Beethoven Tempest Sonata Op.31

[JCulver1989]

Very nice

[IBLawrence]

that string of hair must be really annoying

[GabonViper1981]

This is one of the greatest and most beautifull music Beethoven ever wrote. I has so much emotion to it, so many moods i one single pice. And this performance is great! Just being able to play this, and do it so well.... That's really a prevelige!

[soniakatherinep]

Que coisa maravilhosa, amei tudo: A composição, a interpretação, tudo!

[RecycledAmerica]

Beethoven is possibly the most emotional composer of all time.

[Msafterforever]

perfect

[sorayuki09]

i love his version

[musicxg]

He is my great teacher, Mr. Ory Shihor. 

[mugwump59]

truly amazing pianism - it's almost like he's inside beethoven's head.........

[Ksella]

Actually I think the Glenn Gould performance is better. I can feel it. I don't know.

[J4thearts]

I really like the way it is played here

[A8opi]

this one is certanly the best movement of the whole sonata !

[leccate]

P E R F E C T

[JacobRudduck]

I like his hair - it's like a little polished walnut sitting on top of his head...

[DJponkthispartay]

@JacobRudduck im allergic to wallnuts 

[JacobRudduck]

@DJponkthispartay Yeah, I "know" that I'm not, but I'm ALWAYS worried about eating nuts just in case I really AM allergic. I don't like nuts anyway, they taste - wait, what the Hell we talking about? Back to Beethoven... :p

[DJponkthispartay]

@JacobRudduck LOL

beethoven's head looks like a salt and pepper shaker gone wrong

[hellojacobhitch4545]

delicious

[themightymightyone]

My son just got assigned this piece. He is thrilled.

[co0lface]

One of my favourite Version of this sonata. Because he plays realy after the notes and not too free. If you know what i mean^^

[prasilde]

beethoven RULES

[ddeawotwi]

Excellent performance. People, listen to Chopin's ballades (all four of them or at least 1 and 3).

[ziggyfromparis]

dammmmm i'm still and still listening to it.... i'm wondering....... maybe, this is the most beautiful piece of art of all time.....

[Tony765]

@ziggyfromparis Try listening chopins brillante polonaise, but i think this is SONATA best I have ever heard. Brillante POLONAISE is better. Both are masterpieces.

[ziggyfromparis]

In art books, they say that Beethoven is the first romantic in music.... couldn't agree more.

[ziggyfromparis]

again and again..... i keep listening it for hours...... god, this is one the most beautiful thing i've heard in my life. Beethoven is hell of a genius. and this interpreation is magic. incredible music. emotions at the highest point.

[hippitybippitybop]

@ziggyfromparis You can thank the "Creator" of Beethoven every time you listen to this great music. Beethoven wrote it so that the voice of the "Almighty" could be heard clearly by the human race!!!!!!!!!

[ziggyfromparis]

j'écoute en boucle ce morceau.... impossible de s'en lasser. c'est juste sublime, ça me décroche le coeur, avec la Sonate au Clair de Lune, c'est le plus beau morceau de Beethoven. J'ai rarement entendu une pièce de piano aussi émouvante. l'interpretation est vraiment magistrale. 20/20. au dela du chef d'oeuvre. Beethoven est le plus grand de tous les temps avec Mozart. Les autres sont loin derrière.

[xxxxxxNIRVANAxxxxxx]

completely inspired

BEETHOVEN is god

[MrDiesel5000]

im embarrassed to say i'v recently turned 20 and have only just found the wonder of classical music

was wonderin if you guys new any other pieces of work similiar to this?

[alonso264]

try to listen the "apassionata" the concerto fo piano and orchesta no 23 of mozart is also good

and do not be embarassed, the people mainly dont listen classical because of prejudice and because they have never gived the chance to listen instead they just say is boring but im sure if every body just sit down and listen carefully the would love it.

anyway feel proud because you dare to listen and lets hope others do the same. greetings!

