No matter how easy it is to play, you gotta admit it takes a lot of skill to be able to play it how Barenboim plays it. Same goes for any piece, no matter how technically easy it is.
I'm 74 years old. Played piano all my life with a focus on accompaniment to congregational singing and all kinds of gospel music. As a result, I was very familiar with the keyboard but never introduced to the classics. Within the last year, a dear friend who knew how I loved music (and loved being as musical as I could be) really encouraged me to begin to understand and get acquainted with the preludes and fugues, Bach's inventions and sinfonias, etc. I'll never look back.....I'm working on only the simple ones, of course, but finding such joy in realizing that I CAN learn to play them - as well as I can learn to play them - always looking for the music in it, and once I catch that - learning how to express it as well as I can. I do a lot of "looking performances up" on line and listening to how the masters play them. I don't make their performance a goal, obviously, but I can make it a learning point, a reference point. I have long been familiar with certain melody lines and certain titles - and am finding a great deal of satisfaction in gaining in understanding and ability to play the pieces - at my level. About 18 months ago, I had a bad fall and injured several fingers on my left hand, impacting mobility. I am finding that the daily piano playing is incredibly therapeutic for that hand. ....and I am still enjoying, very much, the endless progressions and predictable patterns of gospel music. Talking OLD gospel here - stuff published 1942 and before. That's a genre all its own. Music - a fair and glorious gift of God. I will never play for an audience other than God. I hope He's pleased with my progress.
Sharon Torgerson this sonara is a great place to srart. Its fun to play. You can do it! You dont have to play it this fast. Its beaytiful when played slower
The greatness is not only interpreting more "difficult" pieces, but mainly interpreting "easier" pieces and bring them to life...simply extraordinary Barenboim
@@channguyen6781 Yeah! The problem in Mozart is finger balance. The left hand on the second part of the exposition has to be at the same time soft and fast and it's so difficult to have balance in the left hand, and this goes on and on in the whole piece! And everything's so exposed in every Mozart's piece, you really need to have intent in every note! The triad Bach, Mozart and Beethoven are true geniuses! They laugh at the hours we spend trying to achieve a glimpse of their excellence!
This piece isn't easy. It's one of the easier Sonatas from Mozart, but it's definitely not easy. It's only "easy" because it's Sonata in C Major, but it needs you to have very strong techniques, and as it progresses into other keys, there are more black keys, and it becomes "more difficult".
On listening to this sonata I find myself being drawn into an another world where “ Simplicity and Beauty” are harmoniously melted into an eternally crystallized one.
Hi there, mozart is DEAD . On 2050 anybody will now about mozart he is going to be COMPLETLY DEAD anything from him will survive, trust me. He is going to be a GHOST IN THE TRASH 💀💀💀💀🚮
The spirit of sounds of Mozarz’s music will have been crystallizing itself wonderfully as well as fantastically with the melody both harmoniously and exquisitely woven of Beauty and Simplicity eternally in the hearts of Mozart lovers.
When the real world feels like a desolate desert, listening to this sonata does lead me to the most valuable oasis to quench my spiritual thirst from the depth of my heart in the face of hardships in life ❤
The spirit of Mozart's music will have been living on forever and ever and never to be dead eternally in the hearts of Mozart lovers all over the world 💕
Mozart's melody is so pretty unworldly that I should feel like being drawn into the another world where my soul could be totally liberated from this world. Great thanks be to Mozart ❤
Gonthor1000 it's amazing how Mozart can take what appears to be banal, trivial music and miraculously transform it into a sublime tone poem! A true genius!
The essence of Mozart’s music could be said a wonderfully harmonious mix of “Beautiful”and“Simple”!! That's why I love him. Great thanks be to Mozart for his musical blessing ❤
When I heard the harmonies in the 2nd movement from 4:34-5:24, I knew I had to revisit this sonata. Sometimes I forget how beautiful simple lines can be.
The genius of Mozart..... This Sonata is the perfect example of the wonders and beauty of modulation done by a master. Seamlessly as if by magic. Jumping and strolling from one tonal dynamics to the next in an almost imperseptive phrased, melodic & harmonious way. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 🌹 💐
The element of fantasy is added to Mozart’s harmonious music of beauty and simplicity like a “hidden ingredient”, creating an Exquisitely Harmonious Crystal in my heart 💖
The beauty and simplicity in the musical streaming from Mozart’s mentality are through being listened the most harmoniously melted into one to be eternally crystallized in my heart 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
The sounds of Mozart’s music inspiringly pour awesomely a certain kind of spiritual enrgy with the wonderfully harmonious melody of “ beauty and simplicity ” through my ears into my heart ❤
My old Japanese clients has many teaching books on piano and pianists and I flipped a Mozart block open and found this one. I can’t read music but by the notes I could tell it was a song at this pace. :) I love classical music. One broken dream is never having learned to play the piano or violin.
