Beethoven Tempest Sonata Op.31

[ljkmpr]

I am learning this piece now and it is almost depressing watching this video because I can be fairly certain I won't be this good for a very long time.

[gaiusmarius161]

@ljkmpr keep it up !

[Fupper16]

@ljkmpr I used to feel this way in the martial arts. Then my master said to me, "What's the rush? What is the hurry? You have your whole life to attain your goals ... enjoy the journey and cultivate patience." Enjoy learning the piano slowly and surely. In 2 years, then 5 years, then 10 years you will look back and marvel at your progress.

[JokerFans100]

ofmg this song is amazing!

[30inventionman]

What is this about? Was this the one Beethoven wrote about a carriage that got stuck in a storm and was unable to move because its wheel was in the mud?

[justletmefuckinwatch]

@30inventionman no, its about the tempest. hence the name "Tempest"

[orange7blue]

I do so miss the piano...

[Miao386]

Bravo ;)

[Klaaaan1]

The piano is in excellent tune and perfect pitch. I love a crisp clear sound and his accuracy is perfect. If I had only one wish, it would be that my hand's hadn't aged with my body.

[olopcall]

Hey! Check my interpretation. Give your opinions :)

[fugueboy45]

I never have heard of Colburn, but I love his crisp, yet Romantic interpretation of Beethoven. And this is indeed' one of the master's most Romantic sonatas, full of sturm und drang, pathos, and sheer power. I played this piece as a freshman in college, unfortunately no where near as sublimely ( is that a word?) as this guy. and he is gorgeous. That helps. Bravo!

[30inventionman]

FUCK YA DUDE< you FUCKING NAQILED IT

[pianorama22]

Is he eating? I hate it to eat and play at the same time, it's quite hard.

[Cachedcrystal]

A very clean crisp tempest



[Cachedcrystal]

A very clean crisp tempest

[cairnhowff]

THis pianist is fabulous...and he does have nice hair. But whoever posted the tripe about a message from god....JEEEZ...this is the genius of Beethoven, played by an amazing pianist.

[LudwigZhi]

So many people play Beethoven in a way that resembles the composer's physical portraits: rash, unpolished, even rude. Beethoven was an excitable person, and so is his music, but this excitement has to be released with RESERVE. This pianist really conveyed the sense of reserve and composure. These are the most precious qualities when playing Beethoven. Banging the piano is easy, playing like this is not. I 'd be obliged if someone can tell me who this pianist is.

[999799979]

The piano is so big : we can't see the whole! I hope one day I'll play on an instrument like this one...

:) btw very good pianist !

[beethoven2351]

It does sound like Kempff - and that's quite a compliment. I think this is just about the right tempo, and I really like his dynamics. We'll forgive that blown note at 5:02. Excellent.

[beethoven2351]

It does sound like Kempf - and that's quite a compliment. I think this is just about the right tempo, and I really like his dynamics. Excellent.

[shade231]

it looks like he's got some chewing gum in his mouth.

[TheSianBrown]

Amazingly beautiful piece and interestingly familiar. Especially the piece from 2:40 - 3:00 and 4:30 - 4:50 I think a band I knew has used it in one of their tunes. Either cleverly or naughtily or possibly accidentally. Who knows.

[kilroyLBC]

it's sounds really like kempff's version.. anyone agree??????

[bachkwt]

amazing!!!!

[EeRocKK]

Bravo

[hatatske]

the amount of tension the 1st movement on this sonata let alone.... is thrilling.

[ewhguitarist]

Wow the retransition to the recap is just amazing! I can't even imagine hearing this during during Beethoven's time, it must've been really baffling!

[bardan101]

1:19 LOL

His Hair strand falls down...!

but very good pianist he is,i must sayy..! perF!

[soulechene]

Cet interprète joue magnifiquement, ce qu'il y a d'original dans son jeu est qu'il prime le sentiment, la modulation l'expression sur la vélocité, voilà enfin une interprétation qui sort des sentiers battu. Bravo Ory Shihor!

