Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata op.2, No.1. (1st M-Competition)

[@pianosyllabus9421]

1. Allegro 0:00 2. Adagio 4:00 3. Minuetto 8:42 4. Prestissimo 12:12

[@JerryEboy69]

This is the clearest recording I've heard. I'm using this as a reference for competition - that means you have one of the best recordings

[@Clarisa-j7w]

I'm also using this as a reference for competition!

[@JerryEboy69]

@@Clarisa-j7w it’s a great competition winning recording

[@michelponcet5810]

I agree totaly

[@michaelsmith697]

Perfect interpretation! Pure Beethoven. As I would play it. I’m still learning this one. You inspire me to continue with it. Well done indeed! Bravo!

[@nataljagolomb5960]

У Андрея всё прекрасно - и внешность , и душа , и руки . А , особенно , проникновенность в каждом нажатии клавиши . Хочется тут же открыть ноты и снова погрузиться в мир великого Бетховена .

[@NerfRangetestsmore]

13:42 what amazing left hand!

[@meszarosmate4257]

best tempo ever!! for the whole sonata :)

[@hellenye6940]

Wow😂! So beautiful❤! 20 out of 10 points!✅

[@stefy661]

Beautiful clarity. You have found a balanced compromise between personal interpretation, respect for the "classical" sound and rigour to convey the architectural complexity of the original score.

[@maxwellspiano3580]

How is your English so good? Good saying or wut ever.

[@geraldreinders7975]

Thank you for your honest work and bring out the most almost detail and expression on this sonata! Bravo!! Esther

[@AndreiAndreev]

Thank you! :)

[@zomb7138]

That was clean as hell

[@nataljagolomb5960]

На свете много прекрасных пианистов . Но мало кто умеет разговаривать руками . Такое сочетание нежности и силы , обаяния и естественности в манере игры просто завораживает и отвлекает от насущных проблем . Наверное , это и есть искра божия . Спасибо за счастье слушать Вас . Берегите себя и свой дар .

[@AndreiAndreev]

Благодарю 🙏

[@trimatch-king6103]

very beautiful and musical Andrei!! Congrats!!!!!

[@AndreiAndreev]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@JamesIdentity]

Beautiful technique. A true Russian.

[@ninaborodin9051]

About to tackle the first movement and I love the way you play this. Definitely will be using this for reference :)

[@AndreiAndreev]

Thanks ;)

[@h_curly6384]

@@AndreiAndreev what grade is the first movement?

[@atnatiyosneway1268]

Its too strange the fact that Time really flies a lot, its been around 6 months since i graduated from Ethiopia, Jimma University Music School and Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op.2 no.1 First MVT'/Allegro was my final jury exam at that time i watched this video like a 100x and can't help but astonished by your way of playing and techniques and i said to my self woahh this dude is freaking cool😃...you know what i even watched the greatest D.Barenboim's version but still this one rocks. So i just want tell you that you're a wonderful and charismatic pianist. Last but not least praise to God i successfully performed my jury and now i am officially a Music Teacher in there🙏

[@AndreiAndreev]

First of all congratulations on your degree! Second, thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it. Third, indeed all the glory is to God. Good luck in everything! 🙌🏻👍🏻

[@atnatiyosneway1268]

@@AndreiAndreev :-) it means a lot Virtuoso....you become my idol now next to Alexander Malofeev💜, thank you so much My friend🙏

[@艾爾莎光貓蟲]

I WATCHED THIS OVER 40 TIMES ITS BEAUTIFUL

[@fashionwardrobe8693]

It’s not this is trash playing

[@giovanni1946]

Beautiful ! Studying the first movement currently

[@AndreiAndreev]

👍🏻🙌🏻

[@theophile3035]

That Finale was fiery! Plus you kept the intensity during the development, while most of the performers play this part with lot of calm and tranquility, that was quite unexcepted (and good).

[@ethanli2313]

Théophile you mean unexpected?

[@j.rohmann3199]

I am currently Learning the first movement. After I have seen your playing I cried. Such a beautiful technique! And your interpretation... so perfect. The clarity of the notes is also beautiful. You now have a big fan ♡

[@AndreiAndreev]

Thank you :)

[@wobblyorbee279]

@@AndreiAndreev 3:33 pls how can you keep the left hand sound even and not muddy and can emphasize that bottom pinky note 3:36 HOW CAN YOU PLAY IT SO LOUD ON THE LEFT HAND? when i tried to do it my pinky always miss the black notes because of arm movement

[@pianolessonsboulder1894]

An excellent performance! Love your accents, phrasing, tempi - everything is just as it should be. A beautiful interpretation of this earliest of gems by Beethoven. Thank you.

