A wonderful "Waldstein"! This is playing from a vanished age--you'd never get this kind of original but still idiomatic Beethoven performance from any 21st century players. The likes of Brendel, Pollini, et al. put me to sleep, but this was truly the Waldstein in all its glory!
Superb. Benno's Beethoven is always first rate. One of the few great Chopin players who excel at Beethoven as well. And Schumann, and Liszt too. And his Rachmaninoff is still competitive with the best ever.
Moiseiwitsch and Solomon were great friends and bridge partners, but very different pianists in some ways. However, this magnificent performance reminds me very much of Solomon's astonishing recording. I recommend that latter to admirer's of Moiseiwitsch performance -- it makes for a mighty interesting comparison.
I agree with soami2u -- though I have my doubts about the "idiomatic". As much as I love Benno's playing, here I am more impressed by his superb pianism than the way he tries to convey Beethoven's musical world...suddenly the piece sounds almost Schumannesque... I think I prefer three other pupils of Leschetitzky in Beethoven: Schnabel, Ney and Horszowski...
certains disent de beethoven qu'il est prométhéen . (Promethee a arrache le feu aux Dieux pour le donner aux êtres humains...) ses grandes sonates demandent de l'énergie du feu qui s'expriment a mon sens dans des tempos très allants; cette version est dans les plus belles qui existent pour cette raison... certains pianistes parmi les grands prennent des tempos trop lents... ce qui enleve le caractère prométhéen beethoveniens...
This performance absolutely leaves me breathless. Benno!
A wonderful "Waldstein"! This is playing from a vanished age--you'd never get this kind of original but still idiomatic Beethoven performance from any 21st century players. The likes of Brendel, Pollini, et al. put me to sleep, but this was truly the Waldstein in all its glory!
Superb. Benno's Beethoven is always first rate. One of the few great Chopin players who excel at Beethoven as well. And Schumann, and Liszt too. And his Rachmaninoff is still competitive with the best ever.
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Moiseiwitsch and Solomon were great friends and bridge partners, but very different pianists in some ways. However, this magnificent performance reminds me very much of Solomon's astonishing recording. I recommend that latter to admirer's of Moiseiwitsch performance -- it makes for a mighty interesting comparison.
Beautiful and breathtaking. Thank you.
best performance
I agree with soami2u -- though I have my doubts about the "idiomatic". As much as I love Benno's playing, here I am more impressed by his superb pianism than the way he tries to convey Beethoven's musical world...suddenly the piece sounds almost Schumannesque... I think I prefer three other pupils of Leschetitzky in Beethoven: Schnabel, Ney and Horszowski...
the best Waldstein ever
Gilels
@@bernabefernandeztouceda7315 Gilels makes this performance look like an amateur. He was a miracle.
@@epicaunleashed8764 yeah, he and Serkin were the best berthovenians
FABULOUS.....forget Pollini & Co.
He is on a par with the greatest interpretersof this sonata----incredilble perofrmance.
certains disent de beethoven qu'il est prométhéen . (Promethee a arrache le feu aux Dieux pour le donner aux êtres humains...) ses grandes sonates demandent de l'énergie du feu
qui s'expriment a mon sens dans des tempos très allants; cette version est dans les plus belles qui existent pour cette raison...
certains pianistes parmi les grands prennent des tempos trop lents... ce qui enleve le caractère prométhéen beethoveniens...
Amazing playing! Moiseiwitsch definitely at his peak, although he does make Beethoven sound rather Lisztian.
absolutely fantastic. today only Pletnev could play like that...
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