Dong-Min Lim Mozart Piano Sonata K.333 1st mov.

[5748peter]

bravo!

[kevingao2000]

Really enjoyed your unique interpretation of this Mozart Sonata, absolutely beautiful !!!

[Hitherto90]

Deos no one like that repeat?

[TeamJacob1903]

WOW HE'S AWESOME!!! I'M LIKE 100000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­0000000000000000X WORSE DDDD':

[ttwiligh7]

I call this pressing keys with caution.

[seremerow]

選用這種速度或許可以浪漫(sentimental)，

但我所熱愛莫札特性情中的幽默卻難以聽見。

[matthewhung212]

Hope I can play this kind of quality one day... XD

[rweeks1955]

I am able to play this again!

[baboxdoi]

he was made to play chopin haha

check out his chopin piano competition recordings in 2000 :)

[johnd2009]

ladies and gentlemen classical music as we all know was played a different way in mozarts time for one the technology and the instruments were different the tempi was clearly indicated when he wrote this composition no more and 4 notes per 1 bar is usually the standard speed at that time but to spice it up in todays world pianist do tend to turn it up a notch and this has been done by many a piano player throughout the years the big thing is getting the melodic transfusions correct

[jacksongrant15]

I had overlooked this sonata before when I first heard it; maybe its this recording, as I can see now how wonderfully melodic it is.

[itisjinzo]

I like it very much. :D

Hope I'll play this one day...

[agak94]

I'm playing this sonata right now, he plays it really well. The tempo is great, every note is heard like it's suppose to be.

[BTWhq]

not bad for Mozart

[sumimimi0]

is he or his brother better?

[bones1343]

even though the way he plays it can be criticized.. you can't deny the fact that it's still at least pleasing to listen to

[violetskyB]

ooh he is good. I am studying this piece for AS Level, so this is really useful. I think the tempo is perfect, any faster and he'd lose the emphasis on the lively melody, but i suppose that's up to everyone's own opinion.

[amurogundam]

me too which college are you in

[ktmad]

woo me too lol

[nearestfarwayplace]

i'm doing AS musix too, and yup, this is very helpful, especially at this tempo, so my opinion is it's great :)

[dinastein44]

There is a theory that in Mozart's time everything was played slower than today, because the whole rhythm of life was far slower. So maybe Mozart would have played it like this, or even slower, who knows? However, art and music must reflect the times, so it also makes sense to play it faster, like Gould for example. But that's neither here or there. Both tempi, and everything in between, are perfectly legitimate. Chacun son gout, as the French say.

[Desmonddd2002]

I personally think you have a point there.

But I think the way music is understood, the perspective, and the interpretation is changed through time. For example baroque music.

This person kept the core of Mozart in this performance, but surprisingly did not adapt the changes through time.

[lunarsensitive]

I like it. compare it to horowitz, lang lang, and eschenbach recordings here .

[dlwangxiaohu]

From my taste, and listened to numerous version of this piece, Lim's performance is really outstanding, delightful with high artistic value.

[arpadelluna]

... It's as if Mozart himself were playing ....

[thesix107]

Your sound is off from the video.

[Sammysteinway]

Mozart's music is not about the speed, but about the absolute accuracy (clarity) and careful phrasing that make music sing.

[skg1991]

Except in Lim's playing the tempo does matter, because his staccato is too short and a lot of his scales and [Alberti] bass is very "fingery." If he sped it up it might come across with an easier touch and the phrasing he is (trying??) to do would come across. You have to understand that music doesn't count on tempo, but if there was such thing as tempo-- why wouldn't it count? It's like everything that makes up music, if the right tempo doesn't fit it won't 'be' music. Same with turns by he way

[Chopin1986]

@Sammysteinway finally somebody who thinks like me =)

I agree with you!!

[plastypoppers]

shat lav e

[MianoPan]

I think, to be honest, that the tempo is just a little bit too slow. I played this when I applied for the conservatory, and was told to use 128-132. The movement gets another mood then.

Except from that - this is very nice!

[englishplayer40]

i agree, he is too slow. 128-132 is tough though, very hard to achieve with control and without losing the lyrical shape. I would say 125 is about right!

[evelyn5998]

Fantastic!