This is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful things my ears have ever experienced, No one has ever gotten this close to Mozart. I wish there were more words to describe how beautiful this is.
When I took piano lessons 60-odd years ago, this is how I heard this movement in my heart. Of course, I could never get to piano to sound like this. How wonderful that Ms. Uchida has!
@@gonzbry7272 It means that to play Mozart, you need to go gently, softly, caring for the bird almost more than you would care for yourself. To play Mozart you need to feel you have someone else's life in your hands (literally). To play Mozart you need to have an utmost understanding of how fragile is our humanity. To play Mozart you must acknowledge that tragic condition and surround it with the deepest joy it inspires you.
Fun fact: this isn't meant to be a slow piece. Playing it this slowly is just outright ignoring the sheet music and interjecting an interpretation that wasn't what Mozart intended. That's fine, but it also does a huge disservice to the composer. Slow middle movements in Sonatas wasn't as common as people believe and play them in modern times.
@@noonehere0987 Even funner fact, this is the Andante movement of K. 545. "Andante" means to play at a slow or moderately slow tempo. So ... what are you talking about?
A M A Z I N G !!!!!!!! Her music is heavenly! I am working on this 2nd movement for a competition in three months from now. I hope I can achieve at least 5-10 % of her style and graceful way of playing this Masterpiece of Mozart. That is why I watch this video about 5 times a day :)
@@vadymkozlovskyijr5063 I wanted to see who you were referring to but the account has been terminated by UA-cam due to many copyrights violations. Do you know the name of the pianist?
Mozart never dreamed this music could have so much depth. Uchida makes this music better than it is by sheer artistry .Her recordings decades ago of these sonatas show she has grown in maturity .I am dazzled that she made such simple almost children's music an utterance utterly communicative something about life and remembrance. Each note has life and is saying something the truly amazing thing is she can command all this tonal resource and in the moment subtlety in concert.Many mediocre artists make superlative recordings but here she is in encore playing with superhuman touch and sensitivity .Arrau ,Brendel ,Haskil .I've never heard Mozart played like this .
John e martin III is completely correct. This performance is amazing. I'd been playing the piece myself for sometime and I hadn't realised how beautiful it could be! Furthermore the CD recording by Schiff that I had been listening to is nothing compared to Uchida's performance.
She's a great performer, but I still find this song to inherently be better played closer to its indicated tempo than played as slowly as this. It loses the childlike joy of the piece for something more sorrowful.
@@noonehere0987 Eh, viva la difference. Too me, the third movement of K. 545 is more about childlike joy, whereas the first movement is pure flash. So it makes sense that the second movement be more pensive. In any case,there are enough years in life to hear it both ways - many, many times. Each tempo brings out a different emotion. This version is more like Moonlight Sonata, which makes it, uh, very good.
Mozart has been my best friend since I was in my teens. I often listen to this movement when I want to hear the lovely voice of Mozart. Very few pianists can make me feel I’m hearing his voice, though technically this movement is so easy that even little children can play it. Mitsuko is one of the very few, like Gieseking, she makes me feel certain that Mozart is still the same, being my best friend.
I cannot add much to what John e. martin III had written--I agree with every word, but I do want to say one thing: The 2nd movement in many of Mozart's piano sonatas are slow, melancholic, and utterly beautiful. This cannot be a coincidence, don't you agree? Mitsuko Uchida captured Mozart's Inner Soul here, I feel. Thanks!!!
I have never heard this piece played so beautifully. Uchida-san captures the essence of this piece. I would have my infant sleep to this it is so beautifully played. BRAVO!!!
La verdad la escucho casi todos los dias y siempre encuentro mas belleza en esa obra como la toca tan perfecto Mitsuko. me transporta y me relajo en esta pandemia
So much expressed in few notes, Mozart is a genious and Uchida also. Mozart would be proud of her. I am working on this piece and I think i am to 20% in that style as she plays.
Her touch is exquisitely beautiful&warm...that's the most thing I like of her performances, and as a pianist. Though I play the classical guitar, as a classical musician, I think she's got such antique&classical emotions and it allows her to play every single notes so well.. I became a big fan of her, anyway:)
this song makes me feel like walking over thin ice shivering cold lightly taking every step the ice beneath my feet cracking ever so slightly but not actually breaking through step... step... step... step...
Supposedly the easiest of all mozart sonatas, i am still learning to play it correctly, Never like Mitzuko. The accoustics are perfect , this video is a gift from heaven.
