This is quite beautiful. However I do not think Libetta was trying to insult you in any way. It is very difficult to say the right thing these days. He called you African American and you say you are "black american". Explain to me how the hell anyone is supposed to know which? I am black, plain and simple. I'm not insulted when someone calls me black because that's what I am. Why does it have to be this way? Take the compliment. Your playing is beautiful, period, no matter what.
This is quite beautiful. However I do not think Libetta was trying to insult you in any way. It is very difficult to say the right thing these days. He called you African American and you say you are "black american". Explain to me how the hell anyone is supposed to know which? I am black, plain and simple. I'm not insulted when someone calls me black because that's what I am. Why does it have to be this way? Take the compliment. Your playing is beautiful, period, no matter what.
you play so good ,and i m suprised of the energe in you performance in this piece. ( because of my suck english, if there is any grammer mistake,just aplogize me .Thks)
I just want to say, man, that your interpretation is one of the most beautiful, polished and emotional of all I've seen on Youtube. I'm currently learning this piece and I completely agree with the way you have interpreted it. I can feel that you really put feeling into your music. You have my admiration.
Lately I woke up one morning thinking "I want to play the moonlight sonata" (1st mvt) it took me one good mounth, I had to learn all that I had forgotten about piano and theory. Now Im working on this, it is absolutely beautiful, and to me you just play it right. I have seen many home performances on youtube, they play it faster, or maybe technically better, but you put the right emotion in it, your performance is the best in my opinion and is very inspiring. This beeing said, Beethoven is GOD
I might add that from bar 1 to 23 it is really astonishing, after I have some disagreement with some of the choices you made in your interpretation, but at least you don't play it like a robot like too much people
Nice rendition. The feel is what really makes this piece. There is such great emotion in this movement and you convey it well in your performance. Bravo!!!
Why does it look weird? Because you're scared of change? I bet you wouldn't think it would look weird if a white or Asian person was playing now would it?
this isn't meant to sound in any way discriminative but it's really nice to see a black pianist. i rarely see african american pianists and i don't know why.
Cambry , if i may suggest: the triplet 16ths, keep them "undervoiced" more background like, and more gentle strokes with your fingers. that way the melody will remain songful "above" the inner lines. beethoven's "staccatos" really were not quite so "detached" or dry. when he wanted a more defined staccato, sharper, he always placed a STROKE ' above or below the note. the dot staccato was more gentle. GOOD work, keep it up! no need to listen to negativity.
i've played all of the beethoven sonatas - 32 of them - as well as all his other piano works..and know them from many schools of thought in styles...what i can say is - there are times when you'll find different tempos more suited depending on what you find in the music at the moment. some things you WILL improve on..this forum is not enough to explain details..generally, you have a good sense of the contrasts of the ABA sections. and you have a good lyrical sense. keep up the good work.
Way too fast and although it is harder to play slower you must as you ultimately lose the ideal mood at this tempo. Much more depth in the left hand is needed, particularly the bass line. The middle section... It was appauling. Far too notey. This sonata is about desperation and sorrow, how can have jolly frolicing with stacato (3.15)?! Try not to slow down with excessive rubato for the ornaments, they are supposed to roll of the fingers within the alotted time frame. In general, use armweight.
this sonata does not have to be played at a snail's pace. although many pianists play it slow, and it sounds wonderful, some pianists also play it a bit quickly. take Glenn Gould for example.
ya know, it takes YEARS of serious technical work, study of performance, etc... to really pull these pieces off. For what you did, it's a lot..yeah, not perfect, but not too shabby. You say you're almost ready with the other two movements too??? Now, those are real ball breakers even to play all the way through with not a lot of fine touch...if you can pull that off.. that's a whole lot. Those other movements are very fast and challenging.
good overall, but you put in alot of notes that just aren't in there, and it's kind of awkward the way you end the piece, it feels rushed, with no heart, as if you were trying to just finish it cause you got to the end.
overall an excellent performance. one suggestion i would make is to put a little bit more dynamic contrast in your right-hand melody. make it sing a bit more, and then you have it absolutely perfect. nice work!
I have watched every rendition of this song on youtube. It took a long time! I keep coming back to yours. You put so much feeling in this. I'm not a musician, but I know greatness when I hear it. Thankyou, Sir!
i like the way you play it. You actually play it the way you feel you should play it. I don't think piano is about just playing wats written. Keep up the work..
im working on this piece also got ny tips i could use some since i don't take lessons
congratualations dude. not many african guys play such beautiful music. most are just into rap and all those trash music, but you yourself know what is beautiful and class. keep it up!
