Ivo Pogorelich plays Mozart sonata K 331 A-dur

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

quite romantic playing...

[elroi92]

Why does he change the tempo after every bar?

[cellestialX]

A perfectionist.

[Felipenietosachica]

Andante Grazioso???.........

[mensskintightlowrise]

very slow tempo

[IceQueenEbry]

34 people are idiot

[minoshiek]

mozart is an idiot. foollllllllllll. wadayakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk oya.

[minoshiek]

@minoshiek 

[okenta3ei]

@minoshiek i fuck ur mother in the ass

[lllllllllllllll88]

Aaaahhh, the nostalgia... 

[charlycrett]

WONDERFUL!

[MinorityMans]

Poetry.

[sMakeMeGoWoWs]

Wow he's got skills by his balls, is he somehow related to Mozart? Thumbs up~

[byheavenlyhosts]

Very beautiful...only by God's grace...a touch of heaven!

[pianoplayerpro]

:-) very good

[dbeidesign]

All clipped in staccato like some kitchen maid.

[Aria132]

People, don't bother arguing with chiehwenwang about langlang, he is chinese.

[andr32426]

I know how to play this on the guitar.

[bloody0marius]

tienitelo per te



[Froebs]

@andr32426 want a cookie?

[rick133331]

i would love to learn this song

[ThePianoguy89]

This gives me so much inspiration! He's great!

[111midway111]

Before you talk about him, why don't we appliciate Mozart. We die at the end, but music lives on the earth.

[mellowords]

@chiehwenwang I must disagree with you, as a student of piano performance...there are far too many enormously skilled pianists that do not make such a flamboyant display during their incredibly expressive performances that I refuse to believe that those movements are indication of greatness. It is quite absurd (and laughable to any dedicated musician) that you would consider playing very well while "grimacing" to be the sign of true mastery of an instrument. Sound alone proves mastery.

[chiehwenwang]

@mellowords Since you're a piano student, may I ask if you can play music and make grimaces simultaneously? If you can't, that means you still have a mountain of practice to do. If you can, then you will certainly know that is a potential sign of artistic greatness. :-)

[thecouchonfire]

@chiehwenwang grimacing has NOTHING TO DO WITH... you know what, I give up, you are an idiot

[chiehwenwang]

@thecouchonfire Please don't call people idiots without any sound proof, and even if they are, calling them idots just serve to hurt them further. This might make you sound like an unkind person.

[myjw100]

@chiehwenwang So sad. You just don't get it. Who cares what the pianist is doing other that playing. Great music is written for listening - even with your eyes closed, maybe especially with your eyes closed if seeing a behavior is distracting. To tell someone they need more practice because they don't "grimace" is...like I said - So Sad

[chiehwenwang]

@myjw100 I understand what you are saying, but, unfortunately, you were unable to understand what I was really saying, which is "So Sad" too.

[sbdude101]

@mellowords I completely agree with you. Making great music doesn't depend on facial expression, but alot of the time, the musician is compelled to express themselves outwardly, in some way. But look at Pierre Boulez when he conducts orchestras.. almost no expression from him, yet the symphony is full of life.

[sososmork]

perfect

[Makenor13]

Where is the Turkish March played by Ivo??

I saw it one time, but it suddenly disappeard...

[thecouchonfire]

you can't honestly believe that his over the top expression has ANYTHING to do with his playing

[chiehwenwang]

Actually, the swings and expressions that have repulsed you indicate Lang Lang has mastered every detail of technique, so he has some strength left to plunge himself into the music proper and fully convey the musical ideas. Few pianists in the world can put through this kind of feat. If someday you ccould make some grimaces and play the notes well at the same time, it would mean you have succeeded at mastering the piano. :-)

[thecouchonfire]

regarding the left hand's 16th octave jumps (for lack of a better word) in the first variation , what is the significance alternating 1, 2, and 3 for the repeating notes? I'm learning this piece, and my fingering does say 1, 2, and 3, but I've been playing with my thumb. just curious..

[chiehwenwang]

@thecouchonfire It is to avoid the fatigue of your finger muscles and keep your every finger agile. By the way, please try to find something good in Lang Lang. You might find him to be a treasure in the end. :-)

[thecouchonfire]

@chiehwenwang

sorry, no can do; i'm not saying I don't appreciate his technical skill, I'm saying I dislike his interpretations and I HATE how he swings his body back and forth like it's a tether ball.