Until there's life there's possibility. I started at 40 yo (as it was my child's dream) and since then never stopped. I played the first half of this Andante some years ago at a music school concert and it was one of the most important day of my entire life, to be able to perform this piece nicely is something magical for both the player and the public. ❤️
Although there are limits to the human ability to express language, I feel that there might be something mysterious in Mozart’s pondering a motif of a piece of music that transcends human ability and creates an infinitely wonderful fantasy.
oh the memories this brings back! such memories of sitting in the back of my grandpa’s car as he’s driving and pulling into the driveway of his house... it’s hardly the music that’s so beautiful, it’s the beautiful memories that come with it. there isn’t quite a nostalgic feeling i’ve ever felt before as i feel now reminiscing of the times with my grandpa... it’s true happiness. also great performance! really great.
Wonderful. Today, Mozart's remembrance of his death. Listening to Maestro Barenboim is the greatest privilege. Greetings to all Mozart fans. Trujillo, Perú. Dec. 5th, 2023
While listening to this sonata, I've wondered …… part of the sounds of the melody I'm hearing in my heart might be the whisper streaming down from above the heaven.
Daniel Barenboim does the best Mozart interpretations I've ever heard. Just soft enough in the right spots but as forceful as I always thought heavy passages should be. I've seen people play the whole thing too light and others just pound out the whole thing but Daniel has just the right balance that I always believed Mozart would have had.
Mozart’s music will lead me to mentally feel something in my heart that is extremely transparent as well as like a crystal where “ Beauty and Simplicity ”are fused into one ❤
When I listen to Mozart's music, I feel something exceedingly profound in my heart that cannot be expressed in words and that other musicians cannot musically imagine.
Daniel Barenboim and Alfred Brendel, two of the most passionate interpreters that will not be with us for much longer. Footage of these guys at the piano is pure gold.
In the movie Groundhog day with Bill Murray, he hears this song in a Café, which inspires him to play Piano. Its always been one of my favourite movies and this song, in the same way captured me....So I bought a Piano....never played Piano....And for 6 months after painfully transcribing the notes from a Mozart music book I bought, I tried to play it....I spent 2-3 hours a day...everyday!!!....just learning this song....using a Daniel Barenboim CD I found in a charity shop....I couldn't play anything else.....6 months later....I done it!....and I still remember playing it at a house party for the first time, in front of my family and friends....and my Dad put his hands on my shoulders and said... "that was incredible Son...." I'll never forget that moment....After this I truly understood that you can really do anything in life...If you really want it.
A little ways after 1:53, just as he reaches the statement of the theme in F Major, this quality appears in the sound - this kind of floating, angelic sheen that just mystifies me. Probably Barenboim meant to get exactly that tone (I don't know how he would achieve it), or possibly the recording engineer brought it out in some way, or perhaps the room's acoustics just lined up perfectly for that moment to shine. But it's magic.
The unusual tone is from the extremely beautiful acoustics. You would be shocked if hearing that same section in a small room, as he used absolutely no pedal, which you hear especially in the left hand mezzo-staccato. The floating feeling is from playing molto pianissimo skilfully (slight crescendo each descent) in right hand with no pedal and such energetic acoustics making impression unusually floating.
I love playing this on the piano. Mozart's music is incredibly enjoyable as a piano player. And challenging. Learning how to play it really made my playing excel. those fast sequence /scale runs help keep my chops good
Quando ascolto questa musica, sento che “ Bellezza e Semplicità ” si fondono armoniosamente in uno per diventare un cristallo come un'oasi che dona guarigionespirituale e momenti fantastici ❤
Once I get used to listening to the performances of this great pianist, I'm able to hear those of other pianists with my sensory ears, though Mozart’s spirit will not resonate in my heart’s ears ❤
Adam Gučík If you enjoy it, that’s fine; however it is no masterpiece. Apart from one of the most simple and memorable opening four bars in the whole of music, the rest is pretty predictable and the first two movements in particular are nothing more than an unadventurous journey along very long stretches of barren Alberti bass. It is probably Mozart’s weakest sonata.
It would be no exaggeration to say that the awesomely wonderful synergy between his inhuman mentality and the piano’s potential as an instrument has crystallized into a timeless work of art in this universe.
Wow! Barenboims tonal control and phrasing are just mindblowing. And imo, Mozart's music only shows how impressive it really, really is in the hands of exceptional musicians like him.
On waking up every morning I find a kind of mixed feeling of “soothing” and “harmonious” streaming into my heart through listening to this Mozart's melody. Great thanks be to Mozart for his musical blessing❤
Well today is your lucky day. You can now go back to 1780s. Here are some crucial detailed do's and don'ts about your travel through time. You'd have to stay at the point of travel for 3 months before you can travel back, the time machine needs to recharge on a water source for it to travel you back in your original time. Remember to always keep watch of your time machine and be careful not to damage it or let it be stolen by potential looters. Do not share any knowledge that hasn't been known or discovered yet from the point in time of your travel to your original time. You cannot tell anyone about the knowledge of a time machine or knowledge about your original time line. In case of travels to the past, you'll be given time period appropriate clothing and necessities based on historian knowledge, these should last you 3 months. In case of travel to the future, you'll be given a black suit and necessities based on research from our time technicians of the future's way of life. Installation of a chip that monitors every part of your behavior is mandatory. If one of these rules are broken, the chip and the time machine will automatically self destruct resulting in your death and the machines destruction. Enjoy your trip.
@@Lalinjaman how about I just bring Mozart to the future, still get to see him perform, but without all that other stuff you said? I'll just go to San Dimas to find Bill & Ted!
