Beethoven Op.27 n.2 - Concert/Lesson by Pietro Rigacci

[giuggio]

Hi all,

I recorded a nice Event in Florence: a concert/lessons by Pietro Rigacci of the second sonata of Beethoven op.27, the Moonlight Sonata!

There was a little presentation of the Sonata and the executions. I want to share with you these videos! Thank you all!

The lesson

The execution (1mvt, 2mvt, 3mvt)

[pianowolfi]

Well, it might be only me, but I don't really like this interpretation because it's just so honey-sweet, florid and cliché. It's perfectly played for a cosy sunny sunday afternoon homeconcert with very conservative listeners. I have a different picture of this sonata. I imagine to dive right into a mysterious suspense from the first note and not release it until the last. It's an abyss, not a reverie.

[iratior]

I'm curious -- what would you do differently in order to imbue the piece with such mysterious suspense?  How do you feel about the cadenza just after the chromatic run up to the trill in the final movement?  Rudolf Serkin did it as slowly as if it were to hearken back to the first movement;  I liked that.  Some people want it to be fast, though.