It's beyond my imagination how a human being could write this piece. Beethoven was truly a musical super-genius. The harmonies in this sonata are simply breathtaking. Superb performance, too.
incredible what he did with that last chord; releasing the pedal and quickly re-pedaling to sustain an echo of the tones, really gives the ending some umpf
To play a wrong note is insignificant, to play without passion is unexcusible -Beethoven I don't care his few minor mistake according to the comment section. The passion for this performance was brilliant.
I cannot believe this has so few views. This is absolutely the best-played piece on a piano ever. Its 1.Kempf 2. Ashkenazy 3. Barenboim. It seems like an AI is playing. Clinical precision.
He is amazing, but oddly enough I watched this video for like the 100th time today and actually caught a couple mistakes he made. Minor obviously and the performance was stellar. But they were in comparatively easy parts of the piece as well, which makes it stranger
For some reasons, the part that gets me the most is at 7:50, it just defines what's going on in my head when I play the piece. It's like if for a small moment, you could enter Ludwig's genius brain, and see what's inside his mind lol.
For those who noticed the bar skip at 9:33, you can see that it's a video skip. Maybe the editors got a camera problem that made it look bad, so they skipped, I don't know, but you surely notice a videoand cut between the 2 bars. I'm sure it's not his mistake. Otherwise, I think repeating the grave doesn't change too much of the piece, even though I prefer the classic version.
It's simply supposed to not be repeated, but it's his choice. Why? He's a musician and that gives him the power to make the choice of how he wants to make music he wants artistically.
My piano teacher was always trying to get me to lift my palms up away from the keys. It's nice to see that Freddy Kempf has that problem too. I guess that means I'll be able to play this sonata as well as him some day...
My first introduction to this piece years ago was Glen Gould's version. While probably not a favorite with the classical establishment lol (to say the least), I can tell you it zooms! I think Gould played it about 20bpm faster than this. But I love Freddie's playing, and he does a great job here. I have several of his recordings.
This piece needs to be played by a young spirit for it to sound right-- A spirit still ripe with jauntiness, speed, recklesness and audacious confidence.
i have!i do listen brendel.it's wonderful too. but recently i listen to kristian zimmerman and i think it's one of the best interpretation of beethoven pathetique you can find on the web!
No, you can do it even with an upright. Press the keys with the pedal and quickly take off the hands from the keyboard still pressing the pedal. Then there is the difficult part: you have to repress the keys without making sound WHILE you take off the foot. Look carefully at 3:20, when he does the big G minor chord ;) Enjoy!
This piece is a lot easier than it sounds, since the left hand is most doing octaves. You just have to be able to play fast. However, the guy in the video did an amazing job. I just wouldn't agree that playing isn't fun, cause it sure is for me.
@mchlwng40 Beethoven did write a repeat, but never specified where to begin the repeat from. Some pianists choose to repeat from the Grave, but most repeat from the Allegro.
Why was the first "Grave" section repeated?...it was not written to be. Lacking appropriate timbre in parts but overall very impressive...great technical prowess.
I believe beethoven intened to not repeat the beginning (at least that's how it's in my sheets) but it's simply an interprets choice, just as I use to just play a sfz instead of a fp at the first chord (and similar in the first section)
Yep, there is some latency between the audio and the video and yep, I immediately picked up a slip of the 4rth finger on the diminished 7th at 1:17, but hey..... I think it is my most favourite interpretation of Opus 13:1 first movement and the repetition of the "Grave" is completely within my view of which other pianists ignore and calls it an "introduction". There is some disagreeance about the "Grave" part, but I, as a musicologist spent some quality time researching this some years ago.
I never tried op 25 no 11, I know it's a lot of arpeggios on the right hand with a deep voice and some jumpings left hands. To me it sounds way harder than Pathetique. Hards parts of pathétique are staccatos, piannissimo plaing, separate phrases (there's a lot), the middle part where the right hand move under and over the left hand with the quavers (they are insane). Technically I find piano/piannissimo playing and the quaver parts the hardest of this piece.
Eek, don't like that first pause, but sounding good now, maybe nerves at the start. I'm trying to learn this myself. Pretty good take here from what I've heard so far :) - Trills section is way too fast at 2.30 I think, but that's just me, he should really slow down a bit there and then speed back up at 2.50. Anyway enough from me, not like I can play it this good yet :)
I hate trying to do that trill at around 8:00 with the third and fourth finger. It's so damned hard! Personally, I think he plays it a bit to fast though. A lot of professionals just play it fast to impress their audience, which is questionable.