LOL actually i'm black American and while you're at it, post links of indians, eskimos, mexicans playing classical since a black person doing it is so rare... to dismiss and generalize rap as a form of music is wrong, there's bad classical music just like there is bad rap music, you just haven't found the right ones
whoa, take it easy. i don't know why you're going against me. this is supposed to be a complement. i basically listen to everything except heavy metal and that "bad rap" music you're referring to. btw, i listen to ja rule and nelly.
Ja Rule and Nelly = TERRIBLE rap by the way, i'm not going against you, just giving you an opinion that a lot of people would share as well.. telling me that it's a compliment because "not many others like me" play classical is simply not the case, that's like me telling you "Most white people can't dance or make fools out of themselves, nice job in knowing how to move your legs"
well, i thought you listen to rap as well. i just listen to them on radio when they are airing the songs. it's all good, because frankly i've never seen any african other than you and maybe art tatum play the piano like that.
That was awesome....well done, I'm going to study this piece after a piece Mendolssohn wrote...BUT you need to make it more fluent so its attached, if thats the correct phasing
You have done an absolutely splendid job! I have just mastered this very beautiful piece. Just like what lovelesspierrot has said, if L.V. Beethoven were still on Earth, he'd be shocked at how well you can perform this well-out-together piece.
Very good playing; although I personally feel that something is lacking..hmm...but what do I know?...
Though at 1 min 40 theres a note which I find protrudes amongst others which I'm not too keen on!
At the section around 2min 40, I feel its a bit too much staccato, considering I've not played this in a while I'm not sure if there is a legato sign above these series of notes -
Nice job. I dig this and a lot of your other videos. I just started playing about a week ago when I picked up a 62-key keyboard at a pawn shop for $100. Better than nothing. This song is on my "hit list." Probably take me at least a year to get to where I can play it...
It'll take you more then a year to play it like this, I started playing this when I'd had piano lessons for 3 years, but I couldnt play it this well back then
you're a brilliant pianist. This is one of my favorites. I'm a pianist too but you play a lot of the songs that I only wish I could attempt. Keep up the good work. I'll be watching all of your vids.
This is good, but I'd recommend trying to vary the dynamics a bit more and give it a bit more character, especially in the more energetic section in the middle.
Eoin1082, I don't get it...Beethoven was one of the first Romantic era piano composers. Was he supposed to play it more Baroque? Perhaps you were looking for a more "traditional" playing, but there's about a thousand of those recordings on CD if that's what you like. I rather like his playing of this piece, and I've heard probably 100 people play this piece over the years.
Beethoven is Classical in my opinion. Yes he was sort of 'transitional' perhaps but this is Op.13 and not romantic I feel. Not baroque, just classical. Hard to put in words. When I get a camera I'll put up my own if oyou like. If you have a comment great. Actually playing this tomorrow for my Masters! Can't wait!I like some of the things he does too. don't get me wrong. He's very musical. Just felt the romantic in him came out too much in the one:)
Perhaps it's just the candle and the roses having their effect! I agree about him being transitional, though I've always thought you can hear a lot of Classical in his early years but more Romantic influence in his later works. You are quite correct that at this period in his life, he's predomininantly a Classical composer. Good luck with your piece!!
P.s. That Baroque comment was exxageration for effect. :) Wouldn't that be interesting though, Beethoven born 50 years earlier? What might his works have sounded like? They should have a class where everyone takes a composer, moves him to a different period...and then translates a work into period styling. That could make for some very interesting works!
Perhaps...Much lighter no doubt. Prob would have ad different teachers...Although he was a pupil of hayden...Aaaaanyway. Concert went well I think thanks....The romantic influence you mentioned I think is there but so much rubato...merely the stly in which he writes...dunno. One could debate foa ages! Either way I love playing Beethoven. I wanna learn Op.57 now over summer! So great
You don't need to practice more. You're already there. You're it. These mindless critics just want a piece of your light. Forget every single comment including mine. You are ONE with it.
My last semester in comm. college my music appreciation professor played this for the class. It moved me enough that I bought the sheet music and would sneak into the classroom when there was no class to teach myself to play it. I'm not a pianist, it was all muscle memory. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that this is my favorite song and you play it very well. Thank you for the video.
wow. wow. u played this really beautifully. i like how u strike some of the chords louder than the lesser chords to convey the actual peaceful melody.
