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Is there a recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier" actually played by that instrument?

  • I would love to find a recording of the "Hammerklavier" sonata, actually played on the hammerklavier, or fortepiano, for which it was written. So far, every recording I have found has been made using a pianoforte. When I asked this question previously, someone name "madhoseur" falsly claimed that the pianoforte and the fortepiano are the same instrument. As someone with a master's degree in music performance, I can assure you that this is not the case. The fortepiano or Hammerklavier is an intermediary instrument between the harpsichord and the pianoforte, commonly known as the piano. It retains the gut strings of the harpsichord, but, like a piano, sound is generated by hitting rather than plucking. In any case, "madhoseur" failed to answer the main question, "is there a recording." Nevertheless, "madhoseur" scored a best answer, based probably on "madhoseur's" own vote. Is there anyone out there who can provide a real answer?

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    There are certain orchetras that specialize with playing music on the instruments of the time period. You might want to look up on a Classical CD site for specifics about this: I tried once with Bach's Invention's and put the keyword "-MIDI", because I could only ever find MIDI recordings. Virgin Music, I think has a good selection of classical music.

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Yes, there are hundreds, because, hammerklavier siimply means hammer-keyboard. Hammerklavier is not an instruments name. I think that you want to know if there is a recording of this work in the forte piano, and my answer is, I dont know, ive seen recordings of Mozart sonatas in that instrument only. Beethoven had a piano (pianoforte) when he composed this work, not a fortepiano. He had a Broadwood. And you are right, fortepiano and pianoforte are not the same. Your question should be: "is there a recording ov Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 29, Hammerklavier, played in a forte piano?" because hammerklavier means hammer-keyboard, and both the fortepiano, and the pianoforte are hammer pianos, the word hammerklavier doesn't mean that this work was written for the fortepiano, as you are impliying.

perro odioso

Um, I think there is a yahoo group for piano players and piano enthusiasts. I joined once but forgot to check in again. Someone there might know.

Cookie777

I agree with the previous answer that "hammerklavier" does not specifically refer to the fortepiano. Maybe you should try the recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas by Melvyn Tan on Virgin Classics.

Mubai

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