[Fupper16]

This music feels to me like a man who got drunk and then gets violent and comes home and finds his wife with another man and kills them both and then regrets it ... you feel what I mean?

[xXwaveXxdat]

@Fupper16 no! xD

[koueiaheming]

すげえ〜

このピアニストも凄い！テンペストって傑作だね！

[Leitilumo]

Zsolt bognar

[ChEsTiZzlE]

mozart and beethoven definetly had somthing different.

[v4liumfrance]

lol the strand of hair ^^

very good perf

[laresbernardo]

muy buenos trinos en el forte..

[josegiraldi]

In Los Angeles, USA, Ory play very well Beethoven at G E R M A M  piano!!! Way?

[leondertien]

Although I like Lola Astanova's rendition better, this is pretty nice to listen to :]

[monkeydude512]

a very wimpy tempest indeed. there's no fire or passion, it's much too clean and 'polite' (for lack of better word).

[Bognarfan]

I agree with you totally. I have heard a recording of the Tempest by an up and coming young pianist, Zsolt Bognar, who studies with Sergei Babayan at CIM. His Tempest has passion, power, great articulation. It moves me. This one does not.

[daptekar]

@monkeydude512 You should hear Linda Eisenberg Play Beethoven Tempest. Now She's Got Passion...

[catastrouph39]

rythm rythm rythm!

[TylerFullStick]

well, if nothing else.......handsome man with great hair!

[codonauta]

Yes, but it's not perfect. I heard some mistakes.

Anyway, it's excellent.

[Corrupt5358]

Wow! I've not heard this played better!

[akumanation]

1:35 to 1 :40

very very nice left hand

[akumanation]

very very nice

u playing from your heart

[kennywu1005]

I'm learning to play this and I find crossing my hands is a little more work but it allows you to play faster..... Love this song just for the parts like at 1:04

[117mathieu]

Mee too,i'm working this piece!! butn the passage at 4:37 is difficult for me....How do you worK?

[josegiraldi]

Very interesting; in Los Angeles, EUA, pianist play at germam Steinway ???

[smilemask10]

I dont know why... but im always good at keeping speed and rhythm together....

but that arpegio scale is so hard T.T

[mclaire12]

i cant get it up to speed and be clean!

mclaire12

[sauternety36]

my piano sounds no where as heavenly as this one.. is this a steinway?

[Steinway12345]

i believe it is

[dahay1105]

i don't really like his physical interpretation of the piece.. i mean i think his playing is wonderful, but watching him play takes away from the performance. I think his body is a little too stiff, but it's his style, I guess

[kherynn]

His hair is pretty. He has more highlights than me, and I'm a woman! lol...but aside from my stupid comment about his hair...I enjoyed his performance very much.

[thehal698]

@kherynn Don't ever call yourself stupid. I'm sure everybody noticed his hair, and the comment was not stupid. True is has nothing to do with the subject matter, but it is relevant none the less.

[Aquilesv]

@kherynn Good Hair

[JacobRudduck]

Zipper Hall? Are you serious?

[ObjectManipulator55]

i can play this piece also

[ProverbsandPrisons]

Would you also provide your other stats? I came to this page to hear about all about your accomplishments, the music is a just a bonus.

[GeneralHobog]

Recital in 30 minutes with this piece! woot!

[Pianomanbc]

I find it unusual that Shihor actually switches hands for the triplets... I learned the piece playing the triplets all in the right hand, with left hand carrying melody over the right hand... makes it much easier to play! A very masterful performance

[brettyfxu]

i've also leant it with all the triplets in the right hand. It's too much work to switch!!!!

but great performance!!

[k0rfuffler]

brettyfxu, I also learned this piece crossing over hands at t=44. Barenboim and Andras Schiff play it with crossing hands in that passage. I agree, it's hard to change, but I think without crossing  hands is more 'authentic' and more difficult. You can use less pedal when the left hand takes the triplets. That said, I'll expend my energy learning new pieces, and not fixing old ones. It's good enough for me to cross hands.