Your playing is amazingly beautiful and expressive !! Played the way Beethoven wanted it played. don't ever take your talent for granted...and contiue to practice....It WILL take you far.
This piece conjures up in my mind of some great relief after a terrible ordeal, where the start is a great sigh of relief. Music is truly the soul of humanity. Blody well played, Sir.
dude, nice piece and nice work! i just stumbled through the 2nd movement of moonlight sonata, tough process... cuz im not that good anyway, if you can show it on here i would appreciate.
And who ever said Beethoven composed up to 3 movements in each of his piano sonatas is wrong. He wrote up to 4 movements. I think the 32 sonatas add up to about 102 or 110 different movements. }:(
I am impressed brutha!! I've been playing over 25 years! This is one of my favorite pieces. I pulled out my score and followed you. Pretty darn good!!
And Rob6456.. nobody cares if you or kempff care..
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once again.. you did it cambry!.. ^_^
please upload more videos! (dont get me wrong, i know you have a life).. but is just that you are one of the bests in youtube (if not THE best).. so i'll keep on waiting..
Jeez, I don't get why people have to berate your piano playing; you're an excellent pianist better than 99% of the pianists out there. I believe that the truly great pianists, like any artist, convey their emotions in their songs through subtle, rather mundane changes, and essentially make pieces played by many magical, new and unique. You do that well; continue developing yourself as an artist, screw the naysayers.
I believe Kempff may have a little difficulty caring and he was such a nice person he would only have offered to help with interpretation. Good job Cambry!
i played this piece for my GCSE music exam, not as easy as it sounds, i also never used the sustain pedal as much as the typical performance on this piece. great job
Cambry is a rare talent - a professional expert with the classical pieces and adaptable to all situations. A true artiste in every aspect.
jjlinert 8 months ago
Beautiful!!!! I love this. Thank you!
tigerkitty1968 9 months ago
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This is quite beautiful. However I do not think Libetta was trying to insult you in any way. It is very difficult to say the right thing these days. He called you African American and you say you are "black american". Explain to me how the hell anyone is supposed to know which? I am black, plain and simple. I'm not insulted when someone calls me black because that's what I am. Why does it have to be this way? Take the compliment. Your playing is beautiful, period, no matter what.
Sickofthenonsense1 9 months ago
This is quite beautiful. However I do not think Libetta was trying to insult you in any way. It is very difficult to say the right thing these days. He called you African American and you say you are "black american". Explain to me how the hell anyone is supposed to know which? I am black, plain and simple. I'm not insulted when someone calls me black because that's what I am. Why does it have to be this way? Take the compliment. Your playing is beautiful, period, no matter what.
Sickofthenonsense1 9 months ago
you play so good ,and i m suprised of the energe in you performance in this piece. ( because of my suck english, if there is any grammer mistake,just aplogize me .Thks)
wadsatter 9 months ago
ha u play cool
elodiefree 1 year ago
From 2.38, I think the interpretation is wrong! your chords are too staccato and forte...everything else is not bad..
defda94 1 year ago
@defda94 IMHO, there's no such thing as a "wrong" interpretation, just one you don't agree with... :-)
Gatapotata 11 months ago
@Gatapotata ok. But music is about beauty and they are interpretations fucking wrong and you have to know it..!!!
defda94 11 months ago
@defda94 No, music, is whatever you want it to be...
Gatapotata 11 months ago
I just want to say, man, that your interpretation is one of the most beautiful, polished and emotional of all I've seen on Youtube. I'm currently learning this piece and I completely agree with the way you have interpreted it. I can feel that you really put feeling into your music. You have my admiration.
thelettermanv 1 year ago
‘Ganglands vs Beethoven’
Ganglands; Fail
Beethoven; WIN
Char1esP 1 year ago
If this guy could play Pachelbel's Canon, that would be just fantastic.
doomsDave1 1 year ago
this is BEAUTIFUL!!!
out of tens i watched this is the one that stood out the most!!!
cookiedarling101 2 years ago
anybody know the remake of this song maybe from the 80's with lyrics can't find it. please let me know.
anko8aug 2 years ago
It's gorgeous, but don't believe there are lyrics to it--you might write some! Makes me want to sing to it too.
bonnies1234567 2 years ago
@anko8aug -Song was "Midnight Blue" by Louise Tucker. You can find on YouTube.
chckbgood 2 years ago
yeah thats the song i was loking for thanks so much!
anko8aug 2 years ago
looking
anko8aug 2 years ago
Great works!
