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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FgTXgvSIOs&playnext=1&videos=5n5kS1XsrvE&feature=sub

I've been waiting for this for aages! I hope she posts the other movements. I can't wait for the CD.

Also she's doing that Ustream webcam thing again, but this time with her recording session for the Chopin etudes. Excited!

Thanks for posting, will have to listen some more to determine if I like the piece.

I, as a true Beethoven fan, can REALLY recommend her performance of the Hammerklavier. I was really surprised by it, as I didn't like her Appassionata so much, but her Hammerklavier is amazing, especially the last movement!

Oh yeh her hammerklavier fugue rocks!
It was also her that inspired me to learn Op.10 No.3.

Ahh I'm listening to that one right now, I have to say, its FAST, imo too fast. I prefer Andras Schiff's version .

I really like it fast tho, hehe.

Poor Beethoven, ow well, he'l get a swing at you in the afterlife :p.

When is the UStream?

We'll find out soon enough if I can play it that fast ;-)

Ustream is april 18th I think.

yeah 18th and 19th saw it right after I posted that.

Thanks for posting. I have circled Aug.18/19 on my calendar. Any idea what time it starts?

What is this Ustream?

Its a website where people can stream a live video feed over the internet for other people to watch for free. She did it a while ago with her daily practice sessions for a week, it was incredibly fascinating to watch.

From her recent, live Ustream practice sessions. Very inspiring to watch her practice.

I agree – Valentina is too fast for me.

I think Irena Koblar has it about right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTIH9os9aQ

According to Barry Cooper, Czerny’s earliest metronome marking for this was 152, which BC describes as an apparent aberration. Czerny’s later speeds were 126 and 132.

As an aside, I note that Beethoven shamelessly stole measures 133 – 140 from Rick Wakeman’s "Six Wives of Henry VIII" Catherine Howard track (3:40 on the Koblar vid, and 0:20 and later here).

Should be an interesting watch. I'll be sure to tune in.

I just cant imagine that being played at 126. I love Irena Koblars version too though.

Czerny was krank in the head, he wanted everything presstissisimo and later changed his mind. Lol at Rick Wakeman btw!

And you are right the Koblar speed is much more the way I like it. She is a good pianist btw!

Recognizing earlier mistakes and correcting them is somehow a problem?

If it was a mistake than no, if you mean playing all of beethoven's work at a presto-prestississimo level, than yes. That man has spread so many lies and untruths about beethoven, there must have been something wrong with him.