Maria Yudina plays Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO. 80 32 Variationen über ein eigenes Thema Maria (Mariya) Veniaminovna Yudina (1899-1970), piano Live recording, 1954 “Yudina was one of my idols. Sometimes I tried to imitate her performing. Later I realized that in doing so I was on a wrong track... However, it was still beneficial for me to imitate such a mature artist as Yudina rather than somebody else of a lower artistic calibre.“ (Dimitri Shostakovich)