Muito bonito! Apesar de não ser uma pessoa entendida em música, sei reconhecer quando uma melodia soa, ou não, bem ao ouvido. Esta é maravilhosa. Vi até ao fim. PS. Quando tiveres tempo vai ao teu mail. Beijinhos.
Nice performance, but am I crazy or did he leave out m. 295? Right at the end..he goes to an Ab diminished sequence when he supposed to be playing an Eb diminished first. Also, earlier he Da Capos to the very beginning rather than m.12; Is there an alternate edition to the piece that has the repeat bar at the beginning?
He completely forgot a measure near the end of the piece, right after the fermata, reintroducing the tempo change. But it was still a great performance.
there is no way to play this sonata and enjoy it whilst playing it. this poor bastard in the video is shaking like a movfuker, just look at his face. he is in agony. his hands are shaking. however- he nails it. plays it perfectly. this guy is no joke for sure.
Could someone please explain why at 3:20 is he repeating from the very begining? I thought that only the allegro was supposed to be repeated. Barenboim and many others don't repeat the first part, but also other great names do. That's strange, at least for me.
rajochowdo it is because there is some dispute over whether Beethoven meant for the repeat to start at the beginning of the fast section, or at the beginning of the piece
Слишком резкие переходы от пино к форте. Напоминает плохой прием на коротких волнах- волна то приходит, то уходит. Звук у рояля прекрасный, выше всяких похвал! Особый восторг фирме-производителю и настройщику с интонировщиком!
@TheDoucheChanel Haha I saw a professional pianist perform and she kept calling them songs... It reminded me of this, but the point is: nobody cares words are words and in the end you know what I mean :p
I enjoy Moonlight just as much and the second movement of Beethoven's 7th probably a little more but to get an advertisement right in the middle when I was totally absorbed was too much. I'll listen to my own recording and UTUBE can get fucked from now on.
It's beyond my imagination how a human being could write this piece. Beethoven was truly a musical super-genius. The harmonies in this sonata are simply breathtaking. Superb performance, too.
sadigov I cannot believe that I learnt it
I’ve finally decided to start teaching it to myself and I can’t wait to be able to play it
this piece is perfect exactly as it is. Kempf was born to play beethoven.
incredible what he did with that last chord; releasing the pedal and quickly re-pedaling to sustain an echo of the tones, really gives the ending some umpf
Interesting! It’s so powerful yes
To play a wrong note is insignificant, to play without passion is unexcusible -Beethoven
I don't care his few minor mistake according to the comment section. The passion for this performance was brilliant.
I cannot believe this has so few views. This is absolutely the best-played piece on a piano ever. Its 1.Kempf 2. Ashkenazy 3. Barenboim. It seems like an AI is playing. Clinical precision.
Absolutely Brilliant
This sounds awful. Like a robot organ. It has no life.
Agree! It’s unbelievable
He is amazing, but oddly enough I watched this video for like the 100th time today and actually caught a couple mistakes he made. Minor obviously and the performance was stellar. But they were in comparatively easy parts of the piece as well, which makes it stranger
all I have to say.. So many get excited on this piece and miss the masterpiece of it. Kempf... nailed it. MAGNIFICENT
For some reasons, the part that gets me the most is at 7:50, it just defines what's going on in my head when I play the piece. It's like if for a small moment, you could enter Ludwig's genius brain, and see what's inside his mind lol.
Lol it’s amazing yes, sounds so ominous!
For those who noticed the bar skip at 9:33, you can see that it's a video skip. Maybe the editors got a camera problem that made it look bad, so they skipped, I don't know, but you surely notice a videoand cut between the 2 bars. I'm sure it's not his mistake.
Otherwise, I think repeating the grave doesn't change too much of the piece, even though I prefer the classic version.
ah, the transition at 2:16 is beautiful ... the whole piece is beautiful!
Definitely! His left hand is just breathtakingly accurate!
This is the best interperetation of Pathetique I've ever heard
Oh just gorgeous...my favorite recording of this masterpiece.
Great pianist, with the precision that befits it. Thanks Kempf
For me it is the best version. Outstanding interpretation.
you are absolutely right mate
oh my god the pretentiousness in the comment section is ridiculous.
They are always killing me under these type of videos 😂😂
Breathtakingly beautiful played. Such genuine heartfelt emotions. You are the best I have heard.
Wow, his fingers are flying on the piano! What an extremely talented pianist, Bravo!
