In Reply to: The Anthology of Yuck posted by andy evans on August 21, 2016 at 02:20:37:
OK - there's one spot (actually two: once in the exposition and once in the recapitulation) where Beethoven has the fortissimo chords battering away in alternating hands. Yes, that seems like an embarrassing miscalculation to me. (Beethoven goes back to his tyro stage and pounds the piano!)
But other than that, the Appassionata is a great piece! Maybe you've been listening to Schnabel too much? ;-)
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Follow Ups
- The Appassionata? The Appassionata? - Chris from Lafayette 11:16:12 08/21/16 (4)
- RE "Maybe you've been listening to Schnabel too much?" - goldenthal 23:52:57 09/05/16 (0)
- RE: The Appassionata? The Appassionata? - fstein 07:54:28 08/25/16 (0)
- The opening is like Tchaikovsky's piano concerto.. - andy evans 11:39:03 08/21/16 (1)
- "I like pieces that announce themselves politely and with a sense of mystery" - Chris from Lafayette 14:06:45 08/21/16 (0)