[chiehwenwang]

@thecouchonfire Actually, the swings and expressions that have repulsed you indicate Lang Lang has mastered every detail of technique, so he has some strength left to plunge himself into the music proper and fully convey the musical ideas. Few pianists in the world can put through this kind of feat. If someday you ccould make some grimaces and play the notes well at the same time, it would mean you have succeeded at mastering the piano. :-)

[thecouchonfire]

@chiehwenwang

lol, that is completely not true

[MagicMusicMe]

@chiehwenwang I'm sorry but that has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life. I have played the piano for 16 years and while I am no expert what you said means absolutely nothing in determining the skill of a pianist. Lang Lang makes those grand movements partly for the interest of the audience and also because that his how he chooses to play.

[chiehwenwang]

@MagicMusicMe When you hear something "ridiculous," there are two possibilities emerging. One is that it is indeed "ridiculous"; the other is that it's apparently out of your league and you need to think hard to grasp it. :-) p.s. Please try to get to know Lang Lang more. You will find a true treasue in him.

[kowalsky111]

@MagicMusicMe interest of the audience is the main aim of a musician

[araujo1]

@chiehwenwang Total nonsense. Those swings and expressions doesnt mean anything I understand him because i do that to but that is related to the pleasure produced by the music(Yes organically produces pleasure) not to his mastery. Have you seen Horowitz play? He looks like is death but everything is expressed in his eyes. I dont know if you are pianist, but let me tell you that piano techniques doesnt teach you how to make gestures or swings. So Lang Lang can be called a master but not for that.

[chiehwenwang]

@araujo1 Wow, you can make swings and expressions when you play the piano? You must be an excellent pianist. :-)

[ThePianoguy89]

@chiehwenwang Thank, I think people do not understand Lang Lang's piano gift! When he plays it is like the piano becomes a supernatural being!

[chiehwenwang]

@ThePianoguy89 Well said, but I guess one of Lang's tricks is that he plays a piece double the times the average professional pianist does, which allows him to focus on the music rather than the technique. :-)

[ThePianoguy89]

@chiehwenwang I love his passion and he plays the piano with full emotion! His rubato is great and yes, his technique is swift, him being able to move fluently across the keybaord. eople think that he treats every piece by any other composer rather than Liszt being just a showmanship. He's more than a showman. People also think that he plays Chopin pieces like Liszt's, that's not true. When I listen to him, I am able to feel what he's playing! I think he's all about emotion and technique!

[chiehwenwang]

@ThePianoguy89 I can't agree more. Lang Lang has a sensitive musical mind as well as a virtuoso's amazing technique. Few contemporary pianists in the world are on a par with him. :-)

[paulomtts]

@chiehwenwang Now that is, I belive, just plain bullshit. Tempo indications aren't there for nothing: they involve thinking and have a lot to do with, as an example, how the voices sound. Therefore, focusing on the music would be paying attention to these details, which you obviously can't do when you're rushing through the whole piece. It is no great thing to be able to play very fast, on the contrary: perfection at slow tempo is one of the hardest playings.

[chiehwenwang]

@paulomtts Well, I regard your opinion with respect, but please don't use crass terms like "plain bullshit," which would deminish your credibility to a certain degree and coplicate the discussion. :-)

[paulomtts]

@chiehwenwang Im sorry I sounded like that. You're right.

[chiehwenwang]

@paulomtts Now I know you are actually a gentleman. :-)

[paulomtts]

@ThePianoguy89 No offense to you intended, but to me Lang Lang sounds as if he had no idea of what he's doing. Or as if he thought the listeners would love anything he did with the pieces. I myself dislike him greatly because of what he did on a few pieces.

[ThePianoguy89]

@paulomtts Lang Lang interprets pieces in his own unique way. I think he is incredible for his highly skilled technique and his agility. He is much more of a showman than an interpreter, but he gives a different edge to the piano. I am driven by the passion and the emotion that he gives when he is playing. I don't think there's a lot of pianists that can emote the way he does on a piano. Other pianists did too like Horowitz, Martha Argerich, Ivo Pogorelich, and Evgenny Kissin play emotively.

[chiehwenwang]

And his expression is a bit too indifferent? Perhaps in this repect,, Mr. Pogorelich can learn something from Lang Lang?

[thecouchonfire]

@chiehwenwang

his expression isn't complete over-the-top bullshit like one would see in a lang lang performance

[chiehwenwang]

The theme is a bit too slow and the first variation is bit too fast?

[MegaCrazyDann]

I enjoyed this immensely. I prefer Pogorelich's interpretations of classical repertoire to his renditions of romantic composers such as Chopin and Rachmaninov.

