Wilhelm Backhaus plays Beethoven Sonata No.28, Op.101

What a poor, disgusting interpretation! Isn't this piece marked "ALLEGRETTO ma non troppo" also I think this guy needs a metronome!!!!! Let me go listen to Alfred Brendel's interpretation instead!!!

poor? disgusting? metronome?? i dont understand

This guy does a very poor job with this sonata, first, too fast, not even, his tempo is all over the place...

How can you criticize this performance when you haven't even listened past the first movement? 'This guy' is renowned as one of the greatest interpreters of Beethoven's piano music. Just because he doesn't give the first movement the same condescendingly gushy treatment that mosts pianists do doesn't make this a bad job by any stretch.

non riesco a sentire questa sublime sonata se non con backaus!

Amazng performance!

hahaha

Actually, the first movement is marked "Etwas lebhaft........." which means. I'm told "rather lively".  Beethoven gave this sonata German directions, not Italian.

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from japan

Fantastiiiico

Sehr viele Entwicklung Verstand, mit ein Bisschen Altheit, gescheht mit Beethoven... auch, Barmherzigkeit, Liebe; vielleicht Gemuetlichkeit ist zu meistens einer Seelens Platz.

Der Klavierer hier, einer Die Edele Und Hochnaesige Seelen; Beethoven, auch spezialer Edele Seele natuerlich...

"Merry Meet; Merry Part; Merry Meet Again" ist Volks Sagen was kommte fuer mich sinnlich, besonders mit Vierter mvt....

This is how Backhaus played; Good contrast to many other pianists. Perhaps he imagined how Beethoven would have played if he a modern concert grant. I find this a great listen. Crfitics should listen to someone else.

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