when I was 17, my piano teacher told me I wasn't ready to learn this song. so i went home and over my christmas holiday, I taught it to myself. When i went back to her after the break, i told her i had been working on it, and she thought i had just done a little bit of it, but i had the whole thing down. Best moment of my piano career, and now im 21 years old and its still my favorite song to play. I just wish i was still taking lessons so i could get even better
This is my issue with traditional approaches to music study. Whilst structure in learning is undeniably important, restricting what students are and aren't ready for based on perceived level is such a poor approach. Taking on a complex piece will teach you a lot about what you do and don't know.
@@andybarker8787 The issue that comes with that is learning things wrong and developing bad habits. I'm a trumpet player for example, and one thing that comes with learning things on your own despite the teacher's caution, is where players play in a way that sounds fine to them but damages and wears muscle out over time which will destroy their ability to play in the future.
My brother was a pianist that loved music...he was never at this level..but I heard him play this once...I cannot hear this now without thinking of Phil...He died from a stroke caused by kidney failure complications at 62...I love and miss you my dear brother.
I'm so sorry about your late brother, Phil. Please remember our loved ones never actually leave us. We carry them with us in our hearts, and love doesn't die.
@@loralenea6243 I know everytime I hear certain piano selections or that distant sound of someone practicing on an old upright...my mind and a little of my heart goes right to a memory of him playing...Thank You and All of Gods Blessings to You...☮💜✝♾
Others just bang this out, hitting every note perfectly. ... But Barenboim seems to understand Beethoven's emotional intent. He varies from initial statemens of very soft musical near-whispers, then transitions to more foreceful, exhuberant passages, after which he returns to the basic statement. His calm cadence is perfect. I never tire of this and go back to it when I'm feeling a little down.
James Mason cannot have been a music lover, to have tried to break Ann Todds Fingers when she played this( " The Seventh Veil".. Eileen Joyce actually played You Tube..why do you not have this recording?? ). Surely the most beautiful piece ever written. MW
The emotions that Beethoven evokes in this movement... Sorrow and bittersweet, yet always resolving to that noble, head up, arms back, chest out hopefulness. The world is troubled, yes, but there is always hope. And hope doesn't disappoint.
Yes... probably something he would tell himself, as his deafness got worse to the point he even considered suicide, and only his own music preventing him to do so.
This was my mother’s favorite classical piece of music and when I miss her and want to feel her comforting presence, I listen to it and let myself cry. It’s not sadness, it’s something gentle and special and warm. The closest I can get to her embrace now. I remember learning it for her as a teenager. This is a beautiful performance of it.
There was this iPad video game called Infinity Blade 3 where in the last level area of the boss's lair, this song was heard in the background. I've spent nearly over 7 years searching for this song's name until finally now. Beautiful song worth the search
Yo perdí toda el archivo con estas obras, después encontrarlas d3 nuevo fue muy trabajoso,parece q ya mo me acuerdo de algunas piezas...ya pasaron 15 años
There is actually a really emotional version of this. Its called "Infinity Blade 3 Beethoven Ambient" it's a reallllly good interpretation. In my opinion the best. :)
I just can't believe how good this interpretation is - it's like every note was played with thoughtful intent and sensitivity. He's a telling a story with this piece, it's how I would have imagined Beethoven himself would have intended.
I love to watch the beautiful expression and feeling on this man's face as he plays... It is like watching him fall in love with the piece all over again...
This man is Daniel Barenboim who was a Child Prodigy tho I've read he dislikes that label, who followed a lifetime as a concert pianist with mainly conducting now and forming the excellent West East Divan orchestra. Do check out his bio. He is particularly wonderful doing anything Beethoven, in my opinion
My father was playing his grade 10 exams when he was only 14! He used to play this song for me every year at Christmas time. He died a few day ago and Barenboim plays this piece with the same grace and finesse that my father did. I endeavor to learn this song before I die to honor my dad even though he won't be there to coach me anymore. Love you dad.
The name of this sonata is so appropriate. Anytime you feel absolutely worthless and pathetic, this piece is almost telling you it understands, and that everything will somehow be okay. It truly is an expression of everything in a bad day. This piece magically stops your tears in their tracks, and for this reason it is very special to me.