I will embed this movie onto my blog at October 4th 2009.
Bellona2009 2 years ago
WOW! This was extremely enjoyable to listen to. Thanks for uploading this. Keep up the excellent work.
I like the ball cap. It added a nice touch.
brownies4you 2 years ago
You are so talented. Your playing is beautiful. What a wonderful gift you have. I could listen all day. Thank you for touching my heart.
SannDeloa 2 years ago
Lately I woke up one morning thinking "I want to play the moonlight sonata" (1st mvt) it took me one good mounth, I had to learn all that I had forgotten about piano and theory. Now Im working on this, it is absolutely beautiful, and to me you just play it right. I have seen many home performances on youtube, they play it faster, or maybe technically better, but you put the right emotion in it, your performance is the best in my opinion and is very inspiring. This beeing said, Beethoven is GOD
wukillah 2 years ago
I might add that from bar 1 to 23 it is really astonishing, after I have some disagreement with some of the choices you made in your interpretation, but at least you don't play it like a robot like too much people
wukillah 2 years ago
Fantasic playing. Excellent!
BlueSea23 2 years ago
Nice rendition. The feel is what really makes this piece. There is such great emotion in this movement and you convey it well in your performance. Bravo!!!
lawleollc 2 years ago 2
THis is the best version I've ever heard on Youtube!
Fluffy531 2 years ago 2
Very good! Congratulations!!!
edrods 2 years ago
Thanks for the video, very nice.
elmojone1 2 years ago
you are so good! my favorite pieze my favorite song....its beatifull congratulations
viruzgenetiko 3 years ago
Lovely rendering.
shimmertje 3 years ago
When you said you wanted to record this one right away, did you mean on utube or on a cd that we can buy ?
entropypax 3 years ago
A section was really nice....lots of emotion! The rest needs to have the same. Very good all the same.
millerpiccinini8 3 years ago
this is perfect. i love your style
crapfry14 3 years ago
Very good.
rinqq 3 years ago
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SystemXpander 3 years ago
Why does it look weird? Because you're scared of change? I bet you wouldn't think it would look weird if a white or Asian person was playing now would it?
Re-evaluate yourself.
GenesisRockwell 3 years ago 8
this isn't meant to sound in any way discriminative but it's really nice to see a black pianist. i rarely see african american pianists and i don't know why.
TrevorKingKwong 3 years ago 2
i loved every moment of it :D
twelve2001 3 years ago 2
Cambry , if i may suggest: the triplet 16ths, keep them "undervoiced" more background like, and more gentle strokes with your fingers. that way the melody will remain songful "above" the inner lines. beethoven's "staccatos" really were not quite so "detached" or dry. when he wanted a more defined staccato, sharper, he always placed a STROKE ' above or below the note. the dot staccato was more gentle. GOOD work, keep it up! no need to listen to negativity.
tedly10027 3 years ago
i've played all of the beethoven sonatas - 32 of them - as well as all his other piano works..and know them from many schools of thought in styles...what i can say is - there are times when you'll find different tempos more suited depending on what you find in the music at the moment. some things you WILL improve on..this forum is not enough to explain details..generally, you have a good sense of the contrasts of the ABA sections. and you have a good lyrical sense. keep up the good work.
tedly10027 3 years ago 2
very beautiful! full of feelings too! i simply love it!!
jyuusanhime 3 years ago 4
nicely done thanks
posh1961 3 years ago 3
wow, Cambry I think you're an incredibly talented piano player!
i don't play piano myself, although did at a very basic level many years ago, and i just think it's amazing when people play pieces like this
you did a great job - a beautiful piece
xxx
BewareInfinityOnHigh 3 years ago 3
Way too fast and although it is harder to play slower you must as you ultimately lose the ideal mood at this tempo. Much more depth in the left hand is needed, particularly the bass line. The middle section... It was appauling. Far too notey. This sonata is about desperation and sorrow, how can have jolly frolicing with stacato (3.15)?! Try not to slow down with excessive rubato for the ornaments, they are supposed to roll of the fingers within the alotted time frame. In general, use armweight.
potugalia 3 years ago
If this is how he feels like he should play it, who are you to comment on it
sgtghst007 3 years ago 2
this sonata does not have to be played at a snail's pace. although many pianists play it slow, and it sounds wonderful, some pianists also play it a bit quickly. take Glenn Gould for example.
