Elly Ney (1882-1968) filmed around 1964 playing movements 1 and 2 of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata....Copyright Clip/sound: Pianissimo Studios, Berlin, Germany
Wow very beautiful, very emotional. On the close ups I felt immense chills dwelling deep within my spine, and my eyes could not help but to water; imagining what this woman must have seen & experienced in her life to give this beautiful piece such depth and longing.
When you hear this masterpiece carefully you will actually feel as if you are standing alone in the night under the silvery light of the moon.....it just brings tears to my eyes whwnever i listen to it.
It is amazing how u can feel the emotion of the song. She is not just playing the song, she is feeling it. That is how you can tell the difference between a good piano player and a true genius, true genius put their heart and soul into their music.
This is exceptional...many thanks for sharing this treasure! Whatever one may think of her (rather awkward) personal ideas, and despite her old age (she must have been over 80 years old here and one can hear it in the last movement) this is an important sound document for all Beethoven-lovers, because Ney carried on a strong tradition that descends from Beethoven to Czerny to Ney's teacher, Leschetitzky.
ich finde es sehr schön, dass sie das stück nicht so schnell spielt wie viele andere beethoven interpreten. es lässt mehr die gefühle durchkommen. sehr schön :)
I find it very beautiful, not so fast that the piece plays like many other Beethoven artist. It leaves more the feelings can get away with it. Very nice
Bevor ich dieses Video kannte, mochte ich es nicht sehr gern, wenn Interpreten den ersten Satz sehr langsam spielen (d.h. wesentlich länger als etwa 5min 45s). Diese Version allerdings hat mich zutiefst beeindruckt, weil Elly Ney es meiner Empfindung nach schafft, durch langsames Tempo gepaart mit einzigartigen Betonungen eine starke Emotionalität mit dem Stück zu verbinden. Es wäre traumhaft, selbst so spielen zu können...
damn.. she is so much better then any living classic musician in my opinion.. or she was closer temporaly to the music feeling than anyone alive could be..
@Ianthe22 It is not boring. Just because it is slow doesn't make it boring. I never got bored playing this song, I mean it is so beautiful and full of emotions, I like the first movement better than the two others. Personally I don't play songs because they are tricky or whatever, it is how they sound that makes me enjoy playing them.
At times the tone of the 1st movement sounds too sweet, maybe because of the piano and mic quality. Either way, it's an absolutely aristic and masterful interpretation.
@otherdude15 The piece gives you an "eerie" feeling in the first movement. The slow pace and the name "moonlight" sonata affects the listener. I won't call it manipulating the listener, but it makes one feel and do various things. If you listen to all three movements, i think it's clearly not grieve. If the piece only consisted of the 1st and 3rd movements one could be let to believe that it was some kind of grieve. But the 2nd movements is just way too playful. A stroll by the moonlit river.:D.
@Ianthe22 Oh yes, I understand it and I can imagine it! It is just that I really enjoy this kind of tone on the piano, so to me it never sounded boring :P
Just pure magic. Elly Ney suffered artistically because her performing years came along around the same time as the nazis with whom she was accused of having some sympathy. As a performer of Beethoven, and in particular this sonata she has no equal. For an entirely different perfomance in style and tempo listen to Evgeny Kissin - entirely different yes but nonetheless magical.
@bhic4 Try imagine what mood beethoven was in when he wrote this piece or what feelings he wanted to express when writing it. Beethovens music are like paintings. And this piece is very special. I at least can say for myself that i need a special mood be4 i play it. I agree with you it is beautiful for what it is the 1st movement, but imagine if you are not in a mood for it? what else is there to describe than boring:D.
she 's the only one who understands what "adagio sostenuto" means !! by other big pianists , this marvoulous song has been raped playing it too fast ...great and big pianist ,elly ney .
My favorite all time. Sexy and miserable at the same time. Beethoven's dad beat him in the ears and he would wash the blood in the river by floating. Thats how he lost his hearing I heard. Beautiful masterpiece. Elly played this the year I was born.
@otherdude15 I honestly don't think Beethoven wrote this piece with such an intent. At least i haven't read or heard anything in that line. He dedicated this piece to one of his pupils a countess. I think i heard form an old friend once, that the piece was named "moonlight" sonata, after some critic had heard the piece and it resembled him of the moon shining on some famous river(don't remember the name). So the surname "moonlight" wasn't invented by beethoven.
