Daniel Barenboim - Moonlight sonata - 3ºmov Presto agitato

[james42681]

horowitzz is better

[capidancapitan]

totally bullshit

tempo too fast

no real phrase

[mrpolaroid123]

@capidancapitan You talk a lot of rubbish 

[brycew53]

@capidancapitan What do you mean by this immature explanation? FUCK OFF!

[dmwl123]

In my opinion, There is less feeling in this version than Murray Perahia's. Beethoven wrote the moonlight sonata when he was in love with someone. This doesn't come through in Daniel Barenboim's version.

[dmwl123]

Some one give him a towel, quick!

[zacharyp32]

classical music seems so much different from other music. With music like rock, I feel comfortable, like Im with a friend. But with classical I feel like Im with God

[Saffy83]

Sensational!

[YoungComposersTube]

Barenboim and Beethoven = Eggs and salt

[alexxshaw42]

Ahh Jacqueline would've been so proud :(

[soldadodemarte22]

after Arrau, this version is great

[niklaslinux]

This is one of my famous pieces. And it is i thing more better than the 1 mov.

Excellent work!

[TheDemonicxstudios]

his fingers are 100 times faster times than his walk.

lol

[dave4680]

how is anyone disliking this

[AniiKa1504]

cuanto más lo escuche, más me gusta :)

[7Anahata]

Thank you, Daniel Barenboim !

[stefan29328]

the way nobody has enough breath to cough during this perfomance

[alejandromoran2010]

ORGULLO ARGENTINO...!!!

[ivymabel]

EXCELENTE !!! Es el mejor que escuché! Cuántas garras y cuánto amor que le pone. !! Es PERFECTO .!! Tiene su estilo, pero es IMPECABLE !! Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥●•٠ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥●•٠ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥●•٠

[AlexUnderMaximo]

7:20 llueve a cántaros

[GemelCarlos]

@thekior1 por ahi está la puerta hacia la mierda, corre anda

[MatteoBicocchi]

This is like almost bring back Beethoven to live !!!

Toca algo este muchacho. Aguante Barenboim !!!

[Sim882]

to be played at my funeral

[JohanEllwood]

pure genius

[sleepingdogable]

I think Beethoven would approve of Barenboim's performance

[SebailCestista]

2:16 you can see his sweat :) what a magnificent execution of one of the most beautiful mov of Beethoven's Sonatas

[alexbehindthenotes]

By far the most expressive performance of this piece. I love Barenboim because has has better expression than technique, while his technique is one of the best in the world.

[cielonosueno]

BARENBOIM FINGERS ARE MAGIC <3

[ElysisOne]

Wow! JigSaw (John Kramer) plays the piano like a master!!

Hello people, I wanna play the piano, i mean, a game!

[christopher19894]

Mark Salman kills this movement. No one else will ever do it better than him. Look it up. It's probably on the right. You will watch it on repeat in your dreams.

[amir1984amir]

@christopher19894 sorry but it seems like you ve forgotten about Glenn Gould!

[joessoap]

Barenboim ... the best .....

[ClassicMusic95]

2:21 XDXDXDXDLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!1

[adan00012]

o.O mi dios y pense que ya tocaba piano ahora veo q tengo un 0.1% del 100% q es ser un gran pianista

[Luisito1638]

Que alegría y mas que orgullo saber que el maestro es de Argentina, en cual también nací.

[Juusteli]

He looks like "Wtf is happening over there" when he looks at the keys :D

[velucci93]

Bravissimo!!!!! 

[normgood11]

I Love the power, feeling in which Barenboim expresses through his playing and his slurs.. He simply understands how to perform music of the classical period for listeners to interpret. He takes us back to the classical period

[iloveklavier]

Barenboim, the king of beethoven

[OfeliaElsinore]

awesome..just awesome

[kalikism]

Absolutely astounding and inexplicably moving. Just beyond words.

[cgurl1012]

This is my favourite movement in this sonata. HOW DOES ANYONE MANAGE TO PLAY THIS?! Incredible.

[sisifus100]

Bravo Daniel Barenboim....!!!

[JustTeenBeaver]

My God, this is unreal!

[NinoUrushadze1]

Pianist, whom you have to look at face inevitably while he plays.

[americofoda]

Muito bom, incrivel, fantisco concerteza é um dos melhores pianistas que ja existiu! (portuguese)

[InMay1994]

TOCA USTED GENIAL, FANTASTICO!!!! EXELENTE INTERPRETACIÓN!!! :)

[TheRedZar]

he's a REAL rock star.

