Cambry plays Tempest Sonata 1st mvmt

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On my first take, I try to record the 1st mvmt of the Tempest Sonata at Roosevelt University because I was running out of time, I had Ganz Hall reserved for two hours to record 10 pieces. This is an improvement over my other Beethoven pieces by far, more Beethoven coming soon!

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[ConcertPianist]

How dare you not play this piece correctly; total disgrace to the genius of Beethoven. The cross-hand method written in the orignal score was to instill the sense of the rolling waves. You do not have this here. Beethoven meant it when he wrote that the hands should cross. Honor that!

[PianoPlaya123]

lol shutup douche, what kind of kid signs up for youtube looking for the name "concertpianist"

[MJGriftz]

your style is very modern: moderate in everything. It's the way the winds blow these days. I have a feeling you will be one of the most well-known pianists of the 21st century.

(obviously some of these people have never heard of Andre Watts)

[PianoPlaya123]

Thanks for your comments MJGriftz, being one of the most well-known pianists of the 21st century is a bit out of reach though haha being a concert pianist requires that and that only to be your life forever, at this stage I am not sure what improvement i'll see or what will happen in the future, all I can do is my best and go from there, for now I just love doing this for fun :)

[Tashmere]

You are going to do Rachmanioff's second? Oh I can't wait to see it!! Is the college orchestra going to play with you? That would be so cool.

[PianoPlaya123]

Yes Tashmere :) i'm going to do Rachmaninoff's second, however it will be accompanied on second piano for now so that I can submit it to a concerto competition where hopefully i'll get the chance to play with an orchestra

[RicbA91]

i love this sonata!!!! good job man!!! you should try to be a concert pianist you have the talent and the passion to do it

[dmparchitect]

Great performance again, and one of my favorate Beethoven pieces which I know very well because I can almost play myself. When the main theme is first introduced, I cross my left hand over my right, which poses some problems but it's the best I can do...

[a83692128]

i like your touch and your sound. however i believe you can have more dynamics and phrasing throughtout the piece. also the above comment about rolling waves is kind of unclear, but i do think u can have more phrasing and balance. Also you can try to be more connected in the beginning largo part, maybe try to play it alittle bit faster? because when you play too slow it feel a little bit disconnected

[TommyDai1]

im sorry i dont wanto to be offensive youre a very talented player but you are missing the gutsy quality of beethoven this is to soft.

[grimalover]

You are very good. I love your piano playing of Beethoven.

[supersmashermeta]

I think people should start auditioning for shows in areas, there are so many great pianist in the world that you see on the internet, but many of them arn't known world wide.

[pulvillus]

At some point time stops and I can hear eternity. This is simply brilliant.

[Likeafoxow]

i actually decided to just hold it down completely, while playing the right hand as softly as possible. it seemed to have worked well, thanks for the advice though!

[JJKjaer]

Have you tried using half of the pedal? That works better, I think. One must also remember that in Beethovens time, the effect of the pedal was much smaller than today.

[tedly10027]

teacher was right about the pedal throughout the recitativo lines...one pedal down through. the story goes that beethoven intended it to evoke the echoes remaining and mixing as if in a dungeon or big cavern..so it IS true to beethoven's spirit. he was , after all, BOLDER than we even think.

[Likeafoxow]

i understand that, and i have tried it that way since my professor likes for me to stay true to the written music. i personally am not a huge fan of it, just because it sounds a little messy. but i suppose his way is all right too. again, good job.