TrevorKingKwong 3 years ago
Nice job playing. The only thing is that at 1:40 you totally screwed up playing the right rhythm but the wrong notes. Thats a real easy fix though.
Jakedreed 3 years ago
ya know, it takes YEARS of serious technical work, study of performance, etc... to really pull these pieces off. For what you did, it's a lot..yeah, not perfect, but not too shabby. You say you're almost ready with the other two movements too??? Now, those are real ball breakers even to play all the way through with not a lot of fine touch...if you can pull that off.. that's a whole lot. Those other movements are very fast and challenging.
sidthinker 3 years ago
good overall, but you put in alot of notes that just aren't in there, and it's kind of awkward the way you end the piece, it feels rushed, with no heart, as if you were trying to just finish it cause you got to the end.
mojoworldandcompany 3 years ago
Erm .. when does he put extra notes in?
Geraniums7 3 years ago
overall an excellent performance. one suggestion i would make is to put a little bit more dynamic contrast in your right-hand melody. make it sing a bit more, and then you have it absolutely perfect. nice work!
zhangpianist 3 years ago
You really get into it after the first minute or two. I like it!
armegeddon7 4 years ago
I love this movement so much as well. You do an excellent job. Do you change/ mess up the right hand notes of the last phrase?
babychickan 4 years ago
I have watched every rendition of this song on youtube. It took a long time! I keep coming back to yours. You put so much feeling in this. I'm not a musician, but I know greatness when I hear it. Thankyou, Sir!
amazmace 4 years ago 3
its so nice.. well, i am not that musically inclined but the emotions were there
darkangel10001 4 years ago
Oh my goodness, this is GORGEOUS!
:-)
Squeaky1423 4 years ago 2
I enjoy your pacing despite what some others have mentioned. It add interest to the piece as a whole I think.
Nice work^^ keep it up
squaresoft01 4 years ago
Lovely. Just lovely. Not many you-tube vids make me feel like I wish I was in the same room. Your playing just draws me in.
stucke17 4 years ago
the tempo is off quite a bit, in that, you're playing a bit slow, but otherwise very good
hilers72653 4 years ago
I agree, technically not perfect but otherwise very strong
weverman2 4 years ago
Not true. This song is meant to be very slowly, even slower if anything.
Cambry, I love your playing. I'd be happy to hear more.
tehzebrapie 3 years ago
aparently you don't use a metronome when playing..
hilers72652 3 years ago
i like the way you play it. You actually play it the way you feel you should play it. I don't think piano is about just playing wats written. Keep up the work..
im working on this piece also got ny tips i could use some since i don't take lessons
kansas201 4 years ago 7
A little more rubato, dude,
and watch those tempo markings.....
.....it wouldn't hurt to listen to
Alfred Brendel's version a bit....
otherwise a fine crisp interpretation....
lacks a little warms of the master piants,
but they do have several decades of
experience on you... consider the storytelling...
good work....
sdorr 4 years ago
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fresh prince of bel air
keladonic 4 years ago
yeap..wish i could play like you
tensionparty 4 years ago
Very beautiful :).
Damn, I wish I could play like you.
bobcat1115 4 years ago
Come on guys, go a little bit easier on libetta. He's just very stupid, that's all. He's just trying to say something nice,but he can't.
HitokiriDiaz 4 years ago
i second that
ieatconheo 4 years ago
you are very talented. I am trying to play this piece now and I ...well, I suck
Jaquis198 4 years ago
wow your emotion in this piece is so beautiful! Keep up the great work!!!
Pixiedust12786 4 years ago
negro power
ieatconheo 4 years ago
I am just stunned. What are people crazy or something?
OneLife26 4 years ago
Wow, I can't really believe what Libetta is saying. In any case, Bravo! for PianoPlaya123.
OneLife26 4 years ago
I play it slower, but i like it like this too :) very nice!
sgtghst007 4 years ago
libetta! your compliment is offensive, because you are a stupid racist:)
grigorijo 4 years ago
is it a bit too fast??
can someone pls tell me
cause im gonna performe this tomorrow=)
i play it in totatlly different style..um..
jacline28 4 years ago
congratualations dude. not many african guys play such beautiful music. most are just into rap and all those trash music, but you yourself know what is beautiful and class. keep it up!
libetta 4 years ago
LOL actually i'm black American and while you're at it, post links of indians, eskimos, mexicans playing classical since a black person doing it is so rare... to dismiss and generalize rap as a form of music is wrong, there's bad classical music just like there is bad rap music, you just haven't found the right ones
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago 2
whoa, take it easy. i don't know why you're going against me. this is supposed to be a complement. i basically listen to everything except heavy metal and that "bad rap" music you're referring to. btw, i listen to ja rule and nelly.
