Beethoven Moonlight Sonata - Petra Somlai, fortepiano
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2020
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ‘Sonata quasi una fantasia’ (Moonlight)
Artist: Petra Somlai, fortepiano
Producer: Daniël Brüggen/MusicFrame Films
Instrument: Fortepiano after Anton Walter, 1795, made by Chris Maene, Ruiselede
Filmed on 2 June 2020 at Oud-Katholieke Parochie (Old Catholic Church), ‘t Huis te Poort, Schiedam, The Netherlands
©2020 The American Classical Orchestra, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
American Classical Orchestra is New York City's premier period instrument orchestra, specializing in Classical and early Romantic repertoire. In 2019, ACO launched The Sfzp Fortepiano Project to spotlight the fortepiano and provide performance and professional development opportunities to early keyboardists in New York City and beyond. Featuring an international roster of artists, the 2020-2021 season of The Sfzp Project will focus on Beethoven and culminate in a week-long festival May 11-15, with symphonic and chamber concerts, a recital "marathon" of all 32 piano sonatas, as well as masterclasses and an international competition for young pianists (age 20-36). As part of the festival, ACO plans to present Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, with Petra Somlai on fortepiano. Somlai will also perform on the Sonata Marathon.
Since winning the 2010 International Fortepiano Competition in Bruges, Hungarian-born pianist Petra Somlai has appeared across Europe, the USA, and Japan as a soloist on concert series and major international early music festivals. With degrees in fortepiano and harpsichord as well as conducting and piano, she has also performed as a conducting soloist with various orchestras. Petra Somlai is currently professor of fortepiano at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where she also teaches the historical development of the fortepiano and the classical piano. - เพลง
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The way Beethoven played it. Phenomenal accompllishment
I don’t know why but moonlight sonata just hits different on a fortepiano
Moonlight sonata was basically made for fortepianos
@@Pinkblobperson The moonlight sonata was primarily written for Beethoven's fortepiano, but the title page of the original does say for fortepiano or harpsichord... which was also common with Haydn and Mozart's keyboard works at that time. There was no clear transition between harpsichord and fortepiano use between the 1750s and early 1800s... and increasingly composers used more keyboard effects which could only be reproduced on fortepiano and not on the harpsichord. This was primarily done for economic reasons, so as not to exclude those who commonly had a harpsichord, and also because early fortepianos were not yet perfected and had mechanical and production issues, being a relatively new instrument.
i agree
Because...it has more intimacy in the sound......
Because, the sound is been like the Beethoven's piano played
1st Movement: 0:04
2nd Movement: 5:07
3rd Movement: 7:18
everyone in the comments has already said everything there is to be said about this performance, but i would like to add that it's very cool that she laid out all 3 movements flawlessly in a leather jacket
😂apparently, it was "old-Europe dank"
lol so european
It was Beethoven’s.
I think Beethoven would totally rock a leather jacket 😂
Mozart AND Joey Ramone would be proud!
Why does this piano sound so much more alive than new ones🥹
Revelation. The depth of sound in the 1st movement .....and the raucous bass in the third movement......brings Beethoven's ideas to life. Thanks.
3rd movement sounds like rage on the forte piano which is what I think beethoven intended it to be.
I love the rage on a fortepiano, it's completely lost on a modern grand.
If Beethoven could come back from the grave he would thank Petra Somlai for giving life to the true expression of his piano music in the 21st century.
Karl, I am totally disagree with you. Petra Somlai doesn’t need a visit from Beethoven because she knows she is doing it right. On the other hand, Beethoven should have visited Wim Winters and Alberto Sanna and given them both a thorough beating! It is tragic that they are both tricking thousands of knowlegdeless people into believing in the theory! And think, Wim Winters has a fine performance of this sonata from 2014, but that was before he got a metronome in his hands. And since then, W. Winters and A. Sanna have resigned from reality.
You are wrong Mr. Eskeland. The recording from 2014 is sonata pathetique, not Moonlight.
Well, I mean, even undead he'd still be kinda deaf right ?
