I Listened To The Same 3 Notes. In 51 Recordings. (Bernstein, O’Conor, Richter, Uchida, 조성진, et al)

As pianists, we often find ourselves getting obsessed over the tiniest details. In this video, Robert Fleitz explores one of his recent obsessions -- three notes in the third movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 110 -- by listening to 51 different recordings by some of the greatest pianists of all time, including Richter, Cortot, Uchida, de Larrocha, 조성진 (Seong-Jin Cho), Evgeny Kissin, Seymour Bernstein, and of course, Glenn Gould. 0:00 The Mystery of Three Notes 2:42 Recording Investigation 3:40 Triplets, Eighth Notes, and beyond 6:19 Individual Expression and Strategies 8:43 Staying Imaginative when Practicing The full list of pianists whose recordings were considered: Alexei Lubimov 2009 Alfred Cortot 1950 Emil Gilels 1985 Angela Hewitt 2015 Antti Siirala 2012 Evgeny Kissin 2022 Heinrich Neuhaus 1947 Maurizio Pollini 1977 Mitsuko Uchida 2006 Sviatoslav Richter 1951 Sviatoslav Richter 1965 Sviatoslav Richter 1991 Louis Lortie 2010 Seong-Jin Cho 2011 Yukino Fujiwara 1988 Glenn Gould 1963 Daniel Hsu 2017 Abdel Rahman El Bacha 2013 Han Chen 2023 Igor Levit 2019 Jonathan Biss 2019 Paul Lewis 2008 Robert Fleitz 2022 Alfred Brendel 1995 Alicia De Larrocha 1982 Andras Schiff 2011 Anne Queffelec 2020 Annie Fischer 1977 Artur Schnabel 1932 Vladimir Ashkenazy 1972 Barbara Nissman 2017 Boris Giltburg 2021 Daniel Barenboim 1984 David Fung 2020 Fou Tsong 1962 Georgijs Osokins 2019 Helene Grimaud 2001 John O’Conor 1994 Kate Liu 2019 Mari Kodama 2013 Maria Joao Pires 1975 Mateusz Borowiak 2020 Myra Hess 1953 Nelson Freire 2006 Penelope Crawford 2011 Pletnev 2019 Richard Goode 1993 Seymour Bernstein 1974 Stephen Kovacevich 1993 Wilhelm Kempff 1936 Arkadij Volodos 2005 --- tonebase gives you instant access to knowledge from the world’s greatest classical musicians, performers, and educators. Learn more by visiting Facebook - Instagram - Questions? Contact us: team@