To play all 32 sonatas over 8 concerts in two weeks,to allow them to be filmed from every angle imaginable, and to pull it off with such beauty and control is truly amazing. I enjoy his avoidance of excessive pyrotechnics, his choices of tempo and dynamics, all with such precision and just enough pedal to sustain and blend without muddying the waters, and often with many surprises in approach that I have never considered. BRAVO BARENBOIM and thank-you!
I think I've watched every performance of his I can find online & I have never seen him use a score. Ever! It is amazing to me and no leaning all over the bench or staring at the ceiling in apparent dream state like so many young ones do. Seems to me excessive but I don't play piano,
I read somewhere that he had learned all 32 sonatas by the age of 14. He's a remarkable interpreter of Beethoven -- a custodian, really. Not just Beethoven, either; he's a master of many great piano composers.
it's so explicit especially in the first movement. He shoves a lot of things under the nose, so you understand syncopation and things going on I never heard before. Other interpretations are more elegant, perhaps, but this is a learning experience. It's extraordinary. Also very explicit, so I guess some people don't need things writ so large and obvious. I love it though, as I'm not technically sophisticated.
Wie arm wären wir ohne die großen Interpreten wie Daniel Barenboim! Wir könnten die Werke der großen Komponisten nicht hören, zu denen auch die fulminante, großartige Waldstein-Sonate gehört.
Danke Ludwig van Beethoven! ♪. ♫ ♪ Danke Daniel Barenboim!
Imagine not just the ability to give Beethoven a modern cochlear implant so he could actually hear his later works, but to be able to hear a the depth and dynamic of a modern world-class pianist’s interpretation, one that was arrived at through almost 2 centuries of scholarly debate and the pure genius of a performer like Barenboim. Not to mention the fact that it’s played on a $250k+ Steinway! 🤣 Beethoven’s head would probably explode
also to agree with your sentiment, Barenboim’s approach to Beethoven is unparalleled. He consistently produces some of the most trancendentally beautiful performances I’ve ever heard
The start of the last movement......time stops. Its almost as if you are floating in the sky. So much space. So much freedom. The whole sonata is one of the greatest in history!
This randomly popped in my suggestion box a few years ago i gave it a watch and was blown away, had a few beers, immediately listened again, a few more beers, the second time i was close to tears from the 3rd movement, listening now for the umpteenth time i feel nothing its a real shame i guess familiarity breeds contempt. I wish i could erase this from my memory and hear it for the first time every night. Ah well
There needs to be a movie about Daniel. He is EXTRAORDINAIRE! Always has been! This is one of (personally) my favorite sonata of Beethoven. SO much glory and beauty.
I have always thought that the performer's job is to reveal the composer's greatness rather than their own. If both can be revealed in a pure melding of musical spirits, you have a great experience. Barenboim is one such performer.
Don't think Beethoven was the greatest composer of all time! :P (I like Mozart better! That's Genius! Beethoven was a "worker"!) Same with this interpretation. I prefer Solomon, Backhaus, Gulda and Zimerman! :D
I'd say it was Bach based on his amazing clarity and obvious love and spirituality he put into his simple yet delightful works. Listen to the Goldberg Variations and you will see what I mean.
The chandelier and theater are quite remarkable. I do appreciate those visual highlights. After watching this video several many times, I have to admit events in such high level spaces, that express such regal and humble searching for truth, are the best of you tube entertainment. I am also ever more thankful for the sacrifices LWV Beethoven offered, as he really birthed music. God impregnated this man with frequency recognition. Some lineage of myth tellers helped shape the message with formal education. And now this incredible piano player retells the story.
I know everyone is hot to talk about the pianist. But damn! How about the composer?! What an incredible piece of music! To think that the Appassionata, Moonlight, and Pathetique are the most famous ones. This one towers over all of those! Just absolute genius!
I would say this is one of the more famous sonatas as well. This and a few others (Les Adieux, Hammerklavier, etc). Also I know Moonlight is extremely overplayed (and overrated compared to other sonatas) but Pathétique and Appassionata are ingenious works as well.
