Honens @ Home: Hinrich Alpers performs Beethoven

Today, we are pleased to share 2006 Honens Laureate Hinrich
Alpers performing the third movement of Franz Liszt's
transcription of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125,
recorded at his summer home in  Berlin. Widely considered
the latter's greatest work, ‘Beethoven 9’ was composed between
1822 and 1824 and first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824.
Liszt's transcription for solo piano is meticulous in its
accurate reproduction and requires much from the pianist
(technique, stamina, and musicianship) to fully realize an entire
orchestra with only 10 fingers.

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Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.