A piece very close to my heart as well... The finale ranks among the great masterpieces in variation form, in my opinion, togheter with the Goldbergs, the finale of the op. 109, Schumann's Geistervariationen and Brahms's St. Anthony variations. Great video!
The 1970 Arrau performance of the 111 is really something extra special. I always liked that the tonality of the second movement is the most simple possible: C major and A minor, the two all white keys. That makes the sudden break from variations into E flat major and modulation back to C so special.
Thank you for sharing your love of Beethoven and speaking about your father. I'm sure you know how enviable it sounds that a father could share the musical passion of his children. A book to recommend (which I'm sure you've read): "Conversations with Arrau by Joseph Horowitz".
@@ChrisClassics -- I see an expanded edition of the book was published in 2011 by Dover with a revised title: "Arrau on Music and Performance by Joseph Horowitz". The new edition added "...discussions with four renowned musicians who worked with the celebrated pianist: Philip Lorenz, Daniel Barenboim, Garrick Ohlsson, and Sir Colin Davis." If it were available in Kindle, I'd read it again ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ
@@Deejee1010 Haha ja, in het 1e pianoconcert van hem zit ook zo'n jazzy stukje. Dat stukje had ik op instagram gezet en gevraagd: 'The beginning of jazz?' haha. Nou toen kreeg ik een 'boos' berichtje van een jazzdrummer, met dat de jazz toch echt niet door Beethoven is uitgevonden! Wel grappig, dat er hier ook zo'n jazzy stukje in zit!
If we had to choose one piece of music to survive our civilization and everything else has to disappear I would choose op 111
A piece very close to my heart as well... The finale ranks among the great masterpieces in variation form, in my opinion, togheter with the Goldbergs, the finale of the op. 109, Schumann's Geistervariationen and Brahms's St. Anthony variations. Great video!
The 1970 Arrau performance of the 111 is really something extra special. I always liked that the tonality of the second movement is the most simple possible: C major and A minor, the two all white keys. That makes the sudden break from variations into E flat major and modulation back to C so special.
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Thank you for sharing your love of Beethoven and speaking about your father. I'm sure you know how enviable it sounds that a father could share the musical passion of his children. A book to recommend (which I'm sure you've read): "Conversations with Arrau by Joseph Horowitz".
Don’t know the book! Will look for it.
@@ChrisClassics -- I see an expanded edition of the book was published in 2011 by Dover with a revised title: "Arrau on Music and Performance by Joseph Horowitz". The new edition added "...discussions with four renowned musicians who worked with the celebrated pianist: Philip Lorenz, Daniel Barenboim, Garrick Ohlsson, and Sir Colin Davis." If it were available in Kindle, I'd read it again ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ
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Beethoven is dus eigenlijk de uitvinder van de jazz
@@Deejee1010 Haha ja, in het 1e pianoconcert van hem zit ook zo'n jazzy stukje. Dat stukje had ik op instagram gezet en gevraagd: 'The beginning of jazz?' haha. Nou toen kreeg ik een 'boos' berichtje van een jazzdrummer, met dat de jazz toch echt niet door Beethoven is uitgevonden!
Wel grappig, dat er hier ook zo'n jazzy stukje in zit!