@@jimmysamson3511 3rd movement of the Moonlight is still one of my favourites, but 1st and 3rd of the Waldstein are above anything else in my book. (Of all music ever, only his Fifth ranks above it.)
@@fa-la-mi-mi-re couldn't find the vid but I found this article that says he attempted the Beethoven cycle at age 17 www.nytimes.com/1986/02/21/arts/barenboim-s-beethoven-piano-series.html
This one is a masterpiece, introspective melodies (3:45) interspersed with super fast and intricate challenges.4:00 is 4:30 is like a horse galloping on a piano. This is one piece where the composer seems to be in good humor (happy) throughout.
The two swift ph(r)ases of anger/revolt/pain in the thrid movement have to be one of my favorite (even though extremely short) parts in music ever 17:29: the immediate reaction, immediate anger, the cursing and swearing fervently 17:34: the insomnias, the turning in your, bed digesting the revolt in your head I always feel that when I listen to this piece, and Barenboim seems to exalt it here! Ps: sorry for the bad English
This sonata is a masterpiece. I never played this one but I did listen to it a lot all along my teenages and I cannot believe it...such a beauty. One never gets tired of listening to Beethoven`s piano sonatas. Thank you very much Beethoven and Barenboim
I can remember the first time a piece of music brought tears to my eyes - 1972 (I was 17 and into the Rolling Stones), Sydney Opera House, Roger Woodward. I'd been invited to the concert by a girl as a date. I lost interest in the girl and the Stones too with that fabulous first movement, but what caused me to genuinely cry was that amazing transition into the Rondo. Ever since it has been my favourite moment in my favourite sonata - what a great and moving masterpiece! And oh yes - this performance is damned good too.
It's been quite a while since I couldn't get Beethoven's piano Sonatas out of my head. Had to listen to them for weeks on end. And when I stopped, I'd hear them in my head. Not an unpleasant thing to be vexed by! Suddenly, out of nowhere, I hear the opening of 21 in my mind. Couldn't recall which Sonata it was. Got it on the 2nd try! Most rewarding! I needed that. And I greatly admire Barenboim, both as a pianist and conductor. I'm not a pianist, but it sounded flawless.
I am so thankful that I can see and hear this magnificent pianist...His hands are perfect - strong and sensitive with an incredible touch..Now I know how this piece should sound....Thank you, Daniel Barenboim...
Singling out just one quality of this wonderfully humane performance, Barenboim is iridescent, as we’d expect from a romantic conductor, each finger a string instrument or a woodwind or percussion. Thanks for sharing.
I only knew the first movement of this sonata before I came across this performance. The last movement is absolutely beautiful with 21:10 - 24:40 being the best part in my view. At 23:50 I feel that the music becomes alive. It is set free, taking over all time and space. Everything else vanishes. There is no piano, no pianist and no human kind. Just music. Not sure how else to describe it. Thank you Beethoven and Barenboim!
OriginalMasters books are a fixed form of sending out information. As soon as you write it you're pretty much done. Music has never been that way. Which notes you wrote on paper wasn't any guide on how to actually interpet them. Heck, it was common practice in the baroque period to leave out dynamics and it was normal for ornaments to be added wherever the *performer* (interpreter) felt like was right. So these two mediums vary vastly by their nature. When you're reading a translated book you're still reading the artist's original thoughts and it's still very much his book (if the translation is good). I've heard a quote by Bach from a double bass professor; but I'm not sure if Bach actually said, however it doesn't really matter; "As soon as I finish writing my music down, it's no longer mine." (It's the performer's) and that's very oversimplified but you get the idea.
I'm just a "listener" of classical music, espescially Beethoven. I listened many "versions" of Waldstein but this Barrenboim guy playing it as the way I wanted to feel. Harsh but still emotional. He is really an expert of Beethoven I think.
Grazie Baremboim, Pollini, Brendel, e a tutti qui geni che dalle loro mani riportano al nostro cuore quello che fu e e ssra il genio di Beethoven. GRAZIE
Magnificent. This is my favorite sonata precisely because it reminds me of the dark depression I went though most of my like very much like Beethoven. I cried and cried during the use of this discordant notes and chords. How did he mimic what a person who has ADD and bipolar depression goes through, I’ll never know.