[VioletKIng69]

@MrDiesel5000 ive just turned 20 but on the other hand classical music has been my life. I played this movement 3 years ago and i must say it is like one of the really good books that you can read over and over and see it from a very different angle. Beethoven was and IS still a genius. Welcome to the classical junkie club lol

[redrothko]

20 is young, you could say you are happy you found it so early in life -)

if you like this, you might want to hear the rest of the beethoven sonatas. (you might want to continue chronologically. i always found it easier to get into middle and late beethoven vs. early beethoven. the tempest belongs roughly to the beginning of the middle.)

[beethoven2351]

@MrDiesel5000 Try the other Beethoven sonatas with names ("Appassionata", "Pathetique", "Pastoral", "Les Adieux", "Hammerklavier", "Moonlight") - like the Tempest, they got named for a reason. Then listen to Chopin's Ballades and Scherzos. Actually, most of Chopin's works are wonderful. I think it's safe to say that Chopin was inspired by Beethoven...

[kiitoob]

he has great feeling of the sonata...

great interpretation.

[Tdgonline]

Can't see the name of the pianist anywhere. Wonder if you know?

[kiitoob]

Ory Shihor

[Arthinol]

I think you can start at almost any time to play an instrument and become a good player. Of course it´s a little easier if you are talanted in musik, but 90% is about practising and heaving fun with what you do.

[sniejka]

super foxy.

[timspot5000]

Had I been there, I would of ran up behind him with a pair of siccors and cut that dangling thick strand of hair that madly bounces all over the place while he plays.

[pookiehohn]

For me it's the thumping of the petal the ruins it for me.

[freeqwerqwer]

This my first time I'd heard this sonata by Beethoven but it seems the composition itself lacks new ideas and is a rehash of some of his earlier sonatas. As to the piano playing, it seems acceptable, if not somewhat boring.

[poozzoop4]

i really dissagree this piece is so full of emotion and represents a great use of a sonata. maybe it is a rehash of some of his earlier sonatas but looking at this work alone without comparison it is one of my favorites

[ziggyfromparis]

my god, you're so full of shit freezzoop4. "boring"????!!!!!! wooooo....... maybe you should then listen to some Britney Spears or Robbie Williams if you get bored by Beethoven

[TheLovelyPiano]

ziggy, C'EST VRAI!!!

This guy is FABULOUS!

Handsome too. lol

[goldtogreysmoke]

i disagree on both accounts; this is one of Beethoven's most moving works, and a skillful interpretation

[mochachoca216]

who is this pianist???

[robertgift]

Too slow.

Maybe being careful and conservative in recital.

Still wonderful but I want to go to my piano and play it faster.

But I'll hurt myself if I do.

Must find and listen to Glenn Gould.

[MikeTheBigBadWolf7]

How can you let "Hurting" yourself get in the way with getting better?

[robertgift]

Yes, you can start at 17.

Find a good teacher and don't rush anything.

Do Hanon finger exercises with a metronome each time set at a slightly differentempo and never too fast.

Attempting this without being ready and  warmed up and limber can reinforce playing without relaxed wrists - which I often do.

[petie32]

This is the definitive performance of this. Not so fast as to lose the basso echos, or the stacattos; and the interior carrying of the main themes are just masterful. Pedal is absolutely masterful.

Just the best I've ever heard. That includes Richter, Gould, Serkins, Kempfs, everybody.

[freeqwerqwer]

I just heard Kempfs performance of this piece onYouTube. If you can't see the world of difference Kempfs displays then you certainly don't understand music. After hearing Kempfs one clearly sees the immaturity and lack of depth of this pianist.

[weiri]

this song took me about 2 months with about 90 minutes of practice a day. I did not play it as well as this guy, however. The first movement took me an entire summer to play, averaging like 15 mistakes, hehe. I appreciate the style of this pianist and his interpretation. Very nice video!

[Alex6092b]

I think it's David Fray.

[gijondani]

Es una obra maravillosa y una interpretación excelente pero ¿ cómo se llama el pianista? What's the pianist name?

[komotini1990]

amazing this 3rd part of this sonata....

Beethoven is the top

[Irelandlass7789]

I like his angry Beethoven fist at 0:23. :) a very beautiful interpretation with very warm, full sound. nice!