@Mindy4656 It's been a year since I play the piano, and I can play the first movement, so you should be okay. It is not hard to play, just hard to read and to memorize! :P
@ixorafy Actualy he did it after he had a talk with a blind woman when he was near to suicide because he was going thef so, he looked at the moon and he thought, well at least I CAN see the moon... this is real, I asked him myself
Too bad the sound quality is so poor. Fantastic playing, although it looks at one point like she is going to collapse. Beethoven and opiates obviously is a good combination.. No, è con passione e con emozione.
at 4:24 I just wanted to ask , were you not dissappointed when she didnt press the bass chord hard enough, if this is her style maybe then I dont like it, there must be force , some desperation behind this , and she plays only sadness there ... do you not agree?
@bhic4 it is not!! it is just boorrriiing as hell to play the whole first movement through:D. Don't get me wrong it is a good piece, but a very boring 1st movement piece compared to the rest of Beethoven's compositions.
This is a lesson for all pianist.
Tempo and interpretation.
I have never heard before...
Really great!! Thank you!!
my favourite version. i love the way she holds the notes. and keeps the viewer anticipating it
And in her 80s!
Wow very beautiful, very emotional. On the close ups I felt immense chills dwelling deep within my spine, and my eyes could not help but to water; imagining what this woman must have seen & experienced in her life to give this beautiful piece such depth and longing.
When you hear this masterpiece carefully you will actually feel as if you are standing alone in the night under the silvery light of the moon.....it just brings tears to my eyes whwnever i listen to it.
She's putting her soul into the keys. The instrument weeps, and you fall in love with the notes.
Something about the reluctance in this performance that adds so much. Hold on to every note for dear life..
It is amazing how u can feel the emotion of the song. She is not just playing the song, she is feeling it. That is how you can tell the difference between a good piano player and a true genius, true genius put their heart and soul into their music.
omg the first movement... it is so soulful and grim that it makes me feel like i cant breath
Obviously one of the greatest interpreters of Beethoven and a performance truly admirable in every way.
It's the piano playing. The pianissimo is exquisitely and sublimely played.
Don't know if it's the sound quality or the piano itself, but it makes the sonata darker, haunting, it gives me chills!
This is exceptional...many thanks for sharing this treasure!
Whatever one may think of her (rather awkward) personal ideas, and despite her old age (she must have been over 80 years old here and one can hear it in the last movement) this is an important sound document for all Beethoven-lovers, because Ney carried on a strong tradition that descends from Beethoven to Czerny to Ney's teacher, Leschetitzky.
I like it por woman she looks sad It is impressive and she is full of talent god bless her where ever she is rest in peace
La musica ti fa bella! Grazie Elly.....
ich finde es sehr schön, dass sie das stück nicht so schnell spielt wie viele andere beethoven interpreten. es lässt mehr die gefühle durchkommen. sehr schön :)
Love the black and white photography
Beautiful and touching beyond words!
To think we had such good filmography in 1964 to record something as beautiful as this. I wish I could have been alive to here her play live. :/
one of the best version that I have watched
Goosebumps.
I find it very beautiful, not so fast that the piece plays like many other Beethoven artist. It leaves more the feelings can get away with it. Very nice
This sonata is about hope, revenge, life, horror, happiness and death! Beethoven is truly a genius! ^^
BRAVO!
1st mt. make me so sick and down, I MEAN IT. BUT THAT"S THE MOOD !!! SO SO GREAT
Bevor ich dieses Video kannte, mochte ich es nicht sehr gern, wenn Interpreten den ersten Satz sehr langsam spielen (d.h. wesentlich länger als etwa 5min 45s). Diese Version allerdings hat mich zutiefst beeindruckt, weil Elly Ney es meiner Empfindung nach schafft, durch langsames Tempo gepaart mit einzigartigen Betonungen eine starke Emotionalität mit dem Stück zu verbinden. Es wäre traumhaft, selbst so spielen zu können...
Esperanzador!!!!
damn.. she is so much better then any living classic musician in my opinion.. or she was closer temporaly to the music feeling than anyone alive could be..
Beautiful Song and beautiful rendition
I love her! :-)
@Ianthe22 It is not boring. Just because it is slow doesn't make it boring. I never got bored playing this song, I mean it is so beautiful and full of emotions, I like the first movement better than the two others. Personally I don't play songs because they are tricky or whatever, it is how they sound that makes me enjoy playing them.
Extremely melancholic
At times the tone of the 1st movement sounds too sweet, maybe because of the piano and mic quality. Either way, it's an absolutely aristic and masterful interpretation.
It's the musician playing the piece. Tone comes from the heart through the fingers.
Even Beethoven would agree, she is awesome at the Piano.
Awesome!
Perfectionism, hardworking search and finding inspiration, loyalty to her convictions, , "Struggle with matter until it yields the Divine"
Really inspired!
