This is what I have been waiting for since childhood many years ago.

TheElenabranick Sorry, but your quote of the Gramophone review is not on point at all as it refers to Chopin's Second Scherzo and Beethoven's sonata Op. 2 no. 3, not Op. 111: "Michelangeli's explosive but flawlessly controlled force and energy are frightening in their perfection and I doubt whether a more masterly Second Scherzo exists on record..." "Michelangeli’s agility in the last two movements of Beethoven’s Sonata No 3 has to be heard to be believed..." But what follows, and you fail to quote, is exactly my point regarding his lack of sensitivity, especially when it comes to music with any depth to it (Beethoven, Mozart): "...though here and in one of Mozart’s most delectable concertos you will need to look elsewhere - to Kempff, Barenboim and Perahia - for warmth and affection. The Mozart in particular can be chilly and unyielding, dressed, as it were, in stiff brocade." So, my point stands.

idesof I prefer Richter's. How do you like it?

Neldidellavittoria I do like Richter a great deal, one of my favorites, and I have several recordings of his Op. 111. My personal favorite for this piece is Arrau, followed by Schnabel.

​@@idesof Claudio Arrau was mythological level for Beethoven man. It was unbelievable.

You'll find that lecture in Dr. Faustus by Thomas Mann

I completely agree.

Ma conosce di musica?

Come on Daniele!! NOT TRUE! ABM played the Second-Rated concertos Like Mozart no 15! Haydn G major concerto! Liszt no 1! ABM never played the best concertos=JS Bach 1052! Chopin 1-2 Brahms 1-2 Prokofiev 1-3 Rachmaninov 1-3 Saint-Saens no 2! OK YES THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT ABM i am going to Distroy Bash The Grieg Concerto with Brutal Accent After Brutal Accent! The best Mozart piano concertos players=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu( the others=(Rubinstein Perahia Pollini Stanislav Bunin Ashkenazy!) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner( the others=Kempff Sokolov Ashkenazy Horowitz Bunin Perahia!) Mozart 24 Sokolov Maria Grinberg Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov( the others=Gilels Ashkenazy Bunin Perahia Natalia Trull)

Wow, one interpretation not up to your taste and immediately the performer belongs to a retirement home rather than to a concert hall. Just a tad too harsh?

Perchè?

@filibertotopierami Chiami d'urgenza il Suo otologo ! In caso che abbia preso l' Otomassacrator subitaneus, un insetto che vive nella polvere delle sale da concerto che ha fatto un' illustre vittima: lo stesso Bethoven !

idesof you don't understand because you're idiot! What do you mean by sensitivity? Vomiting on the piano? It's so sad, any idiot can give his opinion on the greatest things in the world.

Mireille Jacob Are you feeling better now that you got that out of your system? Michelangeli is way out of his depth here. He would do better to stick to the shallows of French music because in the depths of Beethoven, all he does is drown.

shallows? you, moron! It's really sad that idiots can be let free to post anything everywhere.

idesof Mireille Jacob Children! Children! Can we not discuss differences of opinion like mature adults rather than crying "idiot!" and "moron!"? Personally, I don't think this interpretation is *that* insensitive (compared with, say, Backhaus), but I prefer Arrau's more romantic take above all others. And Michelangeli's reputation does rest more on technique rather than sensitivity, how he had almost flawless control of all aspects of the sound (I love how he plays the cadenza to Grieg's Piano Concerto); however, it is this perfection that many listeners take issue with. Although here, he seemed to be in his twilight years and losing some of his trademark flawlessness. Also, he was never a literalist and does do some odd things in this sonata, so I wouldn't call it a literal score reading.

when true music is involved, how can you acept such opinions that show a complete missunderstanding and a total lack of sensibility towards music. So: Idiot and moron till the end of the time!

Bien différent de l'interpretation du 1964 vous avez raison Lanneluc. Mais deux formidables versions d'un pillier non seulement de la musique mais de la culture de l'occident.