Price: Piano Sonata in E Minor 

I'm glad to see Florence Price's compositions finally being recognized in the public eye! It's a shame though that despite her talent and genius, she was still treated less than because of the color of her skin. An amazing figure in history nonetheless! Thank you Florence Price!

Ahhhh why is this women not EVERYWHERE? I used to be a pianists. Perhaps we have other pianists in the comments. But from the first couple of bars you know. I was like “damn she’s good.” And as I listened, I was even more floored. It was the phrasing, the expert use of dynamics, you can literally hear the assuredness in her playing… the playing sounded world class. So I looked at the description - and no wonder - she TEACHES at the Curtis Institute of Music. That’s THE school (Lang Lang and Yuja Wang both went there toward the end of their formative years.) That school consistently produces exquisite pianists. Now it makes sense. And in this video there is a certain quality to the playing and phrasing you simply don’t hear in other pianists who are top recording artists. That Curtis jury, man they are just seasoned at picking crème de la crème artists. When I lived in Philly would go and listen to the piano recitals, and even their weakest pianist (for lack of a better word) was through the rough phenomenal. So this video was a real treat.

Beautiful performance ❤ I am so glad that Florence Price's works are performed by excellent diaspora's pianists 🤗❤️🙏🏽🕊️🎹

Her sense of timing is comically and emotionally the best I have heard in a long time reminds me of 20 century

WOW!!! Brava!! I discovered this piece by accident and now I think I found a new favorite performer, AND composer! I love Price’s rhythms and rich harmonic structures. Fantastic piece, thank you for sharing this performance.

Incredible performance...her voicing at 1:47 was AMAZING 🤯🤯🤯

I have no words! Beautiful is an understatement! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❣

Lovely all the way around. It doesn't get better than this.

I am rarely impressed by a composer I have not discovered yet, a rare talent. Beautiful attention to color, a unique style and convincing mastery of compositional technique. Impressed on first listen. Wow.

Wonderful music composed by Florence Price, thank you Mrs. Cann. 🌷🌷🌷(Netherlands)

Such purely *American* "classical"-style music! Price was truly *Priceless* ! Parts of it remind me, a little, of Gershwin (a favorite of mine). But I think I like Price even better, I really do, it seems a bit more sophisticated. And I'm a white boy. Wonderful, expressive performance!

Unfassbar schöne Musik und unfassbar schön gespielt. Danke, danke, danke...

Outstanding!

IM IN LOVE WITH IT SOOO MUCH THANK YOU FOR RECORDING THESE WONDERFUL PIECES! BEST INTERPRETATION IVE HEARD SO FAR ❤❤

Beautiful artist and music!!!! I want to play that Work now!

wonderful performance! I did not know this piece. It deserves to be performed more often.

Dear Ms Cann, thank you so much for a wonderful performance of this beautiful sonata. Right from the heart!

An amazing sonata. Fantastic performance. Brava, Michelle Cann!

Movement 2: 8:05 Movement 3: 14:35

Thank you so much for this performance! Technically wonderful, but also played with energy and understanding and love. Just gorgeous.

This is such a wonderful piece, and I'm so glad that Florence Price is finally getting the recognition she deserves. When she was still alive there was still bias on gender of the composer as well as the colour of their skin. Price's output was not insignificant in quantity as well as, of course, being of great quality. Michelle gives such a wonderful and heartfelt interpretation of this, too. Simply beautiful.

Brava!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️ You need to record this!! Can't find it anywhere!!

Wow! Marvellous piece and performance! I am speechless with such a wondeful video!!👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you Professor Cann.

best recording of this piece ever!!!

Wow!! I'm absolutely delighted with this piece and this wonderful performance. Thank you so much!

What an absolutely incredible performance, right from the very first nice (chord)! Brava and congratulations!!!

Brava! An impressively ambitious work, expertly performed. Thank you for posting!

Wonderful playing. I'm glad I've heard this piece now, and I just ordered the music (Schirmer). The first movement reminds me of Dohnanyi and Grieg, with, of course, totally new flavors, too. And I love the vocal nature of the second movement theme. And it's satisfying to hear this kind of music, almost like Dvorak, but without a feeling of adaptation (which is a silly thing to say, it's kind of like when Milhaus says "It's like Speed 2, but with a bus instead of a boat). But that's the nature of, sadly, problems with underrepresentation, there aren't adequate terms and vocabulary, so I end up saying double reversed things like "this sounds like purified Dvorak" instead of in its own terms. Does that make sense? Well, on it's on terms, what a beautiful piece! Anyhoo, great playing! I'm looking forward to getting the music in the mail!

Thank you for this amazing rendition! 👏🎹🎶

Brava! Excellent Playing!

Love this. Wow.

Love here work. Like many others have said. I can hear some Dvorak in here work. Almost as if he was a teacher of hers at some point .

So lovely! What a splendid piece, covering so much emotional territory. I hear echoes of Dvorak, but with a distinctly unique idiom. I've just ordered the sheet music. Are you planning to record this piece? If so, I'll be first in line to get your recording!

❤ one of my favorite by her Bravo🎉

What an amazing performance!

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So wonderful!

amazing!! 💓 bravo! 👏

Wonderful!

Wonderful! (14:38 3rd movement (note for myself))😊

Bravo 👏🏽👏🏽

Amazing

❤️❤️❤️

💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚

8:08

I'm glad to see this performed by a young black woman. Performing it the way it was meant to be done in the likes of Clara Schuman or Franz Liszt.

#bestofblack

這是醫學院的研究員吧…. Medical researcher

Sounds like Medtner.

This piece is of the Romantic era by virtue of it's style and sonority. I noticed in the first movement the Chopin-like chromatic progressions....changing ever so sharply. Under all this I hear a familiar early American negro spiritual which prevades throughout this generous 2nd movement.

Wonderful !