@colineadesyeux Who's to say maybe the one who comes back could be Beethoven before being deaf.
this is how it was supposed to sound. Not on a grand. It was written for a fortepiano. And that is fairly obvious here. if I were to choose which, moonlight on grand or moonlight on fortepiano, I take fortepiano. It has a rustic, archaic charm to it and it's sound.
Never have I heard a recording anything like this before. It's like I'm listening 200 years in the past.
I'm not crying, you're crying.
2nd movement 5:05
3rd movement 7:17
This performance of the last movement feels like Beethoven himself played it, and it would have rocked vienna.
ah yes the sound of fortepiano in the morning
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It's extremely important to have good quality recordings on historical instruments. It seems many believe historical pianoforte's didn't sound good at all. Thankfully, this proves otherwise. It's not an inferior piano to the modern grand. It's simply a different piano made with older technology with unique features, sounds, and approaches to playing. Some pianoforte's such as this one may even be more expressive than the modern grand.
Yes, I find this sonata played on modern grand pianos sounds bland and flat (in the expressive sense, not pitch frequency) by comparison.
We couldn't agree more. For the very reason you articulated, it is our goal to elevate the stature of the fortepiano. Expect more content from us this spring.
BRAVO!
@@americanclassicalorchestra Is it possible to have a pianist play the first movement according to the explicit instructions that Beethoven gave: semper senza sordini? Always without the dampers?
Historical pianos are called fortepianos, not pianofortes.
I can hear Beethoven alive on a fortepiano, not the same impresssion on a modern piano!
Bullshit lol. Even Beethoven didn't like the fortepiano and looked for something more like the modern Piano.
Don't think so, he liked Broadwood fortepiano but all pianos were in constant evolution. There is a big distance from the pianos of his time untill the modern piano, so I don't think he was imagining exactly today's piano
@@moritlh Well, no actually.
@@moritlh Did you meet Ludwig Van ?
its a different listening experience when its played on the composers own instruments (I love it), you should listen to mozart/bach on clavichord too
Unbelievable! A revelation!! I cannot think how there could be a more revealing and fabulous performance, and what a sound from that fortepiano. Thank you with my whole soul. It really seems a shame somehow that all across the globe we, thousands of us, daily listen to and/or play the music of Beethoven (and so many others) on our heavy modern pianos and never get to hear that sound. Such an instrument seems like more than a piano, and under Petra's stunning touch, really almost a whole colorful orchestra in a box! Unreal, unreal....pure magic!
there is something about the pianoforte that makes it more clear, less bombastic
more intimate, and approachable than the modern grand
Something weird about hitting a "like" button when you're sitting in your living room bawling your eyes out at 11 AM.
Please, keep them coming. In my modest opinion, nobody plays fortepiano like you do. Thank you.
I can listen to this 1000 times in a row without getting tired of it. I would happily help fund a project of Ms Somlai recording the complete sonatas of Beethoven.
THIS IS PRACTICALLY THE ONLY BEAUTIFUL 19TH CENTURY PIANO WHICH I HAVE EVER HEARD WITH IT´S ETHERIAL AND BEAUTIFUL SOUND.
After that, this piano needs some holidays.
Excellent interpretation of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. One of the best I've heard. Great hearing it on the forte piano. The timbre is more revealing, clear and haunting than a modern piano. The acoustics in the church setting sound fantastic. So, rich and full sounding.
Beethoven comes ALIVE on Fortepiano
Petra Somlai is the master if Moonlight sonata 3rd movement, because, the P and sf are correct!
This right here, is hands down the best version of Quasi una fantasia I have ever heard. Not only is it played on a fortepiano, but you can see that Petra FEELS the music. Her slightly slumped pose during the first movement, her melancoly, almost sad facial expression as she looks on the keys, just her whole body language throughout the entire sonate makes it so much more effektive for me. Bravo. This is a masterpiece
This comment goes out to all the homies that be in a trance state during this performance then suddenly woken up quicker than seeing god once the third movement began.
VERY touching. So many fine details in last movement - one that gets slaughtered by so many.