I had a Baby Einstein CD when I was extremely little and it's just a haze when I'm trying to remember it. The only thing I can hear when I'm trying to remember is this piece and this is the sole reason I am this passionate about piano. I've been playing for nearly 10 years and just started building up my repertoire and I started with Moonlight Sonata's third movement but this sonata is just extremely nostalgic and special for me. I'm now 15 and just remembering those memories literally make me cry. This is just a beautiful interpretation I love it
So, obviously you have a great taste, keep it that way! :-) Just for info - I have studied not only music history, but MUSIC for almost 20 years (like a classical piano player) and I can assure you - that still remains one of my favorite pieces so far... ;-)
It can feel like the world is falling apart around us at the moment, and that we are all becoming ever more divided by the day. Music like this reminds me that love, peace and simplicity can always be found even in the darkest of hours. While the world changes and becomes more complex and confusing, these works of art will never go away and we can return to this steady constant to find comfort. We could all do with a little less anger and a little more Beethoven.
When my son, Nicholas and my daughter Natalie, where getting ready for school, I would play this. It brings back wonderful memories and the music is timeless.
Barenboim is the master of interpreting Beethoven's sonatas. You know that he will have considered the way every note is performed and related this to the overall structure. This gives his playing an integrity which can weather criticism of his particular choices - there is always an underlying coherence. Well that is what I pick up from listening to him
Paul, that's an interesting observation. I don't follow Barenboim so I'm curious about your first sentence. Is he a Beethoven follower? I more of a Bach follower but I love this movement so much and I think that Barenboim did a wonderful interpretation of it. I'm curious to know more about him.
@@stevem7 barenboim definitely loves Beethoven, he studied the entire hammerklavier when he was very young (10 I think, He said it in an interview I watched in hebrew)
I used to just venerate him. But he berated a drummer that thought he was pointing at him to take a solo bow after B finished conducting something and he just flipped out on him 💔Never dreamt my favorite interpreter of LB could be so mean😢.
I had someone stupid recently argue with me over how the violin must be more complicated than the piano because the piano keys are clearly defined so the moment you press you are basically pressing a correct note as opposed to the violin. THIS video is what differentiates a good pianist from a lousy one. It’s not about the piano being able to perform a clear note from one hit. It takes IMMENSE command to actually control the pressure of the note. One slight shake and you could either press too hard and that high notes will affect the next one and will sound so horrible. Imagine controlling the pressure of every note (one light and one hard another light and another hard) WHILE playing the left hand that plays something completely different in addition to controlling your feet to back it all up with the pedal. Yeah piano is easy my ass.
I think it's clear the learning curves are different. Violin is perhaps more difficult as a beginner because it's difficult to get a pleasant sound out of the instrument but both are obviously extremely difficult to play well, especially at such a high level.
I remember asking my Mom how could someone write such a beautiful piece of music; she was quite the Pianist. She said those were different times and Beethoven was in a state to where he was able to draw those feelings out and apply them to music. Sad but beautiful - it's easy to get emotional listening to this.
I played this song for so long now yet when Barenboim plays the first notes soo smoothely and with such emotion it puts all my yours of studying are put to shame. I get absolute goosebumps when i listen to this, each time
God, I love this piece! Beethoven expressed so much emotion in his compositions. A true genius (that himself did not even realize in his time). Composed in 1798 (217 years ago)! Wow.........EPIC sonata!
Thank you, so much for offering us your genius. It's nice to hear a soul go away from this earth. It's even nicer to take their trip with them. No sheet music...
My father played this song often on the Piano, he loved Beethoven. Whenever i came home, i heard him play piano, jass or classic music, he was a judge but in his heard he was a musician. Thanks to you playing this music- reminds me of childhood days. Every politician should play Beethoven bevor becomming a politician.
Its pieces like this that make me still have hope. Not in an edgy teenager way, but how you can hear the conflict then it resolves it. I dont know how to explain it, but that's how I interpret it. It's like overcoming difficulties and it kind of gives me the strength to go on.
There is no perfection in this world... but I feel his interpretation and play is one of perfection😭🙏🌅❤ Each note is played by love. Thank you for sharing.