[youhavegottabejoking]

I truly think this is a gentle and tender interpretation of the andante grazioso (with a very literal interpretation of "grazioso") not that I mind it one bit. It allow the listener to experience every nuance of the piece. I like to refer to this as a "thinking man's version" of this movement.  Personally, I find Gould's performances rather spirited, however I despise his recording for the plain fact that you can hear the man humming & singing in the background. It's so annoying. Find a gag.

[petie32]

For the XXth century, this guy is #1. Agreed that both Serkins are A+, also both Kempfs, also Gould, also van Gennip, Horowitz, and a few others I've omitted.

Argerich and Letitisa too.

[rosten736]

To all those who clicked "dislike": you must be deranged. Go directly to the mental hospital.

[fabiomax83]

si si è vero!Tecnica scarsissima!Ha ragione ludolxx94,che sicuramente suona la tromba:)si scherza neh?Spero che anche la tua fosse una boutade!Pogo ha una delle tecniche più incredibili;completo controllo del trasferimento del peso,avambracci che fungono da perno,il tutto finalizzato ad una resa sonora densa(un suono come il suo,specie in sala,lascia attoniti),pochissimo movimento delle spalle e delle braccia(magari non in questo video),e purtuttavia grande potenza di fuoco:),un bel musicista:)

[slovakmath]

yeah... I pretty much greatly prefer glen gould version of this piece of music...that being said, I am not properly educated in music, rather in applied maths...I dont know why that matter other than the fact that I am basically knowingly retarded in my ability to "properly" critique and analyze music. still... I can appreciate it and I appreciate goulds version...what do you guys think I would like to hear what someone who WAS educated in music to get their objective opinion...cheers

[pinkbluegreenpurpleL]

What is wrong with all you people??!! I think he playes great!

[laianemesis]

It's tru than Mozart's said, Andante Grazioso, but what movement plays like that.

[AGuyWhoPunkUMama]

fuck man .... where is the rest of this video!?!? Listening to this man's incomplete video is alot like having sex without cumming ... you could do it ... BUT WHY!?

[slovakmath]

@AGuyWhoPunkUMama get a case of blue EARS... did yah?

[Ricamusica1]

De Ricamusica1: Excelente pianista, sin duda. Lástima que al inicio le imprime un suspenso que la pieza no tiene; es un Andante Grazioso, o sea Lento, pero con gracia; no tan pausado. Menos mal que en la 2a pte. el pianista retoma el exquisito jugueteo de notas, que se torna luego magistral con esos mordentes en octavas. Delicioso. Ni se diga del travieso diálogo expresivo que le sigue, en Lam, dulce y sinuosa, puerta de entrada para la 5a. Mi preferida, con esa trasposición de manos. ¡Wonderf!

[Temptezt]

His fingering on the legato octaves is really pro lol, plus you need big hands for it. Too bad I can't find the Pogorelich playing the ending on youtube. (please msg if you can :) )

[theMacvarish]

Soul of an angel : hands of a bricklayer.

[happygolucky2000]

I would have liked to have heard a difference in dynamics when he repeats each section. However very beautiful playing. thank you

[lovesGenet]

this is the most fabulous Mozart I know. Backhaus ,Geza Anda , Haskil .This is fabulous.This is why I never touch Mozart though I think I can get Hadyn's world.Then u hear Brendel and u realize it can't be da same planet! the most beautiful tonal symmetries and instant judgements.This is fabulously easy finga music of the highest difficult executive order!A treat for pianists.Made my ears hurt less after hearing Rachm playing Mozart!!!

[MrEbaby2010]

I respect that interpertation is subjective and innovative but it could not be without framework. 'Do as you like' may not be universally applicable.

[iHAVE1j]

@PJinBston

Are you saying you don't like interpretation at all? I bet you'd be able to find at least one G. Gould interpretation (esp. from the WTC) you'd like better than the strictest adherence to baroque keyboard..

[MrEbaby2010]

In response to organman52 :

What I am talking out is the holistic

approach in performing the music. The tempo indicator of the first movement of this Sonata is 'Andante grazioso' . Upon this foundation, an 'allegro-like' speed first the 1st movement (which the writer did not give another indication of tempo change such as the last movement) does not suit, or I would like to say even deviate from, the overall style of the piece.

[Karontea]

excelent, very cute work

[MrEbaby2010]

I like him playing scarlatti's pieces. For Mozart, his performance is stylist but I can't say it is authoritative and conventional. This piece allows various speed for different variations so I do not feel too strange for the exceptionally fast on speed 1st variation. To me, a perception of uniqueness in performance is of utmost importance.

[organman52]

Well HOW MANY different 'ways' can a piece be played? Is it INFINITE? And does it matter to you that Mozart had a SPECIFIC concept in mind when he COMPOSED his music?

