Hey guys, I just wanted to stop by to send some positive energy to all of you! These past years been very tough to me. Ive been challenged mentally, emotionally and certainly spiritually. I feel like i’m finally finding myself and who I was once before when I had peace. I am thankful to come across a channel like this one that shows me that we are really all one in the same. We all have these daily struggles that we deal with that can keep us up late at night but just know that you are not alone. Knowing that I can come here and openly express myself and see others doing the same gives me hope that the world will indeed be a better place but it starts with us. We have to set an example for others and I know we can do it. Peace and Love to ALL OF YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
Thanks :). I am very exhausted by mental and emotional struggles and feel often so lonely since my closest friends arent living near me and communication via whatsapp or calling is realy difficult and lacks the ease that close proximity has. :) thanks for your words
Personal interpretation of Prestissimo. Exposition I: Hunt/chasse. This is deer (or other hunting target) POV. Bloodcurdling chase. Exposition II. Panting while running, very tiring and molto agitato. Development I: Deer found a shelter, hides, falls asleep. Sweet dreams. Development II: Deer wakes up, hearing footsteps and hunting dog Recapitulation I: FOUND! Run for your life! Recapitulation II: Pant, pant, pant... Coda: Chase is still fierce. Will the hunter win, or the deer? You decide! TO BE CONTINUED
Staven Byrne The sketches for this movement pre-date the rest of the sonata by some years. I think the movement is by some distance the most old-fashioned, least progressive and the movement in which you can most detect some Mozartian traces. This might explain why you feel as you do.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 Well this is Beethoven's early sonata. Likely to be influenced by other composers e.g. Haydn, his teacher, and Mozart, another musician
Ian Kim dude im playing that beethoven myself. i just meant that the second theme of the exposition from the 4. movement is similar to the second theme from the moment musicaux (the descending one) or at least it has the same vibe
So there we go, peeps. After approx. a whole year of Beethoven sonatas (with some other stuff thrown in) and over 24 uploaded hours, all 32 are finally up and in a complete playlist. I’m kind of interested in finding out which interpreters are most to your liking, so thumbs up/down and comment as you please below - I’ve listed everyone with at least 3 recordings featured in this series.
One other thing - I've no idea who actually reads and understands the analyses (though I've tried to avoid chord notation and talk of PACs and rotations and the like), so let me know underneath if you:
Congratulations for the completion of this incredible Beethovenian journey! I think I understand for the most part your analyses, but I don't read them all the time. II find your literary descriptions to be the most enjoyable thing on this channel.
These videos have helped me so much. I played piano religiously when I was 4 or 5 til about 11 or 12 when I quit and became just the worst teen on planet earth. I never completely stopped playing. Couple times a year I'd dust off my Sonatina album and stumble through a piece, then get really proficient at the piece again, wondering why I had ever stopped...only to stop again. I'm now 29, back in full swing practicing but I have no more instruction. My teacher growing up was avidly against learning by ear. I don't know why. Hearing the piece played well, being able to criticize my own playing and technique against someone more skilled has been great and improved my playing immensely.
Uhhh if you learn pieces "by ear" , you really will have problems with understanding theory of rhytms and tempos in music, so you really have to learn pieces just by scores and then compare your playing with piano masters
When learning piano formally, learn to read scores. That's a must for comprehending the subtleties of music that's not heard easily, even by a trained ear.
@@erezsolomon3838 yes these are things I learned as a kid, I took 8 years of music theory so luckily I am equipped with the fundamentals for reading music, counting bars, understanding keys, dynamic symbols, ornamentation, etc and .. just relearning technique and trying to self teach from the point at which I left off. The most difficult part is not beating myself up for the years I didn't play
@@pleasedontfeedthe6235 maybe get back freshly with a Beethoven sonata :) I played sonata 5 (mov 1) and playing all of 6; a lot of fun. And if Beethoven sonatas are too hard for you now, attempt them as you'll start to regain and improve your technique. Start with pieces you like and you'll be back in business in no time; good luck!
I always admired Beethoven (along with Bach, Mozart, Chopin and dozen more) BUT I never realized how unparalleled genius he is; thanks for posting...this is a GOLD MINE of Music
@@_cat_0w0 The greatest composers cannot be ranked; it’s like wasting your time trying to rank the colours of the rainbow, and ends up in most cases just being a list of personal preferences.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 I think the fact the music is very emotional makes an objective ranking really hard and probably impossible when it comes to the greats
I want to personally thank you for posting all the Sonatas. It was really insightful to always hear more than interpretation, to understand how many different interprets see the music. I made me rethink how I play and listen to music. Thank you.
Although I know this is not one of the most liked beethoven sonatas, it is by far my favourite one. It is because of something personal that happened to me the day I first listened to it. I was so shocked and depressed by that for the whole day, and since then, whenever I listen to this sonata, this is the first tghing that always comes in my mind. And it always gives me that idea of a mixture of all the negative feelings that someone could ever have. A combination of sadness, anger, fear, and disability... which are basically everything I have felt in these last years with the quarantine. I know people don't think this is one of the best pieces ever, not even of beethoven, not even of his sonatas. And I don't disagree with that. It doesn't have any interesting or beautiful parts, but yet, it's so emotionally expressive... probably more than any other piece I've ever heard.
We’ve all been there, I played the last movement of this for my highschool senior recital thinking I was amazing. I went off to college and my professor tore it apart and was astonished that I hadn’t even bothered to look at the previous movements or the work as a whole. Definitely a very humbling moment to be sure
I think... you may love this great work more than you understand at this time. Have you seen the bio movie with Gary Oldman as Ludwig Van ? Thanks for sharing... a bit of your heart....
The structural layout provided in the description is immensely useful! I usually listen the first interpretation in your videos while reading it, and listen to the others without this support.