It's a beautiful thing that we can share in some of the composer's magic and satisfaction by learning to read what's written on the page. Marvelous performance by this gentleman.
November 2023 I had the privilege of visiting Vienna. This has been one of my favorite pieces of music virtually forever, probably inspired by Schroeder playing it in "A Boy Named Charlie Brown". I even had the privilege of visiting Beethoven's grave in the Zentralfriedhof. Being in the presence of someone, even posthumously, who could - in my opinion - articulate feelings and emotions as music this powerful was overwhelming. I was overcome. This is a very good interpretation of the music as I think it evokes Beethoven's fragility and emotional depth, as well as lots about the location, time period and environment. It's haunting, it's beautiful, it's vulnerable. I want it played at my funeral.
This is just so beautiful! It touches my heart every time I listen to it. The emotion is kind of sad and kind of appreciate... And when the minor comes it just transition normally... And Barenboim performs it as what Beethoven was thinking... He is so into it!
My dad's favorite composer & this was one of his favorite songs from Beethoven, he had the vinyl, it had pictures of lightnings on the album cover. Bring me to tears because he passed away right after Christmas in 2016.
thumbs up if you already knew that Billy Joel's song, 'This Night', from the 'Innocent Man' album, is (obviously) based upon this movement of this piece.
Absolutely sublime. Greatest performance of this movement, ever. Perfect tempo, gorgeous phrasing, so delicate. I could listen to this over and over. I think it’s the most beautiful piece of music ever written. Genius Beethoven, anointed by God. ♥️🙏🏻
sgtmerker2401 not at all !! It is the genius of BARENBOIM he is the piano genius ... it is a technique not everyone can learn except for the gifted people like him
A true Master not only playing, but seemingly conjuring the very thoughts of the composer. Played to perfection with all the emotion that went into the composition. This is what I get from listening to this performance. Just perfect! 5 minutes never will go by so quickly.
Only after learning to play this piece can I truly appreciate how well he lets the melody come out over everything else happening on the piano. So difficult and so perfectly done.
Of course the entire sonata is a work of art (especially the first 2 movements), personally @4:37-4:45 is my favorite part. I always slow it down a bit when I'm playing and get to that part, sometimes I'll even tear up because of how beautiful it is and how many emotions and memories it evokes. I love Beethoven so much.
How many of us are still around that had the privilege of listening to the wonderful Karl Hess discuss classical music every day on the radio in New York in the 1950s and 1960s? This was his introductory music, and signaled that we were in for another treat.
I've been experiencing some rough times, but wherever and whatever I'm doing, when I stop and listen to this in my mind, it puts everything into perspective again.
Anyone that could compose such a tender melody is of a pure heart that has been broken. Beethoven was a genius, but what I love most about him is the rather transparent nature of his compositions. He was only human, and one can hear exactly that through his works. What a soul! I'd love to have witnessed him play this piece.
My teacher told me he would love to hear me play this piece for the recital so I took his request and I learned to love this piece so much. I hope i can learn the whole thing perfectly or almost perfectly before my recital :)
baronffreak, I used this video as a template to send to a pianist for my wedding ceremony a couple of years ago. I absolutely love this movement, and I think that Barenboim did it very good justice. I usually hear it played faster than this tempo but I enjoy the slower tempo much more. Thank you for posting this.
Ohhhhh......so nice. Barenboim has such a beautiful understanding of Beethoven's work and seems to actually be living/channeling the music. His hands move so effortless across the keys and the emotion he conveys is like no other when playing this particular sonata and one of the most gorgeous pieces of all time. Thanks so much for posting this :-) ~Jackie
Barenboim is absolutely the very best! And the emotions that this movement evokes... even in the midst of chaos you will always find hope and even joy. By far, my favorite Beethoven masterpiece!
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when I was 17, my piano teacher told me I wasn't ready to learn this song. so i went home and over my christmas holiday, I taught it to myself. When i went back to her after the break, i told her i had been working on it, and she thought i had just done a little bit of it, but i had the whole thing down. Best moment of my piano career, and now im 21 years old and its still my favorite song to play. I just wish i was still taking lessons so i could get even better
you’re awesome
I did the same thing but with a different piece, my teacher was shocked
I did the same thing with Mary had a little lamb 😉
This is my issue with traditional approaches to music study. Whilst structure in learning is undeniably important, restricting what students are and aren't ready for based on perceived level is such a poor approach. Taking on a complex piece will teach you a lot about what you do and don't know.