Timeless performance !!
It's simply supposed to not be repeated, but it's his choice. Why? He's a musician and that gives him the power to make the choice of how he wants to make music he wants artistically.
Finally someone that actually does the forte piano in the beginning right.
He played not like a Pianist but an eloquent Priest .
My piano teacher was always trying to get me to lift my palms up away from the keys. It's nice to see that Freddy Kempf has that problem too. I guess that means I'll be able to play this sonata as well as him some day...
The tremolos and staccatos are amazing
My first introduction to this piece years ago was Glen Gould's version. While probably not a favorite with the classical establishment lol (to say the least), I can tell you it zooms! I think Gould played it about 20bpm faster than this. But I love Freddie's playing, and he does a great job here. I have several of his recordings.
amazing i like that right hand playing over left hand technique its pretty cool
i heard this at a piano recital! the young pianist did a great job!!!!!!! she played it by ear!
I was tryin to sight read this piece and just the first few bars almost made me cry.. genious piece, great interpretation
Mestre dos mestres! Beethoven, muito obrigado !
I like when his head shakes his hair around.. Much enthusiasm.
Complete, and udder brilliance.
i enjoy this part of youtube soo much more, great music, and theres no people bitching about other music and what not
Fantaaasssstico es dificilisimo tocar este movimeinto de la sonata!!! Muy biennn bravo!!!
I played this song for my last recital. It was fun. =)
I cant get over that first Fp.. its just so perfect.
INSANE! He's playing so fast!
His fingers are so pretty!!
Amazing, amazing, amazing.
Roughnecks STC brough me here :)
I can hear the speeches in the intro.
This piece needs to be played by a young spirit for it to sound right-- A spirit still ripe with jauntiness, speed, recklesness and audacious confidence.
i have to play this for my piano exam next sunday and i want to die
Please do a cover of it on your channel?
Yayyy. Reply to this thread when you do! Good luck! :)
Good Luck Bro!
thank you guys I passed! :DD
me too!!! hahaha
In my opinion, Claudio Arrau has the best interpretation of this sonata on RUclips.
i have!i do listen brendel.it's wonderful too.
but recently i listen to kristian zimmerman and i think it's one of the best interpretation of beethoven pathetique you can find on the web!
Best Pathetique ever
Ausgezeichnet! Sie beherrschen ihr hervorragend und kennen die Musik auch sehr gut.
No, you can do it even with an upright.
Press the keys with the pedal and quickly take off the hands from the keyboard still pressing the pedal.
Then there is the difficult part: you have to repress the keys without making sound WHILE you take off the foot.
Look carefully at 3:20, when he does the big G minor chord ;)
Enjoy!
This is fascinating. I need to practice way more to catch up with his speed ;D
This is an amazing interpretation!
@EClementine don't stress, it's not so much of a challenge, the piece is actually quite easy. Only real problem is getting it to flow properly.
really enjoyed this phenomenal pianist is able to do everything the author wrote, very good is he loved God
beautiful! it gave me goosebumps
This piece is a lot easier than it sounds, since the left hand is most doing octaves. You just have to be able to play fast. However, the guy in the video did an amazing job. I just wouldn't agree that playing isn't fun, cause it sure is for me.
2:46-3:03 is probably the best part
Awesome!
7.14 is just genius
@mchlwng40 Beethoven did write a repeat, but never specified where to begin the repeat from. Some pianists choose to repeat from the Grave, but most repeat from the Allegro.
Brilliant.
Das ist wunderbar und toll!
Wonderful.
The message of the piece is more important than the sound. What the piece is trying to say.
3:28 always that one person!!!!
Why was the first "Grave" section repeated?...it was not written to be. Lacking appropriate timbre in parts but overall very impressive...great technical prowess.
Very tactful technique at the beginning. He made a sforzando to piano in the same chord.
I believe beethoven intened to not repeat the beginning (at least that's how it's in my sheets) but it's simply an interprets choice, just as I use to just play a sfz instead of a fp at the first chord (and similar in the first section)
Welcome to the mobile infantry.
The audio is slightly out of sync, but very good interpretation by Kempff
I'd blame your internet connection. You're not halucinating. But my video is in perfect sync.......
Yep, there is some latency between the audio and the video and yep, I immediately picked up a slip of the 4rth finger on the diminished 7th at 1:17, but hey..... I think it is my most favourite interpretation of Opus 13:1 first movement and the repetition of the "Grave" is completely within my view of which other pianists ignore and calls it an "introduction". There is some disagreeance about the "Grave" part, but I, as a musicologist spent some quality time researching this some years ago.