Very very well put!!!And in addition I might add,that his music has more beauty and value to me than all the gold in fort Knox and all the diamonds in all the diamond mines on earth!!!And as a piano student, I feel that when I try to play his piano sonatas,that in some deep sense,I am bringing his soul and spirit back to life and that I am in communion with this person. It is indeed a very intimate connection.
@@davidpauker Indeed yes I've felt that very same experience ..it's truly transcendental and one Beethoven promised anyone that understood his music !! Thank you Beethoven for your blessed works 💞
@@zaramayne2444 .Nice to get a reply from you zara!!I feel that those very few of use pianists who study,play,or perform Beethoven's piano sonatas have a very deep spiritual and creative connection to the mind ,soul and heart of the great Beethoven!!It is our way of channelling and expressing his soul through his great compositions.So I say it is like having a direct and living conversation with this great Beethoven,as we study and play his piano sonatas,even though his physical body and brains are no longer here with us in present time.When we play his works I think of it like having a seance with a ouiji board and having conversationswith dead souls from the past....we can feel and have direct conversations with these spirits.This is how I feel.When I am at the piano and begin to play ,or study one of his pinao sonatas,I know that I am holding a conversation with the spiritual entity of somebody who is no longer physically living.It is only through his great music that we are able to have this experience....which as you put it,is a very transcendental experience indeed.Have a great day Zara. and keep up with Beethoven(my hero!!)
@@davidpaukerYour most welcome !! Your absolutely correct& how wonderful to talk with some one who connects with Beethoven In such a meaningful profound manner I've had these sam experince with Beethoven myself, i can often see him like in dialogue with him I come from a long family heritage of music .. I read a very long time ago that John Lil mentioned that one reaches a state of f mind with Beethoven and he mentioned actually seeing Beethoven at the side of the stage Ive searched for that article recently ,but can't seem to find it I've realised this can be some universal experience with Beethoven and like I rnentioned Beethoven himself said anyone understanding his music would have this type of of experience and also said* from my heart to yours it goes* thus creating a circuit and of Eternal love that is divine. and in the eternal* now * too ....a timeless experience ..!!! Have a fantastic day ahead yourself also ..maybe too you start your day with strong coffee( 60 beans counted lol ) like Beethoven did ..sadly coffee is not one of my likes lol Take care ..and such a privilege to talk with someone with such great awareness..of Beethoven and his spirit I follow you all the way many blessings sent you ⭐
That has to be the most seamless, subtle and perfect motion from the development to the recapitulation. So many other sonatas make that jump with an abrupt return to theme one, but Beethoven is the master.
Yeah. I’m learning the first two movements now. Based on how fast the fourth movement is, it’ll be a bit of a pain in the neck to practice. But I’ll get it someday. It’s kinda hard though.
As a beginner in listening to classical music, the notes, your analysis, and the provision of different versions are very useful. Thank you so much! I would not have understood as much without your help.
one of my favorite sonatas by one of my favorite composers. lewis's playing of the development of movement 4 is some of the most beautiful playing I've ever heard, 29:50
This sonata starts with the note C (obviously the key is f minor) but is the first note that is played and is very curious that Beethoven's last note in the piano sonata 32 is a C too, I mean, the last chord is C major, that contains a note C, of course. A perfect close to his repertory. It is almost like all his piano sonatas were a big work and therefore it must be closed in harmony.
A beautiful recording of this piece. I played the first movement for an exam once and I do not think it is THAT FAST but then again, Beethoven never really specified that much in terms of tempo so I can still appreciated how you've approached this aspect of the music somewhat freely. More focus is drawn to expressiveness which became trademarked in Beethoven music. Splendid performance, well done! 😊👏
Same; prof pianists tend to play fast or be considered "snails". When DG published Wilhelm Kempff's recording of Beethoven's Sonatas in the mid 50ies or 60ies Kempff won acclaim for playing with more taste and sense, - and i think it was because he chose slower tempi. How about Barenboim? What tempi did he choose? when he explained Beethoven sonata-expression in masterclasses it was evident that he had a grasp which very few pianists had.
Just absolutely perfect. Gave me goosebumps. I played this for competition eons ago and haven’t heard it in years. Brings back memories. So very well done ❤️
I'm watching this after reading about the sonata form in Analyzing Classical Music Form and the "chapters" markers with the explanations are really helpful
Thank you for this wonderful series. It got me into listening to many of the sonatas I had never considered playing as the more common one's abound. But, it is a shame that only about 6 get performed regularly. Some great wealth of material. Plus to me it is interesting how Beethoven's music evolved as he got older. Many of his younger works could be easily confused with Hayden
My Orchestra arrangement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 1: Woodwinds: Flute 2 Oboes 2 Bassoons Brass: 2 Horns (in F) Strings: Violins I, II Violas Cellos Basses
The thing I truly love most about this video is how they put ads in the middle of the music- not between movements, not between different interpretations, but smack right in the middle of a soft and dreamy movement.
Such precision! I am playing this piece right now and I just couldn’t get it to the right tempo so I was looking for some examples, you were the best!! Tsym!!!!
Thank you so much for compiling these recordings and annotating them so thoughtfully! I appreciate seeing the lines of the scores track the performances. Hearing different interpreters juxtaposed is enlightening. Thank you again!