Literally how my brain feels constantly with ADD. My thoughts are constantly racing, while I can't pay attention to anything in the real world. Also scared to tell this to any American doctor.
I feel pretty much the same way about that part, and the genius way Beethoven resolves- it's that magnificent and triumphant return to the home key- like returning home from a long, wonderful journey, full of revelry and celebration.
Right?? Combo of downright absurd dynamic/touch skills from Barenboim, a piano that costs about what the average US house does, and the best composing the world’s ever seen from Beethoven
dinulipati yes...and if you read what I said in threads, you know I am just as confused as you are right now. the most difficult part of this piece is not the technique; it is trying to imagine what Beethoven was thinking about and how he wishes for his own intentions to be expressed within this piece.
Beethoven is one of those composers that pianists seem to get better at playing the older they get. Barenboim effortlessly plays this, and communicates Beethoven across, extremely well. Bravo Daniel!
Daniel Barenboim The second-rated player! Barenboim The over-rated pianist! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Sviatoslav Richter Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Wilhelm Kempff Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull
Having struggled for years with Beethoven's most well-known sonatas (Moonlight, Waldstein, Appassionata, and Pathetique) and finally quitting everyone's music and composing my own that fits my hands/fingers and "soul", I can say that it's quite impressive when virtuosos like Barenboim can so easily play masterfully challenging compositions. However, I'm reminded of what Horowitz said of Beethoven: "Beethoven did not know how to write for the piano." Far be it from me to argue with God Incarnate!! I just listen and enjoy.
It's just one note (not a chord) and of course its not written in the score like that, in the score is just written ff, and small hint, ff doesnt mean fist 🤣
J'adore la façon subtile dont le thème du 3ème mouvement vient se poser sur le second, comme un printemps précoce qui fleurirait doucement entre les branchez noires de l'hiver
Wow. I felt it. It's...indescribable... and I feel deeply sorry I can't click _like_ for each single time I play it. The inability to do so, for some reason, makes me really sad deep inside.
Fine for you. Others have different tastes. I don't like this interpretation. It's a little strange to my ears. I prefer Solomon, Backhaus, Gulda on Beethoven's sonatas. For the Waldstein I like also Rubinstein, Zimerman and Brendel! :D
Brilliant Perfect Beethoven would be and is pleased. Such a beautiful difficult works. Takes a master to play this. Bravo 👏🏻 bravo 🙌🏻 ❤we appreciate you and love your tone and work.
9:15-9:40 Especially at the 9:22 part, I've never ever heard someone play that part the way he did. It sounds so much more detailed. So much more emotion in it. There are countless of parts like that, but this one really stood out to me the most
S. Wang I'm so shocked by what he can do with his size hands, power speed and accuracy, and I'm like, why can't mine do even half of that level. I'm currently learning this piece and how he plays the 3rd movement is just unbelievable
Marvelous colorful, beautifully focused sound. I love especially the spontaneous plasticity of his phrasing. It sounds almost improvisatory, which is to say fully alive. Unfortunately for me, I never got to know Beethoven, personally, but having been schooled by Cecile Genhart, Claude Frank and Bruce Hungerford and studied in depth 28 of the 32 sonatas and all five concerti over a sixty-year period, I feel well acquainted with Beethoven's "heart." This is great playing.
To play all 32 sonatas over 8 concerts in two weeks,to allow them to be filmed from every angle imaginable, and to pull it off with such beauty and control is truly amazing. I enjoy his avoidance of excessive pyrotechnics, his choices of tempo and dynamics, all with such precision and just enough pedal to sustain and blend without muddying the waters, and often with many surprises in approach that I have never considered. BRAVO BARENBOIM and thank-you!
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And all with no sheet music in front of him! Amazing!
I think I've watched every performance of his I can find online & I have never seen him use a score. Ever! It is amazing to me and no leaning all over the bench or staring at the ceiling in apparent dream state like so many young ones do. Seems to me excessive but I don't play piano,
I read somewhere that he had learned all 32 sonatas by the age of 14. He's a remarkable interpreter of Beethoven -- a custodian, really. Not just Beethoven, either; he's a master of many great piano composers.
