Wilhelm Kempff Plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Mvt. 1

truley amazing

beethoven has never given a name to his sinphony, what prommy82 wrote it's correct look at wikipedia

if you learned it in that amount of time, you can't play it. you can merely remind the theme to people. timing..is not easy to learn

lol wrong...

"The name "Moonlight" Sonata derives from an 1832 description of the first movement by music critic Ludwig Rellstab, who compared it to moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne."

According to a popular anecdote that circulated in the 19th century, Beethoven wrote his Moonlight sonata for piano when playing the piano for a blind girl at night. Thus the sonata was called Moonlight sonata.

yeah, but what I said was exactly why they named it "Moonlight Sonata" , they could have called it something else after all...

I learned it in 5 days ha ha


same with my when people come over my mom makes me play it

this song took me 6 months turn learn! mostly because i wouldn't practice! oops! but now, whenever company comes over, my mom makes me play this piece for everyone! but, i love this piece the same.

Thank you...beautiful.

Beethoven = genius - enough said ^^

agreed, except your second part... "moonlight"... the name was given to the song years after beethoven died.

Slow huh? listen to movement 3...
and yes, it is meant to be played this way...
it basically introduces one to the moon...
in the first movement, you start to go outside the house and stare at the moon , glancing at its beauty...

So soft... so slow... Is this the way Beethoven meant for it to be played?

*Sigh* Most beautiful peice i have ever heard. The melody is deep... almost haunting. I just recently started this for my piano final in school

does anybody know the year of this concert?