[meisterval]

How long might this take to learn? I am interested in playing it (or a comparable sonata movement).

[Irelandlass7789]

a couple of days will do it to get the notes down. It will take longer to understand the work and put your mark on it. I say it would take about a month to have it prepared for a recital.

[kleinerpogo]

in my opinion playing like this cannot be learned in a few days it takes years

[gijondani]

Obviously, this is Beethoven...

[MikeTheBigBadWolf7]

Do you have to start as a kid to play like this? Is it theoretically possible to play like this when starting as a teenager? 17 to be precise?

[Adamalgorithm]

@MikeTheBigBadWolf7 Wagner started music training at 19 I think

[Alex6092b]

I think that it take one or two mouths with 2 hours work / day

[ren2005ren]

so far he is the best interpreter of this marvelous piece!!!!

- I can feel the passion and power of this feel by seeing him playing this piece!!

[pateticapianist]

I also live in Australia, and being an approx. grade 5/6 player I'd probably rate this grade 7 or 8 hahaha

I've tried playing the first few bars and even that's really hard (for me :P)

[lolzyourgay]

It's actually AMUSA or LMUSA. (one or two grades about grade 8, the performace diploma exams).

That's the whole sonata though...I'm learning it for those at the moment! :D

[pateticapianist]

Woah. Not surprised :P I post on almost every piano video I watch, 'I hope to someday play like this...' hahahahah

May I ask how many years you have been playing?

[qwertyasdyaln]

i live in australia there is only 8 grades so what would that be here.

[pateticapianist]

oh how i hate trying to play octaves :P

[golovko13]

Fabulous!!!

you got talent

[fystasjoppheng]

Its very good, but its a little bit too fast for the allegretto Beethoven asking for imo.

[sauternety36]

i like this version

it is beethoven- but not too dramatic and overwhelming. all the accents are the right weight. sounds appealing and not too scary

[brkyist]

good,but i think this is the tempest a little bit slow...

[xxh3llfir3xx]

are you comparing it to Glenn Gould's version? lol

[brkyist]

yes ofcourse Gould was play very fast like the tempest but altough its very fast you can feel music actually.because he was fucking great pianist.i dont think Gould is very good beethoven player but however that one is amazing.

[many37]

Very beautifull. I think he is measuring the rests in the song with is left hand. Thats a really good idea though :)

[qwertyasdyaln]

What grade is this song at? It's amazing i'd love to learn it.

[xxh3llfir3xx]

it's a lvl 10 song to advanced

[golovko13]

Fabulous!!!

[chinesep1mp]

it's really good, his left hand hahahah

[exigentrevolution]

Man I love it

[PrecyBell]

Lindíssimo!

[Xcelerate2]

I really like this version.

[arduderjnn]

@ Legomyegoorj

Thanks again for posting videos of my student!

:P

[tigrushina]

It is rather inappropriate to compare this interpretation to Kempff's.

[Konnidor]

Brilliant. Powerful and fluid. The best interpretation of this piece that I have yet to hear. I especially loved the intensity and clarity of the deeper notes.

[Danster185]

In fact, I find this version even better than Kempf's

[bfeyalcin]

@Danster185 Kempff not Kempf

[RobertJV24]

Great perfromance!!

[Ricky17Y]

very nice performance

[Admster]

Very good vid and well played. Bravo!

[ThBaByGrAnD]

you've got a unique touch it is really true! ^^ <3 love it!

[careyeOhkey]

BRAVISSIMO! Very NICE! With a VERY UNIQUE TOUCH! I've not heard the likes of Beethoven since Wilhelm Kempff, and Alfred Brendel. May people stop being mediocre with The Classical Masters! I say; do what you will with all the rest of the music out there, EXCEPT CLASSICAL MUSIC! It MUST MATCH the COMPOSER or DON'T EVEN THINK of posting it, if it doesn't. Because I don't want to hear it, and niether do the other professionally trained pianists. Thanks for loving Beethoven enough; to PLAY BEETHOVEN!

[Legomyegoorj]

Thanks again for posting videos of my teacher!

[tomlwl]

Excellent!

[suhaATTA]

Awesome... I... adore this music