Pedal.But you're right.
I am floored by this performance. He understands every tiny phrase in that piece. I've never heard this sonata performed so well.
it's so explicit especially in the first movement. He shoves a lot of things under the nose, so you understand syncopation and things going on I never heard before. Other interpretations are more elegant, perhaps, but this is a learning experience. It's extraordinary. Also very explicit, so I guess some people don't need things writ so large and obvious. I love it though, as I'm not technically sophisticated.
Much better and a much crisper, dramatic staccato sound on the fortepiano for which it was written imo...
CC, the 25:53 is the@@helenlauer9545
Wie arm wären wir ohne die großen Interpreten wie Daniel Barenboim!
Wir könnten die Werke der großen Komponisten nicht hören, zu denen auch die fulminante, großartige Waldstein-Sonate gehört.
Danke Ludwig van Beethoven!
♪. ♫ ♪ Danke Daniel Barenboim!
If there was anyone that Beethoven would have been pleased of listening playing his music, Barenboim must be amongst them.
Imagine not just the ability to give Beethoven a modern cochlear implant so he could actually hear his later works, but to be able to hear a the depth and dynamic of a modern world-class pianist’s interpretation, one that was arrived at through almost 2 centuries of scholarly debate and the pure genius of a performer like Barenboim. Not to mention the fact that it’s played on a $250k+ Steinway! 🤣 Beethoven’s head would probably explode
also to agree with your sentiment, Barenboim’s approach to Beethoven is unparalleled. He consistently produces some of the most trancendentally beautiful performances I’ve ever heard
The start of the last movement......time stops. Its almost as if you are floating in the sky. So much space. So much freedom. The whole sonata is one of the greatest in history!
Not the 2nd movement though.
One of the most poignant and beautiful movements in music, in my opinion. Brings tears to my eyes!
This randomly popped in my suggestion box a few years ago i gave it a watch and was blown away, had a few beers, immediately listened again, a few more beers, the second time i was close to tears from the 3rd movement, listening now for the umpteenth time i feel nothing its a real shame i guess familiarity breeds contempt. I wish i could erase this from my memory and hear it for the first time every night. Ah well
There needs to be a movie about Daniel. He is EXTRAORDINAIRE! Always has been! This is one of (personally) my favorite sonata of Beethoven. SO much glory and beauty.
I have always thought that the performer's job is to reveal the composer's greatness rather than their own. If both can be revealed in a pure melding of musical spirits, you have a great experience. Barenboim is one such performer.
100% nailed it! So very true.
the transition between the 2nd and 3rd movement is soooo beautiful!
Seems just one movement
Amazing to think transitions were one of Beethoven's struggles :)
You mean it would be if there wasn't an ad in between.
This is, by far, my favourite performance of this Sonata. Thank-you, Ahmed.
the first movement, man what a fucking masterpiece, LONG LIVE BEETHOVEN!!!! GREATEST COMPOSER OF ALL TIME!!!!
Don't think Beethoven was the greatest composer of all time! :P (I like Mozart better! That's Genius! Beethoven was a "worker"!)
Same with this interpretation. I prefer Solomon, Backhaus, Gulda and Zimerman! :D
Jason Jackson thanks
YES!
Yes. My favorite. Beethoven was the greatest composer of all time!
I'd say it was Bach based on his amazing clarity and obvious love and spirituality he put into his simple yet delightful works. Listen to the Goldberg Variations and you will see what I mean.
It is amazing how you can hear every single line perfect in all levels of interpretation.
+edvesan polyphony
There is no words to talk about this tremendous Beethoven's Sonata, and to listen to Daniel Barenboim playing it is nearly to cry, thanks
The chandelier and theater are quite remarkable. I do appreciate those visual highlights. After watching this video several many times, I have to admit events in such high level spaces, that express such regal and humble searching for truth, are the best of you tube entertainment. I am also ever more thankful for the sacrifices LWV
Beethoven offered, as he really birthed music. God impregnated this man with frequency recognition. Some lineage of myth tellers helped shape the message with formal education. And now this incredible piano player retells the story.
