Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Appassionata by George Li (16 yr)

[BeammeupSpotty]

nice. the appassionata sonata played with passion. very nice. feisty technique too. thanks for sharing.

[ShedeasVideos]

Your performance of this piece is amazing!!! What a lot of energy and contrast, light and shade; I could be listening to Beethoven playing, as I'm sure he would have played it like this himself. Hopefully the disruptive sounds in the audience were only near the microphone and you could ignore them (I couldn't). Absolutely fantastic, George!!! ♫ ♪

[EineAlpensinfonie]

Bravo George!

[prince2000ful]

Who ever could do this better an with more emotions.

[the2pianists]

fantastic piece and fantastic playing!

[ji94552]

Coda was a little bit too fast (I can see your adrenaline is going through the roof ;)) but other than that everything is very very well done with deep understanding of music and its style. Bravo, George!

[ai71976]

Gorge ! So great!!!!!

[rfw1503]

Enjoyed this.  Thank you, George.

[AndromedaAiken]

Well done George!!! Well done as always!! :)

[shwaRICO]

Ohmygas O.O

[pianogirl98]

Excellent!!!

[zythepsarian]

lovely playing and selection

[301250]

Thank you George for another memorable performance.

[Geezart1982]

Thumbs up, nicely done

[SuperYummyMangoes]

The third movement is my favorite. You executed it beautifully :) Thank you for sharing.

[ourkids12341]

wow great vid

[7pianoforte]

George can be considered a MASTER. In Mozart's and Beethoven's day, musicians also composed and improvised to be considered complete artists. As the repertoire grew, musicians had to specialize. Some specialized in performing; others in composing. The great Richter, Horowitz and Perahia are not known as composers but exclusively as performers. George is a MASTER because technique has developed CONSIDERABLY since Chopin and Liszt and George can play anything.

[DDbRowN67]

Beautiful! Bravo!

[CannibalRon]

WOW

[jfeucht82]

My only critique is that the last notes of some of the trills (0:20, 0:33, 0:38, 0:43) need to be better emphasized.

[JAMMINJIMMYBENNETT]

More than Awesome!!!!!

[MrStickyfrets]

George you are amazing!!!

[watchfulwarrior]

Awesome!

[dc82204]

Great job!!



[pedroiranzo]

Bravo!!

[aldillo1989]

very well friend

[7pianoforte]

George, I (concerto35) remember how we critiqued this piece over three years ago. You put it down, and then took it up again. Today, it is one of the most moving performance of this work to date. Your technical mastery and the captivation of the character of Beethoven and his shifting moods is awesome. I have heard other quick performances of this work, but they lose their Beethovenian essence. Yours, however, is formidible in every aspect May God continue to bless you.

[asusp527a]

Браво, Джордж! Спасибо!

[mcrettable]

you play like a mature pianist already! Bravo.

[cubanbach]

BRAVO!!!​!!! What an exciting, thrilling, emotional ending! You made my week! I was yelling in my den! (hehehe!) George, you continue to surprise with the fresh individuality of your interpretations... you approach to it is new, and I am constantly curious as to how you will do the next phrase, next sequence, next transition. You have a way of keeping me on my musical toes (or ears hehe) because no passage is ever the same the second time you play it.

[nomang3996]

BRAVO

[kempedkemp]

I hope you will be pleasing many piano and classical music lovers for years to come. You are already loved by so many!

[Radmilanish1]

Thank you very much George ... And you have a nice weekend.../Radmila of Serbia

[PhilPhilUSA]

To make Beethoven sound so much like Beethoven is such an inspiring Thing!

George... how great. Bravo!!

[cubanbach]

@PhilPhilUSA I was going to say that! But George might be embarrassed! It did have such a sound!

[chobeethaninov]

Well, George, you are no longer a prodigy. You are a MASTER VIRTUOSO!!! :) Congratulations to you!

[bonestorm99]

@chobeethaninov You can't consider him that without hearing an original piece of work from him.

[cubanbach]

@bonestorm99  Huh? George is not a composer? How can he play "an original piece of work from him"?

[bonestorm99]

@cubanbach You can't really be a "master virtuoso" without actually writing a masterpiece.

[cubanbach]

@bonestorm99 What are you TALKING ABOUT? The word MASTER is not exclusive to composing! To be called a MASTER - means you have mastered it, you have achieved mastery, you can be a master of many languages, a master of fine cooking, a master at any craft; (An artist or performer of great and exemplary skill.) Go to your dictionary, and stop criticizing unnecessarily.

[bonestorm99]

@7pianoforte Master performer=/=master virtuoso.

[mazurka27]

Very good performance George! The piano has a cold maybe a little, but what account it is how you use it and, as usual, you use it splendidly. Bravo!

[minachin0070]

Brilliant performance!!!!!!!!! I feel sorry for poor record.

[UncleNathan]

This must rank among the best performances of this work that I've heard in the past 52 years of concert-going. George, you are amazing. Thank you!

[cubanbach]

@UncleNathan oh NATE....you almost took the words out of my mouth! It was so fresh and exciting! :) Totally original phrasings and transitions...no copycat gestures...completely original interpretation!

[tukilala]

Bravo Maestro !!!! Wonderful execution, Lang Lang is too small on your side !!!

[NatPradoTheory]

Thankyou for posting.... This is just so emotional almost wanted to bring me to tears

[litoboy5]

AMAZING AS USUAL !!!

[anonymousQ45]

you are really getting incredible

[brodiger]

good Job George Love it