[smilemask10]

its easy if u just count the rest.. (3)

or just practice playing individually..

[darkkerrigan]

Yes I as well cross hands for it making it much easier/musical =)

[k0rfuffler]

Pianomanbc, I learned it with crossing hands at first too. It is much easier, but when the left hand takes the triplets, you don't have to use as much pedal. You can achieve greater clarity. Most pianists seems to cross hands for this, but I think it's becoming more common again to do it this way. (It works better on the fortepiano.)

[beemochobrahms]

I am playing this in recital class in ONE hour!!

[MotorolaSurfer]

i hope you fail

[beemochobrahms]

I hope so, too. Actually, I hope I die while I'm playing.

[goaltime671]

the aliens would be impressed.

[johngoforth77]

I never thought this movement would be as hard as it is. Even when you watch someone else play it and play it well, it doesn't look all that hard. But it IS hard! I find the triplet figures in the development- initially on f-sharp and then on its dominant- quite difficult to sustain without fudging. It's an amazing sonata, though.

[GeneralHobog]

Thats the part that gives me the most trouble too. Granted, I only just started that part today, but Im trying to work through it. hehe

[brettyfxu]

not just that, you have to count each individual note to make sure that you get exaxtly 12 (3 triplets) notes in each one and not a buzz.

[Vook]

I know what you mean. I'm learning it now and I can't get it clean at all.

This recording is played, I think, at the perfect tempo. Too bad I'm nowhere near it yet.

[gorgalsi]

I think that the rating of comments should be banned. It so happens that intelligent comments are rated with (-) because they are not understood by such idiots. Why don't you just listen to this WONDERFUL music, and stop bickering other people.

[GeneralHobog]

Ill grant you that the music is indeed wonderful. However, when you said "they are messengers of God and this music is gods message", that bugged me. Its not fair to the pianist or the composer to give credit for the music to something unrelated. If it were Beethoven's intention to represent "God's message", he wouldve named it as such.

[shileykay1]

@GeneralHobog I am very glad they spread God's word that way. Every talent comes from God, and nothing is created without Him. He is the only one who could have the power to make anything like the human body or the universe! Without Him we all would cease to exist. God made you, and you need to give the credit to Him.

[kieranhymas]

@shileykay1 Science and general reason/logic disagrees with you strongly.

[senorelroboto2]

@kieranhymas Science doesn't have any commentary on God. God is by definition supernatural and science only expands into the realm of that which is natural. There is no equation on God's existence or lack thereof. Any conjecture on God's existence based on science can only come from human interpretation and extrapolation on the subject in the same way that a religious person extrapolates the nature of God from their experiences and teachings.

Back on topic, this is a fantastic piece.

[kieranhymas]

@senorelroboto2 Depends on what god you are speaking about .. But yes - science does in fact have a lot to say about god. Especially in the realms of Psychology, but not restricted to that field indefinitely. Google "Religion Scientific Case Study" and I guarantee you will be overwhelmed on what science has to say about religion. God is *not* by definition supernatural in all respects by the way.

[beardbreath]

@GeneralHobog Music (like all forms of art) is, when used for it's highest purpose, a language. Even when the composer did not intend to communicate, it is in the nature of music to communicate. And just like any other language, someone can say one thing, and it might mean something else to someone else. This music communicates to me in many ways, and probably several ways not intended by Beethoven, but that does not mean that the message I get from this music is somehow void or irrelevant.

[HOLYSTANG91]

@GeneralHobog

"God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I walk fearlessly with him." - Beethovan.

[pianorama22]

@HOLYSTANG91

That is a beatiful quote for sure. But that doesn't make that his music is THE message of god. It's a gift from him, that's for sure ^^.

[CaramelMarshmallow]

@pianorama22 Please don't drag religious bullshit into a video of a guy playing a piano.