WHAT A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE CONTAINING ALL THE NUANCE OF SENSATIVE EXPRESSION. THANKYOU.
This is a stunning epiphany for me, a pianist for fifty years. This is what it should sound like, proving that newer is not always better. This instrument is a completely different animal than those I have always played, this is how the piece should sound. I’m overcome in the best possible way
I totally agree with you
I love how the internal voices can sing so clearly. Love it.
3rd movement hits so much harder on this 😮💨
The amazing thing, for me, was just how much more "alive" and less forced the quick note-runs of the third movement (over the repeating bass figure) feel as opposed to when played on a modern piano. This applies throughout the piece: it just _feels_ less ponderous, more alive. It is obviously partly due to Ms Somlai's wonderful technique, but part must surely be accredited to the fortepiano, in that its touch is so much lighter (therefore free and subtle) than later instruments. (It takes 10 to 15g of force to depress a fortepiano key, whereas a modern piano's touch can require up to 50g.)
I love this! the first movement sounds 100x more mournful on a fortepiano compared to a modern one
by min 7, she is on a whole new level
Sonata quasi una Fantasia, literally !
What a lovely instrument, and wonderful playing! It is so pleasant to hear this done on a true Beethoven instrument, instead of the blasting and roaring of a nine foot Steinway! The Steinway is fine in post-1900 music, but Beethoven and Mozart et al, deserve something better!
The goosebumps I had from hearing this piece…wow
Over the past twenty years, it has become increasingly difficult for me to get satisfaction out of hearing Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven on anything but fortepiano. The clarity of timbre and delicacy of touch are addicting. In Beethoven's case, particularly, the clarity of the extreme bass register is so far superior to the modern grand that it's like hearing some works, like the 'Waldstein' and the 'Moonlight', for the first time. Thank you for posting this!
That 3rd mvt is just too good
Listening to this performance gives me the feeling that I'm experiencing something of the stunning (and in places shocking) impact this sonata must have had to the first hearers to whom Beethoven played it. Especially in the last movement, right from the opening shock after the suavity of the middlle movement....
A divine Mondschein by one of the best pianoforte players of our times. The differences between the dreamy Beethoven and the angry Beethoven are asthonishing, a fabulous technic, a refined taste and the ability to use all the possibilities of the pianoforte. All this combined with a subtile rubato that never is too much, makes this Mondschein the best I ever heard !
Ik kan niet anders, Olaf, dan daar heel erg overtuigd en heel erg geraakt, volledig mee akkoord te gaan. Wat een muziek, wat een instrument en wat een muzikante. Muziek voor mijn ganse lijf, mijn verstand en mijn hart. Ik ben Petra zo dankbaar.
It’s called a fortepiano, not a pianoforte. ‘Pianoforte’ is just a general term for piano that is almost never used nowadays. ‘Fortepiano’, in English, refers to the kind of piano used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
In the pianoforte restoration world we still use the word pianoforte, as in square pianoforte. In the Early Music world the word pianoforte is frequently used too. It is the correct name, after the name the inventor Christofori gave it : "Uno gravicembalo per piano e forte".
Yes, the rubato is the best I've heard in a period instrument performance, I think.
@@cangjie12 go back to bed!
Amazing, it's like if the maestro was playing it back in those days.
Like a hybrid of a piano and a harpsichord. Pretty sounds!
So much more emotion than the Steinway and so much more authentic.
Petra Somlai was born in Hungary where she graduated in conducting and piano performance from the Bela Bartok Conservatory (Budapest) and completed her modern piano degree at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest) in 2007. Somlai is currently a professor of fortepiano at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
MY. GOD! I am literally in tears listening to this! I have never heard this piece sound this way before! I am speechlessly in awe of this!
The performance on the proper piano transplants us to 1801 - as Beethoven heard, and it as he composed it. I wish for a time machine...
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Oh my worlds. Cant believe I have come across this. Stunning. Mozart is my hero but this is sublime
This is one of the best performances of the moonlight sonata. At first, I thought that the sound of a fortepiano wasn’t good, but after listening to someone who can really play… all I can say is wow.