I think most people play Mozart wrong, Mozart was a genius and he knew that, he had a high esteem, he mocked people, the secret is in his left hand it speaks with the right hand, and the left hand always makes the final statement. Most Mozart's pieces aren't to be played gently as you think. you have to think like Mozart did. Anyway love Ms. Ushida's rendition. Did you listen to the end of this 2nd movement?? There ya go...
Sem dúvida, uma interpretação muito bela. Não sei, contudo, se Mozart a idealizou assim. Pessoalmente, prefiro tocá-la de um modo menos romântico, realçando mais a elegância mozartiana e um sentido de ternura, de tranquilidade e de simplicidade, próprios de uma sonata escrita por Mozart para crianças... Mas que Uchida a interpreta de um modo sublime, isso e´verdade. Só não precisava de quase chorar...
kanghuali - this raises the age old debate: should soloists interpret the piece the way they think it should be played or interpret it as they think the composer intended it to be played. I believe the former because composers leave much to the musician to decide.
Playing it according to tempo alters the emotion quite a bit. It's a much more playful, fun song. This type of interpretation is nice, but it still seems lacking compared to playing it as indicated.
The hands so close together using only half of the piano - yet a whole universe…
This is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful things my ears have ever experienced, No one has ever gotten this close to Mozart. I wish there were more words to describe how beautiful this is.
this is simply one of his works you can't say that it encompasses all of Mozart's compositions
@@platedpen true.
When I took piano lessons 60-odd years ago, this is how I heard this movement in my heart. Of course, I could never get to piano to sound like this. How wonderful that Ms. Uchida has!
Alfred Cortot once said : "You know how to play Mozart? Did you ever hold a little bird in your hands? That's how we play Mozart."
What does that mean
@@gonzbry7272 It means that to play Mozart, you need to go gently, softly, caring for the bird almost more than you would care for yourself. To play Mozart you need to feel you have someone else's life in your hands (literally). To play Mozart you need to have an utmost understanding of how fragile is our humanity. To play Mozart you must acknowledge that tragic condition and surround it with the deepest joy it inspires you.
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@@soyeux27 You’ve got a real gift for writing, Claudio. That’s a beautiful way to talk about Mozart
@@jarvis1508 Thank you Jarvis for your kind words!
For me the beauty of Mozart shines through best in his slower, more lyrical movements, such as this one.
Fun fact: this isn't meant to be a slow piece. Playing it this slowly is just outright ignoring the sheet music and interjecting an interpretation that wasn't what Mozart intended. That's fine, but it also does a huge disservice to the composer. Slow middle movements in Sonatas wasn't as common as people believe and play them in modern times.
@@noonehere0987 Even funner fact, this is the Andante movement of K. 545. "Andante" means to play at a slow or moderately slow tempo. So ... what are you talking about?
I have learned this Sonata N°16 from Mozart the second movement. It is full of grace the way Mitsuko plays it. It is heavenly. Thank you so much.
A M A Z I N G !!!!!!!! Her music is heavenly! I am working on this 2nd movement for a competition in three months from now. I hope I can achieve at least 5-10 % of her style and graceful way of playing this Masterpiece of Mozart. That is why I watch this video about 5 times a day :)
Vishal It took me 1 hour to play this and VERY slow. She is anazing
I played this three years ago for a music competition and won the first prize in my age group :)
Vishal Congratulations :)). It's a very beautiful Sonata, I really like the second movement, it's so pretty.
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2:13:45
Better version. I think, Mitsuko imitates him))
@@vadymkozlovskyijr5063 I wanted to see who you were referring to but the account has been terminated by UA-cam due to many copyrights violations. Do you know the name of the pianist?
so beautiful. the sound is gently and just like healing a wound.
はたらく乳酸菌 Beautifully said
Perfect description of Mozart! If Beethoven rages against his wound, Mozart feels like healing it.
Amazing, heartfelt, strikingly beautiful!!! Like a gentle breeze!!! Thank you Ms. Uchida for your heavenly charisma!!!
The clock stands still.....this is heaven.
Mozart composed this sonata to be played exactly like this. Perfection.
