Cambry plays Beethoven Pathetique Sonata(1st mvmt)

[freiwild023]

Wow.

[goldfishtrio]

nice job... acoustics of the room and/or piano could use use some work, though.

[dryamaka]

wonderful piece here.

[tuufysucka]

again im commenting you sorrry :( but again you are playing ryhtm .

[Alegoo92]

your interpretation definitely has a lot more "abruptness" than mine. i tried to play to the idea of "Pathetique," which I construed as "pathetic," "weak," "fragile."

Maybe I can upload a video and post it as a response, because although I admire your playing, I don't think song sounds at all as Beethoven would have it.

[freezingbeast]

pathetique does not mean pathetic, it means emotionally sorrowful, usually a in a very passionate way.

[inturtaner]

the french would disagree... dumbass

[freezingbeast]

@inturtaner

Perhaps you should look the word up in the dictionary before you comment?

Your attempt of flaunting your intellectual capacity was utterly... Pathetic....

[inturtaner]

i double majored in music education and french. pathetique's literal translation is pathetic.  i kid you not

[freezingbeast]

@inturtaner

yes but not as "pathetic" in the common way we use it.

If you look it up, there should be a 2nd definition which matches the emotionally sorrowful one.

i guess i didn't make myself clear. What i meant was that pathetique does not mean "pathetic: pitaful/distasteful"

[ulsbolde89]

Pathetique is pathos in French. Does not have anything to do with "pathetic."

[lovbinfr3sh]

Dude this is great. I used to play but i dont have the time to practice. How long did it take you to learn how to play this?

[wwyk1993]

Good playing, but your tempo is a bit weird though. Some parts that should be fast you are slow but other parts that should be slow you played it slow. Try to work on that.

[pulvillus]

I must disagree with you, I just love this interpretation because of the rhythm. It may be different but somehow I am convinced this is the way Beethoven would have liked his piece to be played.

[mukeshcuster]

good playing, piano a bit honky tonk

[scooterbarf]

Sorry, everybody--my remarks about "dogs" and "parks" were intended to help Pianoette with his/her problem with muscular fatigue. Should have clicked "reply" to put the post where it belongs. If you're not "Pianoette," ignore all of this.

[philipchen1971]

wonderful

[Bwj30500]

piano is a lil out of tune on the higher notes but the playing was very nice

[1980MF1980]

I like the more punchy feel you add to the grave and the way you jazz it up. Its good when a person's own emotions blend with the composers. It could be smoother and more polished in some parts. This done and it could be very nice.

[lazawrcat666]

strange staccatos and accents in the grave, and the grave is a little fast, the tremolo in the allegro e con brio could be balanced a bit more, as it is a little overpowering. Over all, very good, excellent technique

[johnnydavis23]

Nice playing. why the staccato-like abruptness in the grave?

By the way, you have a very nice home!

[temptingtruth]

Everybody has their own way of playing a song, and I really like the way you played this one ;D Good job and keep up the work.

[oedemame]

Very personal interpretation. I like it. You're pretty good...compliments!:)

[CarloMSantos]

Pretty good technique and interpretation overall. ne major point that I'd like to point out is that the "Grave" sections are Grave for a reason. Don't play those parts too fast and I'm sure this will be a worthy concert performance.

[pianoette]

I was wondering- when i play this piece my arm feels like its going to fall off-i know its because my hands and wrists are too tense, but any suggestions on how to fix that?

[xxh3llfir3xx]

lower your wrists, raise your knuckles. when you play, make sure you bounce your wrist in places that require so, and relax your fingers, but dont do it so much that it sounds like your playing on top of the keys.

[scooterbarf]

Walk your dog to the park every day, following the same route. If ever the dog gets lost, he will find his way home easily. Walk him to the park using a DIFFERENT route each day; when lost, he runs himself to a frazzle getting home.

Same with piano. Practice slowly and carefully, always playing RIGHT NOTES and using RIGHT FINGERS. Then later, when playing fast, the fingers "remember" only the "right way" without "conflict."

Fatigue results when "wrong" conflicts with "right."

[animelf]

GREAT!! For my taste- just now and then, you do too much accent on staccatos and you play a bit too fast on "Grave" sections-is you would slow down it would add up more dramatic mood(after all, its Pathetique;) ).

In general- I loved it, there is fire, there is passion, no false notes :), if you put on some nice suit, I could mistaken you with Beethoven :P

Well Done

[PianoPlaya123]

Haha thanks, I guarantee you there are a decent amount of incorrect notes in this recording though, i'm probably going to do it over again

[TemporaryButterfly]

Wow, I was very impressed by this. Not only could you hear all the notes you also put your own flavor into it in appropriate places, jazzing it up a little almost like Scott joplin meets Beethoven and it works. It's a big movement, a little less appreciated I think than the second movement but still just as worthwhile to learn. Thanks for the inspiration! Am trying to relearn this piece as well and getting it back up to your amazing speed. Keep up the great work!

