Perhaps my favorite composition from Franz Schubert, it has become a tradition for me to play this every year in the days before Easter Sunday. Yes, I know it has nothing to do with Easter, but it has such a Spring-y and Easter-y feel to it.
An astounding interpretation of one of the great piano sonatas ever. I think Schubert's finest. And this recording, with the score ... it is sublime. Thank you, and thank you Grigori Sokolov. And of course, thank you, Franz Schubert, for this work of genius.
First thing I think of when listening to this masterwork is Dune. For no other reason I was reading Dune during the 80s while enjoying this sonata over and over....Such a good time
So much musical richness from comparatively few notes on any part of the staff. From what I notice this work has some of the widest range of notes (low to high or vice-versa) in any melody.
It is a beautiful performance, I agree. For a very different but equally impressive one, go to the live performance by Zoltán Kocsis on RUclips. It's mind-blowing.
Thank you so much for posting. It's so interesting listening and reading the score. It adds so much to the experience. Overall I liked it and, honestly, what follows is not meant as criticism of an artist of Sokolov's stature but more as observations. In the first movement what interested me was the tempo choice. There are are almost no semiquavers (16th notes) in the exposition but the development section is based on them. The question is how to make the quavers (8th notes) make it sound like an allegro and then the semis not sound rushed later on (without making quite a fluctuation in tempo)? The other point is to do with articulation. Quite often I noticed that there were deliberate staccato marks in one hand against legato in the other. I am sure this is part of the structure of the piece so I found it quite odd that they weren't always observed.
Great sonata, and a very thourough intro. Very! How true, the influence of and the similarities between these two great composers! Yes, the nod(s) you mention are quite audible. Many other great composers were also influenced by the genious of Beethoven. Was it Brahms who was scared, I think, of the shadow of the Master? Thanks, Olla, for a beautiful Sonata. Cheers! Mo
+MoLahBel3 Brahms was terrified of him, he tried to surpass Beethoven in his symphonies, by using his techniques but taking them even further. Great minds build upon ideas of other great minds :)
The hammerklavier was written in1919, only a few years before this was written. The revolution of Beethoven must have struck like a tidal wave. I think in the case of Brahms, it is the reason he was so self critical and why he destroyed so much of his music, they said his favorite piece of furniture was the trash can! Lol
I just thought of something, you said Schubert attended the funeral with Hummel, what that says to me is he may not have lived to see his music become popular but at least it seems to me the greatest musicians on earth admired and respected him even when he was still alive.
Have you not yet seen Bresson's "Au Hazard Balthazar" (1966) which ends with one of the most heartbreaking scenes in cinema? But Haneke too has that same dark gift for showing you the fallenness of humanity.
@@marcuspeck963 I haven't yet but I sure will. Haneke is one of the greatest of history, his movies are so unsettling and powerful. The book The pianist seems written just for him
When I heard this on the radio I actually thought it WAS very good modern film music. I am no Schubert fan, his songs belong to a Biedermeyer kitsch era we can't relate to anymore, but this sonata is absolutely a work of genius.
@@marcuspeck963 I bumped into this video again and couldn't help but notice your comment... I've seen Au Hazard Balthazar. Bresson entered instantly my top 3. That film is moving to a level I'm even able to understand.
Guy has made a full sheet edit, found a good recording and posted it You truly believe he would have the insensibility to place an ad middle andantino? That's RUclips's algorithm.
Perhaps my favorite composition from Franz Schubert, it has become a tradition for me to play this every year in the days before Easter Sunday. Yes, I know it has nothing to do with Easter, but it has such a Spring-y and Easter-y feel to it.
It has naïveté, rebirth, and the promise of life all within one concise tonal language
Divno....
Why you say that has nothing to do with Easter and Spring? It has instead considering A major belongs to Spring in the circle of Fifths diagram.
Для меня эта соната тоже Пасхальная!
Слава Богу!
И спасибо великому Шуберту за эту невероятную музыку!!!
An astounding interpretation of one of the great piano sonatas ever. I think Schubert's finest. And this recording, with the score ... it is sublime. Thank you, and thank you Grigori Sokolov. And of course, thank you, Franz Schubert, for this work of genius.
It's Sokolow, so, yes: wonderful!
What a wonderful performance by Sokolov. Nothing wishy-washy about this sonata. Full of drama and melodic beauty.
+Mari Christian Yes I agree! Glad you like it too.
Too romantic --not good. Too classical--not good either. Too my taste, Sokolov was just right. But I'm far from the arbiter of good taste, toothless!
First thing I think of when listening to this masterwork is Dune. For no other reason I was reading Dune during the 80s while enjoying this sonata over and over....Such a good time
The coda to the finale is just crazy!
What an incredible performance from Sokolov. Fantastic articulations
So much musical richness from comparatively few notes on any part of the staff. From what I notice this work has some of the widest range of notes (low to high or vice-versa) in any melody.
İSNT İSA SON OF GOD..HİS GOOD MEN..BİG PROPHET..IM MÜSLIM AND I LOVE TO JESUS..
In my opinion, one of the most difficult piano sonatas
Lol
Did you play it?
@@TempodiPiano Sauf le début de l'andantino... Techniquement, of course !
@@TempodiPiano I did too.