10:52 In between amazing lakes And breathtaking waterfalls Valiant heroes raised their sword Rode and faced the black storm In the fury of the wind At the hardest clash of steel Valiant heroes raised their sword For the sake of the world Of the world
Thank you so much for providing this! BTW, with this piece, the version that clicks with me is Lewis’ version. It is so expressive and I love it! Not a musician but listened to many. To my untrained ears, I don’t like Kovacevich’s since it is too rushing to me (not necessarily because it is fast). I don’t like Buchbinder’s especially his Mvt2, the lack of fluidity (not necessarily because it is slow) totally destroyed it for me. To me for all Beethoven music, without fluidity, you destroy the energy. 7 days later and I just came back and listened to this again and I think that I have changed my mind about movement IV. For this movement, Kovacevich’s is the most passionate in my opinion. May be a few detail can be better, but overall, I just love it!
@@elijahvalongo9528 Almost all great music is ‘insane’; my point is that Beethoven is not unique in this (though he is undoubtedly one of the greatest of composers).
@@elaineblackhurst1509 I was pointing out it was one of his earlier works and still holds up to his later ones. I dont know why you're so argumentative lady
@@elijahvalongo9528 You described the genius behind Beethoven’s first published sonata as ‘insane’; it’s not, and to suggest so is misleading to casual readers, though it’s a brilliant first effort. The insane genius came later. (Sorry you feel that’s argumentative).
Maximilian Björklund Not wishing to be pedantic, but ‘inspired’ is wildly overstating the case; ‘vaguely reminiscent’ perhaps more accurately explains the point you are trying to make.
It was like a really quiet bass in the back and it made me feel kind of cold and empty not gonna lie. Like chills but kinda depressed. It’s so weird, I’ve never felt this way listening to music ever in my life
Honestly the way this was uploaded... Beethoven should have had the first movement come back at the end, and did an EXTRA transformation of the theme, and been like 'yeah, that whole sonata was just exposition and development, deal with it'
Human Effigy The first movement of this sonata is written in pretty standard Mozart/Haydn type Classical sonata form; ritornello form was something from the Baroque period which had ended about half a century earlier - I don’t understand your first point. Describing this sonata as ‘...sooo joyful’, is such a highly original comment; so original in fact, that to my knowledge, it has never been made before. You’re right, all Beethoven’s music has a touch of the mischievous about it.
@@elaineblackhurst1509I meant that the ritornello is executed in a particularly mischievous way... captures the energy I'm talking about. It's almost like it's takin a jab at you hahah
Ludwig van Beethoven And so he should be; this is a strikingly original first effort in the genre from Beethoven who clearly with these Opus 2 sonatas, like the previous Opus 1 piano trios, wanted to announce himself to Vienna. Whilst there is a lot of Haydn in the compositional technique, and a whiff of Mozart about the slow second movement, for the pianist - and listener - this work is clearly at the dawn of a new age.
Thanks for putting the explanations of the structures of this sonata. I'm now about to compose my first sonata, which is very difficult to compose. So I'll take my inspiration from Beethoven's first sonata
This is such a great comparison between different renditions - thank you. It's too bad Gulda's version isn't among them as it has this unbelievable clarity, drive and stunning precision. When I hear his playing it makes me think of Beethoven showing Haydn a thing or two about where music was headed...
Frederic Boloix One of the main explanations of the greatness of Beethoven is that he found new paths to continue the story of music and follow on from the spectacular heights where both Mozart and Haydn had left the symphony, string quartet, sonata, concerto, et cetera. It was actually the example of Haydn that was stimulating and challenging Beethoven to look to the future. Before he ran out of steam, Haydn too was making some very radical moves moves into the future - some of the tonal instability and wide ranging movement through keys in the Opus 76 quartets, Representation of Chaos, or late trios for example, was as revolutionary as anything in Beethoven.
00:01 І ч. ГП f-moll 00:18 І ч. ПП As-dur 03:05 ІІ ч. ОТ F-dur 07:20 ІІІ ч. ОТ f-moll 10:15 IV ч. ГП f-moll 10:39 IV ч. ПП c-moll 10:52 IV ч. ЗП c-moll
After hearing the first movement by Kovacevich and Lewis, I find Kovacevich is not nice enough, but Lewis is way too nice. Let's hope Buchbinder finds a good middleground.
James Curtis In line with the Opus 1 piano trios, Opus 18 string quartets, and first symphony, these Opus 2 piano sonatas like all Beethoven’s first attempts at areas in which Mozart and Haydn had set such a high bar, are strikingly original and new. I think he was deliberately striving to announce himself as something very new and different right from the outset.
This isn't the first sonata he wrote chronologically, I believe it's actually the 3rd. He wrote the 20th before this one, I want to say it was his first but not sure; he thought it wasn't good enough and so declined to publish it, at least initially. But the 20th definitely sounds more like Mozart.
@@jgoogle4256 The two ‘Sonates faciles’ oddities of Opus 49 both post-date Opus 2. In any case, they should not really be included amongst the list of Beethoven’s sonatas - the composer’s clearly expressed wish - as they are so simplistic and empty as to be almost by another composer. Opus 2 is Beethoven’s first set of piano sonatas, first played to Haydn after his return from England (1795), then dedicated to him when published early the following year (1796). Beethoven wrote 30 great piano sonatas - one of the absolute pinnacles of the piano repertoire...then there are WoO 47 and Opus 49.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 Personally I like more Beethoven even if some may call it trivial. Beethoven himself was obviously capable of greater things, and that may have reflected itself in his alleged wish not to have these included in his repertoire. But still, their publication has been to my great enjoyment and, I'm sure, that of countless others, so I am glad that they're still credited, all things considered.
This comment is obscure as hell, but I was watching a youtuber named Jacksepticeye’s video playing some horror games and 3:11 is played, but I didn’t know where it came from, so when I heard this for the first time I got chills haha
I’m learning how to play this actually, but every time I wanna listen to the piece, I put down the speed to 0,75, so I can pay attention to the actual notes that are being played! 😂
I really don't understand why you would want to play this fast, like Kovacevich does if you can't keep a consistent tempo. More than once the first movement seems to fall apart because he just brushes over the themes. I like fast tempi but only if the musician is able to maintain them
codonauta The rising ‘skyrocket’ type motif or theme was an eighteenth century commonplace, it was something to be found in the Mannheim bag of tricks for example; you’ll not have to search far to find examples in Mozart and Haydn (Sonata in e minor Hob. XVI:34) very easily. Don’t read too much into it.
