I have never been so simultaneously depressed yet invigorated by hearing a performance, your interpretations of Beethoven are among the very best in the world.
Your touch on the piano is very special, very rare and very delicate, you make it really singing! The texture is crystal clear, like water in a fountain! Great enjoyment! Thank you, may you ever be able to keep this talent!
This has to be one of the very best intrerpretations that I have ever heard... The first movement especially is just incredibly good and so full of emotion!
Wow. Brilliant and beautiful, and you seem to be truly enjoying yourself. I read with pleasure that you said “It’s not a job.” As András Schiff says, “It’s a privilege; it’s communication; it’s love.” You seem to personify this. Thank you!
Bravo again. All of the huge dynamic contrasts in the first movement are so wonderfully rendered here, as well as the temporal space. And thank you for “ma non troppo”ing the third movement. I thought your tempo choices were perfect. I’ve heard dozens of recordings of this, and your performance stands with the very best. This whole series is such a delight, and your performances of the middle-period sonatas are so profound, I am drooling with anticipation for the late-period material. Thank you thank you thank you.
Appasionata doesn't mean love or passion here, it really does struggle, struggle against the fate itself that Beethoven had to deal in his life and perhaps the struggle which a performer has to deal with this overwhelming sonata. Thanks again for sharing the Appasionata with us, Boris, in this journey by the 32 piano sonatas
Omg bravo bravo, such a lovely ending to this furious piece. I really loved your interpretation of the 3rd and 2nd Movement, that transition of 2nd movt to 3rd movt was amazing. And the ending of 3rd movt just gave me chills down my body. THNX A LOTTTTTT😁😁😁🥰
At 10 I had a melodia record by Richter playing this piece and it totally mesmerized me ( in 1975 or so). I really don't know how I got that record or the record player. From that age on I was totally devoted to classical music but knew I would never be able to play these pieces myself (and I was right). But I studied classical piano anyway and I still am... Boris is as good as Richter or better (I can't judge that anymore since I grew older than 10, sorry...). Beethoven is the real hero though, through the ages. As are several piano manufacturerers.
This is the first piece of music I recall hearing live. I was still at school and it was completely new to me. It made an impact I remember 40 years later. Thank you Boris, this is a truly great performance!
It is a privilege to see a wonderful video like this. I will often see this preciousness. I love the sound of a good piano, especially when played perfectly. Bravo ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👏👍
Je vuelto a deleitarme con esta maravilla, hermosa sonata y Boris Giltburg le da el sentido Beethoveniano perfecto. Felicitaciones y gracias de nuevo querido Boris👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎶
Great Boris, I feel that this is the best interpretation of l'Appassionata that I have ever heard, and I have heard many. I was really interested in how your interpretation of passages 18/23, 156/160 of the first movement would be like, and It is the first time I feel them executed in an exquisite way, with just fortissimos, without the impression of a succession of trampled chords, which always seemed to me that it was not the best way to execute them. Thanks you very much and my best wishes for you!!
Magnificent performance! Bravo, bravo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Во истину величайший пианист современности. And the 3d movement is just mind blowing. The filming is amazing and the whole project is a great gift to all of us!!! Bravo, bravo, Boris ❤️
you are legendary pianist , the best interpretation of Appassionata that I have ever heard I loved your 3rd mov. interpretation I listen to your interpretation everyday from the day you post it on youtube
Eduardo Poblete de Chile, sublime, que fuerza, temperamento y una armonía que no se pierde a pesar de la energía que le entrega a la interpretación, es la mejor Apassionata de los últimos años, gracias Boris, por este regalo.... felicitaciones....
Currently I am learning this sonata, the 1st movement. And my friend is learning the 3rd one of this. So I shared this video with her. I saw your concert notice in Seoul this December, looking forward to it:)
That's a really beautiful and perfect interpretation. Perhaps, the best interpretation of this Sonata on RUclips. Please keep on delighting your audiences with such performances. How many hours do you practice a day ?
great - I skipped to the accelerando ending to see if there was a big enough difference between the tempi (the best I've found is Gulda's). This was very good, too. Just a pity Beethoven had to write the Moonlight ending for a second time for this sonata! As a student of Beethoven (6th generation) I rate this as one of his very greatest musical achievements. However, Glen Gould never liked it... Maybe he should have heard Giltburg's excellent rendition! ..
תודה על העונג של הניגון שלפי דעתי אחד מ 3 הטובים ששמעתי ובמיוד על תבונת קריאת הסונטה. כבר שמעתי את וורסיה שלך פעמיים כדי להיתרכז על חלקים נבחרים. ראיתי אותך גם ב INTERMEZZO ששם שמך כתוב בטעות BITBURG. תודה, תודה.
