Thursday, 12/1/11
by musicclipoftheday
No matter how often I hear it, this piece—Beethoven’s final piano sonata—never fails to astonish.
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 32
Rudolf Serkin (piano), live, Austria (Vienna), 1987
#1: 1st movement
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#2: 2nd movement, part 1
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#3: 2nd movement, part 2
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If I knew I had a week to live, this is one of the things I’d want to listen to—more than once.
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Another take on this sonata? Here (Claudio Arrau).
More of Serkin playing Beethoven? Here.
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lagniappe
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Today marks our 800th post.
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reading table
A Day! Help! Help!
Another Day!
Your prayers – Oh Passer by!—Emily Dickinson, c. 1858 (58 [Franklin], excerpt)
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musical thoughts
If it wasn’t for the music, I don’t know what I’d do.
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