Mitsuko and Mozart are the perfect match.....!!!! Both wonderful....!
the only thing is Mozart is dead. Other than that yeah
Mozart never dreamed this music could have so much depth. Uchida makes this music better than it is by sheer artistry .Her recordings decades ago of these sonatas show she has grown in maturity .I am dazzled that she made such simple almost children's music an utterance utterly communicative something about life and remembrance. Each note has life and is saying something the truly amazing thing is she can command all this tonal resource and in the moment subtlety in concert.Many mediocre artists make superlative recordings but here she is in encore playing with superhuman touch and sensitivity .Arrau ,Brendel ,Haskil .I've never heard Mozart played like this .
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John e martin III is completely correct. This performance is amazing. I'd been playing the piece myself for sometime and I hadn't realised how beautiful it could be! Furthermore the CD recording by Schiff that I had been listening to is nothing compared to Uchida's performance.
She's a great performer, but I still find this song to inherently be better played closer to its indicated tempo than played as slowly as this. It loses the childlike joy of the piece for something more sorrowful.
@@noonehere0987 Eh, viva la difference. Too me, the third movement of K. 545 is more about childlike joy, whereas the first movement is pure flash. So it makes sense that the second movement be more pensive.
In any case,there are enough years in life to hear it both ways - many, many times. Each tempo brings out a different emotion. This version is more like Moonlight Sonata, which makes it, uh, very good.
@@aquamarine99911nicely put. Why even have so many classical music performers and recordings if they couldn't express their own world views?
Mozart has been my best friend since I was in my teens. I often listen to this movement when I want to hear the lovely voice of Mozart. Very few pianists can make me feel I’m hearing his voice, though technically this movement is so easy that even little children can play it. Mitsuko is one of the very few, like Gieseking, she makes me feel certain that Mozart is still the same, being my best friend.
This is so super beautiful
Try very
No doubt about it... The absolute best performance of this masterpiece! Ever!!
I cannot add much to what John e. martin III had written--I agree with every word, but I do want to say one thing: The 2nd movement in many of Mozart's piano sonatas are slow, melancholic, and utterly beautiful. This cannot be a coincidence, don't you agree? Mitsuko Uchida captured Mozart's Inner Soul here, I feel. Thanks!!!
Marvellous !!!!!!!! The best interprétation
To be able to create music like that - is an art worth sacrificing for, to make a life worth living.
Mitsuko you're the best,gracefully played!
I have never heard this piece played so beautifully. Uchida-san captures the essence of this piece. I would have my infant sleep to this it is so beautifully played. BRAVO!!!
The touch of a butterfly
When Mrs. Uchida plays Mozart's sonatas, you can easily feel her smoothness and exquisite interpretation
La verdad la escucho casi todos los dias y siempre encuentro mas belleza en esa obra como la toca tan perfecto Mitsuko. me transporta y me relajo en esta pandemia
Brought to tears every time...
Tellement bien interprétée, la très célèbre sonate K. 545 que j'ai envie de l'écouter à l'infini, merci beaucoup
tears in my eyes. perhaps in hers too every time she plays this.
So much expressed in few notes, Mozart is a genious and Uchida also.
Mozart would be proud of her.
I am working on this piece and I think i am to 20% in that style as she plays.
Her touch is exquisitely beautiful&warm...that's the most thing I like of her performances, and as a pianist.
Though I play the classical guitar, as a classical musician, I think she's got such antique&classical emotions and it allows her to play every single notes so well..
I became a big fan of her, anyway:)
Jennifer Kim - true. Her dynamic variations are extremely well thought out and executed. Her phrasing is exactly what the piece demands.
Wish Mozart was alive to listen how his composition is being played the way he wanted !!
Se me pone la piel de gallina con esta interpretación...
Never ever have I heard this peace played so exceptionally beautiful! From now on she will be my No. one reference when preparing a piece from Mozart.
Incredible,no words.I wish one day I can play at least half good she does.
Uchida spielt einem Mozart tief ins Herz hinein... wunderschön!
聴いて、鳥肌が立ちました。最上の演奏です。
I saw and listened to UCHIDA , live, in Boston , once. Will never forget it.
That's just phenomenal.
天堂飘来的声音，静心听了千百遍，真的喜欢
Delicate and wonderfull!
Quando suona è posseduta dallo spirito di Mozart, bravissima!
This makes me cry what a wonderfully touch and gentile andante.
Effortlessly beautiful!
Magico, excepcional, magnifico.
Muy lindo Mitsuko, me encanta como tocas Mozart, se aprecia que te vibran las fibras con cada nota. Bravo!!!
Это так ласково и нежно, словно колыбельная песня, светло, трогательно, чудесно.