Allegro con brio 00:11
Introduzione (Adagio molto) 11:29
Rondo (Allegro Moderato - Prestissimo) 15:47 24:56
hahaha I came back here and was thankful that someone shared the starting times of the movements. Then I realised that it was me :D
why not 23:33 ?
Johann Sebastian Bach u copied my name
Johann Sebastian Bach
YO Bach, I was wondering about your prelude in c minor from the well tempered clavier book 1. Pedal or no Pedal?
There more I listen to Sonata 21, the better it gets in my ears !!
Wow I am really amazed by his play. I cannot stop listening to this.
Simply stunning
Daniel Barenboim.....UOMO,PIANISTA,DIRETTORE D'ORCHESTRA eccezionale!!! DA NON DIMENTICARE MAI !!!!!!
I know everyone is hot to talk about the pianist. But damn! How about the composer?! What an incredible piece of music! To think that the Appassionata, Moonlight, and Pathetique are the most famous ones. This one towers over all of those! Just absolute genius!
I would say this is one of the more famous sonatas as well. This and a few others (Les Adieux, Hammerklavier, etc). Also I know Moonlight is extremely overplayed (and overrated compared to other sonatas) but Pathétique and Appassionata are ingenious works as well.
@@jimmysamson3511 3rd movement of the Moonlight is still one of my favourites, but 1st and 3rd of the Waldstein are above anything else in my book. (Of all music ever, only his Fifth ranks above it.)
Yup, he was pretty good.
It doesn't tower - the 2nd movement lets it down.
@@johorn2887 On the contrary, the 2nd movement segues perfectly and seemlessly into the 3rd
Apparently in an interview he said that he memorized and could play all 32 sonatas by the age of 17 which is amazing
To Nishant Modak:Was it not by the age of 20 when asked in LOndon if he would be able to play all 32 sonatas to which he replied:NO BUT I WILL.
Fake.
@@fa-la-mi-mi-re couldn't find the vid but I found this article that says he attempted the Beethoven cycle at age 17
www.nytimes.com/1986/02/21/arts/barenboim-s-beethoven-piano-series.html
@@Numberonesorabjifan Oh well-thanks.
@@Numberonesorabjifan attempted is different than could do it
This one is a masterpiece, introspective melodies (3:45) interspersed with super fast and intricate
challenges.4:00 is 4:30 is like a horse galloping on a piano. This is one piece where the composer seems to be in good humor (happy) throughout.
Beethoven + Baremboim = GREATNESS = PERFECT CIRCLE MUSICAL!...
The two swift ph(r)ases of anger/revolt/pain in the thrid movement have to be one of my favorite (even though extremely short) parts in music ever
17:29: the immediate reaction, immediate anger, the cursing and swearing fervently
17:34: the insomnias, the turning in your, bed digesting the revolt in your head
I always feel that when I listen to this piece, and Barenboim seems to exalt it here!
Ps: sorry for the bad English
Thank you for such an extraordinarily exquisite performance! Monsieur Daniel Barenboim
This sonata is a masterpiece. I never played this one but I did listen to it a lot all along my teenages and I cannot believe it...such a beauty. One never gets tired of listening to Beethoven`s piano sonatas. Thank you very much Beethoven and Barenboim
I can remember the first time a piece of music brought tears to my eyes - 1972 (I was 17 and into the Rolling Stones), Sydney Opera House, Roger Woodward. I'd been invited to the concert by a girl as a date. I lost interest in the girl and the Stones too with that fabulous first movement, but what caused me to genuinely cry was that amazing transition into the Rondo. Ever since it has been my favourite moment in my favourite sonata - what a great and moving masterpiece! And oh yes - this performance is damned good too.
@kenoliver8913 Aside from that I'm amazed someone from 2024 is listening to this masterpiece right now. 😭😭😭🤷♀️
He is the most incredible pianist i have ever heard. The touch is so beautiful. Talent really as no age when it's pure
Barenboim in his element, few greater pianistic sites in the world ever.