[@AndreiAndreev]

Piano lessons, Boulder thank you! :)

[@jackdullboy8723]

12:12 Prestissimo

[@bakuto.1055]

Thanks

[@honey_maple9177]

4:04

[@NerfRangetestsmore]

You play excellent! Thank you!

[@asgheirdraghoon858]

Magnificient interpretation ! Precisely exécutate, absolutely incredible... Don't stop to play this sonata, you have achieve à great job six years ago ! Thank you Andreev !

[@jcr_oneworld1813]

A FANTASTIC performance, definitely will use this video as Ref. for my upcoming piano exam, you have a very unique understanding of this piece of music, and btw, gonna say this is a professional performance to me. Thanks for this performance.

[@TheValeeriaa]

I love your Beethoven❤!

[@AndreiAndreev]

+Música y Arte thank you! :)

[@홍련김-h7v]

Oh ~~very good wonderful♡♡ I like them☆☆

[@AndreiAndreev]

홍련김 👌🏼💛☺️

[@СадоваЕлена-ф8м]

Слышите то, что другие исполнители пропускают мимо ушей. Великолепно! Слушала несколько раз.

[@konradvp8113]

i love your interpretation!!!

[@pokohoko9575]

Thank god. I listened to another recording of this piece and it was impossibly fast 😭

[@Ainzleeriddell]

That prestissimo is still pretty impossibly fast! 😺

[@ducks5377]

i think ik which recording i also listened to it it's wayyy too fast 😭

[@Calisthincenjoyer]

​@@ducks5377what recording?

[@ua6523]

You Sir, now have a devout subscriber. Your performance is sensible. No grandiose BS. Just music with great camera angles. Honestly I think this is one of the few interpretations I've come across that's filled with simplicity and common sense that I find lost in all that pointless fluff that other contemporary pianists employ. Trust me the eye roll is real! Thank you for music. May I have your permission to use your video as reference only should I need it at anytime?

[@AndreiAndreev]

Usha Aron, thank you! :) sure :)

[@obviouslyirene8888]

I agree with you, but I don’t think you should criticize contemporary pianists’ styles. It’s ok to not understand or not like their styles, but you shouldn’t say that it’s pointless.

[@fashionwardrobe8693]

I agree

[@fashionwardrobe8693]

With ua

[@leandrodepaivacarneiro1647]

Great performance! Congratulations! 👏👏👏🎶🎹✨

[@bosendorferboy]

Excellent! Enjoyed immensely.

[@wobblyorbee279]

2:40 2:41 Can I please know your fingering for the trills I have a competition and I'm really struggling with this Pls I am really really thankful if you can share it with me

[@Ainzleeriddell]

If you slow to 25% can you see the fingering?

[@e.d.1642]

How did you do it ? I struggle as well. Slowing the video here I see he's dropping the first note to only play 4 instead of 5, and starting with the fourth finger

[@aussiegamerstyle3639]

Well Done!!! I'm playing the first movement for an exam at the end of this year. I don't know about you, but I always find that middle part at 2:29 so hard :o

[@AndreiAndreev]

AussieGamer Style thanks! Yes, it's hard! :)

[@romanmihalic3496]

AussieGamer Style did you pass the exam

[@jonasmode9826]

i hab a bit trouble with it too... but its so fun to play in the end

[@elizaneja]

Yeah, that's one of the hardest parts in the first movement

[@lilyann6622]

I'm playing first movement for my grade 8 too

[@XiePlusEn0810]

Bravo , love it !

[@bakuto.1055]

Your playing is just beautiful. Clear as hell, beautiful touch and exquisite interpertation. Amazing tehnique. I guess this piece is a bit too easy for you.(of course, only in tehnical aspects beacuse every piece has its interpertation challenges.

[@maxwellspiano3580]

You forgot the last parentheses for the last sentence in your writing. Also you have good english.

[@moritzmuller4700]

Beautiful

[@AntonelloWAM]

... you can tell it was dedicated to Haydn...

[@clearoil1837]

How can you tell?

[@AntonelloWAM]

@@clearoil1837 first of all the first 3 Beethoven Sonatas are dedicated to Haydn by Ludwig himself ..... also beside the Sonata forma the patterns of the Exposition do sounds like few Haydn sonatas .. like the the one in B Minor XVI - 32 Allegro Moderato ... all other sonatas from 4th onward they become truly Beethovenian ... in style and passion ...

