Beethoven Piano sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Radu Lupu 1. Allegro con brio 0:00 2. Introduzione. Molt Adagio 10:56 3. Rondo. Allegro moderato - Prestissimo 15:35
Grazie maestro Radu Lupu per le tante meravigliose serate che mi hai donato, tra Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann e Brahms. Ricordi indelebili, tra le cose più sublimi che io abbia mai ascoltato. La terra ti sia lieve.
As I listened to this brilliant recording, at times I found myself feeling that I was listening to Beethoven playing. I’ve only experienced this highly subjective feeling as I listened to Ashkenazy playing practically anything Beethoven composed….I’ve not listened to Maestro Lupu as much as I have VA, but I now love both!
No-one, not even Brendel, Lewis, Perahia, Levitt etal . have approached the slow movement in the way Lupu did. The wave after wave of emotion washing over is like an orgasm. RIP Radu.
Why would anyone want to do that, and cheat themselves out of so many fabulous performances by so many different but equally incredible pianists??? After an artist reaches the peak of utter mastery, there is only their own understanding of every piece they play. Even though I’m a psychologist as well as a classically trained musician, I’ll never understand that way of thinking! It’s like saying there is only one rose worth anything, or one bird of prey, or any other kind of masterpiece of nature, with its own wonderful variations!! Thank God I can hear and appreciate the difference between amazing artists,and I can listen to appreciate each, not to criticize.
Excelente Radu. Me pregunto La escribio su corazón o su maravillosa inteligencia. El retorno de su amigo y protector a su hogar está descripto q a mi me emociona mucho.
i love it. everything s executed immaculatedly. l it even seems to happen as he plays it, lupu s beethoven is with the exception of the 2nd mvt to moderate. i am missing a personal drama, imo conflict. on occasion, i listen to the recording, for consolation.
if anything, Lupu's approach is too tame and polished for a Waldstein. Compared to almost anyone else, Lupu has more control over the sound and general delivery than any other interpretor - it s just divinely clean. But Beethoven is not tame, polished and clean. i guess this is the oxymoron we will never get - Lupu perfection and Horowitz musical vulgarity in one performance. ah well ^^
In that case you should listen to Rudolf Serkin. I don't if his recordings of it are good, but when he played it live he owned the piece. He licked his thumbs to enable him to play the octave glissandi in the last movement!
@@philipkuttner7945 If we are talking about the 1952 recording then I couldn't agree with you more. Fantastic rendition of one of my favourite LvB sonatas. For a stereo recording then Dubravka Tomsic is worth a listen as well.
Serkin The cold RAW rough piano sound! Serkin The second-rated player! Serkin his Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 is so awful! Dimitri Bashkirov Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 a class of his own playing Mendelssohn! Serkin his Brahms piano concerto no 1 is so mechanical Boring stiff! Lupu Brahms piano concerto no 1 with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video TH-cam! Lupu a class of his own playing Brahms piano concerto no 1
@@philipkuttner7945 I have a LIVE recording of Serkin playing the Waldstein... there's NOTHING like it....... anywhere... He also plays the Reger Bach Variation on the same recording... UNREAL...!!!!!!
For me, THIS will always be the definitive rendition of the Waldstein.
For me too. Rest easy Maestro and thank you for being such a wonderful pianist and human being. We have lost a great artist. Goodbye and thank you.
Grazie maestro Radu Lupu per le tante meravigliose serate che mi hai donato, tra Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann e Brahms. Ricordi indelebili, tra le cose più sublimi che io abbia mai ascoltato. La terra ti sia lieve.
Addio e grazie Maestro Lupu.
Grazie al cielo abbiamo le sue registrazioni.
Radu Lupu is a great pianist. The big Rumanian has the power, but my goodness delicacy of touch as well. This is a superb recording.
Romanian …
RIP maestro
As I listened to this brilliant recording, at times I found myself feeling that I was listening to Beethoven playing. I’ve only experienced this highly subjective feeling as I listened to Ashkenazy playing practically anything Beethoven composed….I’ve not listened to Maestro Lupu as much as I have VA, but I now love both!
Rest In Peace Maestro.
Amin 🙏
I grew up with this album and played it constantly. His performance of the development in the last movement is the best I've ever heard it.
Agree. It was my favorite too
Thanks for post. Performance fantastic! Genius.
Intoxicating
Thank you for sharing beauty
Incredibile esecuzione
Any pianist that can play this sonata has reached the pinnacle of music and need not aspire to anything else.