[vittorio1224]

is the second variation supposed to be that fast in comparison to the theme and first variation?

[815ChST9]

Hello! You fergot: that's hungry Mozart, that's A, that's march.

[metteholm75]

His hands sometimes look like Landowskas "claws" :-D

As much as I admire Pogorelich, I have heard more exiting recordings of this.

[hobbes186]

Gould follows his own feeling to play that piece

i admit that it's provocativ but at least he remains honest

"we've to play Mozart as Chopin and Chopin as Mozart" S.Richter

[johndelgado19]

did you know how i can get the partiture of this sonata of mozart because i only found the part of allegretto and no this

[hobbes186]

i love the way he is playing the them and the 2nd variation but the 5th variation belongs to gould!

Pogorelich only plays what mozart wrote on the paper, he adds nothing

[organman52]

'Belongs to gould' - are you kidding? He BUTCHERED the music of Mozart.

[pianololita]

Piano teachers would love him - his fingers are so curved! ;D

[gimichi]

I like it very much

[buddydog1956]

I have always admired his playing...

He does justice to this classic...

[milliliter12]

when you listen it would be just the same...u would be able to see how nasty hs moves r..=)

[kashmira1]

U kinda scare me, ... I am a carefree biker. As in finding this & puttin it, 'Pun maybe intended' ;) as fave becomes a little worrying.

[polobuch]

close your eyes and just listen

[Jame243]

@polobuch BETTER KEEP THEM OPEN TO ENJOY HIS EXPRESSIVENESS AND MAGICAL HANDS.I LIKE THE CLASSICAL BACKGROUND ALSO!

[dabocla]

@polobuch It's a journey.

[organman52]

Beautiful, but isn't it a bit slow?

[sorim1967]

you think this is slow you should listen to gould

[organman52]

I have listened to that AWFUL performance. Ridiculous.

Most people - including even the finest musicians - simply do not understand the meaning of 6/8 meter. That is really all I have to say about this.

[kowalsky111]

@organman52: i onestly don't know how it would be right, but it sounds very good, very good feeling. pls explain why this isn't right

[organman52]

It's not 'wrong' - but it's too syllabic. Ivo is playing it as if the eighth note is the pulse. The eighth note is only the subdivision - the pulse is the dotted quarter. It sounds like he is making too much out of something so elegant in its simplicity. Variation I is too fast compared to the Theme.

He has great fingers and an excellent mind.

[kowalsky111]

is there any version online that you would suggest?

[organman52]

I don't know if Alicia DeLarrocha recorded this Sonata, but if she did, THAT would be the place to go. Also, Kissin is wonderful, but again, I don't know if he plays this one. And of course, there is Rubinstein - a great Mozart player. [Notice I didn't say 'interpreter'].

[organman52]

So true - slow does not connote feeling. And music - like speech - should never be syllabic. Such an approach destroys the flow of language - whether musical or spoken.

[antoinezygfryd]

J'ai mis 25 ans pour le comprendre,et aujourd'hui j'aime beaucoup son jeu.

Il faut écouter son Scarlatti,-qui met tout le monde du clavier à genoux!

[dashalinho]

When u get to the level of Pogorelic, then u can give him marks :)

[Kuchenmaker]

why is he moving his body so strangely? cant he sit still?

[yomaster29]

the music takes over him. it flows through his body.

[HvitTiger]

That has to be the nastyest thing i've read today.

Im thinking the same as Kuchenmaker. No reason to do those nasty moves when playing the piano.

Offcourse you need to move a little, but hes excessive.

[yomaster29]

well its the music! it possesses him!

[HvitTiger]

No, hes just faking it.

[yomaster29]

there is no reason for him to fake it. he's a wonderful player. what about the music? its wonderful!

people like lang lang, and he moves like mad. he treats it like a rock concert. Pogorelich plays wonderfully. and despite his movements, its not fake. its the music. the wonderful music that takes over him. his body included, not just his mind.

[antoinezygfryd]

vos oreilles sont fermées???

[TheRepatriat]

nice hair

[CaramelMarshmallow]

he took out the raised fifth. that totally negates the beauty of it.

[winkandrun]

I can't even form words....this is amazing....

[organboi]

insane. too slow and totally self-indulgent. sickening tempo actually. Mozart would appalled. and why does the tempo change with the second variation? there is no indication of this in the score. you can't rewrite Mozart. if one is not satisfied with the composer's intentions, do something else as a career. Gould also played this absurd slow tempo. I'm outta here.

[musicheaven1]

I agree with you. He should be an actor.

[miaobauaugh]

i agree with you and then this sonata should be played as mozart sang that: without the pedal and it's too slow! mark: 4 out of 10!