[gabeyoung12345]

Does anyone else think he kind of looks like Hannibal Lecter?

[DavidAbel11]

Tenia que ser Latinoamericano....

Es la mejor interpretación de esta pieza que hasta ahora escucho!

[rihc2]

I F**KING HATE ALBERTI BASS... but I love this song :P

[bialaravez]

he is awsome! 

[pocoapoco2]

I must say Barenboim is one of the very rare musicians that has gotten better with age. His performances seem much more passionate now than they did thirty to forty years ago. As if only now he has finnaly gained full empathy of the men whose music he is performing, or he has finally shed some long standing inhibitions in his interpretation.

[opinionesmusicales]

Un orgullo para la Argentina

[silviasiliani]

barenboim the best......

[landonetfrancaise]

I can play the first movement of Moonlight Sonata. . . but i NEVER want to see the day i have to perform this one.

[crnoispodnoktiju]

Fuck yeah... ! :)

[ok4misha]

I like this more than Kempff.

[ClassicMusic95]

@ok4misha Cause he is Israeli :)

[WTFisJamieUp2]

@ok4misha i wish i could hear kempff playing this in his prime though

[Kinjutsuu]

@ok4misha

kempff sucks, let be honest...... is too old, so he has to play über slow. still makes 992385123 mistakes though

[CheeseBoyz]

I could totally do this... If I was Daniel Barenboim. O:

[16Langlang]

Baremboin placer y disfrute de tenerte como maximo exponente de la argentina...Sinceramente aca en el pais te debe conocer el 10 por ciento de la poblacion pero por ignorancia...Grande Baremboin..Ojala nunca te nos vayas..Es Un placer escucharte tocar ...Amo a beethoven y como lo interpretas..

[TPOver9000]

@16Langlang Sin dudas es el numero 2, primero esta Martha lejos!!! Pero sin ninguna dudas un groso y es una lastima que la gente le de mas bola a Charly que a Daniel, a Piazzola o a Martha.

[Luisito1638]

Que gran maestro, da muchisimo orgullo que sea argentino este gran individuo.

[ImIntoAnimals]

Flawless

[joelski11NCFC]

The passion in this piece is unbelieveable

[InMay1994]

♥♪ Wow, I also play piano but believe me I've never touched anything, I hope one day to play this piece, just as you do. Congratulations, you're an excellent pianist, brabísimo ♪♥

[JohnnyFlannigan81]

Im currently learning this piece. I think I prefer valentina lisitzas version of the arpeggiated parts, but I prefer the way Daniel plays the parts with the broken chords and haunting melody (he plays it slower), hes a little more musical than she is. I think i will combine both styles

[MrSurfingSilver]

@JohnnyFlannigan81 Make your own style, I bet it'll sound better :)

[JohnnyFlannigan81]

@MrSurfingSilver Yes, you are absoluetly right...I shouldnt try and mimic anybody. Thanks

[AristidesLuis]

@JohnnyFlannigan81 so delighting those broken chords innit? haha amazing, good luck with that :3

[lizviolet27]

I have no words to describe this performace. 5 stars. Absolute genius. The way Barenboim performs takes your breath away.

[superpianoplayer95]

If I could play this i would expect people to bow to me as i passed

[MrWhizfail]

@superpianoplayer95 No offense intended superpianoplayer95 but that's precisely why you'll never be able to play at Mr. Daniel Barenboim's level. You're more concerned with fame than music. Also, please don't give me the excuse that you were just "foolin' around" because I absolutely detest top-comment-hunters who try to gain their 50-votes of fame by writing 'cool' statements on youtube.

[dustmewithsugar]

@MrWhizfail no offense intended?....

[apocalyptica55555]

@MrWhizfail yea right thats why he aren't able to ever play on mr Barenboims level.......well that doesn't say anything. its that and 100000 million other things,

and ps you are never gone eather : )

[pianonger]

@superpianoplayer95 If I could play this like Barenboim* :) Isn't he beastly?

[appistogramma]

is he not a great conductor too?

[megamurli]

@appistogramma yes he is!!

[Delvin701]

this is incredible!

[tupsi12]

hundreds and hunrdreds hours of practising

[olleibacka]

i thought he was going to get an heart attack!