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Hey guys, I just wanted to stop by to send some positive energy to all of you! These past years been very tough to me. Ive been challenged mentally, emotionally and certainly spiritually. I feel like i’m finally finding myself and who I was once before when I had peace. I am thankful to come across a channel like this one that shows me that we are really all one in the same. We all have these daily struggles that we deal with that can keep us up late at night but just know that you are not alone. Knowing that I can come here and openly express myself and see others doing the same gives me hope that the world will indeed be a better place but it starts with us. We have to set an example for others and I know we can do it. Peace and Love to ALL OF YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
We're in the same conditions, but, what some Beethoven can't solve ❤
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Thanks :). I am very exhausted by mental and emotional struggles and feel often so lonely since my closest friends arent living near me and communication via whatsapp or calling is realy difficult and lacks the ease that close proximity has. :) thanks for your words
Thank you very much for this heartwarming comment!
I needed this today. Tysm
*Sonata Op.2 No.1 Beethoven*
_Kovacevich_
*_-I. _**_00:01_**_ "Allegro"_*
*_-II. _**_03:05_**_ "Adagio"_*
*_-III. _**_07:20_**_ "Allegretto"_*
*_-IV. _**_10:15_**_ "Prestissimo:_*
_Lewis_
*_-I. _**_14:55_**_ "Allegro"_*
*_-II. _**_19:22_**_"Adagio"_*
*_-III. _**_24:00_**_"Allegretto"_*
*_-IV. _**_27:32_**_ "Prestissimo"_*
_Buchbinder_
*_-I. _**_32:44_**_ "Allegro"_*
*_-II. _**_36:14_**_ "Adagio"_*
*_-III. _**_41:44_**_ "Allegretto"_*
*_-IV. _**_44:40_**_ "Prestissimo:_*
Personal dislike: Adagio
Personal interpretation of Prestissimo.
Exposition I: Hunt/chasse. This is deer (or other hunting target) POV. Bloodcurdling chase.
Exposition II. Panting while running, very tiring and molto agitato.
Development I: Deer found a shelter, hides, falls asleep. Sweet dreams.
Development II: Deer wakes up, hearing footsteps and hunting dog
Recapitulation I: FOUND! Run for your life!
Recapitulation II: Pant, pant, pant...
Coda: Chase is still fierce. Will the hunter win, or the deer? You decide!
TO BE CONTINUED
Staven Byrne
The sketches for this movement pre-date the rest of the sonata by some years.
I think the movement is by some distance the most old-fashioned, least progressive and the movement in which you can most detect some Mozartian traces.
This might explain why you feel as you do.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 Well this is Beethoven's early sonata.
Likely to be influenced by other composers e.g. Haydn, his teacher, and Mozart, another musician
Thank you so much
10:16 Added to: “Learn and play before die” list
it also sounds like Rachmaninoffs Moment Musicaux (the famous one)
@@adrianasd8 e minor? Presto crochet=104, sestets
It's a manageable piece, if you're intermediate.
@@stavenbyrne8010 only stating the things youre bad at doesnt make it easy to gage your skill level
Ian Kim dude im playing that beethoven myself. i just meant that the second theme of the exposition from the 4. movement is similar to the second theme from the moment musicaux (the descending one) or at least it has the same vibe
So there we go, peeps. After approx. a whole year of Beethoven sonatas (with some other stuff thrown in) and over 24 uploaded hours, all 32 are finally up and in a complete playlist. I’m kind of interested in finding out which interpreters are most to your liking, so thumbs up/down and comment as you please below - I’ve listed everyone with at least 3 recordings featured in this series.
Biret - www.amazon.com/Complete-Idil-Biret-Beethoven/dp/B005MJDVP0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1512252791&sr=8-2&keywords=biret+beethoven
Biss - www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=biss+beethoven
Buchbinder - www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Complete-Works-Solo-Piano/dp/B008DBID4I/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1512252895&sr=1-1&keywords=buchbinder+beethoven
Goode - www.amazon.com/Complete-Beethoven-Sonatas-10CD/dp/B0746VS342/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1512252926&sr=1-1&keywords=goode+beethoven
Jando - www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Piano-Sonatas-Complete-Vol/dp/B0000013I7/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1512252969&sr=1-1
10:52 this part is so pretty it makes me wanna cry
I'm learning this piece specifically for that part. Just gorgeous.
omg i can so relate its so beautiful
Oh my yes!
And i just discovered it is the chorus of tempesta di fuoco by rhapsody
I was wrong, it s heroes of the waterfall kingdoms
One other thing - I've no idea who actually reads and understands the analyses (though I've tried to avoid chord notation and talk of PACs and rotations and the like), so let me know underneath if you:
Read + understand
Read + don't always/usually understand
Neither read nor understand
Description > Analysis
Congratulations for the completion of this incredible Beethovenian journey!
I think I understand for the most part your analyses, but I don't read them all the time. II find your literary descriptions to be the most enjoyable thing on this channel.
Mind you don’t set the metronome on fire
I found this version more agreeable: th-cam.com/video/T6YTd9z8PQM/w-d-xo.html
I do.
Set at crochet=200 (Prestissimo)
@bill Bloggs crash boom bala bim shlang!