[ElBluesummer]

Man, you're freakin awsome. Just looking at the sheet music for this piece scares me. It seems that no matter how good you play something, someone always critiques it. I guess everyone just has their own opinion of how music should be played. I think you do a fine job of bringing out the sound and feeling of each piece you play, as you feel it should be.

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

beautiful piece, well done!!

Thanks for uploading!!

[JinStewart]

I'm guessing the reason you played it this way is because you wanted to add your own flavor to it. I think you did a fantastic job - although a little out of the ordinary...

I'd love to see you play this on a better piano some time and maybe even playing the whole movement, in addition to the other two from this sonata.

[oMfG5400]

not bad

but too much stacato on some parts

[jryanct]

Hey, not bad! Do u play ne gershwin or joplin :)

[PianoPlaya123]

Nope, the tuning is fine, it just sounded like that because it loses quality when uploaded online, the video just has to be edited differently

[Rachmaninoffff]

i just say: would you be so kind as to watch my interpretation it's a bit different :P thanks a lot

[matti0006]

I agree with rabea11, well at least partly, I think in the grave you use a bit to much staccato instead of "linking" all the notes together, and I think the grave is too fast, but that's offcourse just your interpretation, there's nothing wrong with that, it's just that I like it slower

[backinblack0676]

technically, the piece was well put together, but I do not really agree with the way you played the grave. I think you pushed it too fast especially before the chromatic descending line where there should be a pause. You left that out. Anyway the fast section was very good, though a bit behind tempo. Overall very good, but I still think the style you played the grave was too fast and too much staccato.

[YGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYG]

Very nice! Especially, with your hat on backwards.

(^o^)

Cute!

[quatroformaggio]

i like your pedal work very much, i play this piece myself too. i like your interpretation vey much. very deep. thank you

[rabea11]

I don't like your interruption and pidals.. :S sorry...

[PianoPlaya123]

Who cares? I don't like your spelling either haha

[rabea11]

:S i'm telling you to improve it not to be selfish... what a person

[PianoPlaya123]

if you were trying to discuss how to improve it, saying "i don't like your interruption :S" isn't criticism, it's just another lame comment from a lame person

[YGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYG]

LOL!

(^o^)

(> <)

[cipi91]

I like all yours video!

you are a great piano piano player!!

[ilikepreludes]

do you play any of beethovens other sonatas?

[ilikepreludes]

oh ok jus wandering

[hodori1984]

Cambry, you a music student? You've got amazing hands dude and real technical flair. Just wondering if there was a reason why you play the upper mordents on the beat sometimes, and sometimes before the beat? Usually there's room for interpretation on these things, but apparently Beethoven turns in his grave when things aren't done his way =) If you read the forewords on alot of the urtexts and henle editions, Beethoven's instructions have it that they get played on the beat.

[ilikepreludes]

why arent you playing the repeat?

[PianoPlaya123]

Because at the time when I uploaded this, this would've exceeded YouTube's time limit if I did a repeat

[kindbud11]

leave this Cat alone...he can play probably better than 90% of the world's population, and you have something to say about the way he's dressed?, I appreciate the music being centuries old, and I do agree some kind of respect is in order...but geez...whoever can play that good, can play in their underwear for all im concerned...lol.

[Amrpiano]

In the E flat minor section(i.e the 2nd subject).It ought to be more Delicate.Also in the E minor Section(After the line in G minor).It ought to be more Agitato.....otherwise it is a beautiful performane...But pla when Play a classical piece(Specialy Beethoven's)...Dress Classical with no turned up hat this music is like Sacred To us the musicians

[nubletcake]

This post is made of lose and elitism. His dress is fine, for God's sakes, it's YouTube! Not Carnegie... Learn to spell, punctuate and capitalize correctly o.o And your advice on interpretations is horribly standard. Do not tell him how it "ought" to be. You're not always right, just like everyone else.

[nubletcake]

Oh, by the way, great performance. Nice to see something from Beethoven besides Fur Elise!

[benprima]

Hey you are good! Just a couple of mistakes. You can add a little bit more dynamic especially in the middle where it is needed most. Good job!

[Loppy2345]

I love this song, you can play it a lot better than me!

[iivatenn]

I don't see any emotion

[Invictious]

Agreed. This recording was very trite and boring. It belonged to 'everyone else's' recording. Nothing made it stand out at all.

[Rob6456]

its still not as good as kempff.

[maestropiano]

Only one thing to say... amazing! Keep up the good playing! =P

[tealy124]

you are the man!! you played this so well. i can play this piece but you make me look like a complete amateur! haha well done :)

[organplaya]

Are you from America?

You are great.

Love the Cap.

