When Kempff plays his Moonlight Sonata, a beautiful moonlit garden appears in my imagination. It's forms inspired by the beauty of Kempff's music. The effect is more intense in a darkened room. It's been this way for fifty years.

I have no words for what I'm feeling watching and hearing this video. It's overwhelming, it's magic... Thank you!!

@zlatad

Жыл бұрын

Yes ❤..

Maestro! The best Moonlight-Sonata performance ive heard. He plays like he composed it himself.

Thank you for uploading. Never seen it in such good quality. The best interpretation of the Moonlight Sonata's 3rd movement I know. 8:04

@bertjesklotepino

2 ай бұрын

do you know a better interpretation of the Moonlight Sonata's 1st movement than what mr Kempff plays here? Claudio Arrau did a nice job, but i still think this is one of the best interpretations. Agreed, in my opinion mr Kempff could have played it a tiny bit slower..... but still i do not know of a better interpretation.

THE Beethoven interpreter par excellence

Не знаю, кто из этих двоих более гениален, Кампф или Бетховен? У меня такое чувство, что это родственные души. У нас в России есть достойные, и гениальные музыканты, но Вильгельм Кампф мне представляется совершенно непревзойдённым, потому, что он играет Бетховена так, словно сам всё это сочинил. Светлая память обоим.

Oh my God!!! That second movement of Op 90 was amazingly beautiful!!!! What a cantabile line, so simple, tender...his control of polyphony, the absolute attention to harmony and all these subtleties in this movement that could be so annoying if bad played...Kempff was a perfect magician, a poet in all his splendour (and there are so many wrong notes). Yeah, interpretation has to happen both sides: performer and listener...when listeners just want feux d'artifice then they just get that. Jesus!!! What an artist Her Kempff!!! These moments when he's like absent, in another world...dreaming that music... just amazing!!!

@andrewjohnthorpe1462

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. The way Kempff plays Op 90 is incredible. i heard him play this sonata in 1975 in London when Kempff was eighty. Such poetry.

Forever in our hearts ⁦❤️⁩

50 years ago his DG recordings of Beethoven Sonata's started my love for classical piano. It all started with this very piece. I heard that Presto Agitato and I got chills up and down and decided at that moment I had to learn and play it. All of his Beethoven Sonata's and Concerti are fabulous. You can't go wrong with Kempff's Bach, Schumann and Schubert. Brahms too.

Great interpretation! It´s difficult to findo a clear interpretation like this, not romanticized nor sweet. Certainly it´s one of the few masters that really knows what he´s doing with Beethoven. Amazing!

@diogenes2763

3 жыл бұрын

agree

@englishfromatoz8970

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. It saddens me to see so many of the new higly acclaimed pianists who seem to consider "interpretation" to be of no use whatever. And if you try to say that this is not the idea at all you are considered to be a "hater" who is jealous of how "fast" they can go when they play! Arghhhh

Вот уже более 10 лет я получаю удовольствие от прослушивания исполнения Вильгельма Кемпффа. Самый мой любимый пианист на произведения Бетховена, впрочем, это и неудивительно. Спасибо за перезалив всех композиций.

Since I watched this video in 2007, I couldn't find any playing better than this one so far..

Спасибо вам огромное за выложенные вами записи. Они не только очень хорошего качества, но снабжены полной и исчерпывающей информацией. Не часто так встречается такое уважительное отношение к материалу. Записи гениальных исполнителей заслуживают такого отношения. Ещё раз благодарю.

This is the very best!

Vielen Dank fuer die wichtige Aufnahme!^^

Mirabile!!!!!!

Hey I can't thank you enough Kempff, if you didn't played this piece this well , well haha maybe I wasn't going to be this good pianist. Rest in peace Wilhelm Kempff...

音の中に夢も絶望も全て入っています。

The BEST classical pianist ever...🙏

@JOHN-tk6vl

Жыл бұрын

Kempff was the best pianist ever to walk the Earth.

@ismaelnehme379

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

Лучший по ритму и так сказать - мягкости исполнения - одним словом МАЭСТРО! Отчётливо видно как дедуля Кэмпф вновь и вновь переживает те любовные события, что произошли с Автором сонаты - просто безумие...

유튜브 덕분에 빌헬름 켐프의 피아노 소나타 동영상을 이렇게 편하게 집에서 감상하는 날도 오는구나! 유튜브 찬양해.

Beethoven's pupil Carl Czerny described the adagio as "a ghost scene, where out of the far distance a plaintive ghostly voice sounds". Kempff expresses the lamentation beautifully!

Можна безкінечно слухати як він грає , але з 08.04 це просто ... любов.

A true master artist . Not in a hurry. I refuse to listen to todays pianists none of them know what they’re doing. They are frauds. These old masters knew how to make art !

Masterful interpretation. All mistakes he makes in 3rd movement are a minor nuisance compared to quality of performance: simple, honest, meaningful and not romanticized. By far the best I've heard, superior to his own performances when he was younger (and made no mistakes obviously). Someone that loves and lives this music: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2eMl7ypfLGvfKw.html

@qnoquai

4 жыл бұрын

I´m with you. It´s the harmony you have to feel - technics could be learned. I really adore this version.

