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Help find rare Beethoven Moonlight Sonata!

post #1 of 8
1/5/08 at 6:24pm
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I'm currently in a melancholic mood and my playlist is full of old classic stuff like Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrows, Philipp Glass, even Beethoven - the type that resonates deeply and let's the tears well up.
When Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata) came up I remembered that I once heard a version with a great female chorus. I dunno if it was Piano or a whole orchestra though.
I've been searching Google for hours now and it seems there is not one version of the Moonlight Sonata with vocals/choir.

Anyone know a version or a good resource site?
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post #2 of 8
1/5/08 at 8:49pm
http://www.dizzler.com/music/Beethoven/Moonlight_Sonata
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post #3 of 8
1/5/08 at 10:40pm
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thx for the link. But still no version with female/male chorus or vocals.
I think I grow tired of it again before I find it.
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post #4 of 8
1/5/08 at 11:32pm
you have to play the piano in the room behind the dining room.
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post #5 of 8
1/6/08 at 12:17pm
Beethoven never wrote a choral version of the moonlight. The closest thing to what you are describing is the Choral Fantasy in C minor, which has a slow, mournful piano introduction, later joined by chorus and orchestra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choral_...28Beethoven%29

My favorite version has Sviatoslav Richter on piano with a Russian chorus, singing in Russian. See tracks 15-17 on this disc (which also contains a mind-blowing appassionata)...

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Pian...9631955&sr=1-1

I can't think of any bastardization of the moonlight that fits your description. However, could you possibly be mis-remembering Charles Gounod's Ave Maria, an excellent vocal bastardization of the opening prelude from Bach's Well tempered Clavier? If you aren't familiar with it, Gounod simply added a melody on top of Bach's repeated arpeggios (similar in texture to the moonlight). There are a million different arrangements of the piece, and some include chorus and female soloist (or cello, or pan-flute, or moog sythesizer). Here's a few from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Charles-...631272&sr=8-36 track 4

http://www.amazon.com/Ave-Maria-Joha...630976&sr=8-17 track 1

http://www.amazon.com/Serene-Spirit-...s_all_2#disc_2 track 11, disc 2

Hope that helps
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post #6 of 8
1/6/08 at 2:20pm
Well,

A little digging through Amazon unearthed this abomination:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pr_product_top track 5

Makes my skin crawl, but it may be what you're looking for.
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post #7 of 8
1/6/08 at 10:52pm
damn, someones word of the year must be bastardization...hahaha
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post #8 of 8
1/9/08 at 8:35pm
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hey thx for the info! appreciate it!
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