It's been quite a while since I couldn't get Beethoven's piano Sonatas out of my head. Had to listen to them for weeks on end. And when I stopped, I'd hear them in my head. Not an unpleasant thing to be vexed by! Suddenly, out of nowhere, I hear the opening of 21 in my mind. Couldn't recall which Sonata it was. Got it on the 2nd try! Most rewarding! I needed that. And I greatly admire Barenboim, both as a pianist and conductor. I'm not a pianist, but it sounded flawless.
I am so thankful that I can see and hear this magnificent pianist...His hands are perfect - strong and sensitive with an incredible touch..Now I know how this piece should sound....Thank you, Daniel Barenboim...
Singling out just one quality of this wonderfully humane performance, Barenboim is iridescent, as we’d expect from a romantic conductor, each finger a string instrument or a woodwind or percussion. Thanks for sharing.
I only knew the first movement of this sonata before I came across this performance. The last movement is absolutely beautiful with 21:10 - 24:40 being the best part in my view. At 23:50 I feel that the music becomes alive. It is set free, taking over all time and space. Everything else vanishes. There is no piano, no pianist and no human kind. Just music. Not sure how else to describe it. Thank you Beethoven and Barenboim!
100%, you weren't sure how else to describe it because that is the best way. For me, the best passage ever written for a Piano.
Damn Daniel
Lol
The 1975
Can a true artist be devoted both to art and to his personal fame & fortune at the same time...? I suggest the answer is “No”.
A B Franz Liszt would answer “Yes”
Ask Mozart... and so many others LOL. If you think artists aren't interested in making a living of their art, you're delusional.
Behold the master interpreter of Beethoven.
absolutely correct.
JcFiscus I couldn't agree more!!!
I humbly bow in front of you, master. Your wish is my soul.
Victoria
OriginalMasters books are a fixed form of sending out information. As soon as you write it you're pretty much done. Music has never been that way. Which notes you wrote on paper wasn't any guide on how to actually interpet them. Heck, it was common practice in the baroque period to leave out dynamics and it was normal for ornaments to be added wherever the *performer* (interpreter) felt like was right. So these two mediums vary vastly by their nature. When you're reading a translated book you're still reading the artist's original thoughts and it's still very much his book (if the translation is good). I've heard a quote by Bach from a double bass professor; but I'm not sure if Bach actually said, however it doesn't really matter; "As soon as I finish writing my music down, it's no longer mine." (It's the performer's) and that's very oversimplified but you get the idea.
Maestosa e lieve al contempo, questa sonata contribuisce in maniera imperiosa allo sviluppo del romanticismo. Un capolavoro, uno dei tantissimi.
I'm just a "listener" of classical music, espescially Beethoven. I listened many "versions" of Waldstein but this Barrenboim guy playing it as the way I wanted to feel. Harsh but still emotional. He is really an expert of Beethoven I think.
이 연주를 듣고 있자면
연주가 너무 아름다워 울고 싶어진다.
yeah the song is SO emotional i love it
Beethoven's sonates are beautiful and the way that Barenboim plays the piano is just perfect I love this video.
Daniel Barenboim es un Midas: convierte en oro todo lo que toca.
Grazie Baremboim, Pollini, Brendel, e a tutti qui geni che dalle loro mani riportano al nostro cuore quello che fu e e ssra il genio di Beethoven. GRAZIE
Magnificent. This is my favorite sonata precisely because it reminds me of the dark depression I went though most of my like very much like Beethoven. I cried and cried during the use of this discordant notes and chords. How did he mimic what a person who has ADD and bipolar depression goes through, I’ll never know.
Literally how my brain feels constantly with ADD. My thoughts are constantly racing, while I can't pay attention to anything in the real world. Also scared to tell this to any American doctor.
Perhaps because he endured these.
I'm assuming he did it by playing the music Beethoven wrote down.
Guy is unbelievable I can't believe he can play the piano like that what a wonderful piece that Beethoven wrote.
This is the music of heaven.
C'est tout simplement impressionnant : l'interprète est littéralement dans la peau du compositeur.