[pianorama22]

@CaramelMarshmallow That was exactly what I was trying to say to the people discussing about it, saying it the message of God....

[niteman555]

@HOLYSTANG91 cool, is he like some modern Beethoven wannabe?

[dafunkmonster]

@GeneralHobog Music is a gift from God.

[1mariamariamaria]

@GeneralHobog You are perceiving the idea of "God" in a very conventional way. What someone is attempting to say is that enormous achievement in the arts attains the level of the "miraculous" -- it transcends the capacity that we generally attach to "mere mortal greatness." I refer to examples at the level of Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Verdi (in music). Work that gives such joy to so many may fairly be said to be "divinely inspired" -- whether one believes in the Divine in a literal sense or not

[ProverbsandPrisons]

I disagree with what you say, but i defend to the death your right to say it.

PS: I gave your comment a Thumbs-down and marked it as spam.

[gorgalsi]

thank you

[rachelyuchen]

wow!! This is really good!!!

[starwarz87]

this guy is world class

[GeneralHobog]

Glad to see you enjoy this pianist. I dont think thats the message the composer nor the pianist were trying to convey though...

[ProverbsandPrisons]

i closed my eyes and it told me the secret of the universe:

....Youuuuuu arrrreeeee a tooooooool...

[lazawrcat666]

this is actually very good, very accurate, however, no one beats kempff (in my opinion)

[zongorista93]

Becouse I like(and play) this sonata, and this interpretation is wrong.I think the tempo is very slow. I heared this sonata better then.And if you like Beethoven and the Tempest, you know how to play this.Not so.

[kdubey2006]

I'm sitting here with the "Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics" reviewing this guys performance and he's been spot on. Almost a little too perfect. He does everything exactly to the music. And everyone is taught differently; your interpretation is also different dependent on your mood, how your day is going.

[zongorista93]

Do you know?

[musicwriter83]

Why doesn't anyone know how to play this movement????

[Hemitris]

how should it be played?

[lazawrcat666]

omg its music writer again, complaining how no body can play piano to his liking...i think this just says that you have a REALLY WEIRD interpretation of music...

[Hemitris]

were you talking to me? lol, cuz i was saying how i was practicing the piece and the way i play it doesn't sound good, not him lol

[GIOIS01]

wow!!! che bel suono e fraseggio!!! :)

Se sono riuscissi a suonare anch'io così!

[ThBaByGrAnD]

best performance I've seen so far! *____* awsome!!

[crapatitus]

wonderful

[Hemitris]

in the close-ups it looks like he's chewing gum, or counting?

[crapatitus]

its hard to say for sure, but i seriously doubt chewing gum. its more like it that hes kinda humming or just "mouthing" the music, kinda as an involuntary reaction from playing and being so into the music.

[Hemitris]

hehe, nevermind, i started learning this song and you really need to count on the triplets. noone mouths the music XD

[crapatitus]

haha those fuckin triplets ;). i know what you mean man, ive recently played this piece. if you want, you can look on likeafoxow's account (thats my other account). ive got a couple of other pieces that you can check out too.

[Hemitris]

still working on this song, it's like the more music i hear from proffessionals, the more i feel like im playing like crap

[crapatitus]

thats when you know youre improving ;)

honestly, you force yourself to kinda get used to that perfect ideal sound, and youll go to almost any extreme to imitate or learn it. keep at it man!

[GeneralHobog]

I have that same problem. lol

[jmcthemax]

best performance of the 1st movement i've seen so far!! great job :]

[davidweiner23]

Fantastic! And really professional performance cinematography as well.

[Legomyegoorj]

I agree with you, He's very professional.

(p.s. He happens to be my teacher, and I finally found him on Youtube!)

[Hemitris]

where does he teach? does he have a website?

[Legomyegoorj]

I don't know if he has a website but he's the co-Chairman of the Colburn School in downtown L.A. He's the best they've got. (I'm not bragging, the other Chairman told us that he's the best teacher there.)