RIP Radu.
Rest in peace !
R.I.P.
Una vera rivelazione. Mai sentita questa sonata eseguita così.
Concordo
Suggerisco l'ascolto della Sonata n. 3 di Brahms. Interpretazione insuperabile, magica.C'è su YT.
Vero !! E anche le Sonate di Schubert
Vero ! Anche le Sonate di Schubert
Eccezionale. Un vero artista!
Splendid and majestic ! He was one of a kind
extraordinary pianist!!!
Thanks for post. Terrific, difficult piece beautifully, passionately played.
No-one, not even Brendel, Lewis, Perahia, Levitt etal . have approached the slow movement in the way Lupu did. The wave after wave of emotion washing over is like an orgasm.
RIP Radu.
Beautiful RIP
Really beautiful performance, hadn't heard it til now.
Nailed the tempi. Right on to me. Never heard of him until today. Bravo!!
Großartige Einspielung!
Amazing performance
Performance fantástica. Genial.
Forget everybody else -- just listen to Great Radu !!!
Why would anyone want to do that, and cheat themselves out of so many fabulous performances by so many different but equally incredible pianists??? After an artist reaches the peak of utter mastery, there is only their own understanding of every piece they play. Even though I’m a psychologist as well as a classically trained musician, I’ll never understand that way of thinking! It’s like saying there is only one rose worth anything, or one bird of prey, or any other kind of masterpiece of nature, with its own wonderful variations!! Thank God I can hear and appreciate the difference between amazing artists,and I can listen to appreciate each, not to criticize.
Grand artiste, peu connu dans mon pays, malheureusement...bien que d''origine roumaine, pays-voisin du mien!
Phenomenal
Волшебство!
Beginning at 20:42 is the greatest ever!
22:52 onwards. You need 100 fingers to play them !
Excelente Radu. Me pregunto La escribio su corazón o su maravillosa inteligencia. El retorno de su amigo y protector a su hogar está descripto q a mi me emociona mucho.
들어본 발트슈타인중 가장 낭만적이당..
한겨레 신문에서 별세 소식을 보았습니다. 삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다~! 🙏
i love it. everything s executed immaculatedly. l
it even seems to happen as he plays it, lupu s beethoven is with the exception of the 2nd mvt to moderate. i am missing a personal drama, imo conflict. on occasion, i listen to the recording, for consolation.
excellent.....
maravillosa!
Il migliore
Superior!
too nice for its own good
radu lupu you are the best romanian pianist..wow ❤💚💜
Best pianist
Miraculeux.RIP.
💗
Gilles, Gilels, Gilels...no one like him on Beethoven. "Live", the more so...
You've heard Gilels! his Beethoven!
How lucky you are...
Who can tell us what brand the piano is?
Epochal...
Gentle version
B must have been on fire when he wrote this
if anything, Lupu's approach is too tame and polished for a Waldstein. Compared to almost anyone else, Lupu has more control over the sound and general delivery than any other interpretor - it s just divinely clean. But Beethoven is not tame, polished and clean. i guess this is the oxymoron we will never get - Lupu perfection and Horowitz musical vulgarity in one performance. ah well ^^
In that case you should listen to Rudolf Serkin. I don't if his recordings of it are good, but when he played it live he owned the piece. He licked his thumbs to enable him to play the octave glissandi in the last movement!
@@philipkuttner7945 If we are talking about the 1952 recording then I couldn't agree with you more. Fantastic rendition of one of my favourite LvB sonatas. For a stereo recording then Dubravka Tomsic is worth a listen as well.
Serkin The cold RAW rough piano sound! Serkin The second-rated player! Serkin his Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 is so awful! Dimitri Bashkirov Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 a class of his own playing Mendelssohn! Serkin his Brahms piano concerto no 1 is so mechanical Boring stiff! Lupu Brahms piano concerto no 1 with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video TH-cam! Lupu a class of his own playing Brahms piano concerto no 1
@@philipkuttner7945 I have a LIVE recording of Serkin playing the Waldstein... there's NOTHING like it....... anywhere... He also plays the Reger Bach Variation on the same recording... UNREAL...!!!!!!
Agree. Lupu for Schubert, Gilels for Beethoven. I think Gilels combines delicacy with the power Beethoven needs.
쓸데 없이 쳐지고 흐름이 끊기네요 그래서 에밀 길렐스가 훨 낫다는 것