[mrspenn1611]

got to say, this chap is the best, heard my friend Pete D play Beethoven's music way back 40 years ago who was fantastic.. . thanks Pete. . . .

[c1xcx]

WHO SAID YOU NEED LONG FINGERS TO PLAY PIANO? ;) HE HAS SHORTER FINGERS THAN ME :O

[letelierd]

esto es vistuosismo puro, tiene el idealismo de beethoven, la reputacion de la gran exactitud de Beethoven, ideal como lo interpreta

[MileyZeroify]

Perfect

[uvetres]

se la ha jugado mucho,si lo hubiera hecho un poco mas lento quizas le hubiera hecho bien

[ASALGAS8]

78 DISNEY MUSIC LOVERS WATCHED THIS

[TBW92]

@ASALGAS8 haha

[khi590]

@ASALGAS8 or they just missed the right button

[melancholiejoie]

@khi590 it's so frustrating when you do that! then you feel like a hater and youtube won't let you fix it :(

... not that it's happened to me.. ;)

[joelski11NCFC]

Rowan atkinson, plays this a lot better

[pinkpianosenpointe13]

I'm playing this right now- I LOVE this movement! :)

[ClassicalMusicPL]

Best pianist of our days... ?

[joelski11NCFC]

Its beautiful to see someone perform music because of the passion and beauty of it rather than doing it for fame and money, its also nice it isnt Auto tuned :P

[SuhmMusic]

Where is the recital played?

[tairi2009]

favorite part starts at 6:20

[tairi2009]

this is classical shred

[bluestorm4869]

wow .... he was sweating .

[Johnga2004]

@bluestorm4869 Wanna see you play that without sweating :P

[bluestorm4869]

@Johnga2004 haha, I haven reached the level yet. Just feel amazing ... =P

[bfeyalcin]

@Johnga2004 When you learn it it isn't difficult at all. Thaey sweat 'cause the concert hall is full of people and so it's warm.

[Johnga2004]

@bfeyalcin It isn't difficult if you have the ability to play it... Right now for me this piece is still pretty hard. You could say the same about, say, Rachmaninov: Perhaps it isn't that difficult for Ashkenazy, right? :P

Anyway, you're right about the heat :3

[TheQuillmaster]

@Johnga2004 Actually no, that's not always the case. I sweat profusely when I play Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, because I get so into the song and I get really intense during, even during the slow section. It's a reaction to the body's elevated heart rate as part of playing the music. I know a lot of pianists who get so into the song that they sweat extremely.

[Vesivian]

@TheQuillmaster I don't beleive you play fantasie impromptu. Its called a piece, pianists sweat when its hot, try sweating in an air conditioned room, no such thing as a ''slow section'' only adagio sosentuno depending on tempo. Sweating is bad, gets on the keyboard= slippery.

[TheQuillmaster]

@Vesivian First off, when I refer to "slow section" i'm referring to the fantasie, not the sonata, and if you're such a perfectionist, the moderato cantabile, and I could call it the slow section, because adagio means SLOW. Secondly, yes, I do play fantasie Impromptu. Thirdly I sweat from my face, like most normal human beings when they begin to sweat, and that doesn't get on the keyboard. And actually, if you want to be exact, it's called a composition.

[Vesivian]

@TheQuillmaster Post a vid of you playing it then.

[TheQuillmaster]

@Vesivian I don't own a working camera.

[Vesivian]

@TheQuillmaster Yeah right, look at your Boderlands Review video. Wait, your gonna lie and say, it's broken and stuff.

[TheQuillmaster]

@Vesivian that was from over a year ago. More importantly, shot with a webcam which is no where near my piano, and a crappy webcam. Even if I did, I wouldn't post it to satisfy some random guy on youtube.

[maru06ful]

Es un genio.



[BassicStorm]

78 reasons to wear a condom....

[arency28]

Esto si es buen piano,mis respetos.

[abinaar]

Out of all the 3rd movements of Moonlight sonata in youtube, this is the one I must hear again. Constantly. So much emotion and beautiful variations throughout the performance. Gives me shivers :)

[malcolmcolemann]

@abinaar Talking of beautiful music, if you're not familiar with it, check out the 1st movement of Carl Dittersdorf's Sinfonia No.4 in F major (listed under the title: C.D.v. Dittersdorf - Sinfonia No.4 in F major 'The rescue of Andromeda..: I. Adagio non molto). & it's definitely one to listen to in the dead of night (& his requiem is pretty damn good too!). & on a slightly different note...ahem...check out Mozart's Symphony No.6 if you've never heard it before, & especially the 2nd movement.