@@andybarker8787 The issue that comes with that is learning things wrong and developing bad habits. I'm a trumpet player for example, and one thing that comes with learning things on your own despite the teacher's caution, is where players play in a way that sounds fine to them but damages and wears muscle out over time which will destroy their ability to play in the future.
My brother was a pianist that loved music...he was never at this level..but I heard him play this once...I cannot hear this now without thinking of Phil...He died from a stroke caused by kidney failure complications at 62...I love and miss you my dear brother.
Hoping Phil is in a much better space, with harmonious chords ever playing
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@@thatosono2639 I'm sure he is...Thank You....All of Gods Blessings to You...☮💜✝♾
I'm so sorry about your late brother, Phil. Please remember our loved ones never actually leave us. We carry them with us in our hearts, and love doesn't die.
He will ALWAYS be a part of you, and one you WILL meet again. ❤
@@loralenea6243 I know everytime I hear certain piano selections or that distant sound of someone practicing on an old upright...my mind and a little of my heart goes right to a memory of him playing...Thank You and All of Gods Blessings to You...☮💜✝♾
Others just bang this out, hitting every note perfectly. ... But Barenboim seems to understand Beethoven's emotional intent. He varies from initial statemens of very soft musical near-whispers, then transitions to more foreceful, exhuberant passages, after which he returns to the basic statement. His calm cadence is perfect. I never tire of this and go back to it when I'm feeling a little down.
James Mason cannot have been a music lover, to have tried to break Ann Todds
Fingers when she played this( " The Seventh Veil".. Eileen Joyce actually played
You Tube..why do you not have this recording?? ). Surely the most beautiful piece ever written. MW
The emotions that Beethoven evokes in this movement... Sorrow and bittersweet, yet always resolving to that noble, head up, arms back, chest out hopefulness. The world is troubled, yes, but there is always hope. And hope doesn't disappoint.
so true
yes, so true... Hope never dissapoints
I feel the same way!
Yes... probably something he would tell himself, as his deafness got worse to the point he even considered suicide, and only his own music preventing him to do so.
That was a beautiful comment. We need more intelligent people like yourself in this world..
This was my mother’s favorite classical piece of music and when I miss her and want to feel her comforting presence, I listen to it and let myself cry. It’s not sadness, it’s something gentle and special and warm. The closest I can get to her embrace now. I remember learning it for her as a teenager. This is a beautiful performance of it.
i too have learned some pieces special for my mom and dad! when they are no longer here with us, i will have those memories too
Pues ok
me too love them all❤
May her soul rest in peace
❤️🩹
Some of the most tranquil music ever, written by one of the most tormented people ever.
"Pain is temporary but glory is forever"
nothing is forever
@@elliotnorsworthy4131 "we can change the future" lol
Really nice quote.
Listen to the 2nd movement of Beethoven’s 7th symphony.
@@maryb8150 Listen to the slow movement of just about any Beethoven sonata, concerto, or symphony. Soul music! :)
Played by a friend at our wedding. After the service, my husband played it for me. A moment I will never forget. Beautiful!
+Denise Mary Thompson What a badass wedding. I wish you good tidings.
Denise Mary Thompson that's pathetic
Mau365PP is a reference to the song or a a blatant insult
Lucky! Good luck and have a blessed marriage!
@@kiranabayaratna749 quite pathetique
One of the best pieces ever written on the piano.. and this man delivered it with absolute perfection.
God, this is so beautiful.
+Nathan M thank you
Yes!! I've listened to it over and over again.
It's calming heartwarming and sorrowful all at the same time. Too beautiful for words.
so true your name means rain and cherry blossom?
There was this iPad video game called Infinity Blade 3 where in the last level area of the boss's lair, this song was heard in the background. I've spent nearly over 7 years searching for this song's name until finally now. Beautiful song worth the search
😭
"...But I do believe in redemption!"
infinity blade was boss
Yo perdí toda el archivo con estas obras, después encontrarlas d3 nuevo fue muy trabajoso,parece q ya mo me acuerdo de algunas piezas...ya pasaron 15 años
This is a most sensitive interpretation of one of the most sensitive pieces of music. Savor it. It doesn't get better than this.
