Mozart by Arrau - Fantasy in D minor, K. 397

[a55555y]

Mozart is amazing composer. His music include everything heart and soul, tears and smile.

[SdPadresChargers]

Mozart is one of the MOST DIFFICULT TO PLAY! It was written without using the pedal...try it like that and learn for yourself.

[slytherinhearts]

Yep, working on this one, too. Okay to learn, difficult to master. So many notes, its hard not to make mistakes.

[TwinkleJane0119]

am currently working on this piece... it's easy to sight read it but not easy to play it really good. It might takes a few months to come out with a great music. Mozart is always that brilliant.

[Cridzilla]

started this about a month ago- i'm 12!! it's easy yet hard, if you get me?! good interpretation but lacks emotion I personally feel. lovely to play though...

[boomzoompow117]

@Cridzilla same! im 12, i just started it. in a technical sense, its not the most challenging, but to play it with emotion, to really capture it is hard. and i agree, its wonderful to play

[redshark618]

@Cridzilla No one cares how old you are.

[Chookie369]

Still working on this song after 11 months..

[siriamdepaz]

there is a faster version but all the videos i am clicking on are the slower beat... -.- help

[noodlehead77]

@siriamdepaz check out the version by Leygraf

[hmc1421]

Qué version tan perfecta madre mía

[Inigor2d2]

Started this about a month ago and I'm 13. I love this piece.

[diletante86]

it is not about wrong notes. is about the inspiration of the rendition. if you have the musical deepth to play this as good as mr. arrau and the courage to say it, i bow to you.

meanwhile, i'll still bow to mr.arrau

[Nicchelsea]

I do not put in question the musicality of Mr Arrau, which is not to be questioned even if I somehow disagree with some parts of this interpretation. I just wonder why a lot of pianist play the beginning too fast, if I remember well, it is written andante and yet, a lot of pianist seem to ignore this marking. Is there an historical landmark to which they refer?

[masamune81]

@Nicchelsea

The armony changes every 2 measures, so playing slower makes the flow of the musics too unnatural. Also, the theme after is marked Adagio, so you have to find some balance.

I like to play this introduction a little agitato, so it sets the mood of tragedy of the piece. I can't find a reason to play it slow, there are only arpeggios, like an orchestral introduction before the aria.

[CoasterKingXII]

@Nicchelsea There is a G. Schirmer edition with the beginning tempo marked as 112 bpm.

[Luthierano]

I preffer Arrau's version than Gilels'.... It's way better....

[RuPoOpiN]

i play this as well, it's not hard although the difficulty with mozart is that you hear every wrong note because the music is predictable and easy to listen to, so you hear easily if a note is wrong, i try to get it perfect but that's hard... also the presto bits i can't play on my piano well...

[sonnym1]

Yes...Show us...Tell me when you do. Thanks

[stagesix6]

mozart is not the most dificult composer to play in technical terms. but playing this good is pretty hard...

[FashionFreaks101]

@stagesix6 i play it this good and i just turned 15, its not that hard

[saosao77]

@FashionFreaks101 ...show us!

[FashionFreaks101]

@saosao77 ok! will do :)

[hellomate639]

@stagesix6

Compared to other things, I wouldn't say playing this well is as hard as playing something that is technically demanding, especially some Rachmaninoff and Liszt etudes. Rachmaninoff has a wider range of ways to be interpreted, however, with that said, you also have to be consistent in an interpretation that is more up in the air as far as how you're supposed to interpret it.

[saltyseaweed]

@stagesix6 "Mozart is too easy for children, too difficult for adults."