[@clearoil1837]

@@AntonelloWAM interesting

[@feliperodrigues554]

The best interpretation

[@yanmusic3156]

Красиво! Я пока так еще не могу

[@edwardgeorge4881]

💐A very enjoyable performance: It's always wonderful to appreciatively listen, as the next generation of interpreters perform through fresh eyes and ears - offering-up for us a magical new insight into the timelessness of Beethoven!s music. 🇦🇺

[@მარინაშაიშმელაშვილი-ჟ4ჟ]

fantastic,thanks

[@АннаАндриянова-в7ы]

Моя любимая соната Андрей, спасибо Вам огромное =)

[@AndreiAndreev]

+Анна Андриянова не за что! :)

[@marcomauriciosouzasantosem2636]

Well done!

[@guillermosuarezhernandez6605]

Спасибо за видео

[@AndreiAndreev]

Алексей Иванов, всегда рад :)

[@rhayancardoso8844]

Very good! parabéns linda interpretação, estou estudando essa obra , vendo vc tocar aprendi muitas coisas interessantes que antes não tinha me atentado em como fazer. Valeu

[@julionavarro8363]

Con esa sensibilidad y sentimiento, difícil será superar tales interpretaciones. Felicidades.

[@cristinamaiapm]

Cool

[@buepichi]

Sublime. Maravillosa interpretación.

[@danieldesa6901]

No words to describe!

[@JamesIdentity]

Serious question: How does your technique get so good? Do you just repeat the same tiny section 100 times? Or do you practice scales? Or just practice 8hours a day? What is the secret? How do I as an amateur get closer to where you are?

[@AndreiAndreev]

Practice short but smart.

[@maxwellspiano3580]

Andrei Andreev how long do you practice a day?

[@AndreiAndreev]

30 min :)

[@kvzhdist]

@@AndreiAndreev am i a joke to you

[@JustinLiu-pt7nl]

Andrei Andreev what...

[@СашаСашин-ъ8я]

great!!

[@jjwalsh216]

I'm have some trouble with the rhythm at the part marked con espressione. It starts with the grace note going to D and B, any tips please.

[@jjwalsh216]

By the way great performance.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Jonathan Walsh Listen to a few performances by some of the top pianists; it’s what the top pianists do!

[@dothuha5885]

Play very well !

[@henkvandiessen9743]

Met gevoel gespeeld. Bravo!

[@AndreiAndreev]

dank u

[@Ayan_Alara_Güç]

🎉🎉😊

[@SirWatan]

OMG I REMEMBER THIS WHEN I WAS A KID I USED TO HEAR THIS ALL DAY

[@opticalmixing23]

4th movt ouch, pour ice water over my hands

[@kvzhdist]

i came here to see how he plays the 4th mvt, im playing for the festival

[@musicproducer2428]

Hi Andrei, this is a really great performance. I know you have no reason to answer this but I’m trying so hard to learn “Allegro” and I can’t figure out how to play those fast quadruplets (or a triplet and a crotchet) at the start of the piece. I can play almost the entire piece but I don’t know how to play those four notes in such a short time, I know you have a special technique for it. If you could share the way you move your hands to play it, I would appreciate it so much.

[@AndreiAndreev]

Music Producer I don't really know how to ans this question. Probably start slowly and then go faster and faster. I mean the practicing.

[@musicproducer2428]

Andrei Andreev Ok, keep practising it over and over. Thank you.

[@brysoncheng7574]

A solution is to play the L.H. sixteenth-triplets with the right hand instead. It’s what I did and it works pretty well

[@bennywang5752]

Don't rush through the triplets; take your time

[@poopyproman1938]

Wow! Amazing playing and the pedaling is beautiful. I’m wondering what is your sequencing for the pedal?

[@AndreiAndreev]

Just intuition;)

[@muripu206]

I’m playing this for a video audition(bc of corona) and I’m using this video as a recording to practice. It’s due in two days and I stupidly cut my nails WAY too short so now it HURTS to play piano, but whatever it’s not like I get into these auditions anyway😂 but anyway just wanted to say thank you for the great recording!!

[@Giocucaio90]

Complimenti! Splendida esecuzione!

[@declanmurphy7529]

amazing.

[@イリイリ-n2e]

This is beautiful performance. What is the grade of this piece?

[@pianini704]

I like this tempo,I like this interpretation

[@DanielArmentano]

wow incríble esta interpretación. Me gusta mucho mas que la de Baremboim y otros grandes. Excelente trabajo!

[@JoseOrtiz-df7oq]

Beautiful performance

[@八重子山西]

ベートーベンの曲を初めて試験曲に 選らんだ結果が高得点で前任のピアノの先生と一緒に喜んだと聞いた曲がこの曲

[@Butterfly_Hua_Cheng]

Ооох, сейчас вижу пример как мне нужно играть на экзамене 😢😅

[@fashionwardrobe8693]

Hi

[@youtubecommenter3701]

Why is the dynamic range so small?