It can if they turned up the volume
@@southsideman4891 This is loud for me on 20% volume :o
There is actually a really emotional version of this. Its called "Infinity Blade 3 Beethoven Ambient" it's a reallllly good interpretation. In my opinion the best. :)
@@southsideman4891 No !! That's where others fail to deliver. The calm softness is where Beerbaum does it right. This isn't a Sousa march.
@@texanforeverthompson3645 I hear him better now: i think I had some busted head phones
My grandfather said to me, "A good song, is a song that makes you think deeply."
Who Are You? *composition
*piece
Fantastic quote! Your grandfather was a wise man.
@@theodorteppo1437 take it easy lol
@@theodorteppo1437 well it was kinda funny
I just can't believe how good this interpretation is - it's like every note was played with thoughtful intent and sensitivity. He's a telling a story with this piece, it's how I would have imagined Beethoven himself would have intended.
Perfectly played! No other version sounds right anymore.
I love to watch the beautiful expression and feeling on this man's face as he plays... It is like watching him fall in love with the piece all over again...
This man is Daniel Barenboim who was a Child Prodigy tho I've read he dislikes that label, who followed a lifetime as a concert pianist with mainly conducting now and forming the excellent West East Divan orchestra. Do check out his bio. He is particularly wonderful doing anything Beethoven, in my opinion
@@christinestill5002A man who certainly has known personal loss/tragedy.
Mr Barenboim plays this so beautifully, it’s so moving.
this song feels like someone hugging you...
I wonder what Beethoven was feeling when he composed the 2nd movement
Bocelli "Con te partirò" has the same vibe. Just listened to it on repeat all day 😊
My father was playing his grade 10 exams when he was only 14! He used to play this song for me every year at Christmas time. He died a few day ago and Barenboim plays this piece with the same grace and finesse that my father did. I endeavor to learn this song before I die to honor my dad even though he won't be there to coach me anymore. Love you dad.
My absolute favorite ❤
This is also really underrated
this piece is so beautiful..I don't know how or what to feel or how to describe it. It just leaves me breathless
The name of this sonata is so appropriate. Anytime you feel absolutely worthless and pathetic, this piece is almost telling you it understands, and that everything will somehow be okay. It truly is an expression of everything in a bad day. This piece magically stops your tears in their tracks, and for this reason it is very special to me.
This man cherishes every single note he plays, and thus his interpretation sounds so soothing to my soul...
Barenboim playing Beethoven is simply magical..
I had a Baby Einstein CD when I was extremely little and it's just a haze when I'm trying to remember it. The only thing I can hear when I'm trying to remember is this piece and this is the sole reason I am this passionate about piano. I've been playing for nearly 10 years and just started building up my repertoire and I started with Moonlight Sonata's third movement but this sonata is just extremely nostalgic and special for me. I'm now 15 and just remembering those memories literally make me cry. This is just a beautiful interpretation I love it
I also had one when I was very little. Most of the songs were Mozart though.
Me too 🐱
Wait you STARTED with moonlight third? wow
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I AM ALSO A FAN OF BABY EINSTEIN
Studying for music history, this is my favourite piece learning about so far.
So, obviously you have a great taste, keep it that way! :-)
Just for info - I have studied not only music history, but MUSIC for almost 20 years (like a classical piano player) and I can assure you - that still remains one of my favorite pieces so far... ;-)
Have you not played it? Rcm history 2?
Grace Mari how long have you been playing?
It can feel like the world is falling apart around us at the moment, and that we are all becoming ever more divided by the day. Music like this reminds me that love, peace and simplicity can always be found even in the darkest of hours. While the world changes and becomes more complex and confusing, these works of art will never go away and we can return to this steady constant to find comfort. We could all do with a little less anger and a little more Beethoven.
Too bad so many have no patience and like to wreak havoc. They know nothing of this nor could sit still for it.
When my son, Nicholas and my daughter Natalie, where getting ready for school, I would play this. It brings back wonderful memories and the music is timeless.
"This night."
