LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

beethoven, beethoven, beethoven!!!!

Beethoven is another level. Everyone, obviously, knows the ninth symphony, which is mad to think that he completed it when he was already deaf (the music, like all the rest, is in your head, not in the ears!). Legend tells that at the first one (triumphant) they made him turn around so that he could at least see the people that where applauding him. He could only see the applause, not hear them…

One of my favourite pieces is concert number 3, for the piano and orchestra. It is something out of this world. More rock than the rolling stones, more romantic than air, more jazz than petrucciani, more poetic than de andrè, more symphonic than pink floyd, more more… in short, the top. Listening to the piano and the orchestra chase each other like two lovers, adorable and strong, happy and angry, it is an incredible emotion. An unbelievable crescendo until the explosive ending.

I fear I am doing something highly illegal, like throwing toxic waste in the sea, like trading anti personnel mines, like breaking into isolated houses violently… in short I am going to post the link through which you can download and listen to the concert for piano and orchestra number 3 opera 37 first part allegro con brio, pollini at the piano, and abbado as director of the orchestra: download it, put it into your iTunes and blast it at full volume! your lives (or at least your weekend) will definitely change.

I will be jailed, punished and sanctioned for this serious illegality: to spread as much as possible old ludwig.

Seeing that I am risking a lot, the link from which you can download it should be a little bit difficult to find…

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