@maviceflo

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

@englishfromatoz8970

3 жыл бұрын

Could you please point out the mistakes for me? I cannot find them but I am no expert

@englishfromatoz8970

3 жыл бұрын

@@aickley Yes, you are right , I can hear them. Thank you for your answer : -)

@englishfromatoz8970

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

Diossss, ¡es increíble!

Perfect!

Это очень хорошо!! ❤❤❤It's amazing ❤❤❤

il joue merveilleusement bien on sent la maitrise et l'age aussi rajoute beaucoup d'émotion interessant de voir une personne d'un certain age joué ainsi

The highest art. The golden age of pianism is long dead.

Превосходно! Наилучшее исполнение "Лунной сонаты", а ведь Вильгельму Кемф 75 лет.

@user-nz2vg6ze4r

3 жыл бұрын

Пожалуй, соглашусь. Очень деликатное исполнение )

In sense of paul Valérie words the music and musicians are here are one , wonderful music of beethoven...who was one the most self conscious, must human ,must suffered, must kink and hopeful composer of western classical music, here are what i think her alfred brendel agree this music is serious ❤

This is how it was meant to sound. Moonlight sonata made me weep

No hay... Repito: no hay mejor interpretación en todo el planeta...

Professor dos gênios

The genius of Beethoven.

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Esplêndido!!!

やはり、ベートーヴェンはケンプが一番好き😍 ただ速く弾く人が多いなか、絶妙なタイミング、スピード 追伸　ショパンはサンソンフランソワだけど。

Excelente

#Ehrenmann

I have this on LP,🥰🥰🥰

Grande signore della tastiera e non solo

Maestro Maestro Maestro.................

Great! I didnot know that the video is not only moon light sonata!! This video is the most favorite piano!!

il ressent la musique surement ça lui rappelle ses années bravo en tout cas pour ce chef d'oeuvre de LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN moonlight sonata

@Bulbophile

4 жыл бұрын

iblase n bbad, definitely a chief of beethoven's oeuvre.

Op.90 15:36

Le plus difficile avec Beethoven est de bien comprendre et faire passer le message. L'âge de Kempf lui donne cet ascendant sur les jeunes virtuoses. Au-delà de la râge exprimée comme d'autres jeunes virtuoses, il y a l'âge... Et son naufrage. Barenboim et Arrau le rejoignent, presque, dans cet echec, dans cet accomplissement. Mais ils semblent encore dans la lutte. Kempf est au-delà de combat.

08:05

Edelleen paras tulkinta 14.sta. Varsinkin osa 1/3 !!!

Wrong note at 3:00

He doesnt look at the keys

"A flower between two chasms." -Liszt Watch Kempff's face visibly lift at kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2eMl7ypfLGvfKw.html as he moves from the 1st to the 2nd movement.

Es espantoso y grosero que te interrumpan lo que estas disfrutando para meter comerciales estupidos, al menos deberiías advertirlo

Wow, lot of bum notes. Prefer Valentina Lisitsa's version but I like his left hand emphasis on the bass.

@matbroomfield

4 жыл бұрын

@iromiru I take your point but arguably an extra 35 years of experience should mean he hits the notes MORE accurately. And personally I preferred the expression of Lisitsa's version too. To me, it was full of aggression and anger and passion, and it seemed to symbolise Beethoven's own feelings at his impending deafness.

@matbroomfield

4 жыл бұрын

@iromiru That's an interesting insight about Beethoven. I wonder what he would have accomplished if he wrote something he did not consider trash? TBH, I have no idea how one's playing changes with age but I will say one thing - he has the face of a master artisan. Even not hearing a note, you could lose yourself in his emotions.

@metphmet

4 жыл бұрын

Mat Broomfield This is passion not agression and anger. Kempf is a great musician and recorded some of the best interpretations of Beethoven sonatas. When performing in concert at this age , he used to make more mistakes than other old interprets like Backhaus or later Richter.

@expectio

4 жыл бұрын

just wanna add that Mr Kempff was already 74 years old at the time of that recording. Further, it should not be forgotten that his man has lived during the two World Wars including the difficult times following the wars - in one of the most affected countries. Thus, the age of 74 should be put into perspective. He became quite old, however, dying at the age of 94.

@pierredbss9638

4 жыл бұрын

You obviously have a point about the bum notes but keep in mind that the technical aspect, although necessary to perform music, is merely a support for the art, much like brushes are to a painter. It has never made, and will never make, a great performance. What's really important is how the pianist interprets the piece and makes it his or her own. If a perfect technique was the pinnacle of musical art, we'd know - and we'd have a hell of a lot more pianists touring around the world and filling theatres up. This is precisely why Kempff is considered one of the greatest pianists of all times while others, like Lang Lang or even Kissin, aren't. For me, I think this performance might be one of the best I've ever heard.

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