Thank you Billy Joel for your interpretation of this beautiful piece!
You can't not shed a tear listening to this performance.
That has to be the only time you can get away with using a double negative. :)
I agree. It's a very emotional piece.
Alexander Scriabin good for you
Barenboim is the master of interpreting Beethoven's sonatas. You know that he will have considered the way every note is performed and related this to the overall structure. This gives his playing an integrity which can weather criticism of his particular choices - there is always an underlying coherence. Well that is what I pick up from listening to him
Paul, that's an interesting observation. I don't follow Barenboim so I'm curious about your first sentence. Is he a Beethoven follower? I more of a Bach follower but I love this movement so much and I think that Barenboim did a wonderful interpretation of it. I'm curious to know more about him.
@@stevem7 barenboim definitely loves Beethoven, he studied the entire hammerklavier when he was very young (10 I think, He said it in an interview I watched in hebrew)
I used to just venerate him. But he berated a drummer that thought he was pointing at him to take a solo bow after B finished conducting something and he just flipped out on him 💔Never dreamt my favorite interpreter of LB could be so mean😢.
@@consuelobeck-sague7987 lol Barenboim is a douche, what else is new
The best 5 minutes I've spent on RUclips! Bravo!
Perfect tempo. Truly love the un-rushed runs of quarters, eighths, and sixteenths. Thank you.
I used to sit in awe listening to my mother playing this when I was a wee lad. Hearing it again brings tears to my eyes.
I had someone stupid recently argue with me over how the violin must be more complicated than the piano because the piano keys are clearly defined so the moment you press you are basically pressing a correct note as opposed to the violin. THIS video is what differentiates a good pianist from a lousy one. It’s not about the piano being able to perform a clear note from one hit. It takes IMMENSE command to actually control the pressure of the note. One slight shake and you could either press too hard and that high notes will affect the next one and will sound so horrible. Imagine controlling the pressure of every note (one light and one hard another light and another hard) WHILE playing the left hand that plays something completely different in addition to controlling your feet to back it all up with the pedal. Yeah piano is easy my ass.
And don't forget the foot pedals that a violin doesn't have.
I think it's clear the learning curves are different. Violin is perhaps more difficult as a beginner because it's difficult to get a pleasant sound out of the instrument but both are obviously extremely difficult to play well, especially at such a high level.
That's like saying guitar is the bitch of chord instruments bc it has cheat bars separating everything
All this while reading F and G clef at the same time
As the old adage goes, piano is easy to learn, but brutally difficult to master.
I remember asking my Mom how could someone write such a beautiful piece of music; she was quite the Pianist. She said those were different times and Beethoven was in a state to where he was able to draw those feelings out and apply them to music. Sad but beautiful - it's easy to get emotional listening to this.
I played this song for so long now yet when Barenboim plays the first notes soo smoothely and with such emotion it puts all my yours of studying are put to shame. I get absolute goosebumps when i listen to this, each time
The Master, Beethoven is very pleased, that it is Mr. Barenboim gave it the justice it deserves.
It's not a song
My beautiful daughter in this picture passed 13 mnths 7 days ago.One of my most favourite pieces.Brings me solace
The way you can see he feels this through his soul is just breathtaking.
God, I love this piece! Beethoven expressed so much emotion in his compositions. A true genius (that himself did not even realize in his time). Composed in 1798 (217 years ago)! Wow.........EPIC sonata!
Thank you, so much for offering us your genius. It's nice to hear a soul go away from this earth. It's even nicer to take their trip with them. No sheet music...
In tears listening to this piece. It evoked deep-seated emotions . 😢
Wow, this is truly beautiful! This is why music like this will live for centuries, if not more!
If Beethoven were to approve of any modern interpretation of his work, it'd be Barenboim.
yundi also did a pretty good job imo
My father played this song often on the Piano, he loved Beethoven.
Whenever i came home, i heard him play piano, jass or classic music, he was a judge but in his heard he was a musician. Thanks to you playing this music- reminds me of childhood days.
Every politician should play Beethoven bevor becomming a politician.
