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Title: Which Would You Choose to Compete With?
Post by: pianote on February 26, 2006, 04:52:01 AM
For some fun,
If your requirement was to play a movement of a Beethoven Sonata, which of these would you choose and why?


No. 8, Op.13, I (Pathetique)
No. 13, Op.27 No.1, IV Allegro Vivace
No. 14, Op.27 No.2, III (Moonlight)
No. 16, Op.28, I (Pastoral)
No. 17, Op. 31 No.2, I (Tempest)
None of them, I'd pick_______________
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Post by: contrapunctus on February 26, 2006, 05:01:48 AM
If you can pull off the fourth movement of the Hammerklavier in an non-professional competition, then you pretty much got it sealed up.
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Post by: pianistimo on February 26, 2006, 05:06:52 AM
probably the tempest.  the moonlight is too well known and richter's playing of it would be hard to outdo.
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Post by: BoliverAllmon on February 26, 2006, 05:17:40 AM
pastoral. i feel it is underplayed.
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Post by: allthumbs on February 26, 2006, 07:30:14 AM
pastoral. i feel it is underplayed.

Ditto
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Post by: pita bread on February 26, 2006, 08:25:51 AM
None of the above; I'd pick Op. 81a, Op. 90, or Op. 109.
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Post by: rc on February 27, 2006, 03:41:40 AM
I dig the 'pastoral' from that list.

...for a slight extention to your list, Op. 27/1 - Allegro molto e vivace (II) has always tickled my imagination. (Thanks for the reminder BTW, now I know which piece I'd like to learn next ;D)

Outside of your list, I would be happy to learn every single Beethoven sonata. Lately, Op 10/2 - Presto, is sounding incredibly fun. For myself, it would be a while before I could do such a thing.
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Post by: henrah on February 27, 2006, 03:06:43 PM
probably the tempest. the moonlight is too well known and richter's playing of it would be hard to outdo.

Could you point me towards this recording please? I shall ever be in your debt!
Henrah
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Post by: pianistimo on February 27, 2006, 03:15:19 PM
ok.  i hope it's here:

www.wnyc.org/arts/fishko/index.html            scroll down to fishko files 2005 and down to 'sviatoslav richter' (bbc legends 4010-2)  and click on 'listen'  hopefully it's there.
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Post by: jason2711 on February 27, 2006, 09:37:12 PM
I'd go for either the pastoral or the tempest from that list
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Post by: elevateme on February 28, 2006, 09:42:00 PM
None of the above, I'd pick: chopin
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Post by: elevateme on February 28, 2006, 09:47:38 PM
oh right sory

didnt see the "beethoven sonata" bit, heh
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Post by: phil13 on March 01, 2006, 04:31:57 AM
probably the tempest.  the moonlight is too well known and richter's playing of it would be hard to outdo.

My teacher says he's seen more people butcher the Tempest and Pathetique than they have Moonlight.

I'm all good with Pastoral. Should play the 4th mvt., too, it's great.

Phil
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Post by: apion on March 01, 2006, 09:12:52 AM
Tempest
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Post by: mike_lang on March 02, 2006, 12:22:42 PM
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Post by: shasta on March 02, 2006, 01:01:58 PM
Op 81a (Les Adieux), the vivacissimamente