[laxmusicartlove]

wow this makes when i play it sound like cruuuud

[planetmusica]

Pogorelich playing, shows as music, should be played!!!!! GENIUS

[Temptezt]

I enjoyed this, too bad is it cut... maybe shideqi didn't know youtube automatically cut it for 10 minutes? or something like that...

[niitac]

sometimes it's forte not just piano

[sp9rks]

This should be played slowly

[UriahHeepful]

The other variations? Is there a second part??

[MatteMacPiano]

@ yojopiano: you should listen more... you have to start slowly, because the second part is very fast.. althought, you won't keep the same rithm all along the piece.

[Matteo7419]

Fantastico!!!

[principalmentenublad]

narcisistic

[francis363]

is amazing, the sound of the melody is more pure!!not words only listen

[HallelujahForEver]

Agree with yojopiano.... !

[yojopiano]

really too slow..

mozart is a child not an old man.

[JanUllrichVetter]

mozart is a child

[Fodbaddun]

Indeed, mozart was a child, but he was a very genious one ;)

[JanUllrichVetter]

I don't like the most of his works, sure they are good, but I don't like, they have to less feelings and darkness, like Beethovens have!

[derefis]

LESS FEELING?!!!? BEETHOVEN, LESS FEELINGS?!!! What the hell are you talking about? I should reccomend you to listen to Beethoven first before saying such an ignorant comment. Sorry but it's true.

[JanUllrichVetter]

sorry, it's a problem of my bad english, I know beethoven,better than others know you can believe me!!

i wanted to say that mozart has less feelings an not not beethoven, beethovens music is full of fellings, his personal feelings!!

[derefis]

Ah that's better but not quite, i do not think Mozart has less feelings...you should hear his A minor sonata

[JanUllrichVetter]

you can't make this up on one piece.... soprry but thats my opinion, i will hear that sugested piece... and than i write you a message

[colorfulssmile]

that's great! i've always loved this piece thanks for sharing it!

[Alessandro32m]

wonderful

[majsteen89]

I think this is very good!

[hatchslack]

One of the most beautiful compositions by Mozart!! Just love it!

[silverbud]

There are many ways to play a piece well. Gould played this sonata in a very refreshing way highlighting some details of Mozart which I had not heard before!

Thanks to a Great Great Musician

[oscar6541]

my the bests mozart compozition...

[swojnicz]

If you don´t think so, try to count to 3 with him. I think Andras Schiff is the master of this sonata, but still I admire Ivo.

[TheFroma]

Thanks for sharing this. I admire your talent. A moving performance. Grips my heart.

[losinggrip1993]

Amazing, he did a fantastic job of this Movement. Although, I think he played the theme a little to slow, I think it's to be played Andante? I like the way each variation unfolded right up until the final variation.

[paulgran1]

I do not undurstand a hang in music but this guy seems to know the real price of every single sound. Bravo!!! It seems to be one of the Sonata's best performance.

[huangyanxi]

a very good pianist!

able to show the emotions of the piece very well.!

[kiedrosky]

No I am not...:-) but I continue to prefer other pianists than Ivo...

[Jhd0358]

This is a quite beautiful performance, regardless of anything else from the video. Bravo!

[kph2105]

the tempo in the introduction seems slow and his way of phrasing is a little unnatural... too much thinking

[KlaasABCD]

Yes this version is dramatized compared to some other versions I know. But he moved me, so I guess that counts ;). And the 3rd variation is so effortless, the playing is an art of its own.

[MissMiriam1987]

The music is beautiful on its own, there is no need to exaggerate its beauty. Though, he's a skilled pianist, especially the third variation sounds so easy.

[luvepanda]

he is amazing! 바 뵤

[luvepanda]

very emotional!

[utubuser10]

a willful pianist, but undeniably talented. he is somewhat of an iconoclast but believe he got too caught up in fulfilling that pose...his scarbo is breathtaking!

[Androslav]

He is really good so shut up !

[moviecrewz]

Don't look at this man, just listen at the wonerfull musik. He needs to perform with a cloded cutain.

Frank Jasper

[luvepanda]

wow! what language? your wonderful!

[dannypurtell]

i thought about learning this piece but after hearing this i think i might not bother :P

[mastersbk]

He's exaggerating some parts, particularly the decrescendos and the change in rhythms. He seems to be trying too hard to dramatize the song.

Overall though, it wasn't a bad rendition.

[Jelmer56]

think this one is better than Gould's edition, which is too slow in my opinion

[sabinastucki]

Very nice done! Nice music, nice background (this castle)! Thank you!