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.
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