Barenboim on Beethoven "Appassionata" 3rd Movement

[Sennarghal]

OOPS on 4:28 !^^

I prefer Valentina Lisitsa's interpretation on the whole, but some little details were better in the Barenboims's version (decrescendo accentuated...) on my opinion. There is no better interpreter, only in our hearts.

[oknarbtal]

didn't know that hannibal lector can play like this

[zhirustarshooter]

The last part of the piece!!! I almost lost my breath

[ven0IVI]

whoa hold alt and like this comment 0.o

[MozartK365]

I usually don't like Barenboim's interpretation on Beethoven, but this one is an exception

[Akee1990]

@MozartK365 Why not?

[MozartK365]

@Akee1990 In my opinion it doesn't sound nice, at least compared to Arrau, Kempff, or Richter

[gilbertclubpalermo]

fantastic work

[NewRachmaninoff]

I don't want to be rude or impolite but mistakes are not important. He captures very well the surprise-like effect that is essential in playing Beethoven.

[lego10123]

How can he play so well ???

[Shanelololol]

@lego10123 practice

[3NUNS]

@Shanelololol : No ! Nein ! Investigation is how one approaches any musical composition ! Untersuchung ist, wie man sich jeder Musikzusammensetzung nähert !

[mynameishanjoo]

i may be one of the few who didn.t like this performance too much. Barenboim is a legend but I think he made bit too many mistakes in this performance to the point it was a bit difficult to submerge into the music for me. The ending was too fast he couldn't hit all the notes clearly.

[chonfei88]

@mynameishanjoo well, he's not Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli afterall, so u may want to accept every pianist does live mistakes in performance.

[mikecawood]

Barenboim is surely one of the world's greatest pianists. That is an absolutely super performance.

[dannycpiano]

who the hell was the camera man!!

[camomile988]

Allegro ma no troppo- Fast but no so much.

His tempo is good in this meaning. Many play too fast.

[yolhanson]

I hadn't encountered Barenboim until recently. He is a genuine master, and seems to have a real understanding of the music he plays. He's a damned good conductor, too. Elsewhere on YouTube there's a clip of him playing the Choral Fantasie (Op 80), conducting from the piano. Excellent.

[musicalix]

Give me a Steinway D and I shall try to play like that.

[irynski]

Magnificent!!! Truly magnificent! I could feel every nerve in my body anticipating the next delicious detail... and was not disappointed. What a performance!

[lksong2041]

barenboim brings out beethoven in beethoven's pieces.

[3NUNS]

@lksong2041 : Tick !

[pimpicanu]

excelenteee!!

[pimpicanu]

excelente!

[michrousos]

I cant find a word to describe him...

[lavamaster530]

It's amazing how Beethoven made this kind of piece considering he got deaf by this time (or was he still able to hear when he made this peace?)

[platmosic]

@lavamaster530 deaf by then

[afertyus1000]

@ClassicalMusicPL actually i do understand ALL the various italian music terms so there is no need for you to explain, for me it is not appropriate but each to their own

[msbrightside5]

so amazing. he controls the sounds of the instrument so well

[Vixiiano]

at 3:28 his face says "my hands... they hurt"

[1594Dave]

one guy is deaf... haha btw amazing interpretation of this piece!

[afertyus1000]

too slow,but i love barenboim

[sambafamba]

good playing and perfect camera leading

[lizviolet27]

breathtaking performance on an amazing piano sonata

[yansprachen23]

4:40-4:58 those octaves........ so fast...... OMG Barenboim is over the top on this masterpiece

[TheInfiniteCircle]

He infuses emotion into his performance that captures the audience's attention

in a spectacular way. Brilliant, emotional performance with insight and tremendous

power that embraces sentiment both with balance and affection.

[TomBarrister]

Barenboim's performances of this work are my favorites, over those of Horowitz, Schabel, Rubinstein, Arrau, Casadeseus, Kempff, and even Valentina Lisitsa. I even still occasionally listen to his 1955 recording of it (and the Hammerklavier as well).

[yigalfra]

I heard so many variation, this is a Genius Performance

[8MasterX]

Some pianists play this all wrong.

[BabyRN1009]

Beautiful fury! I have this piece played by Barenboim; amazing. . . to be able to watch him perform it is downright awesome; I don't have adequate words to describe it. . .

[Zytze7]

2:33 - 2:37 "I see a red door and I want it painted [black]"

[TheVoitel]

@Zytze7 I see what you mean, but I think it's a coincidence. Else Beethoven must have known the Rolling Stones, and I don't think he did ...

[rightsaiddave]

@Zytze7 good ear :)

[normgood11]

@Zytze7 HAHAHAHAHAH

[GeorgeCollison1]

Absolutely incredible performance. The coda is breathtaking. I've heard nothing like it.  Thank you Maestro Barenboim

[3NUNS]

@GeorgeCollison1 : Professor Collison. Isn't it about time that you sat down and mastered this composition yourself ?