Band kids humour😬
Thicc Boi are you sure you aren’t a band kid yourself? With a name like “thicc boi”, there is a serious chance you’re a band kid
These videos have helped me so much. I played piano religiously when I was 4 or 5 til about 11 or 12 when I quit and became just the worst teen on planet earth. I never completely stopped playing. Couple times a year I'd dust off my Sonatina album and stumble through a piece, then get really proficient at the piece again, wondering why I had ever stopped...only to stop again. I'm now 29, back in full swing practicing but I have no more instruction. My teacher growing up was avidly against learning by ear. I don't know why. Hearing the piece played well, being able to criticize my own playing and technique against someone more skilled has been great and improved my playing immensely.
Uhhh if you learn pieces "by ear" , you really will have problems with understanding theory of rhytms and tempos in music, so you really have to learn pieces just by scores and then compare your playing with piano masters
When learning piano formally, learn to read scores. That's a must for comprehending the subtleties of music that's not heard easily, even by a trained ear.
Not that hard, and helps in piano learning tremendously
@@erezsolomon3838 yes these are things I learned as a kid, I took 8 years of music theory so luckily I am equipped with the fundamentals for reading music, counting bars, understanding keys, dynamic symbols, ornamentation, etc and .. just relearning technique and trying to self teach from the point at which I left off. The most difficult part is not beating myself up for the years I didn't play
@@pleasedontfeedthe6235 maybe get back freshly with a Beethoven sonata :)
I played sonata 5 (mov 1) and playing all of 6; a lot of fun. And if Beethoven sonatas are too hard for you now, attempt them as you'll start to regain and improve your technique. Start with pieces you like and you'll be back in business in no time; good luck!
I love Beethoven's work. The Sonata form is perfect.
Beethoven, the great composer of the universe
One of…
I always admired Beethoven (along with Bach, Mozart, Chopin and dozen more) BUT I never realized how unparalleled genius he is; thanks for posting...this is a GOLD MINE of Music
My fav composers, 1, Liszt, 2, Mozart, 3, Haydn, 4, Beethoven
@@jinggong7569 ik its ur opinion but no way u put haydn in front of Beethoven
@@_cat_0w0
The greatest composers cannot be ranked; it’s like wasting your time trying to rank the colours of the rainbow, and ends up in most cases just being a list of personal preferences.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 I think the fact the music is very emotional makes an objective ranking really hard and probably impossible when it comes to the greats
lies mozart was much more masterfull
I want to personally thank you for posting all the Sonatas. It was really insightful to always hear more than interpretation, to understand how many different interprets see the music. I made me rethink how I play and listen to music.
Thank you.
Although I know this is not one of the most liked beethoven sonatas, it is by far my favourite one. It is because of something personal that happened to me the day I first listened to it. I was so shocked and depressed by that for the whole day, and since then, whenever I listen to this sonata, this is the first tghing that always comes in my mind. And it always gives me that idea of a mixture of all the negative feelings that someone could ever have. A combination of sadness, anger, fear, and disability... which are basically everything I have felt in these last years with the quarantine.
I know people don't think this is one of the best pieces ever, not even of beethoven, not even of his sonatas. And I don't disagree with that. It doesn't have any interesting or beautiful parts, but yet, it's so emotionally expressive... probably more than any other piece I've ever heard.
Makes absolutely sense and I'm happy to read your comment.
I don't know why i feel so sad and when i play it, it reminds me my mistakes and makes me feel my life is full of blunders
Bisogna cercare di correggerli un po',non tutti..... è impossibil
We’ve all been there, I played the last movement of this for my highschool senior recital thinking I was amazing. I went off to college and my professor tore it apart and was astonished that I hadn’t even bothered to look at the previous movements or the work as a whole. Definitely a very humbling moment to be sure
You are not alone!
Try not to worry all our lives are full of blunders.
I think... you may love this great work more than you understand at this time. Have you seen the bio movie with Gary Oldman as Ludwig Van ? Thanks for sharing... a bit of your heart....
Ii 03:04
Iii 07:20
Iv 10:16
10:15 to 12:18 = the best part of this first sonata, in my opinion ! (4th movement, for its majority)
The structural layout provided in the description is immensely useful! I usually listen the first interpretation in your videos while reading it, and listen to the others without this support.
Beethoven never died ! His body decomposed and turned into music , and this immortality God gave him is an eternal gift to humanity
Very very well put!!!And in addition I might add,that his music has more beauty and value to me than all the gold in fort Knox and all the diamonds in all the diamond mines on earth!!!And as a piano student, I feel that when I try to play his piano sonatas,that in some deep sense,I am bringing his soul and spirit back to life and that I am in communion with this person. It is indeed a very intimate connection.
Houssam Bouhou
Very well said thank you
AMEN !!! 💞
@@davidpauker
Indeed yes I've felt that very same experience ..it's truly transcendental and one Beethoven promised anyone that understood his music !!
Thank you Beethoven for your blessed works 💞
@@zaramayne2444 .Nice to get a reply from you zara!!I feel that those very few of use pianists who study,play,or perform Beethoven's piano sonatas have a very deep spiritual and creative connection to the mind ,soul and heart of the great Beethoven!!It is our way of channelling and expressing his soul through his great compositions.So I say it is like having a direct and living conversation with this great Beethoven,as we study and play his piano sonatas,even though his physical body and brains are no longer here with us in present time.When we play his works I think of it like having a seance with a ouiji board and having conversationswith dead souls from the past....we can feel and have direct conversations with these spirits.This is how I feel.When I am at the piano and begin to play ,or study one of his pinao sonatas,I know that I am holding a conversation with the spiritual entity of somebody who is no longer physically living.It is only through his great music that we are able to have this experience....which as you put it,is a very transcendental experience indeed.Have a great day Zara. and keep up with Beethoven(my hero!!)
@@davidpaukerYour most welcome !!
