Felix Reuter - Der verflixte Beethoven (Klassische Meisterwerke modern arrangiert) (2021)

The elite listen to classical music, the middle class upscale light music, the lower class hits and folk music? That was once. Maybe also because there is always more to hear and artists who simply jump over these borders. Like the pianist and music comedian Felix Reuter. He has no reservations - where from? After all, he is a studied pianist with a classical training at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar.

"The darn Beethoven" classical masterpieces arranged in a modern way is the name of his new album, which is released today. Reuter describes his approach to Beethoven as follows: “Since my childhood I have met Ludwig van Beethoven again and again. Early on it was about the technical implementation of his music, then about questions of expression: with Beethoven, piano always means extremely quiet and forte extremely loud. Meanwhile
I also understand his music from a historical point of view: In Beethoven's time, the piano and piano playing developed improbably. Then there was the hold pedal, the mechanics changed and the metronome was invented. Beethoven has all of this in
processed his compositions and it allows me to understand some of his art better. Anyone who tries to imagine what it is like to be almost completely deaf for the longest part of his life can only be amazed at the diversity of Beethoven's musical ideas. "