@Boris Giltburg despite I don't like so much your style of absolute control, your interpretation is the 2° ever best for exams (the first is Perahia), instead in the list of best recording for me you are the 4° Arrau/Brendel 1° Perahia 2° Pollini/Gilels 3° Giltburg 4° Barenboim 5° Kempff 6° Kissin/Lugansky 7° Instead for the worst version list Lisiszta 1° Horowitz 2° Richter 3° Lang 4° Instead considering only mvt I I think that, without considering my disappointment for your style, you did the very best, due to outstanding precision , such that I think that you did good as Perahia. Obviously this comment it's not a critique but only congratulations, also because you're positioned pianist and I'm only a student at second year of Santa Cecilia Conservatory. Btw, thanks for your recording, I'll listen the cycle continuing from my favourites (and for you what's the list of your 5 favourites? For me 23, 14, 31, 32 & 29)
Believe it or not (you almost certainly will not believe it...yet, anyway) but the 3rd movement is meant to approximate hiphop. Literally hiphop. (Same for Moonlight's 3rd. Literal hiphop. Not proto-hiphop, no. Weirder than that. In the same way that Sonata 32's 2nd movement contains that stretch of literal early 20th century American jazz. Literal. As if time travel were somehow involved. Ahem, lol.) For an idea of how it should be played, consult the fast rendition Inbar did two years ago. The trick is not to "expressively" stray from the beat. So that if it were the latest bop dropped in a studio, you ought to see Jay Z and Kanye passionately bobbing their heads with a stinkface.
I. Allegro assai - 0:09
II. Andante con moto - 10:08
III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - 16:30
Das ist einfach ganz stark gespielt, ein Pianist, der sich ständig weiterentwickelt..... Einfach toll....
I have never been so simultaneously depressed yet invigorated by hearing a performance, your interpretations of Beethoven are among the very best in the world.
You are something and a half, Mr Giltburg. That was wild!
СОВЕРШЕННОЕ исполнение! Благодарю Вас, маэстро!!
Your touch on the piano is very special, very rare and very delicate, you make it really singing! The texture is crystal clear, like water in a fountain! Great enjoyment! Thank you, may you ever be able to keep this talent!
Meilleure remède contre la morosité de cette époque de covid. Félicitations et Merci .
This has to be one of the very best intrerpretations that I have ever heard... The first movement especially is just incredibly good and so full of emotion!
Thank you!
Wow. Brilliant and beautiful, and you seem to be truly enjoying yourself. I read with pleasure that you said “It’s not a job.” As András Schiff says, “It’s a privilege; it’s communication; it’s love.” You seem to personify this. Thank you!
Bravo again. All of the huge dynamic contrasts in the first movement are so wonderfully rendered here, as well as the temporal space. And thank you for “ma non troppo”ing the third movement. I thought your tempo choices were perfect. I’ve heard dozens of recordings of this, and your performance stands with the very best. This whole series is such a delight, and your performances of the middle-period sonatas are so profound, I am drooling with anticipation for the late-period material. Thank you thank you thank you.
Many thanks! Getting closer to the late period :)
Very terrific performance.....
Appasionata doesn't mean love or passion here, it really does struggle, struggle against the fate itself that Beethoven had to deal in his life and perhaps the struggle which a performer has to deal with this overwhelming sonata. Thanks again for sharing the Appasionata with us, Boris, in this journey by the 32 piano sonatas
With pleasure!
hermosisimo!!! appasionata siempre nueva y eterna. muchas gracias Boris.
Unbelievably beautiful!
Thank you!
Pure music with the soul touch.
Bravó bravisimo el mejor interprete dr lad 32 sonatss de Brethoven Gtacias
Omg bravo bravo, such a lovely ending to this furious piece. I really loved your interpretation of the 3rd and 2nd Movement, that transition of 2nd movt to 3rd movt was amazing. And the ending of 3rd movt just gave me chills down my body. THNX A LOTTTTTT😁😁😁🥰
With pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!
Спасибо! Это счастье услышать такое исполнение! Как будто только что написано.
Громадное спасибо!
It is really an extraordinary performance. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I forgot to breath during second movement and was blown away by the third!
A great pleasure to listen your Performance.....I like it so much🎹👏
At 10 I had a melodia record by Richter playing this piece and it totally mesmerized me ( in 1975 or so). I really don't know how I got that record or the record player. From that age on I was totally devoted to classical music but knew I would never be able to play these pieces myself (and I was right). But I studied classical piano anyway and I still am... Boris is as good as Richter or better (I can't judge that anymore since I grew older than 10, sorry...). Beethoven is the real hero though, through the ages. As are several piano manufacturerers.
This is the first piece of music I recall hearing live. I was still at school and it was completely new to me. It made an impact I remember 40 years later.
Thank you Boris, this is a truly great performance!
Thank you!
Bravo Boris. La Appasionata muy buena. Gracias por ofrecernosla
It is a privilege to see a wonderful video like this. I will often see this preciousness. I love the sound of a good piano, especially when played perfectly. Bravo ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👏👍
Thank you!
This guy's so good.
Qué intensidad emocional! Drama, delicadeza, furia...todos los sentimientos confluyen en esta obra monumental. Muchas gracias por su interpretación!
Je vuelto a deleitarme con esta maravilla, hermosa sonata y Boris Giltburg le da el sentido Beethoveniano perfecto. Felicitaciones y gracias de nuevo querido Boris👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎶
Correction:* He vuelto a deleitarme...