No conozco un mejor intérprete, realmente extrajo la esencia pura de Beethoven.
One of the best sonatas.
The few chords following 23:51 may be one of the greatest things I've ever heard
Anything by Barenboim has got to be one of the greatest things you've ever heard tbh
I feel pretty much the same way about that part, and the genius way Beethoven resolves- it's that magnificent and triumphant return to the home key- like returning home from a long, wonderful journey, full of revelry and celebration.
True. Almost like the beginning of the 4th of the Fifth which is my all time favorite of all bars in every piece ever written.
Fantastic interpretation. Thank you so much!
19:44 ~ 20:42 I can't get enough of it
Damn that low C at the beginning of the third movement always gets me.. it's so warm but still clear. That Steinway is truly amazing. 15:47
Right?? Combo of downright absurd dynamic/touch skills from Barenboim, a piano that costs about what the average US house does, and the best composing the world’s ever seen from Beethoven
Best rendition till date.....clear and crisp .....beautiful!
Good rendition, but Gilels interpretation is in a different league and unsurpassed.
To each his own no matter if Barenboim, arrau, Gilles etc its Beethoven and its beautiful
Bharat Raghavan I am sorry but I heard him be messy in parts... if you didn't know the piece by heart you can't catch the mistakes.
lubneh It seems that I'missing something in this thread: critical comments signed by Ludwig von Beethoven himself....
dinulipati yes...and if you read what I said in threads, you know I am just as confused as you are right now. the most difficult part of this piece is not the technique; it is trying to imagine what Beethoven was thinking about and how he wishes for his own intentions to be expressed within this piece.
Mostruosa capacità interpretativa di Baremboim.Una delle più belle sonate,con quel delizioso secondo mvto.
Beethoven is one of those composers that pianists seem to get better at playing the older they get. Barenboim effortlessly plays this, and communicates Beethoven across, extremely well. Bravo Daniel!
Best version I have heard in my life
Daniel Barenboim The second-rated player! Barenboim The over-rated pianist! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Sviatoslav Richter Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Wilhelm Kempff Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull
@@RaineriHakkarainen no one cares g
@@RaineriHakkarainen And Barenboim too. He is a member of this list too.
@@RaineriHakkarainen There is nothing these pianists can do that Barenboim couldn't do
Lunga vita a Lei maestro, grazie, infinite. La seguo da sempre,
Best interpretation of this sonata ever!!!!! Truly the greatest. ❤
+pianist 1770 listen to Wilhelm Kepmpff's
Agreed. It was Kempf who introduced me to this beautiful sonata.
Esta es la mejor interpretación que he escuchado
My favorite sonata !!!
It's so beautiful
Such a clear and honest performance by Daniel of "Waldstein" sonata of Beetho
!!!!! I like it Thanks
Beethoven and Barenboim both masters of their craft
Wow, he makes me feel so amazed with his powerful interpretation of the 3rd mov!
My absolute favorite Beethoven piece... And I only love the interpretation by Barenboim.
Beethoven Sonata N° 21 'Waldstein' ( Aurora)
Daniel Barenboim
favoloso tocco e magnifica interpretazione
Having struggled for years with Beethoven's most well-known sonatas (Moonlight, Waldstein, Appassionata, and Pathetique) and finally quitting everyone's music and composing my own that fits my hands/fingers and "soul", I can say that it's quite impressive when virtuosos like Barenboim can so easily play masterfully challenging compositions. However, I'm reminded of what Horowitz said of Beethoven: "Beethoven did not know how to write for the piano." Far be it from me to argue with God Incarnate!! I just listen and enjoy.
Wonderful example of Sonata-allegro form (first movement), exposition-development- recapitulation.
One of the best Beethoven performer.
17:30 My Goodness he is possessed by Ludwig!
LOL
Funniest comment ever lol
25:29 Barenboim hammers that chord with his fist. One of the few pianists to do that. I think it's an instruction in the original music.
