Grieg Sonata in E minor, op7 (1st mvmt) - Thomas Guiot

[AnatTheMusketeer]

Amazing!

[englishplayer40]

It's strangely difficult to capture the right tempo for this movement, so don't be too apologetic! Yes, you took it a bit fast, but it's a much more msuical and authentic performance than many give it. The key is to capture the romanticness of the theme and allow the phrases space to breathe (hence 'moderato') but not lose the dramatic impetus and forecful elements of it. Not easy!

[grayzkule]

I love this song. It's my life theme song.

[yesruocbc]

How hard is this piece? i am 13 and really want to play it, do you think i could?

[addeex1]

I was around 12-13 when I played this and I found it not hard at all.

[kakeygirl9312]

im playing this now and it looks easy but it isnt when you add all the proper dyamics. Also the perfect touch on each key

[addeex1]

Well everyone find things diffrent right?;)

[maxi36440529]

well... i'm almost 18 n i know i CERTAINLY can't xD

it doesn't depend on ur age, but on the years u've been studying piano, n the feelings u may have about music :)

stupid comment, i know, sorry xD

good luck! :D

[rickelmonoggin]

Am thinking of learning this piece. Notice that the left hand in the first few bars stretches from the E to the octave of the G above it. Do you need big hands for this piece, or can you play it with small stubby fingers?

[MCarey0608]

Mr. Guiot, I love your musical and technical expression. This is perhaps the most exciting interpretation of the first movement of Grieg's E-Minor Piano Sonata (Opus 7) I have heard to date. What an inspiration. I feel compelled to rush into my music library to retrieve and relearn this fine work.

[pifferaio55]

Very Beautiful playing, so lyrical and I love that you take time and let things happen and breathe!!!

Bravo.

[vvozzeck]

hi! I like your musicality, very sensible, i like how you blend things, phrases, and make rythms also have expressive meaning, and how you build shapes, i like the playing!. I might just say try to make them fit even more into a bigger picture -decide an overall hierarchy of meanings... Keep tension and direction especially in those "quieter" passages where very little happens! Nice!

[tguiot]

yes, that's something i noticed too... sounds more like i added small parts of the piece together, and they don't always connect well... anyway, thank you for your comment !

[Starter61]

Hello from Athens, Greece. I am not a pianist, but I enjoyed your playing very much. Continue the good work, and thank you for posting.