[nionito7]

astonishing performance but can anyone tell me if he is playing it right at 1,13 ?

[ekrium]

@nionito7

It is right =)

[pavlovick]

Bestial! Hermosa interpretación! Quizás en los fortes la pasión lo lleva a casi martillar el piano, pero es una humilde opinión y una perspectiva muy subjetiva. Es extraordinario!

[melimoa]

@100jllp I see what you mean, but please be careful with the word "easy".. there is nothing "easy" in that piece. If you really care about art, you should care about the purpose and the deepness of that work and not thinking about the fact that your fingers can "easily" deal with it. Is it "easy" to take care about someone or something you love technically speaking ? It's never "easy" as long as you are deeply envolved with it emotionaly speaking...

[playingmusiconmars]

Of course you have to possess at least a solid technique to perform this piece, but even compared to some of Beethovens other sonatas it is basically just a task of dexterity and work. Astonishing difficulty is rather to be found in the works of Chopin, Liszt, Alkan or Sorabji.

What makes this piece so astonishing is Beethovens unrivaled expressivity. It is not the complexity that baffles us- it is the story that is being told within this piece.

[100jllp]

Look, what i am saying is that, comparing THIS 3rd movement to the rest of Beethoven's work, is that it MAKES it look not so difficult. For example, find a website that has this sheet music, and then compare it to the Walstein, just as an example. i know that the Waldstein was purposely designed to be more difficult, but keep in mind that the more you see this kind of music, the more familiar it becomes TO YOU. The first time i saw the sheet music for this, i thought Beethoven went mad...:)

[100jllp]

YOU ALL DON"T UNDERSTAND!!!!! this is actually a very easy piece to learn.  It sounds hard because it is fast and loud. Not the case. most of Beethoven's sonatas have tricky left-hand variations, except this one. You just have to be modivated.

This movement is actually based and structured the same way as his Symphony No.5 (first movement)....on purpose too.

[melimoa]

@100jllp What means easy for you ? Just because going up and down on the keyboard with a 3 notes chords arppegio in C# minor is a reason enough to say it's simple ? There is no limit in art and it takes a life to do things well because you can always go further. And please, don't think you're the only one to knows, on that purpose, I remember an Oscar Wild aphorism : "I'm always interested in people who knows everything and.. the one who knows nothing..." Maybe because they are the same people.

[AristograntusMCMLXXX]

Ultimate talent, it must be a rush to play that so well, and recieve such applause in that beautiful setting.

[dstarr5d]

76 people are music majors that dread the day they have to perform this.

[kileer7]

@dstarr5d AGREE 100%

[Bruceforge]

@dstarr5d Is that true? Now I am afraid.

[Vesivian]

@dstarr5d I don't, it would be an honor to preform one of beethoven's more famous sonata's :P

[JohnnyFlannigan81]

@dstarr5d lol, possibly. I am a music major and cant wait to perform this. I will be playing it for my teacher on my first day as a fresman. Its not that difficult IF you have proper technique...otherwise its impossible to play correctly. In a couple months I will be uploading my video of this...right now I just have a little practice video up.

[Vesivian]

@dstarr5d its easy... only atcl...

[kinkokonko]

@dstarr5d why? If you want to play piano pro.... this technically is minimum.

I am an amature, grade 8 fk. All means to me

[Jonsk12394]

@kinkokonko - I don't believe that you can play this musical piece in the same fashion as Barenboim. Very few I've heard play it as good as him

[PDF82]

no todo es darle velocidad a este movimiento ni mucho menos, Barenboim es de los que demuestra que no es mejor el músico que toca obras a mayor velocidad sino el que ademas de ello toca con tanta delicadeza...perfecto.

[SJAAK196]

Finelly a vid without comments about justin bieber! :W00T:

.....

oh sorry, now i did it :-(

[GuillerPianist]

wolales

[antorach5]

Great!!!!

A hug,

Antonio

[iXMetallicaiX]

We need a EXORCISM

[stilox000]

aw shit

[piano361]

maybe a little bit too fast dont now ^^

[sstupefy]

@piano361 ha, bit too fast? it's perfect man

[Silencer84]

this is 3rd movement on speed. he needs to play a lot more relaxed, i love wilhelm kempff a lot more than this genius.