libetta 4 years ago
Ja Rule and Nelly = TERRIBLE rap by the way, i'm not going against you, just giving you an opinion that a lot of people would share as well.. telling me that it's a compliment because "not many others like me" play classical is simply not the case, that's like me telling you "Most white people can't dance or make fools out of themselves, nice job in knowing how to move your legs"
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago 4
well, i thought you listen to rap as well. i just listen to them on radio when they are airing the songs. it's all good, because frankly i've never seen any african other than you and maybe art tatum play the piano like that.
libetta 4 years ago
@PianoPlaya123
Well said.
kovosz 11 months ago
@PianoPlaya123
Well said.
kovosz 11 months ago
@libetta It was not a compliment it was a racist statement. If u said: "Man u really like to know how to play to the piano" It would be a compliment.
It's weird how people cant even tell when they have a racist point of view.
MIstahClaun 1 year ago
@MIstahClaun
ok. apologies
libetta 1 year ago
That was awesome....well done, I'm going to study this piece after a piece Mendolssohn wrote...BUT you need to make it more fluent so its attached, if thats the correct phasing
classical000 4 years ago
good job, man.
I think it's the best at youtube.
You did it simple and right.
EtiopiaCrossAtlantic 4 years ago
You have done an absolutely splendid job! I have just mastered this very beautiful piece. Just like what lovelesspierrot has said, if L.V. Beethoven were still on Earth, he'd be shocked at how well you can perform this well-out-together piece.
JustinPiano09 4 years ago
Very good playing; although I personally feel that something is lacking..hmm...but what do I know?...
Though at 1 min 40 theres a note which I find protrudes amongst others which I'm not too keen on!
At the section around 2min 40, I feel its a bit too much staccato, considering I've not played this in a while I'm not sure if there is a legato sign above these series of notes -
but its still a great performance :)
Congratulations!
Good - Bye!
SLNevitt 4 years ago
You asked for tips right? I think you don't realy need tips, you played it very nice! Can you play the 1st/3rd mvmt to?
gangster0005 4 years ago
PEERFECT :D I love this one. You're the best!
passsacaglia 4 years ago
I love how you, unlike some other pianists, put so much expression into the songs you play. I especially love your phrasing. You're so awesome!
lovelesspierrot 4 years ago
INTERESTING... but great peice..
sushidude95 4 years ago
lovely!!!
i absolutely love this piece :)
BUhBONkERz93 4 years ago
nice pretty koo
DonCorleone87 4 years ago
Beethoven would be proud of you if he were still alive! You totally did justice to this piece! : D
lovelesspierrot 4 years ago
you are awesome at this!
i am playing this now, do u have any tips?
hsgualekili 4 years ago
Nice job. I dig this and a lot of your other videos. I just started playing about a week ago when I picked up a 62-key keyboard at a pawn shop for $100. Better than nothing. This song is on my "hit list." Probably take me at least a year to get to where I can play it...
ozzyslush 4 years ago
It'll take you more then a year to play it like this, I started playing this when I'd had piano lessons for 3 years, but I couldnt play it this well back then
matti0006 4 years ago
U did great im playing the song too i hoope to be as good as you!
kizzman2 4 years ago
cantibile style ei?...
muttohgardner 4 years ago
you're a brilliant pianist. This is one of my favorites. I'm a pianist too but you play a lot of the songs that I only wish I could attempt. Keep up the good work. I'll be watching all of your vids.
katagirl3000 4 years ago
I must apologize for being too negative with my comments.
1124755 4 years ago
This is good, but I'd recommend trying to vary the dynamics a bit more and give it a bit more character, especially in the more energetic section in the middle.
dreamerofeternity 4 years ago
Man, do you have a piano teacher? You need a lot of advice on how to polish your pieces. The dynamics and feeling is just not there.
1124755 4 years ago
lol your username is all numbers and you have nothing on your profile and you need to stop stalking me already, you need a lot of advice on "life"
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago 2
this is amazing... better than the version i have from a cd of some fancy shcmancy pianist
BooThunder 4 years ago
wow....i've been searching for a long time for someone to play this peice right!
fantastic job!!~~~
misskorea 4 years ago
Wow, beautiful. :) Finally, a video here that does justice to the piece...
