Sunday, July 08, 2007

YouTube Beethoven Faceoff: Myleene Klass vs. Wilhelm Kempff

Watch these two YouTube performances of the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata Op. 27 #2 ("Moonlight"), and see if you can spot the better pianist.

Myleene Klass:



Wilhelm Kempff:






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Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonaten - Band I (Piano Sonatas - Volume I) - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com
Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonaten - Band I (Piano Sonatas - Volume I) Fingered by Conrad Hansen, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), edited by Bertha Antonia Wallner. Collection for solo piano. Series: Urtext Editions. Text language English, German and French. 286 pages. Published by G. Henle. (HE.32)
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2 comments:

  1. Obviously Kempff (IMO). Nn the first video (Klass) , the main voice is almost inaudible. And it's too fast. The pianist is hot though, and I guess that takes peopel a long way these days.

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  2. Arjun, Myleene might look better and Kempff might play better but they both mugged for the camera in the face shots, which shows that everyone's a sucker for the musical "I'm such a great artist" pose when the camera gets near.

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