Its pieces like this that make me still have hope. Not in an edgy teenager way, but how you can hear the conflict then it resolves it. I dont know how to explain it, but that's how I interpret it. It's like overcoming difficulties and it kind of gives me the strength to go on.
beautiful dynamics. What a rare gift this man possesses. Thank you
This awakens my soul, truly thank the gods for the man, the genius of Ludwig Van Beethoven
And genius performer Daniel Barenboim...
this is what pleases me best
There is no perfection in this world... but I feel his interpretation and play is one of perfection😭🙏🌅❤
Each note is played by love.
Thank you for sharing.
It's a beautiful thing that we can share in some of the composer's magic and satisfaction by learning to read what's written on the page. Marvelous performance by this gentleman.
November 2023 I had the privilege of visiting Vienna. This has been one of my favorite pieces of music virtually forever, probably inspired by Schroeder playing it in "A Boy Named Charlie Brown". I even had the privilege of visiting Beethoven's grave in the Zentralfriedhof. Being in the presence of someone, even posthumously, who could - in my opinion - articulate feelings and emotions as music this powerful was overwhelming. I was overcome. This is a very good interpretation of the music as I think it evokes Beethoven's fragility and emotional depth, as well as lots about the location, time period and environment. It's haunting, it's beautiful, it's vulnerable. I want it played at my funeral.
Amazing how mere combinations of notes can evoke so much feeling.
This is just so beautiful! It touches my heart every time I listen to it. The emotion is kind of sad and kind of appreciate... And when the minor comes it just transition normally... And Barenboim performs it as what Beethoven was thinking... He is so into it!
This soothes my broken heart 🥲
This is the Beethoven piece that speaks to me the most, its is so beautiful with its longing and love and hope
This haunting melody will be etched in my brain for eternity.
My dad's favorite composer & this was one of his favorite songs from Beethoven, he had the vinyl, it had pictures of lightnings on the album cover. Bring me to tears because he passed away right after Christmas in 2016.
thumbs up if you already knew that Billy Joel's song, 'This Night', from the 'Innocent Man' album, is (obviously) based upon this movement of this piece.
Beethoven is credited as co-writer on that song
So is Great Expectations from KISS Destroyer album
Absolutely sublime. Greatest performance of this movement, ever. Perfect tempo, gorgeous phrasing, so delicate. I could listen to this over and over. I think it’s the most beautiful piece of music ever written. Genius Beethoven, anointed by God. ♥️🙏🏻
I'm learning how to play this and I find it Amazing how he separates the top voice from all the others as if he's not playing them.
Myles S. that's the magic of voicing 😁
Jack Levinson I know lol XD
His technique is among the greatest in the world.
His stupid expensive piano helps a bit too...
sgtmerker2401 not at all !! It is the genius of BARENBOIM he is the piano genius ... it is a technique not everyone can learn except for the gifted people like him
Most beautiful. Barenboim strokes each note with perfect care. Perfect way to end the day.
Thank you.
This masterpiece always tears me up…..
A true Master not only playing, but seemingly conjuring the very thoughts of the composer. Played to perfection with all the emotion that went into the composition. This is what I get from listening to this performance. Just perfect! 5 minutes never will go by so quickly.
Anthony Hopkins plays quite good!
Jan Skácelík Thanks for the laugh.
+Jan Skácelík
That's because he always has liver with fava beans and a nice chianti beforehand
Hahah they look kind of alike, Anthony Hopkins is a very well trained musician btw!!
Well*
Yeah. It's a scene from the movie Hannibal.
20 seconds in and i already started crying. Incredible!!!
Cant control me happiness tears hearing this melody. My soul,,heart and being alligned as god perfection . just a tought
Only after learning to play this piece can I truly appreciate how well he lets the melody come out over everything else happening on the piano. So difficult and so perfectly done.
Of course the entire sonata is a work of art (especially the first 2 movements), personally @4:37-4:45 is my favorite part. I always slow it down a bit when I'm playing and get to that part, sometimes I'll even tear up because of how beautiful it is and how many emotions and memories it evokes. I love Beethoven so much.
This is a MASTER of his craft playing Beethoven superbly and beautifully, keeping the music alive. This is absolutely amazing.
2024 anybody?
Me
yes
Here! ❤ And will always be listening it. It's the best!