[gfz87]

Man, I loved that, congratulations!

[mszlmb]

This is one of your best pieces, in my opinion.

[diletante86]

didn't like the stop of the sound in the first part, but the rest is awesome

[creepeelurker]

I like it.

[AznCommie]

a tad dry

use the pedal more often

and your sound is a little thin

otherwise, good job.

[koyukionna]

Beautiful playing!

[billhill83]

Very nice

[roseism]

Not bad. though i agree beethoven doesnt seem like ur forte. Slightly too technical rather than emotional

[PianoPlaya123]

I blame it on the Army jacket, it was a really bad choice haha

[roseism]

lol yea emotionally restricted by the army jacket. I'm playing that tomorrow so will bear in mind to not wear something like that :P

[PianoPlaya123]

probably can't find it in the UK anyway lol

[chibagirl]

Amazing!

[elixirguitarist]

Yea some of the unisons are a lil out of tune.

[kainsvideos]

bravo,im learning this song right now and i must say your an inspiration

[blackberryjuice]

You should let me come tune your piano... lol... Sounds like you really give it a workout.

[Rob6456]

my remark wasnt meant to be bad, i was merely stating a fact

[kbde426]

well despite of all these other comments, i think its pretty good. and that piano has an amazing bass.

[karakallatore]

you should stick to romantics. beethoven is not your cup of tea.

but you play chopin with delightful simplicity.

[Rob6456]

beethoven was writing at the start of the romantic period - so some argue that thats what he might have been towards the preverbial 'end'.

[littleamelie]

i think you should play the first page not so fast and the rest is very boring.

i play the first movement and there are many mistakes.

but your performence is good.

i play the piano for ten years now( i started playing the piano when i was 4 years old) and i like it. your technology is good.

Amelie

[Dotcom00]

not many ppl know this but the first chord in the original manuscript was ment to be played as a glissando. but awesome performance

[Rob6456]

how can you play glissando properly on a piano?

[JohnDaArtist]

very clean, though i did hear a few off mistakes...also work on temp during the left hadn right hand crossover section. i enjoyed the coda of the first entire phrase too! just needed a little pedal there and more forte contrasts...very nicely done, man!

[neginliaghati]

just fantastic

[Cmack0069]

Is it hard to go from contemporary pieces to classical pieces? They require so much emotion and technique. Excellent job my friend!!

[thesloc]

Sir, you  have my respect.

[aglschneider]

He´s a pianist?He started with 3 and study 15 years long?And that is the result?Unbelievable...

[tasmol11]

Everyone has their own opinion about the Grave, but I can tell you you have shown that you could indeed play physical pieces like the Nocturne in F major. That nocturne deserves more credit than what it's getting. These people dont know what they're talking about...forget pushing motions, my comment on Grave is count, but 90% of the people I hear use rubato and they're not strict.

[paullongball]

Bravo, Dear Cambry, brilliant!

Dynamic, masterful, moving.

Thank you, sir. Oh, you'll be hearing more from me, I plan to listen to everything you post for years to come.

Stars, comments, ratings, are meaningless at this point. I recognize you, and will find you! May I wish you a long, happy, healthy life!

[jinfiesto]

The Grave ought to be more grave, but otherwise good job. A little to staccato, and use a little more pedal, and that should fix the Grave. It's a hard piece. Use a pushing motion as well, when you play the grave, it'll prevent the notes from sounding clanky.

[Dmardahl]

I don't know diddly about the technical aspects of playing piano, but I know what I kike to listen too

Good Job

[Pianoman1488]

It was a nice performance but I felt like you messed up the grave sections...maybe listen to Brendel's recording of this piece. Good job though.

[iknowuwell]

Awesome playing and emotion.

[Atsushi0607]

This one's great too.

[bulboflight]

i want to play all three movements of Beethovens Pathetique. But, some pieces are just too hard for me, and yeah the holidays are coming along so i'll have alot of spare time, so i was wondering what grade would u think the 1st 2nd and 3rd movement would fall into individually? btw, awesome playing!!!!

[BONABeau]

1 and 3 are both harder than any grade 8 exam piece you'd come across. 2 is around 5 or 6 id say.

[JHatian]

Hey man that was cool yo. represent us niggas yo yeah yeah.

[Ulusse]

the grave sections are really messy (need to be slowed down , and need to be careful with the fp's)

otherwise its technically excellent. A few mistakes, but nothing that an hour or two of work couldn't fix :) keep going

[Peridotchama]

As an amateur musician (and not even a pianist, at that) I have to really admire you for the endless time and effort this piece must require-- it's one of my favorites to hear performed. The only serious critique I have to offer is only echoing everyone else's: The Grave bordered on staccato, which it shouldn't.  Good job with the dynamic contrast, and overall, it was very enjoyable to listen to!

[Speun]

You play it very "pathetique" Well butchered!