ApocalypseAelis 4 years ago
A little romanic for my taste. Needs stricter time. Also Balance in a few places toward the end.
Eoin1082 4 years ago
Eoin1082, I don't get it...Beethoven was one of the first Romantic era piano composers. Was he supposed to play it more Baroque? Perhaps you were looking for a more "traditional" playing, but there's about a thousand of those recordings on CD if that's what you like. I rather like his playing of this piece, and I've heard probably 100 people play this piece over the years.
angeluscarnifex 4 years ago
Beethoven is Classical in my opinion. Yes he was sort of 'transitional' perhaps but this is Op.13 and not romantic I feel. Not baroque, just classical. Hard to put in words. When I get a camera I'll put up my own if oyou like. If you have a comment great. Actually playing this tomorrow for my Masters! Can't wait!I like some of the things he does too. don't get me wrong. He's very musical. Just felt the romantic in him came out too much in the one:)
Eoin1082 4 years ago
Perhaps it's just the candle and the roses having their effect! I agree about him being transitional, though I've always thought you can hear a lot of Classical in his early years but more Romantic influence in his later works. You are quite correct that at this period in his life, he's predomininantly a Classical composer. Good luck with your piece!!
angeluscarnifex 4 years ago
P.s. That Baroque comment was exxageration for effect. :) Wouldn't that be interesting though, Beethoven born 50 years earlier? What might his works have sounded like? They should have a class where everyone takes a composer, moves him to a different period...and then translates a work into period styling. That could make for some very interesting works!
angeluscarnifex 4 years ago
Perhaps...Much lighter no doubt. Prob would have ad different teachers...Although he was a pupil of hayden...Aaaaanyway. Concert went well I think thanks....The romantic influence you mentioned I think is there but so much rubato...merely the stly in which he writes...dunno. One could debate foa ages! Either way I love playing Beethoven. I wanna learn Op.57 now over summer! So great
Eoin1082 4 years ago
Got some talent there sir
DaMoon1132 4 years ago
Nice man...
phyxius777 4 years ago
Awesome!
BankFace 4 years ago
very good ... but still some mistakes. you have to practice
also playing some jazz? or dont you want to ruin your sensitive classical skills ...
MiauZi69 4 years ago
there was 1 mistake lol uh oh
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
loves it.
screwdriver33 4 years ago
You don't need to practice more. You're already there. You're it. These mindless critics just want a piece of your light. Forget every single comment including mine. You are ONE with it.
laDivinaII 4 years ago
Haha I won't forget your comment! Thanks a lot for your support! I appreciate that! I definitely need to practice more but thanks!
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
You melt me. I want to see you on the stage in New York. You are a jewel.
laDivinaII 4 years ago
My last semester in comm. college my music appreciation professor played this for the class. It moved me enough that I bought the sheet music and would sneak into the classroom when there was no class to teach myself to play it. I'm not a pianist, it was all muscle memory. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that this is my favorite song and you play it very well. Thank you for the video.
Wufnu 4 years ago
Very nice, I love the first movement of this sonata! Great piano =)
Loppy2345 4 years ago
stuning.
evan1267 4 years ago
beautiful.
Iressirenia 4 years ago
great control of dynamics! well done
tealy124 4 years ago
wow. wow. u played this really beautifully. i like how u strike some of the chords louder than the lesser chords to convey the actual peaceful melody.
resurrexi 4 years ago
Your playing is amazingly beautiful and expressive !! Played the way Beethoven wanted it played. don't ever take your talent for granted...and contiue to practice....It WILL take you far.
BIGNIK22 4 years ago
Thank you for a very nice emotional interpretation of this treasured favorite. Beethoven would like it.
fivedolphins 4 years ago
the candle is a nice touch :]
HotSIzZle12 4 years ago
Very lovely and emotional. Thank you.
omtara 4 years ago
very nice, but it sounds suspiciously like 4 4
slow it down and feel the 2 4
barelyapianist 4 years ago
brilliant m8. i sway like that when im playing too. it also brings me to tears sometimes this beautiful piece
djdanny25 4 years ago
Wonderfullllllllll
wofmann 4 years ago
This piece conjures up in my mind of some great relief after a terrible ordeal, where the start is a great sigh of relief. Music is truly the soul of humanity. Blody well played, Sir.
padmanaban22 4 years ago
Great song. Some of the parts of the song aren't flowing like when you went to A flat minor key and E major. It sounded choppy. Yet, brilliant.
jdr07b8b 4 years ago
dude, nice piece and nice work! i just stumbled through the 2nd movement of moonlight sonata, tough process... cuz im not that good anyway, if you can show it on here i would appreciate.
cheers
jackjiezhang 4 years ago
I want to see you play Beethoven's moonlight Sonata... All 3 of the movements if you know it.