Grande Boris!!! Extraordinario!!! Bravo!!!
Great Boris, I feel that this is the best interpretation of l'Appassionata that I have ever heard, and I have heard many. I was really interested in how your interpretation of passages 18/23, 156/160 of the first movement would be like, and It is the first time I feel them executed in an exquisite way, with just fortissimos, without the impression of a succession of trampled chords, which always seemed to me that it was not the best way to execute them. Thanks you very much and my best wishes for you!!
Thanks so much!
Fantastic!
Thank you!
Qué lindo bravo Boris Giltburg 👏👏👏👏👏👏🎹♥️♥️♥️
I will never get tired of congratulating you and supporting you, i always love your descriptions, thanks
And of course, your interpretation!
Thank you!
Boris Giltburg is the second Glenn Gould but with fulness of european culture
Magnificent performance! Bravo, bravo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Во истину величайший пианист современности.
And the 3d movement is just mind blowing.
The filming is amazing and the whole project is a great gift to all of us!!! Bravo, bravo, Boris ❤️
Thank you!
you are legendary pianist
, the best interpretation of Appassionata that I have ever heard
I loved your 3rd mov. interpretation
I listen to your interpretation everyday from the day you post it on youtube
Many thanks!
Bravo! Superb !
BRAVO !!!!!!!!! Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
Eduardo Poblete de Chile, sublime, que fuerza, temperamento y una armonía que no se pierde a pesar de la energía que le entrega a la interpretación, es la mejor Apassionata de los últimos años, gracias Boris, por este regalo.... felicitaciones....
Delightful interpretation. The ending especially was spectacular.
Excellence , Bravo 👍
Currently I am learning this sonata, the 1st movement. And my friend is learning the 3rd one of this. So I shared this video with her. I saw your concert notice in Seoul this December, looking forward to it:)
Amazing!!!!!😆👍👍👍
magnifique! Bravo!
bravo!!!!!!!
not classical, but gorgeous
excellent
A wonderfull rendering, you sound is amazing! I really enjoyed this! Thank you!!!
With pleasure!
That's a really beautiful and perfect interpretation.
Perhaps, the best interpretation of this Sonata on RUclips.
Please keep on delighting your audiences with such performances.
How many hours do you practice a day ?
Thank you! Usually around 8 hours, more before a concert or recording.
That's amazing. Thanks for the reply.
@@BorisGiltburgPiano how do you divide all those 8 hrs in a whole day?
great - I skipped to the accelerando ending to see if there was a big enough difference between the tempi (the best I've found is Gulda's). This was very good, too. Just a pity Beethoven had to write the Moonlight ending for a second time for this sonata! As a student of Beethoven (6th generation) I rate this as one of his very greatest musical achievements. However, Glen Gould never liked it... Maybe he should have heard Giltburg's excellent rendition! ..
תודה על העונג של הניגון שלפי דעתי אחד מ 3 הטובים ששמעתי ובמיוד על תבונת קריאת הסונטה. כבר שמעתי את וורסיה שלך פעמיים כדי להיתרכז על חלקים נבחרים. ראיתי אותך גם ב INTERMEZZO ששם שמך כתוב בטעות BITBURG. תודה, תודה.
הרבה תודה! שמח שאהבת
@Boris Giltburg despite I don't like so much your style of absolute control, your interpretation is the 2° ever best for exams (the first is Perahia), instead in the list of best recording for me you are the 4°
Arrau/Brendel 1°
Perahia 2°
Pollini/Gilels 3°
Giltburg 4°
Barenboim 5°
Kempff 6°
Kissin/Lugansky 7°
Instead for the worst version list
Lisiszta 1°
Horowitz 2°
Richter 3°
Lang 4°
Instead considering only mvt I I think that, without considering my disappointment for your style, you did the very best, due to outstanding precision , such that I think that you did good as Perahia.
Obviously this comment it's not a critique but only congratulations, also because you're positioned pianist and I'm only a student at second year of Santa Cecilia Conservatory. Btw, thanks for your recording, I'll listen the cycle continuing from my favourites (and for you what's the list of your 5 favourites? For me 23, 14, 31, 32 & 29)
Believe it or not (you almost certainly will not believe it...yet, anyway) but the 3rd movement is meant to approximate hiphop. Literally hiphop. (Same for Moonlight's 3rd. Literal hiphop. Not proto-hiphop, no. Weirder than that. In the same way that Sonata 32's 2nd movement contains that stretch of literal early 20th century American jazz. Literal. As if time travel were somehow involved. Ahem, lol.) For an idea of how it should be played, consult the fast rendition Inbar did two years ago. The trick is not to "expressively" stray from the beat. So that if it were the latest bop dropped in a studio, you ought to see Jay Z and Kanye passionately bobbing their heads with a stinkface.
Inbar's accidentally-perfect hiphop version: ruclips.net/video/30ioWA6K4AI/видео.html
Terrible camera work. Please buy a tripod.
That's a feature, not a bug :) fotw.london/about
I thought the camera movement was kind of nice haha
Bravo Boris. La Appasionata muy buena. Gracias por ofrecernosla