[Griceur]

Beethoven said himself "Difficult is good. Difficult is beautiful".

Barenboim is a genius.

[100jllp]

@Griceur Did he really? That would explain SOO much! :)

[RockingMary]

@OtakuGatsu90 Very good! :o) Love blues!

[brokentimevila]

I think that Barenboim plays the piano much more free and emotionaly. I like this version, this movement is very difficult and he plays it with security and fluency. INCREDIBLE

[dstarr5d]

The sweat at 2:15. Awesome.

[kia349]

Quest' uomo è un genio; ascoltare la sua musica è come salire in Paradiso!

[029Mhelz]

Oh my God, just look at the sweat! he is a PRODIGY! he doesn't have a copy, and Moonlight Sonata is a difficult piece!  MAGNIFICO Barenboim!

[PhysicalsimForever]

i'm in generation X and am 19. this is one of my favourite piano pieces. problem is that most guys in my generation I have met (and I've been to a wide variety of countries and cultures) do 'despise' Beethoven's music, and for that matter, all that pre 1950. Anyone who does dare to disagree with them is called gay (I am not gay) or far worse things. How has this happened? Does anyone have any idea?

[1977tal]

This version is x 100 better than Kempff's (with alot of respect to him)

I think that they are actully not in same level,

[isaacsexmachine]

@1977tal This is true, but listen to Kempff playing chopin etude no. 3 and then listen to barenboim playing chopin. In my opinion (and maybe I am wrong) I think Kempff chopin interpretation is more emotion evoking, natural, and flowing. I think they are on similar levels but are better at playing different styles.

[isaacsexmachine]

@1977tal Ah wait, haha I was thinking Kempf, not Kempff. My mistake.

[BigIrishCrooner]

I cannot get over the incredible harmonic structure of this piece. As a songwriter and composer, I intensely appreciate a strong harmonic balance and structure in a composition. Beethoven showed incredible adeptness at harmonic composition and theoretics that competes with any and all of his contemporaries.

I think Barenboim interpreted the piece well. The only one who truly knows how it was intended to play was Ludwig Von Beethoven. Please do not rip the artist for his interpretation.

[Samthegreat5]

I too find Kempff's performance better.

The tempo here is a bit too high for my liking.

But still Barenboim pulls it off quite niceley too.

[trschaefer]

Wow... This is really fast.

[Chesterbarnes1]

I totally and completly agree with 'rechitsapivo'. I listen to Wilhelm Kempff twice and I KNOW, his playing this piece was much clearer. Daniel's good, but not clear.

[rechitsapivo]

I disliked this only because I just saw Wilhelm Kempff play this and I think his playing is much clearer while Daniel's is all jumbled.

[Chesterbarnes1]

@rechitsapivo I agree with your comments.

[Alphabaloney]

Wow. 71 people must have been forced to watch this in music class.

[intervenum]

I also do hear the occasional clunkers by Kempff and Barenboim.

And I did notice that all play from memory, some moments with eyes closed.

My guess: that must be around say 10k to15K notes(hang in there, didn't count them EH :)

That's like typing out a mid-sized novel on your computer keyboard all from memory while not using an exampl

I did not hear ANY WRONG NOTES PLAYED just occasional fingers ever so lightly touching a key not intended to be actuated

32th notes@ 4/4=64 keys per 1/2 sec....

[01trapeze]

@intervenum

totally agree. astounding data there. except I found one little wrong note. Only because I'm a music nerd must I point it out: at 6:32, he adds an E into the chord on the left hand, when the score merely indicates Fx,C#,Fx. which is fine; it's just filling out the diminished chord, but i felt like mentioning it because I noticed it and I'm really that bored right now.

disclaimer: this is not a criticism at all. just a fun fact. happy new year!

[intervenum]

People, People. So much criticism.

These performers ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME. They are the GIANTS of todays classical performers.They have earned the rights to individual interpretations.

ALL stay well within Ludwig's expressionistic boundaries as notated by him.

If not we wouldn't be listening or, for that matter, even knowing about these performers.

Dynamic symbols in composers manuscripts are to limited to achieve 100%

Only audio recordings from Ludwig himself could achieve that.

[OrangeZebraTree]

I know he worked hard, but it needs to be slowed down. It sounds rushed.

[Nscaamano]

Im learning this song

[Bon0]

@Nscaamano PIECE! its not a song, its a piece

[alz230]

hes playing it really to fast