It's just one note (not a chord) and of course its not written in the score like that, in the score is just written ff, and small hint, ff doesnt mean fist 🤣
@@adriankornblum1874 You are absolutely right. f means fist - ff means double fist ;-)
@@erikkjaer1742 ahaha you are a legend
Idk why it's so satisfying to watch
The best interpretation of Waldstein. So calm, so cute... Barenboim is the best)
J'adore la façon subtile dont le thème du 3ème mouvement vient se poser sur le second, comme un printemps précoce qui fleurirait doucement entre les branchez noires de l'hiver
Magnifica, hermosa, compleja y inspiradora sonata
the God of Pianist
신의 피아니스트
+김건우 Hannibal Lecter in his late years ;)
God of pianist 는 신의 피아니스트가 아니라 피아니스트의 신이고 신의 피아니스트는 god of pianist가 아니라 pianist of god이죠
assolutissimus capo di tutti capi piano + conductor, the God for me
La música' la mejor y más eficaz medicina para estimular, relajar y motivar. Gracias.
Tengo un sentimiento. La música más hermosa del mundo está en las sonatas para piano de Beethoven.
Я слушал в живом исполнении. Замечательно
HOW DID HE MEMORIZE ALL OF THAT?!?!?!?!?!?! I'm very impressed. Good job Daniel Barenboim!!! :)
It is mechanical memory. It is like writting.
He remembers the movements of thr fingers
He's amazing. Great job. Lovely.
I used to listen him and he is one of the best interprators
I can't stop listening to this...
Qué maravilla de Beethoven encuentro en Waldstein,,,y que sentida interpretación de Barenboim.-GREAT
Wow. I felt it. It's...indescribable... and I feel deeply sorry I can't click _like_ for each single time I play it. The inability to do so, for some reason, makes me really sad deep inside.
Fine for you. Others have different tastes. I don't like this interpretation. It's a little strange to my ears.
I prefer Solomon, Backhaus, Gulda on Beethoven's sonatas. For the Waldstein I like also Rubinstein, Zimerman and Brendel! :D
Brilliant Perfect Beethoven would be and is pleased. Such a beautiful difficult works. Takes a master to play this. Bravo 👏🏻 bravo 🙌🏻 ❤we appreciate you and love your tone and work.
Speed, accuracy and emotions rules!
Preparing the entrance exam,(University) wathchin and watchin this video clip. BRavo 👏 Love this perform~~
VIVA The ART of The Magnificent Daniel Barenboim...Greatness at The Piano !
Electrifying Moments of This Sonata Played by Master Barenboim ...UNIQUE!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful performance.
wow, this man owned it.
Just wonderful ! Congratulations to Beethoven and D.Barenboim
27 minutes of bliss...
Daniel Barenboim me fascina , tanto como pianista, como director.
9:15-9:40 Especially at the 9:22 part, I've never ever heard someone play that part the way he did. It sounds so much more detailed. So much more emotion in it. There are countless of parts like that, but this one really stood out to me the most
This is an amazing performance, and amazing camera work aswell :)
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El mejor día de Baremboim. Soberbia versión. Muy Bethoveniana. Gracias Maestro!!!
И музыка и маэстро экстра класс
The first bar already sounds better than most other people. That’s why we know he’s a legend.
20:26 Barenboim's left hand just barely reachs an octave. I wonder how much effort he put into practicing. Nothing but respect.
S. Wang I'm so shocked by what he can do with his size hands, power speed and accuracy, and I'm like, why can't mine do even half of that level. I'm currently learning this piece and how he plays the 3rd movement is just unbelievable
This video deserves more and more visits! ♥
23:42 is like pure bliss in heaven ❤❤❤, the music flows like smooth silk or water
Marvelous colorful, beautifully focused sound. I love especially the spontaneous plasticity of his phrasing. It sounds almost improvisatory, which is to say fully alive.
Unfortunately for me, I never got to know Beethoven, personally, but having been schooled by Cecile Genhart, Claude Frank and Bruce Hungerford and studied in depth 28 of the 32 sonatas and all five concerti over a sixty-year period, I feel well acquainted with Beethoven's "heart." This is great playing.
Génial interprétation des sonates de Beethoven et écouter celles de Mozart c'est tout aussi fabuleux ! France