Your absolutely correct& how wonderful to talk with some one who connects with Beethoven In such a meaningful profound manner I've had these sam experince with Beethoven myself, i can often see him like in dialogue with him
I come from a long family heritage of music ..
I read a very long time ago that John Lil mentioned that one reaches a state of f mind with Beethoven and he mentioned actually seeing Beethoven at the side of the stage Ive searched for that article recently ,but can't seem to find it
I've realised this can be some universal experience with Beethoven and like I rnentioned Beethoven himself said anyone understanding his music would have this type of of experience and also said* from my heart to yours it goes* thus creating a circuit and of Eternal love that is divine. and in the eternal* now * too ....a timeless experience ..!!!
Have a fantastic day ahead yourself also ..maybe too you start your day with strong coffee( 60 beans counted lol ) like Beethoven did ..sadly coffee is not one of my likes lol
Take care ..and such a privilege to talk with someone with such great awareness..of Beethoven and his spirit I follow you all the way many blessings sent you ⭐
That has to be the most seamless, subtle and perfect motion from the development to the recapitulation.
So many other sonatas make that jump with an abrupt return to theme one, but Beethoven is the master.
Yeah. I’m learning the first two movements now. Based on how fast the fourth movement is, it’ll be a bit of a pain in the neck to practice. But I’ll get it someday. It’s kinda hard though.
As a beginner in listening to classical music, the notes, your analysis, and the provision of different versions are very useful. Thank you so much! I would not have understood as much without your help.
I believe that this sonata perfectly exemplifies the early style of Beethoven. Brilliant!
Every time I listen to this piece, it just gets better.
Love Kovacevich prestissimo, it's sounds so powerful
one of my favorite sonatas by one of my favorite composers. lewis's playing of the development of movement 4 is some of the most beautiful playing I've ever heard, 29:50
I totally agree!
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г.п. 0:00
п.п 0:11
2 часть
основная тема 3:06
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менуэт 7:20
трио 8:35
4 часть
гп 10:15
пп 10:52
центральный эпизод 12:23
man, i cant say how much this is useful. really, thank you.
Happy birthday Beethoven!
Learning this song right now. It’s a tough one but so rewarding!
Lovely! From beginning to end, perfection. Thank you for posting!
This sonata starts with the note C (obviously the key is f minor) but is the first note that is played and is very curious that Beethoven's last note in the piano sonata 32 is a C too, I mean, the last chord is C major, that contains a note C, of course. A perfect close to his repertory. It is almost like all his piano sonatas were a big work and therefore it must be closed in harmony.
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Nope
@@nandiniwishwakarma huh?
Wow Buchbinder does such a great job at making that 3 over 2 rythm shine in the last mvt
A beautiful recording of this piece. I played the first movement for an exam once and I do not think it is THAT FAST but then again, Beethoven never really specified that much in terms of tempo so I can still appreciated how you've approached this aspect of the music somewhat freely. More focus is drawn to expressiveness which became trademarked in Beethoven music. Splendid performance, well done! 😊👏
Same; prof pianists tend to play fast or be considered "snails". When DG published Wilhelm Kempff's recording of Beethoven's Sonatas in the mid 50ies or 60ies Kempff won acclaim for playing with more taste and sense, - and i think it was because he chose slower tempi.
How about Barenboim? What tempi did he choose? when he explained Beethoven sonata-expression in masterclasses it was evident that he had a grasp which very few pianists had.
Just absolutely perfect. Gave me goosebumps. I played this for competition eons ago and haven’t heard it in years. Brings back memories. So very well done ❤️
I'm watching this after reading about the sonata form in Analyzing Classical Music Form and the "chapters" markers with the explanations are really helpful
You: cool
Metronome: RIP me
Essa sonata é talvez a melhor representação da forma.
A performance é a melhor referência para como executa-la.
Thank you for this wonderful series. It got me into listening to many of the sonatas I had never considered playing as the more common one's abound. But, it is a shame that only about 6 get performed regularly. Some great wealth of material. Plus to me it is interesting how Beethoven's music evolved as he got older. Many of his younger works could be easily confused with Hayden
You can really see how Beethoven's music intensifies over time
the fastest Ive heard of this sonata by kovachevich
My Orchestra arrangement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 1:
Woodwinds:
Flute
2 Oboes
2 Bassoons
Brass:
2 Horns (in F)
Strings:
Violins I, II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
The thing I truly love most about this video is how they put ads in the middle of the music- not between movements, not between different interpretations, but smack right in the middle of a soft and dreamy movement.
You get their point then. They want your money. We can't blame them. It's either ads or pay and ads free.
Why tf is Lewis’ fourth mvt so goddamn beautiful.
I love that prestissimo! You are not going to sleep on that
Such precision! I am playing this piece right now and I just couldn’t get it to the right tempo so I was looking for some examples, you were the best!! Tsym!!!!
Thank you for putting the ads BETWEEN movements!
I just had an ad in middle of the second movement :/
Yes
Sometimes between the 1st and 2nd movement.
not his fault :/ but you could thank him for uploading this
@Se A but his analysis and editing helps a lot
Thank you for this amazing upload! Btw, I love the video's description. 😅👏
My personal favourite of 4th movement is Kovacevich. It has the exact amount of rage that my ears need.
He’s an angy boi
i just started. im so excited my eyes are in tears. thank you for this
Thank you so much for compiling these recordings and annotating them so thoughtfully! I appreciate seeing the lines of the scores track the performances. Hearing different interpreters juxtaposed is enlightening. Thank you again!
