BaL 3.02.18 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op.109

[ardcarp]

I guess the field was so massive, she just didn't get her head around period pianos, apart from that one clip. I always ask myself the question, "What would Ludwig have thought about the modern Steinway?" And I always answer myself by saying "He'd have loved it!" Not very HIPP, I admit. Whilst crowded LH chords (of which there are many in Op 109) sound a bit gruff on a modern piano, melodic material just sings out...whereas on early pianos melodic lines..to my ears anyway...sound thin and die away too quickly.

I was amused by her comments on Barenboim. Very perceptive, IMO.

[Thropplenoggin]

I've seen/heard Richard Goode several times (twice including this sonata) and, well, as I said, each to his own but I'm struggling to associate a word which I might use to describe Boris Johnson with what I heard this morning. We'll just have to agree to differ on RG - we clearly agree on Annie Fischer, though:)

Fair enough. It was more an attempt to convey a more aggressive attack of the keys... Yes, it's always pleasing to see an older disc scooping the plaudits like Fischer's; a new discovery for me but one I have been returning to all week.

[cloughie]

I'll be catching up this afternoon. Jamming session this morning.

Is that in the kitchen or a la Bob Marley?

[BBMmk2]

Is that in the kitchen or a la Bob Marley?

Who won?

[LeMartinPecheur]

Who won?

Goode, with Annie Fischer a very close second

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I guess the field was so massive, she just didn't get her head around period pianos, apart from that one clip. I always ask myself the question, "What would Ludwig have thought about the modern Steinway?" And I always answer myself by saying "He'd have loved it!"

Naaah! He'd've hated the monochrome "modern" piano - bygguring up his harmony, incapable of the meticulous Una corda shading that the Music requires.

He'd've loathed the taming of the sounds and bleached timbres.

I tell myself this all the time!

[vinteuil]

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... he might have been intrigued by the 'modern' piano.

I wonder what he would have written for it?

Certainly not the music which he did write for the instruments he knew...


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[Stanfordian]

I guess the field was so massive, she just didn't get her head around period pianos, apart from that one clip. I always ask myself the question, "What would Ludwig have thought about the modern Steinway?" And I always answer myself by saying "He'd have loved it!" Not very HIPP, I admit. Whilst crowded LH chords (of which there are many in Op 109) sound a bit gruff on a modern piano, melodic material just sings out...whereas on early pianos melodic lines..to my ears anyway...sound thin and die away too quickly.

I was amused by her comments on Barenboim. Very perceptive, IMO.

Hiya ardcarp,

John Lill once said to me that he didn't think that Bach would have turned down a modern bathroom. I'm my view I find it hard to believe that Beethoven would have been anything but bowled over by a modern Steinway.

[vinteuil]

Hiya ardcarp,

John Lill once said to me that he didn't think that Bach would have turned down a modern bathroom. I'm my view I find it hard to believe that Beethoven would have been anything but bowled over by a modern Steinway.

... and what would he have composed for it?


[ ... I don't find the modern plumbing / anaesthetics / dentistry examples regularly trotted out particularly enlightening... ]


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[Barbirollians]

Goode, with Annie Fischer a very close second

Solomon, Gilels and the last Brendel recording also received favourable reviews . The 4 disc Fischer Icon box for £1.06 must be one of the bargains of all time on Amazon .

[vinteuil]

Solomon, Gilels and the last Brendel recording also received favourable reviews . The 4 disc Fischer Icon box for £1.06 must be one of the bargains of all time on Amazon .

... I was very taken by the Gilels, which I was embarrassed to find I didn't have : now ordered. The Annie Fischer is great ; I have the (slightly more expensive, but still great value) eight CD icon box -

http://amzn.eu/7fuJBqt

Wasn't moved by the Brendel this time....

[Barbirollians]

Brainstorm here - I though 4 Cds was small for that Icon box- wonder what the 4 Cd box contains ?

[vinteuil]

Brainstorm here - I though 4 Cds was small for that Icon box- wonder what the 4 Cd box contains ?

... this looks a likely suspect -

http://amzn.eu/gEsfk3J

CD 1: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 Pathétique, 14 Moonlight, 18 & 24
CD 2: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 Waldstein, 30 & 32
CD 3: Schubert: Impromptus D935 Nos. 2 & 4; Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat D960; Schumann: Fantasy in C Op. 17
CD 4: Schumann: Carnaval, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana


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[Pianorak]

eight CD icon box -

http://amzn.eu/7fuJBqt

Isn't that nice of Mr Amazon to warn me: You purchased this item on 1 Jun 2015.

[pastoralguy]

Isn't that nice of Mr Amazon to warn me: You purchased this item on 1 Jun 2015.

Yes, I've been caught out like that!