[pebsypete]

Nice one Cambry,a great rendition of this work. Thanks again.

I have found that some pro.recordings of classical piano leave a lot to be desired, mainly due to the dynamic range.

Your performances on this site however,come over extremely well.

YOUTUBE's TOP STAR !!!

[4c00h]

very well played but could improve on the pedals, i think you use them in the wrong moments and not at times you should, just some feedback so you can improve it :D

[rustywindpipe]

third line to the end take some more time

[afrodomestic]

LOVE THE PLAYING. Also white couch and mutching hat!

[arnobody]

I am still practising this piece too

[clitstimulator]

compared to every one else on youtube, u play this first movement the best. But, every 1 plays the grave to rushed and almost to the point of staccato. Let that shit ring and play it nice and slow and dramatic, like beethoven would play it. Also, dont pedal the part where u cross ur hands (pages 2 and 3), have that shit crisp and clean and not FORTE. WTF, everyone plays that shit loud and pedaled. Other wise, thats shits almost at performance level.

[mcdiddy1]

If you notice i been pretty harsh in my other comments but i feel this is your best performance. Try isolate the slight mistakes and more imporant trying and figure whats the reason for the mistake. Chances are you made the same mistake over and over. try not to pass up the mistake but instead iron it out before it becomes learned. just a suggestion

[DimebagCake]

Very well said.

[PianoPlaya123]

lol thanks for the suggestions, at least you're one critic that can spell for the most part

[Mel41028]

Not to be mean, but haven't you ever made a mistake? Most likely way more than one in ANY piece you've ever played. The best musician is not necessarily someone who plays all the right notes, it's usually someone who can musically express themself so that other people can feel their love for music.

[mcdiddy1]

I know what you mean. I am not implying that that his performance was not not musical because it clearly was. I was just highlighting an aspect that could be improved. I agree that playing all the correct notes doesn't make you necessarly the most musical but it does sound better and makes it more enjoyable the way the composer intended.

[DimebagCake]

Very, very true indeed

[steve5691]

He's wright though, many mistakes but still cant fault the guy in his emotion, Good job.

[Kristen86]

This guy is not an amatuer and believe me, performing alone in front of the camera is not the most inviting setting for musi. Great preformance, you have great feel.

[junebug1992]

Are you going to be a professional player?

If you were a proffesional, I would say the video was not too good... Some many wrong notes..

But if you are an amatuer, it's a really good performance!! I am an amatuer, and I make as many mistakes as you do in this piece.. But never thought of recording it.. I should, I am inspired by you man.

other videos are also beyond awesome. You could be pro and famous one day.

Keep the great work up man!

[koyukionna]

I really enjoyed this. =)

[SylvieMarie]

cool, man.

[crazypianist1234]

nice

[Jazzeerun]

Oustanding mastery. I agree with rocket. Would the critics rather hear you perform on a keyboard? BTW, how about an organ performance.

[SevenCircles]

very good but you should have had a tuner visit you before you made the recording.

[rocketsloth]

i like how all of these nameless assholes are giving you critiques on the internet. i won't do that. but i will comment on how fly that camo outfit is. the white hat really takes me there.

[Bacio83]

Fantastic! I have been watching ur vids and when I saw Beethoven well lol had to see for myself awesome.

[conleymon]

Yeah man. never heard you really play beethoven before. That's one of your strengths. This was really well done

[njbob2]

Really, really good. I loved the way you played the staccatos without slurring on the pedal, as so often happens. Also liked your sense of dynamics and timing. Really enjoyed this.

[cziffra1980]

There's some very good playing in the faster sections, but be careful with the left hand in the Grave. Those violently short staccatos are really breaking the mood.

[hdtvcamera1]

real talent!

[dabiribd]

This is my favorite piece, awesome played, more than 5 star

[MrRockin]

As always another good one.A friend of mine is going to use this as an audition piece for the university he's trying to get in...Sounds like your piano needs tuning.

[Kryptykk]

Great job!

[TheIshter]

I'm currently completing this piece, smoothing out the tougher parts. This really helped me a lot. Thanks man!

[sugarpacketchad]

Great Job!!! I have worked on this piece ever since I was 15; I am 34 now. That was a great interpretation of it. Thanks for posting it!!!

[christian6657]

awesome. just Awesome!

[Urgelt]

Mmm, yeah, gorgeous. This is one of Beethoven's best pieces; it's deep and lovely, and you've done it proud.

[JapaneseMagnolia]

listening to you always makes me want to ditch the computer and dig out my sheet music! thanks for posting.

[figsk8r7]

I agree! I'm pretty horrible at the piano, but watching these videos just makes me want to play!

[ailecec]

Nice work. :) One of my favorites even though I have never played that one. I hope I can play it some day.

[alexdrina]

Gorgeous