I am not qualified to judge the technical merits of this performance, but I was impressed with its cheerfulness, compared to other versions I heard. I know it has always been one of Beethoven's most light-hearted pieces, but somehow often gets a pathos and its joviality is brought down, or so I feel.
music is the expression of a inner universe, one can express a lot in a few notes, it has no meaning to mention difficulty, technicity or complexity into arts in general ; I fall into the universe of beethoven trough sergey , and it was wonderful, that is what matters the most.
Allegro vivace is about 130-140. He's playing this about 170-180. All modern concert pianists do this. Beethoven didn't actually leave a tempo marking on the autograph (in fact, in was left partially unfinished). But allegro vivace is what the first publisher, in 1828, used and that's been the norm ever since. It's showy to speed through it, but I prefer the indicated tempo.
I totally agree with your statement. It is very impressive how superb of a pianist this fellow is, but it sounds like you are listening to this masterpiece on fast forward.
I could play it slower I think, I practiced 5 hours yesterday I like practicing so that's useful, I just have to draw attention to my own work by being virtuoso. I used to practice 8 hours a day for a while
I think comparing interpretations isn’t a good idea every interpretation is different and that’s what keeps everyone want to listen to different people or it would be too much repetitive we are blessed that we don’t have recs of pieces back then lol