@@Chorizo727 true, but not for the same reason as a Scriabin or Rachmaninoff sonata, completely different kind of difficulty lol
Thanks for uploading!
Uma obra prima! Magistral!
MIL GRACIAS
23:29 is transcendental
後期ベートーヴェンを思わせます。
As always, Sokolov plays under tempo, but does provide excellent articulation, color, and dynamics.
It is a beautiful performance, I agree. For a very different but equally impressive one, go to the live performance by Zoltán Kocsis on RUclips. It's mind-blowing.
22:56 reminds me of his Impromptu no.3, and the theme of the Rondo sounds similar to the 2nd movement of D.537 Sonata.
Yesssssssss
Thank you so much for posting.
It's so interesting listening and reading the score. It adds so much to the experience. Overall I liked it and, honestly, what follows is not meant as criticism of an artist of Sokolov's stature but more as observations.
In the first movement what interested me was the tempo choice. There are are almost no semiquavers (16th notes) in the exposition but the development section is based on them. The question is how to make the quavers (8th notes) make it sound like an allegro and then the semis not sound rushed later on (without making quite a fluctuation in tempo)?
The other point is to do with articulation. Quite often I noticed that there were deliberate staccato marks in one hand against legato in the other. I am sure this is part of the structure of the piece so I found it quite odd that they weren't always observed.
Rondo form
A 31:49
Transition 33:20
B (in E Major) 33:49
Retransition 36:04
A 36:23
C (development) 36:55
False recap in F# Major 39:13
A 39:31
B (in A) 40:43
A 43:03
Coda 43:45
The last chaper Very Beautiful
Great sonata, and a very thourough intro. Very! How true, the influence of and the similarities between these two great composers! Yes, the nod(s) you mention are quite audible. Many other great composers were also influenced by the genious of Beethoven. Was it Brahms who was scared, I think, of the shadow of the Master?
Thanks, Olla, for a beautiful Sonata.
Cheers!
Mo
+MoLahBel3 Brahms was terrified of him, he tried to surpass Beethoven in his symphonies, by using his techniques but taking them even further. Great minds build upon ideas of other great minds :)
The hammerklavier was written in1919, only a few years before this was written. The revolution of Beethoven must have struck like a tidal wave. I think in the case of Brahms, it is the reason he was so self critical and why he destroyed so much of his music, they said his favorite piece of furniture was the trash can! Lol
That and Beethoven died one year before this and all the others Schubert wrote during his most inspired phase.
I just thought of something, you said Schubert attended the funeral with Hummel, what that says to me is he may not have lived to see his music become popular but at least it seems to me the greatest musicians on earth admired and respected him even when he was still alive.
scottbos68
Yes that is true, of course. But it must be painful to see the general populace not recognising your music...
I discovered this beautiful sonata thanks to Michael Haneke who used it in his movie La pianiste. I'll never be grateful enough
Have you not yet seen Bresson's "Au Hazard Balthazar" (1966) which ends with one of the most heartbreaking scenes in cinema? But Haneke too has that same dark gift for showing you the fallenness of humanity.
@@marcuspeck963 I haven't yet but I sure will. Haneke is one of the greatest of history, his movies are so unsettling and powerful. The book The pianist seems written just for him
When I heard this on the radio I actually thought it WAS very good modern film music. I am no Schubert fan, his songs belong to a Biedermeyer kitsch era we can't relate to anymore, but this sonata is absolutely a work of genius.
İSNT İSA SON OF GOD..HİS GOOD MEN..BİG PROPHET..IM MÜSLIM AND I LOVE TO JESUS..
@@marcuspeck963 I bumped into this video again and couldn't help but notice your comment... I've seen Au Hazard Balthazar. Bresson entered instantly my top 3. That film is moving to a level I'm even able to understand.
Sokolov X-rays this music, as so often. Lots of broken bones, lots of healing.
26:30 Chopin Grand Valse Brillante
schubert was such a visionary he could copy from the future
16:26
26:00
31:50
21:00-21:45 is absolutely wild
That edit at 3:24 lollllllllll
yeah wtf lol
Where is thumbnail?
10:25
fascinating how he so often does not follow this score
That is a hard Sonata
Technically not so much, interpretively I would definitely agree.
Andantino那一段像個高冷卻羸弱的少女
22:49
I MADE A REMIX YALL ITS CALLED PLUTO!!!
8:21
Duhovit....i slatko
צריך סימן למהירות הנגינה במוסיקה קלאסית מ1 עד 20 או 1 עד 14. עדיף. בצורת תו מיוחד. עם 14 סימנים עליו. מימין למעלה אני חושב.
İSNT İSA SON OF GOD..HİS GOOD MEN..BİG PROPHET..IM MÜSLIM AND I LOVE TO JESUS..
How on earth is it possible to interrupt this music, the 2nd movement, with stupid publicity? I did not listen more. You lost me
Absolutely!! An ad for the New York Times in the middle of the Andantino!!?? I'm outa here.
adblock
RUclips can place ads on practically every video, whether the channel owner wants it or not. We get ads on some of ours.
He didn't place that ad there. Because the music is copyrighted, random ads can appear on the video without being actually placed by the uploader
Guy has made a full sheet edit, found a good recording and posted it
You truly believe he would have the insensibility to place an ad middle andantino? That's RUclips's algorithm.