Working on this piece ... So motivated ❤
Still listening to it (and playing it😊)
How many of us are still around that had the privilege of listening to the wonderful Karl Hess discuss classical music every day on the radio in New York in the 1950s and 1960s? This was his introductory music, and signaled that we were in for another treat.
I meant to say Karl Haas, and his program was called Adventures in Good Music. He was a German-American with an accent and a delightful style.
They were still playing his radio show on WCLV in Cleveland when I was a teenager and young adult. I just loved his show AND this music.
My favorite Beethoven piece
Moves me to tears
Yep.
Just had to come back and play it again to make sure.
Still my favorite of all of the interpretations out there.
One of my favorite pieces. Even when I was a kid, it was one of my favorites.
this is ridiculously amazing ... I'm sure it can't be played any better..
Can really feel the intense heartbreaking melancholia
I've been experiencing some rough times, but wherever and whatever I'm doing, when I stop and listen to this in my mind, it puts everything into perspective again.
Anyone that could compose such a tender melody is of a pure heart that has been broken. Beethoven was a genius, but what I love most about him is the rather transparent nature of his compositions. He was only human, and one can hear exactly that through his works. What a soul! I'd love to have witnessed him play this piece.
Probably my favourite interpretation of this piece. This tempo sounds just right 💆♂
the best piece from the classical era and you cannot change my mind.
*piece
Erin M thanks
My teacher told me he would love to hear me play this piece for the recital so I took his request and I learned to love this piece so much. I hope i can learn the whole thing perfectly or almost perfectly before my recital :)
kokoro ga sakebitagatterunda brought me here =D i love how they merge a song with this. beautiful!
Me too ^^
Took me a while to find this
One of my absolute favorite pieces of music. Please play this for me when it's my time.
This piece resonates with calm acceptance and making peace with yourself and the world
baronffreak, I used this video as a template to send to a pianist for my wedding ceremony a couple of years ago. I absolutely love this movement, and I think that Barenboim did it very good justice. I usually hear it played faster than this tempo but I enjoy the slower tempo much more. Thank you for posting this.
He understood the assignment.
Ohhhhh......so nice. Barenboim has such a beautiful understanding of Beethoven's work and seems to actually be living/channeling the music. His hands move so effortless across the keys and the emotion he conveys is like no other when playing this particular sonata and one of the most gorgeous pieces of all time. Thanks so much for posting this :-) ~Jackie
This dude has a perfect sense of timing, period.
He is holding something precious, absorbed in the miracle of it. So beautiful to witness his care and humility towards such a piece.
He has a bit of that "wise old owl" look :)
Kind of funny
true
My Nan
I think he's probably a hoot
1:23😂
Barenboim is absolutely the very best! And the emotions that this movement evokes... even in the midst of chaos you will always find hope and even joy. By far, my favorite Beethoven masterpiece!
2:18 He Just remembered that he forgot The oven on at home! Then, at 2:20 he thinks: false alarm!haha
i choked
HAHAHAHHA FUNNY
Accurate
It's funny
Beat me to it. Hilarious, well played
Extraordinary. Each note is played with love and attention. The video recording and camera are also splendid.
The way they recorded it is so good 😭 😭😭😭 His emotion while playing it too 😭😭😭😭
Marvelous! Beautifully interpreted. Moving! Powerful! Thank you! The best of what it means to be a Human Being!
favorite piece of my idol Beethoven
thumbs up for this man :D he's soooo great :D
I'm a big fan of his too. I'm an even bigger fan of Schubert. If you spend a few hours listening and looking, you may find out why.
Absolutely amazing. Mr. Barenboim is just magic with the sustain pedal!! Not to much, not too little. Just perfect :)
Beautiful.
This never gets old. I booked marked this performance. Great performance.
Who was the simp who said Beethoven couldn't write good melodies! This is one of the greatest of all time!!
Who said that?
Andrew Morton some people who say that "Beethoven is just like Mozart just with less feeling"
T. Alexander E. Lol tell them to listen to this and then tell me LvB "lacks feeling"!
Bernstein said it.
ridiculous! in fact Elgar wrote a piece based on a conversation he had with a friend about Beethoven's 2nd movements. they're that special...
Happy to make the 500th comment, i love both the piece and Daniel Barenboim, this video is pure gold.