Nice role model,Mitsuko Uchida! I like playing it too😊
this song makes me feel like walking over thin ice
shivering cold lightly taking every step
the ice beneath my feet cracking ever so slightly but not actually breaking through
step... step... step... step...
Madame Mitsuko Uchida est tout autant envoutante que la Musique de Mozart !
so beautiful... i can feel her inner beauty
jeon lucien that would be Mozart’s....she is reenacting it.
She takes me to heaven when I listen to this performance.
This is so beautiful. She brings me to tears.
fantastisch!! Könnte ich mir den ganzen Tag über anhören 🎉
Finally, a skibidi german comment
Beautiful and magical!
Supposedly the easiest of all mozart sonatas, i am still learning to play it correctly, Never like Mitzuko.
The accoustics are perfect , this video is a gift from heaven.
I think most people play Mozart wrong, Mozart was a genius and he knew that, he had a high esteem, he mocked people, the secret is in his left hand it speaks with the right hand, and the left hand always makes the final statement. Most Mozart's pieces aren't to be played gently as you think. you have to think like Mozart did. Anyway love Ms. Ushida's rendition. Did you listen to the end of this 2nd movement?? There ya go...
This is very good. Gentle and contemplative.
Maravilhosa! Bela interpretação.
Emotion and miracle sound.Thank you Mozart and Mitsuko
It is a dream ! It is filled with Love, poetry ! Thank you.
Hermoso , hermoso , celestial.
Merveilleux ! bravo ! Merci !
Magica, la sonata, il piano, la pianista...... un sogno !
Mozart Always talks to soul!!! ...principally with their sonatas.
Japonka krásná, jak čajové moře, uklání se mistrovi nad hladinkou šálku. Posílám pohlazení přes všechna moře světa... i nebes. 🎵
この曲で、これ以上の演奏があり得るとはとても思えない！！
I'm flying like a birds. Thanks a lot madame
Hermoso, transmite serenidad que interpretacion
serenidad, esperanza, tristeza, soledad. es un coctel. un orgasmos para los oidos y para el corazon
music from the angels played by an angel
The 2nd movement of this sonata is sooooo good I wish it was more famous
Great playing!!
her fingers are so cloudy. I think im floating
Unbeschreiblich schön.....
Sem dúvida, uma interpretação muito bela. Não sei, contudo, se Mozart a idealizou assim. Pessoalmente, prefiro tocá-la de um modo menos romântico, realçando mais a elegância mozartiana e um sentido de ternura, de tranquilidade e de simplicidade, próprios de uma sonata escrita por Mozart para crianças... Mas que Uchida a interpreta de um modo sublime, isso e´verdade. Só não precisava de quase chorar...
Capolavoro di Mozart e della pianista!!!
For one wo dont knew piano just Mozart and just discover mitsuko what a beauty
French girl
Mozart was a genius. His music is heavenly.
Very nicely played!
She is super super pianist .and I admire her sine when I was little.
영국 UK
una muestra más de que la belleza está en la simplicidad de un genio
Merci Andree pour cet autre partage
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La beaute au bout des doigts
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Merci
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The magic at 5:38. Mozart was God indeed
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Amazing!!
It's really beautiful~~
Wow, beautiful!!!
Great pianist indeed!
Make me moved in tears
This is perfection!
hola mire uste toca muy pero muy bello me encanta su sonido en mozart sonata k 545 me encamta
Amazing!
Мицуко замечательная,неповторимая!
très raffiné
Very beautiful
i'll only say it here because probably shouldn't say it anywhere else
the only thing wrong with this
its that it's perfect
she plays so beautifully, but I just don't kow if Mozart meant for this level of emotions in this piece.
Yup, could be, but so what, if every one stuck to what should be we'd lose versions like this one which is so sweet!!!
kanghuali - this raises the age old debate: should soloists interpret the piece the way they think it should be played or interpret it as they think the composer intended it to be played. I believe the former because composers leave much to the musician to decide.
Playing it according to tempo alters the emotion quite a bit. It's a much more playful, fun song. This type of interpretation is nice, but it still seems lacking compared to playing it as indicated.
Why not? Even the modest piece has something unique. Play, listen and dream 😁
yes
sublime....no alcanzan los sinonimos para abarcar tanta belleza
wunderschön
delicacy it is!
Meravigliosa!
The German Shepherd finds it soothing too.
泣いた
Beautiful....
tihs is so good