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Offline pianowolfi

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Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
on: February 22, 2007, 10:08:55 AM
Ok, since I  feel tickled and challenged by Pianistimo since weeks I now can't resist anymore. I want to post also a totally unprepared recording. A piece I did honestly not practise for months and I played without any warmup today a few minutes ago. Sorry for the complete mess ;D lol
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Offline counterpoint

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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #1 on: February 22, 2007, 11:09:00 AM
If you call this a complete mess, then I don't know  :o :o :o

That's much better than the version I heard from Pollini in concert!
If it doesn't work - try something different!

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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #2 on: February 22, 2007, 11:21:29 AM
If you call this a complete mess, then I don't know  :o :o :o

That's much better than the version I heard from Pollini in concert!

Wow that's now a compliment, thank you very much! (well I was a bit kidding with saying it's a mess  ;D but it was actually unprepared)

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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #3 on: February 22, 2007, 11:59:15 AM
Seems to be the realisation of the year:

Don't prepare your pieces, and you will play better as ever     :D
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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #4 on: February 22, 2007, 01:44:14 PM
dear pianowolfi,  i think your fingers have recovered!  wow.  so beautiful.  i love this piece.  forgot how great it was.  the opus 109 is so wonderfully written and you play it with such feeling.  i like the emphasis on the higher notes on the third page or so.  wow.  thanks for posting this!!!  the order that beethoven put it in, is - of course, the best order.  it's great!

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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #5 on: February 22, 2007, 10:43:16 PM
dear pianowolfi,  i think your fingers have recovered!
I wish they had. Listen to my "restless prelude" (shameless advert btw ;D) and you will see that I have a bit trouble to play the fast sixteenths distinctly with the right hand because my second and third finger tend to cramp still a bit. But I hope that with my new approach of dealing with the IDEA of music this will get better by and by
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wow.  so beautiful.  i love this piece.  forgot how great it was.  the opus 109 is so wonderfully written and you play it with such feeling.  i like the emphasis on the higher notes on the third page or so.  wow.  thanks for posting this!!!  the order that beethoven put it in, is - of course, the best order.  it's great!

Thank you very much.  :)

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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #6 on: February 23, 2007, 12:36:46 AM
Ha ha another genius recoridng by pianowolfi! Respect.

Now I feel challenged by you and I'm earged to post a beethoven sonata.

Keep an eye out ;)
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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #7 on: February 23, 2007, 12:45:53 PM
. A piece I did honestly not practise for months and I played without any warmup today a few minutes ago.

   You know thats possibly why you play this MVT so well, it sounds FRESH , almost like an improvisation, you never play notes, it's always music and one thing that i particularly like about this recording is the variety of sound.
    The tempo was perfect,dynamic also very accurate and i think you made each note count. Am glad your RH can play the piano again.
     
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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #8 on: February 24, 2007, 01:04:52 AM
Beautiful!    :)  This is one of my favorites, and you play it with wonderful expression.  Maybe a hair more --I don't know..resignation close to the end?  Anyway lovely!

Teresa

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Re: Beethoven op. 109 1st mvt.
Reply #9 on: February 24, 2007, 02:42:42 AM
Thanks you two! I honestly have recorded also the second movement unprepared. But that really did not sound very well so i decided to leave that for later :P.
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