wilhelm kempff plays beethoven's Moonlight sonata complete song.wmv 

indeed, he plays like a human not a pianist. Check out this video: 12:34 (the cadenza) it's from him ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O8Dpl-vAsU8.html

@mv022 I totally agree with you !

His interpretations allow Beethoven's music to emerge and become comprehensible.

Really? I think its rather simplistic and too fast. Go listen to Kissin's version its in the different league from this JV performance.

HappyDuffmann. Kempff Is a legendary interpreterà of BEETHOVEN, but, believe me, "the Best Version" doesn't existe. There are a group of Himalayane summit, there are a group of oceans...

thank you....that was/is spot on what I feel...but didnt/dont have your words to express it ( but i do now i guess...thank you!)

No one plays Beethoven like Beethoven

@@alphalax7747 what an intelligent comment

Most definitely! He’s one of those pianists, where u almost forget to breathe whilst you’re listening to him , as he has u almost spellbound with the beauty of his playing

Except Horowitz and Poon

Thx for the info

Thanks ur information Love him so much

Interesting thanks

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Fucking hell, a pianist getting Parkinsons is just so cruel.

This is by far the best comment I have seen on RU-vid in a long time! It's so true yet so funny. Thanks for making my day :)

well there's something to be said for practice ....... ( and being a genius doesn't hurt) once I read that Mr. Wilhelm said he played this everyday of his life ALL OF HIS LIFE minus the first few years!!! WOW!!!! also it's my understanding that Beethoven was nearly deaf if not completely deaf, when he wrote this.... Beethoven never got to hear this as music......it was math i guess.......and that's just goddamn mind blowing on so many levels So i would like to believe that Beethoven waited a few hundred years in order to chose Wilhelm to play this AMAZING music for us in the 21st century thank u Beethoven thank you Wilhelm....... and seriously listening to this music is like listening to the baby Jesus play the piano!!!!!

@@guscraig I assure you Beethoven heard this as music. In his head, but as music. He imagined all of this as a piece of piano, not as a mathematical formula. Do you ever get songs stuck in your head ? That's the feeling. Only Beethoven had the sound of God himself playing the piano stuck in his head. And then he wrote it down

@@guscraig was deaf as early as when he wrote no14?

@@guscraig yeah of course practice. but what really makes his version that good, is probably the experience he had with it while learning it. there are nuances with him playing this, that others are missing, how he hits the notes, everything. if you watch for example tiffany poon, when she watches back videos of her playing beethoven "wrong" as a kid , you can see how she realizes nuances, mistakes from back in the day, etc. learing about the piece with life and experience, and much more. also kempff had some kind of strong sprititual understanding and connection with the music. not all musicians , even though the piano basically exists complete embedded into their brains, and neural structure, do understand a piece like kempff did. at least I can hear stuff I really can't hear in other pianists playing this piece. most others playing this stuff sound dead. kempff had a really strong soul.

@ Shanil Listening, Ludwig's ghost WAS there....

ppsayl123 It's not a song. A song has words.

so what are the words?

Aaliyah Williams He's right. A "song" has words. This is a piece of music, not a song.

Robert Locke True, but perhaps unspoken. The lyrics are: Grief.

Cant we just like both genre? rock is awesome so is classical

I could've sworn he passed away long time ago

haha YES 👌🤡

+Marcellin Jourdhier Yes... R.I.P

Your English is terrible. But thank you so much fornpasting the 3 pieces together mate. :)

+pianoapp fornpasting? Yeah, your English is just fucking wonderful.

I have not heard a better one.

Despite being as old as he was, he still died too young. I just wish I could've seen him live

I saw him live in 1967/68 in Toronto. Sublime. One of the dozen best Beethoven interpreters of all time, in my opinion.

searchers which are the Best versions of this sonata, in your opinion? i'm searching for my favourite version and I'd like to listen at as much versions as possible. :-)

Try Barenboim, Kissin, (especially Kissin : no one plays the 3rd movement as crisp and clear as Master Kissin) and Lisitsa. For me the best is Kissin, hands down.

Claudio Arrau

Besides, Kempff was really old when performing here. In his prime, the man had the precision of a machine.

Passion itself WILL cause a mistake because the areas of the brain involved are mutually exclusive. Ironic that Beethoven too famously allegedly said that to play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.

@ Coleen Do you even know HOW RIGHT you are?!

Coming from an older generation, the man has *control* over his emotions! (He also knows how to respect the music, and the meaning of 'gravitas'!)

Ahmad Frran oh god you're so right and this is such a shame

It doesn't have to have words to be a song...

If it doesn't have words then it's a piece not a song

@Katie Homan - Yes. Take for example Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte).

What's your favorite dubstep sonata?

I agree I can't listen to any other version because ... well its just not the same!!! I listen to this all the time and it makes me cry.. which is a little melodramatic I guess but it's true

Horowitz is an other good version...

Claudio Arrau does an oustanding job too

@@dddd-xj8ie New to the entries sonata and learning the piano. So far, I really love Arrau’s interpretation.

yes

Better than despacito

Indeed. It reminds me of that one saying: "Every grape licks their own turnip, but when radishes start violating the cabbages, the raisins get mad. Meanwhile Billy Gumdrop & his friends Avocado and Celery Stick were joining together to fight the forces of Pinwheel and his 47 legions of Stringbeans and Spaghetti Buns. The great Coo Noo god will also be watching over all of the nuggets, shrews, & plastic cups." ~C. Mannahan

I can't agree any more

Idk know man. This is great and all, but Gangnam 🔥

There is. They installed one when Mozart popped up. It's located in the room adjacent to the Organ they set up for Bach a couple of years earlier.

..and it's all that honor The Author of Foundation

You guys are all on drugs. Kempff is just working and enjoying himself.