@otherdude15 The piece gives you an "eerie" feeling in the first movement. The slow pace and the name "moonlight" sonata affects the listener. I won't call it manipulating the listener, but it makes one feel and do various things. If you listen to all three movements, i think it's clearly not grieve. If the piece only consisted of the 1st and 3rd movements one could be let to believe that it was some kind of grieve. But the 2nd movements is just way too playful. A stroll by the moonlit river.:D.
エリーネイはやっぱりスゴイです！彼女のレコードを最初に手に入れて20数年経ちます。当然その時彼女は故人でした。この年齢の味わいが月光をとても感じさせます。若くてテクニックだけのピアノは聴いても何も感じさせません。
@jeanmocelin1 no...she doesn't play music...she feals....and give us the same feeling...that chill....that....emotion....she is just perfect.....
The second movement was very good played.
@Ianthe22 Oh yes, I understand it and I can imagine it! It is just that I really enjoy this kind of tone on the piano, so to me it never sounded boring :P
Genial...
Just pure magic. Elly Ney suffered artistically because her performing years came along around the same time as the nazis with whom she was accused of having some sympathy. As a performer of Beethoven, and in particular this sonata she has no equal. For an entirely different perfomance in style and tempo listen to Evgeny Kissin - entirely different yes but nonetheless magical.
@bhic4 Try imagine what mood beethoven was in when he wrote this piece or what feelings he wanted to express when writing it. Beethovens music are like paintings. And this piece is very special. I at least can say for myself that i need a special mood be4 i play it. I agree with you it is beautiful for what it is the 1st movement, but imagine if you are not in a mood for it? what else is there to describe than boring:D.
she 's the only one who understands what "adagio sostenuto" means !! by other big pianists , this marvoulous song has been raped playing it too fast ...great and big pianist ,elly ney .
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sometimes she looks sad while shes playing, it breaks my heart and makes the music even more effective. =(
Desgarrador, increíble.
My favorite all time. Sexy and miserable at the same time. Beethoven's dad beat him in the ears and he would wash the blood in the river by floating. Thats how he lost his hearing I heard. Beautiful masterpiece. Elly played this the year I was born.
She must have died LONG AGO ... I heard her in my youth. She reminds me, how old I have become myself.
SHE DOSEN'T PLAY MUSIC SHE PLAY GREAT MUSIC!!!!!
@asle75 I love almost all depictions of Moonlight Sonata, the one on your page including :)
@otherdude15 I honestly don't think Beethoven wrote this piece with such an intent. At least i haven't read or heard anything in that line. He dedicated this piece to one of his pupils a countess. I think i heard form an old friend once, that the piece was named "moonlight" sonata, after some critic had heard the piece and it resembled him of the moon shining on some famous river(don't remember the name). So the surname "moonlight" wasn't invented by beethoven.
W0000000000000000000000W she make me cry : ' (
Excellence.
the data say, that she was 82 when playing this!
sie ist gut!
@Ianthe22 its a sad mixed with anger feeling. im not sure but i think this peice relates to the death of a loved one. correct me if i am wrong
@Mindy4656 It's been a year since I play the piano, and I can play the first movement, so you should be okay. It is not hard to play, just hard to read and to memorize! :P
@bhic4 um.... the 2nd mov. brings you chills? ....
ingenius
oh, well: Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!
And: :-))
g o o s e p i m p l e s !
@ixorafy Actualy he did it after he had a talk with a blind woman when he was near to suicide because he was going thef so, he looked at the moon and he thought, well at least I CAN see the moon... this is real, I asked him myself
ohh, she looked so sad? humm, pretty song tough. I like it when it sounds haunting
if i were to die i would want to die to this song
id die a happy man
💞
更沉郁
same with me. I would die a happy woman.
you'd have to be a deaf genius to write this... what does poetry sound like?
What are movaments?
Too bad the sound quality is so poor. Fantastic playing, although it looks at one point like she is going to collapse. Beethoven and opiates obviously is a good combination.. No, è con passione e con emozione.
at 4:24
I just wanted to ask , were you not dissappointed when she didnt press the bass chord hard enough, if this is her style maybe then I dont like it, there must be force , some desperation behind this , and she plays only sadness there ...
do you not agree?
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@bhic4 it is not!! it is just boorrriiing as hell to play the whole first movement through:D. Don't get me wrong it is a good piece, but a very boring 1st movement piece compared to the rest of Beethoven's compositions.
@MrYomama408 I envy you, I'm 17 and I can't, I can play a bit of mozart but that's it.
you'd have to be a deaf genius to write this... what does poetry sound like? Ludwig only saw it in his brain... Never heard it
its a little slow
better than wilhelm kemff?
@JLo52993 .my fantasi verson is mabe some thing for you:)asle sundby