TaichouInkei 4 years ago
And who ever said Beethoven composed up to 3 movements in each of his piano sonatas is wrong. He wrote up to 4 movements. I think the 32 sonatas add up to about 102 or 110 different movements. }:(
MrOCDhelpmee 4 years ago
I like how ROBUST you play the piano.
MrOCDhelpmee 4 years ago
I am impressed brutha!! I've been playing over 25 years! This is one of my favorite pieces. I pulled out my score and followed you. Pretty darn good!!
enmccray 4 years ago
watch your leading melodic lines on main theme. Not playing through the phrase enough in my opinion. Beautiful playing, congrats!
comedicbelial 4 years ago
Thankyou.
BlackRoof 4 years ago
Lovely. This piece is still one of my favourites.
koyukionna 4 years ago
wow...
aznjiayl4life 4 years ago
wow....
aznjiayl4life 4 years ago
very cool interpretation!
when did you start playing the piano?
littleamelie 4 years ago
When I was about 3 years old, it was pretty fun back then too
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
very nice
billhill83 4 years ago
much better than 1st movement! beautiful...
roseism 4 years ago
thanks roseism :) check out tempest too, I think I did better with that one
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
beautifully played *tear* made me cry...
Georgetchryn 4 years ago
And Rob6456.. nobody cares if you or kempff care..
¬¬
once again.. you did it cambry!.. ^_^
please upload more videos! (dont get me wrong, i know you have a life).. but is just that you are one of the bests in youtube (if not THE best).. so i'll keep on waiting..
cya.. =)
-ilix-
ileana86224 4 years ago
omg!! it's your fault that i want to play the Pathethique now!!.. you, mister.. are the responsible of this.. >=(
xD
just kidding.. =P
but seriously, you inspired me... i want to be like you when i grow up.. ^_^
oh, and loved the first movement.. you should upload the third one too.. :p
puh-leaaaaaaaaase
ileana86224 4 years ago
A little fast for my taste, but a great job nonetheless.
Scrithe 4 years ago
Jeez, I don't get why people have to berate your piano playing; you're an excellent pianist better than 99% of the pianists out there. I believe that the truly great pianists, like any artist, convey their emotions in their songs through subtle, rather mundane changes, and essentially make pieces played by many magical, new and unique. You do that well; continue developing yourself as an artist, screw the naysayers.
joshualq 4 years ago
oh, and probably kempff
Rob6456 5 years ago
I believe Kempff may have a little difficulty caring and he was such a nice person he would only have offered to help with interpretation. Good job Cambry!
poenaensis 4 years ago
beautiful played Cambry
Margerelle 5 years ago
Not as good a kempff.
Rob6456 5 years ago
who cares?
PianoPlaya123 5 years ago
me.
Rob6456 5 years ago
Who ELSE cares???
amac390 5 years ago
Bravo!!!
ssjbriguy 5 years ago
I love this piece. I can play it, but am a little rusty in some parts. You play it almost perfectly! Well Done!
danm90 5 years ago
"Don't look at the camera Keith. Never look at the camera."
k6e6n6n6y 5 years ago
A little rushed, but good job nonetheless.
Scrithe 5 years ago
i played this piece for my GCSE music exam, not as easy as it sounds, i also never used the sustain pedal as much as the typical performance on this piece. great job
dastallian 5 years ago
Beautiful, my favourite piano sonatas of beethovens, a breathtaking movement.
typicalmusiclover 5 years ago
bless
edirolua5 5 years ago
Beautiful piece of music,nice :)
bhicksss 5 years ago
thats gorgeous
lilxdevil3654 5 years ago
Thank you for sharing this piece even if there is distortion your playing shines through. :-)
ssbluedevil 5 years ago
Beautiful!! Every note has a sense of touching!! I'm practicing this piece too and You just gave me a great inspiration, thank you.
Atsushi0607 5 years ago
You're abolutely right that the ladies love this one ^.~ Beautiful job, you're amazing!
Peridotchama 5 years ago
I played this for my Grade 10 Piano Exam (Royal Conservatory of Music) and got 85% on it :) Good job with the piece!
songulator 5 years ago