding, due to their fast tempo. Especially the 4th, where you have a fugue, which involves more than one voice in one hand at times. One small miscoordination and a whole phrase can be off. Therefore, a great deal of slow practice is required. But perhaps even more so, this sonata is very musically/emotionally mature. It is very difficult to convey the emotions properly. That's why it is recommended for people not to perform the late sonatas until they are mature enough. (I'm 22 and working on this one now, but I'm sure one, two, three, or six decades later I will have learned many more things.)

[@MiguelMontalvan]

II mov 04:31 III mov 10:20 IV mov 13:07

[@andreapetterini6527]

Geniale

[@lifeishardaf]

12:35

[@pineneedle555]

Beethoven early sonatas are mostly bright and joyful. I I can feel frustrations and sadness with later ones.

[@dgontar]

I think this is one of his concerts from Switzerland. He would give free concerts sometimes there.

[@kellisuzuki8889]

16:00 trill

[@shanhuiwu3198]

10:22 12:35

[@mananakuhnl4136]

Wie

[@ofiwillow3774]

Зачем же он так лупит по клавишам в четвертой части?.. Должно быть, не хватает той самой Entschlossenheit, которую он заменяет просто барабанными ударами без собранности...

[@EmptyVee00000]

I do not comprehend your comment; the Entschlossenheit is absolutely there as it should be.