I lack such words to describe this sublime sound, this pristine execution. Simply outstanding!
Maestro Beethoven himself would applaud.
Petra Somlai chose the right instrument to artfully sculpt each phrase and sub-phrase, bringing new life and musical meaning to a work that one might expect to be already "used and abused" by the masses and beyond resuscitation. This recording is real triumph.
Moonlight sonata first movement: sounds like an epic ending of a game
Moonlight sonata second movement: forgotten
Moonlight sonata third movement: boss music
0:00 I.Adagio sostenuto
5:07 II. Allegretto
7:18 III. Presto agitato
LOVE THIS! "We're not worthy!"
This has got to be hands down the best I’ve heard someone play this piece so well and full of movement and emotion such detail to every single note 🎵 it’s just perfect thank you for playing this ❤
It is plainly obvious that the sound Beethoven had in his mind was that of the fortepiano. The modern grand, with its much greater resonance and sustain, blurs some of the detail and does not allow sufficient space between staccato notes.
Petra Somlai's performance is finely nuanced with well-chosen tempos. The allegro finale is especially notable for its electric fluidity.
Must say,I've watched this over and over,still rings so sweet a sound,can never lose the joy of hearing this,I'm a music fanatic,thanks Petra.
wow it sounds so diffrent on these old pianos
This is my absolute favourite of performance of this piece, mostly because of Petra Somlais' not only excellent but also sensitive playing.
And furthermore for that brilliant instrument, every tone comes out so clear, I can really feel LvBs' intentions and feelings in every note.
Amazing! I loved her interpretation of the third movement. The dynamics and timings were tremendous! Brava!
She plays so smoothly tho
Magnificent playing! And the recording captures the edge in an instrument pushed to its limits, as Ms. Somlai does.
The last movement particularly is exciting and a revelation on its instrument. I must listen to a live version fortepiano of the misnamed 'Moonlight' sonata, especially the first movement which should have lots of imaginative sustain and darkness.
Stunning. Thank you.
Again amazing. The drama, the colours. Petra, all that Sturm und Drang! Thanks! I cherish your video's.
Sublime! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
7:18 masterpiece
Beautiful.
Thank you.
one of the best interpretations i've ever heard, and that is even aside from it being on an historical instrument. brilliant and articulate while being nonetheless full of thoughtful and deliberate emotion. wonderful!
A masterful performance!!
I understand why Beethoven always wanted more power from the instrument. Nevertheless it's wonderful to hear him on a period instrument...
Beethoven composed his works on a forte piano, it has a charm all of its own with a hint of harpsichord .... It's sublime.
WOW - SUPERB SYNCOPATION & DYNAMICS; A TRUE FRESH AND NEW INTERPRETATION - THX PETRA - SO WELCOME - NOW (AND HERE TO STAY)!
Terrific!!
Magnifique !
Exquisite!
Beyond words!
Superb!
Wow!
Yet another good Hungarian musician :))).
Bravissima!!! Amazing!!!!
Wow, wow, wow. Again!
If anybody would tell me that you were a great-great…-great-grandchild of Beethoven himself I would absolutely believe it! Never heard a more convincing performance of this sonate! I will try to attent a live performance of you. You are an amazing piano (forte!) performer!
THANK GOD FINALLY!
oMG I LOVE THIS!!!
AWESOME JOB!!!!!!!
Beautiful sound. Ethereal.
Beautiful performance, thank you for sharing it!
So so good … 🙏
Bravo!
This is amazing
incroyable!
Stunning
Crystal clear performance
Outstanding rendition, full of nuances and feelings...really great! BRAVA!!!
Awesome performance! Brava!
This is just great! Such control of rhythm and dynamics!
3rd Movement kind of sounds like a cross between a harpsichord and a piano, dynamically....That's ASTOUNDING!
Absolutely incredible, I could listen to this a thousand times and still be in awe!
Splendid
very nice on the fortepiano and beautiful played ! Thank you