I'll be 80 on my next birthday, and I've heard everybody who is or was anybody. And I have to say that Barenboim is the most thoroughly satisfying Beethovn interpreter I've ever heard. Claude Frank is marvellous - certainly a close second. Perahia is always excellent. Arrau was a wonderful Beethoven player too, especially in his younger years, but BARENBOIM is just BREATHTAKING. His playing is so incredibly warm, sincere, passionate and brilliant beyond comparison. These are LIVE performances. MY HAT GOeS OFF to Barenboim. PS: Horowitz's recording of this movement surprised me for its absolute excellence and absense of the mannerisms that often marred his interpretations. Novaes played this wonderfully well too, and so does the young newcomer ANASTASIA HUPPMANN. but THIS is really IT.
I've recently discovered Valentina Lisitsa and she is currently my favorite Beethoven interpreter. Boris Giltburg also has a natural affinity for Beethoven and is not very well known, less than 9k subscribers on youtube. You should check them out. Thanks for your own recommendations.
I've watched many interpretations of this piece... This is the absolute best interpretation.. The dynamics and atmosphere he brought in is absolutely unmatched..
The heat coming from the light is huuuuge... And it's actually pretty strange feeling. If you ever have a chance to get on a stage during a performance, use it. It almost feels as if you'd perform to yourself. The lights shining on you, the audience in the dark, you can't see any of their faces and it just makes everything soo much easier... ;) The heat though is reaally bad...
FINALLY! Someone who actually plays this damn piece correctly. I've been through so many RU-vid videos of this piece and they either play the entire piece via bashing the keys as loud as possible or they go with the exact same tempo through out. Ugh... so nice to hear this played the right way. My only complaint is the feedback from your pedals. I wish that could have been recorded better from the audio standpoint. Anyway, awesome job. except at 2:23. ;)
In my humble opinion this version is a bit overdone. Too exagerated. I like Mr. Perahia’s performance best. Regardless of some mistakes he makes, Perahia’s version is subtle and powerful.
Pure musical genius and piano master. He has an ear for sound like no other. I have nothing but great respect and admiration for him. Thank you for sharing
Pesto agitato mi movimiento favorito de Quasi una fantasia. Adoro la obra de Beethoven, su vida, su temperamento, sus luchas, lo adoro a el. Beetoven mi ídolo entre todos los idolos. La interpretación de Barenboin llegue a lo mas profundo del alma.
@@vladimirmorozoff8153 at some parts yeah but not enough to fuck up the song his interpretation of the tempest 3rd movement is my favorite ive ever herd
No me canso ni me cansare de escucharlo, podría estar todo el día escuchándola para mi parecer la mejor composición de todos los tiempos. Es una excelente interpretación por parte de Daniel de lo mejor que escuche junto al maestro Kempff
@Sim882 to be more precise, the passage 3:02-4:10 Barenboim is able to convey everything from aggression, fear, determination during adversity (his left hand is esp brilliant at 3:45), even fears of defeat appear to emerge from 3:50 b4 aggression and determination resumes at 4:20
Adoro esta gloriosa música llena de libertad, aprendizaje, plenitud en el lenguaje musical.... Thank you so much!!! long live good music, long live art
I love Barenboim, though in this interpretation i just did not like the rubatos in some passages. On the other hand, fortes, pianos, sforzatos and so on, perfect. Amazing!
I absolutely adddddoooooooooooooooooor Barenboim and I'm not even Jewish. He is barely mentioned, but I think for political reasons . Who drops gallons of sweat like that without true passion? Love you Daniel.
At 5:09 Mr Barenboim's left hand doesn't play the cadence at the right moment. This cadence occurs twice in the first part, namely in part one that is played twice. But in this part, while playing the ascending scale from A to Octave A, the cadence should be accompanied with the left hand!
@@chefethanguo9701 it seems that mr. Barenboim is experienced as extremely strict by the musicians who were taught by him. In that case, he should be just as hard on himself. I like his interpretation of the piece very much, but it cannot be the intention to play the notes in that passage in a different place than where Beethoven had written them.
@@edesignworks777 It would be a shame if people were only allowed to comment on something that was incorrect, only when they could do better themselves. But I'm going to accept your challenge anyway. I'm not a concert pianist, so you'll have to settle for a home recording. I will notify you via this channel when this recording is ready (it may take another year because I am currently busy with other things than playing the piano)
The camera work makes me dizzy. It is pointless. But the performance is outstanding. Within the context of presto agitato there are wonderful subtle rubatos that let the music breathe. Daniel has retained his brilliant pianism while become a great orchestra conductor as well.
Not actually, it just indicates a speedy execution of the piece, faster than allegro but slower than prestissimo. Barenboim's pace is perfect for presto agitato,as concerning this piece
He is of course a brilliant musician. But still I love the version of Wilhelm Kempff so much more. Barenboim plays with utmost precision and control, adding a lot of character. Kempff played it more like an outburst of heart and passion, which really gets me every time. With Barenboim I feel the skill, with Kempff I feel like I'm looking into Beethoven's head.
Bravo barenboim, como suda el tio, fijaos 2:16 jaja, eso es poco sudor para el logro que consigue con cada concierto que nos regala a nuestros oidos, eres genial dani!! :)