10:52
In between amazing lakes
And breathtaking waterfalls
Valiant heroes raised their sword
Rode and faced the black storm
In the fury of the wind
At the hardest clash of steel
Valiant heroes raised their sword
For the sake of the world
Of the world
Thank you very much for providing the notes. Really helps me learn the classical music
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revisiting the old pieces i did a few years ago. i did so many i can’t remember all of them, but geez does this take me back
Dude you are one the bests on youtube.
thanks i know
thanks i know
im 13 and i also played Sonata in F minor by beethoven! Come check it out on my channel to help me out!
THESE NOTES ON THE FORM ARE INSANE !!! TYSM!!
the fourth movement is perfect
There is a 4th movement? I thought only 3 in a sonata!
@@jinggong7569 oh there can be from 1 to 4 or even more movements on a sonata, the most common number being 2 and 3
still is
I just played this for my college sophomore piano final. (Mvmt 1). It was entertaining to watch some of the reactions
Thank you so much for taking the time to organize all this material. The text you wrote is beautiful by the way.
wow, what a channel! love the analysis of the works and the recordings! thanks!
36:14 - Mvt 2.. some really deep emotions. Kinda has a Mozart vibe to it. haha alost thought it was mozart at first
Thank you so much for providing this! BTW, with this piece, the version that clicks with me is Lewis’ version. It is so expressive and I love it! Not a musician but listened to many. To my untrained ears, I don’t like Kovacevich’s since it is too rushing to me (not necessarily because it is fast). I don’t like Buchbinder’s especially his Mvt2, the lack of fluidity (not necessarily because it is slow) totally destroyed it for me. To me for all Beethoven music, without fluidity, you destroy the energy.
7 days later and I just came back and listened to this again and I think that I have changed my mind about movement IV. For this movement, Kovacevich’s is the most passionate in my opinion. May be a few detail can be better, but overall, I just love it!
45:17 So beautiful
This was the first piece i ever anaylsed using schenkerian analysis. The genuis behind even his first sonata is insane.
You may care to tell us why Opus 2 No 1 is any more ‘insane’ than any number of the best sonatas of Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert for example.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 I said "even" his first sonata is insanely good
@@elijahvalongo9528
Almost all great music is ‘insane’; my point is that Beethoven is not unique in this (though he is undoubtedly one of the greatest of composers).
@@elaineblackhurst1509 I was pointing out it was one of his earlier works and still holds up to his later ones. I dont know why you're so argumentative lady
@@elijahvalongo9528
You described the genius behind Beethoven’s first published sonata as ‘insane’; it’s not, and to suggest so is misleading to casual readers, though it’s a brilliant first effort.
The insane genius came later.
(Sorry you feel that’s argumentative).
This speaks to my SOULLL
This was one of my audition pieces in high school. Makes me nostalgic to hear it. 😢
Me glancing at the sheet music:
"Doesnt look too hard, I can do this"
A month later:
"WHY SIXTEENTH NOTE TRIPLETS!?!?!"
exactly!!!!! 😭
@@Random-Fangurl Like in measure 13, its almost impossible because my fingers are too big to fit in that small space
In between amazing lakes. And breathtaking waterfalls. Valiant heroes found their fate. Rode and faced the black storm.
The Adagio is very Mozart inspired. I LOVE IT!!!
Maximilian Björklund
Not wishing to be pedantic, but ‘inspired’ is wildly overstating the case; ‘vaguely reminiscent’ perhaps more accurately explains the point you are trying to make.
Mozart, my end fav. Composer, perhaps your first
I mean 2nd
Your Channel is great man! Thanks a lot for The uploads , comments and analysis.
28:11 Makes my entire body go freezing cold all of a sudden, soo powerful!
I'm still mesmerized at the texture of the triplets. Lewis creates thunder on the piano. I wish I could play that subtly and softly.
It was like a really quiet bass in the back and it made me feel kind of cold and empty not gonna lie. Like chills but kinda depressed. It’s so weird, I’ve never felt this way listening to music ever in my life
I love Beethoven and Kovacevich... Myra taught him well
i can feel my fingers are burning🔥
Honestly the way this was uploaded... Beethoven should have had the first movement come back at the end, and did an EXTRA transformation of the theme, and been like 'yeah, that whole sonata was just exposition and development, deal with it'
The beginning sounds like Mozart's 25. Symphony
That motif is generally called a Mannheim Rocket
Take a look at the opening of Haydn’s sonata in e minor (Hob. XVI:34).
and Mozart's 40th, last movement
LOL really?😝🤨🧐
¡La interpretación de Kovacevich del primer movimiento es acojonante!
Im gonna study this this year :)
me too. My first Sonata.
@@pussyslayer7271 this is my second sonata, the first was actually the 17th of Mozart (the allegro was hard!) . This is my first beethoven’s sonata
did you learn it now?
hahahahahah the ritornello at the exposition on 1st movement is funny
the whole sonata is sooo joyful and mischievous
Human Effigy
The first movement of this sonata is written in pretty standard Mozart/Haydn type Classical sonata form; ritornello form was something from the Baroque period which had ended about half a century earlier - I don’t understand your first point.
Describing this sonata as ‘...sooo joyful’, is such a highly original comment; so original in fact, that to my knowledge, it has never been made before.
You’re right, all Beethoven’s music has a touch of the mischievous about it.
@@elaineblackhurst1509I meant that the ritornello is executed in a particularly mischievous way... captures the energy I'm talking about. It's almost like it's takin a jab at you hahah
His first sonata is one of my favourites
Today I realized that music can make you sob and cry. Again.
Thank you, very much~~
Beethoven's sonata No.1 was very very hard.
I can't play piano it.......
Hard: Mozart
I'm sure you can, I believe in you!!!
정유민 The musical quality of a piece is not measured by its technical difficulty.
Thank you for uploading this amazing music. Beethoven played with such care and feeling is a special treat to a fan like me.