6:35 'den sonra gelen Sol Minor akorundan sonra pedalı hızlı çekip basıyorsun ya dünyamı şahlandırıyorsun reyiz :(
I believe it is the right interpretation......No complaints...
learning this will be the death of me! so worth it though :)
I love his hair XD
Is the first movement techniqually harder than the op. 25 no. 11 etude of Chopin?
I never tried op 25 no 11, I know it's a lot of arpeggios on the right hand with a deep voice and some jumpings left hands. To me it sounds way harder than Pathetique.
Hards parts of pathétique are staccatos, piannissimo plaing, separate phrases (there's a lot), the middle part where the right hand move under and over the left hand with the quavers (they are insane). Technically I find piano/piannissimo playing and the quaver parts the hardest of this piece.
@holyfrickidc Nah, he didn't forget it, I've seen another video of him playing that measure. It probably got cut for length.
Eek, don't like that first pause, but sounding good now, maybe nerves at the start. I'm trying to learn this myself. Pretty good take here from what I've heard so far :) - Trills section is way too fast at 2.30 I think, but that's just me, he should really slow down a bit there and then speed back up at 2.50. Anyway enough from me, not like I can play it this good yet :)
It is amazing!
I hate trying to do that trill at around 8:00 with the third and fourth finger. It's so damned hard! Personally, I think he plays it a bit to fast though. A lot of professionals just play it fast to impress their audience, which is questionable.
He missed the first part of the Grave bit, but its very nicely played indeed
Fantástico!
Muito bonito! Apesar de não ser uma pessoa entendida em música, sei reconhecer quando uma melodia soa, ou não, bem ao ouvido. Esta é maravilhosa. Vi até ao fim.
PS. Quando tiveres tempo vai ao teu mail. Beijinhos.
My respect for yamaha artists
Nice performance, but am I crazy or did he leave out m. 295? Right at the end..he goes to an Ab diminished sequence when he supposed to be playing an Eb diminished first. Also, earlier he Da Capos to the very beginning rather than m.12; Is there an alternate edition to the piece that has the repeat bar at the beginning?
plus passion.
He completely forgot a measure near the end of the piece, right after the fermata, reintroducing the tempo change. But it was still a great performance.
there is no way to play this sonata and enjoy it whilst playing it. this poor bastard in the video is shaking like a movfuker, just look at his face. he is in agony. his hands are shaking. however- he nails it. plays it perfectly. this guy is no joke for sure.
beethoven freeze I enjoy it while playing and listening to it :P
Could someone please explain why at 3:20 is he repeating from the very begining? I thought that only the allegro was supposed to be repeated. Barenboim and many others don't repeat the first part, but also other great names do. That's strange, at least for me.
because he plays the original notes without skipped ( : ) repeat section
I am currently trying to play this piece myself. My favorite part that he plays is at 9:14
Well spotted.
Wow
why did he repeat the first grave section after the exposition? even Zimmerman did that I noticed. I really loved his performance tho :)
rajochowdo it is because there is some dispute over whether Beethoven meant for the repeat to start at the beginning of the fast section, or at the beginning of the piece
Schiff also repeats the grave section and it is a very common dispute
Слишком резкие переходы от пино к форте. Напоминает плохой прием на коротких волнах- волна то приходит, то уходит. Звук у рояля прекрасный, выше всяких похвал! Особый восторг фирме-производителю и настройщику с интонировщиком!
Я вот тоже думаю, провал в звучании на первом аккорде f - это дефект записи или...?
@TheDoucheChanel Haha I saw a professional pianist perform and she kept calling them songs... It reminded me of this, but the point is: nobody cares words are words and in the end you know what I mean :p
his dimples:)
You should probably listen to Brendel. You might like him too.
Fanfucking-tastic!
I once called this a song, but then I took an arrow to the knee...
geniaaal ; i wan t to play it , it sooo hard
DId anybody else notice the (possibly korean?) text flowing sometimes right below the timebar?
try Glenn Gould's performance.
The Grave bit is like a presto
i’m playing it at about .75x playback speed for an audition do y’all think that’s good enough?
I enjoy Moonlight just as much and the second movement of Beethoven's 7th probably a little more but to get an advertisement right in the middle when I was totally absorbed was too much. I'll listen to my own recording and UTUBE can get fucked from now on.
@jomoses07 yes, he's his grandson.