My personal favourite : Lewis. Pure poetry. Well measured, between classical style of Mozart and Haydn and future Beethoven.
The Lewis version is the right tempo for me to learn
I'm really proud of that one.
Ludwig van Beethoven
And so he should be; this is a strikingly original first effort in the genre from Beethoven who clearly with these Opus 2 sonatas, like the previous Opus 1 piano trios, wanted to announce himself to Vienna.
Whilst there is a lot of Haydn in the compositional technique, and a whiff of Mozart about the slow second movement, for the pianist - and listener - this work is clearly at the dawn of a new age.
Thanks for putting the explanations of the structures of this sonata. I'm now about to compose my first sonata, which is very difficult to compose. So I'll take my inspiration from Beethoven's first sonata
This is such a great comparison between different renditions - thank you. It's too bad Gulda's version isn't among them as it has this unbelievable clarity, drive and stunning precision. When I hear his playing it makes me think of Beethoven showing Haydn a thing or two about where music was headed...
Frederic Boloix
One of the main explanations of the greatness of Beethoven is that he found new paths to continue the story of music and follow on from the spectacular heights where both Mozart and Haydn had left the symphony, string quartet, sonata, concerto, et cetera.
It was actually the example of Haydn that was stimulating and challenging Beethoven to look to the future.
Before he ran out of steam, Haydn too was making some very radical moves moves into the future - some of the tonal instability and wide ranging movement through keys in the Opus 76 quartets, Representation of Chaos, or late trios for example, was as revolutionary as anything in Beethoven.
00:01 І ч. ГП f-moll
00:18 І ч. ПП As-dur
03:05 ІІ ч. ОТ F-dur
07:20 ІІІ ч. ОТ f-moll
10:15 IV ч. ГП f-moll
10:39 IV ч. ПП c-moll
10:52 IV ч. ЗП c-moll
After hearing the first movement by Kovacevich and Lewis, I find Kovacevich is not nice enough, but Lewis is way too nice. Let's hope Buchbinder finds a good middleground.
^
3:59 that’s absolutely gorgeous😍
28:10 is so nice melody. It drums and sway the bottom of my heart.
People who complain about classical pieces being played too fast are dinosaurs that need to die out. They are standing in the way of progress.
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Something between Lewis and Kovacevich in tempo, but not Buchbinder in texture (his is dry).
I thought it would feel more Mozart being his first piano sonata. Some Haydn sensibility in there perhaps but so much Beethoven.
James Curtis
In line with the Opus 1 piano trios, Opus 18 string quartets, and first symphony, these Opus 2 piano sonatas like all Beethoven’s first attempts at areas in which Mozart and Haydn had set such a high bar, are strikingly original and new.
I think he was deliberately striving to announce himself as something very new and different right from the outset.
This isn't the first sonata he wrote chronologically, I believe it's actually the 3rd. He wrote the 20th before this one, I want to say it was his first but not sure; he thought it wasn't good enough and so declined to publish it, at least initially. But the 20th definitely sounds more like Mozart.
I always felt Beethoven's main lasting influence was Haydn, though some much earlier pieces will have the influence of Mozart as well.
@@jgoogle4256
The two ‘Sonates faciles’ oddities of Opus 49 both post-date Opus 2.
In any case, they should not really be included amongst the list of Beethoven’s sonatas - the composer’s clearly expressed wish - as they are so simplistic and empty as to be almost by another composer.
Opus 2 is Beethoven’s first set of piano sonatas, first played to Haydn after his return from England (1795), then dedicated to him when published early the following year (1796).
Beethoven wrote 30 great piano sonatas - one of the absolute pinnacles of the piano repertoire...then there are WoO 47 and Opus 49.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 Personally I like more Beethoven even if some may call it trivial. Beethoven himself was obviously capable of greater things, and that may have reflected itself in his alleged wish not to have these included in his repertoire. But still, their publication has been to my great enjoyment and, I'm sure, that of countless others, so I am glad that they're still credited, all things considered.
How wonderful Buchbinder is. Spot on.
This comment is obscure as hell, but I was watching a youtuber named Jacksepticeye’s video playing some horror games and 3:11 is played, but I didn’t know where it came from, so when I heard this for the first time I got chills haha
what's the video called
@@aaronjuntilla6996 “4 SCARY GAMES, 1 VIDEO #8”
@@imme8471 Time stamp in that video?
@@miguelisaurusbruh1158 in the video it's 3:32
Cutest Beethoven exposition ever. It’s so short!!! Bless his young little ❤️
Finally the whole set! Bravo
Looks like the intellectual property people got a hold of Moonlight :-(
it's still here in yt, just not in the playlist.
im 13 and i also played Sonata in F minor by beethoven! Come check it out on my channel to help me out!
I’m learning how to play this actually, but every time I wanna listen to the piece, I put down the speed to 0,75, so I can pay attention to the actual notes that are being played! 😂
Its so beautiful listening to this and I have a book from the 1970s with this piece.
Um, your title is Strawberry? Well in Chinese anyway, Cute! 草莓🍓
I really don't understand why you would want to play this fast, like Kovacevich does if you can't keep a consistent tempo. More than once the first movement seems to fall apart because he just brushes over the themes. I like fast tempi but only if the musician is able to maintain them
I love it that way it's my favorite tempo honestly
@@pianoforte17xx48 Yes mine too
It's the perfect tempo
The last 3 measures of the second movement are pretty interesting.
The first theme of the first movement looks like the first theme of Mozart Symphony 40, movement 4.
codonauta
The rising ‘skyrocket’ type motif or theme was an eighteenth century commonplace, it was something to be found in the Mannheim bag of tricks for example; you’ll not have to search far to find examples in Mozart and Haydn (Sonata in e minor Hob. XVI:34) very easily.
Don’t read too much into it.