[@AndreiAndreev]

KZbin Commenter because piano is so big 😄

[@최지원-b5b4x]

good!

[@AndreiAndreev]

+미니오렌지 thanks!

[@leon8113]

Sehr schön gespielt. Wirklich schöne Dynamik.

[@andrejstepanov2203]

Андрюша молодец! все фразы ясные и звук чистый как ручей! Успехов тебе на этом Конкурсе! Могу спросит сколько тебе лет и если ты ещё учися в какой то консерватории? :-)

[@AndreiAndreev]

+Andrej Stepanov спасибо! :) я окончил саратовскую консерваторию, сейчас орегонский универ заканчиваю :)

[@andrejstepanov2203]

Andrei Andreev да Андрей здорово! я посмотрел твой интервью "моцарт и я" и узнал больше о тебе ;-) я сейчас тоже учусь в универе в Германии и я считаю что это тоже не как в консерватории, но можно многому важному и полезно му научиться! у меня с детство были пристовления что я немогу достичь хороший уровень в фортепиане, потому что не мог пользоваться паматью и очень долго учил наизусть... но в универе я столкнулся с книжками про как правильно ползоватся паматью и произошла перемена и новая надежда и мотивация! я очень счастлив об этом! будет нужда, очень рекомендую почитать, Андрюш! А так самое главное желаю тебе найти хорошую работу и крепкого здоровья! :-)

[@AndreiAndreev]

Большое спасибо! И тебе! :)

[@maxwellspiano3580]

The thing I wonder is how do you make your fingers jump so high and still get the notes. Doesn’t it hurt?

[@AndreiAndreev]

Maxwell’s Piano doesn’t ;)

[@kvzhdist]

13:12 start of song if you looking to exclude repeats

[@Garensonic]

These are excellent performances but why are the development sections not repeated on the 1st and 4th movement (I would have only repeated the 1st movement development section myself and not the 4th movement development section)?

[@ЕленаКраса-п8щ]

Браво великой русской фортепианной школе!

[@Mythansar]

HUGE respect there! Keep it up! Awesome! 🙂

[@Tattookronos64]

este joven me recuerda a un compañero pianista en la escuela de música, muy buena interpretación 👌👌

[@Garensonic]

Why are the development sections not repeated in the first and fourth movement? I am thinking about learning this sonata and thought they needed to be repeated. Although personally I would only repeat the first movement development and not the fourth movement development

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Garen Loshkajian It is a good point; Beethoven (Mozart and Haydn too) was absolutely clear about da capo (repeat) markings; they are directions, not optional suggestions. There are far too many pianists today taking unwarranted liberties with these markings which are as important as directions regarding speed or mood or anything else; failing to play the repeats unbalances both a movement, and thus the work as a whole - it is an indefensible practice.

[@galuxistar1615]

Why did I even pick the first song for my exam now I’m definitely gonna fail edit: ayye I actually passed :D

[@elenirum2020]

Imagine if you had picked the 4th

[@elenirum2020]

I have the same peace as you for my exam in June

[@elenirum2020]

piece

[@rymbenayed2347]

Guys am rekt i picked the whole Sonate

[@elenirum2020]

@@rymbenayed2347 I may play it in the year, I am slow learner I guess. this is my first Beethoven.

[@dorindaguinn]

Hi! Great performance! I'm 14 and I'm learning the 1st movement of this Sonata. I'm preparing to play in a contest, and I was wondering when I should pedal. How do you figure that out? Thanks! =)

[@AndreiAndreev]

+Tony and Dorinda Guinn it should help you to have long fraise but not to make dirty sound.

[@NgọcMinhNguyễn-g8u]

What da fu* Chill quá

[@q.s.4349]

Do you have a music sheet?

[@maxwellspiano3580]

Yes

[@Alinawiese]

Genial.

[@ILoveMagic15]

Lovely interpretation! Are you doing this professionally?

[@AndreiAndreev]

+ilovemypiano thank you! Yes, I am.

[@cristinamaiapm]

Andrei Andreev are u from satan?

[@mistermozartx9414]

Can someone Rank the Difficulty of the the fourth movement please?

[@tahmemedy1059]

It’s level 8

[@maxwellspiano3580]

It's probably a 4/10

[@mistermozartx9414]

Maxwell’s Piano naah 6/10

[@maxwellspiano3580]

Mister Mozart X idk :)

[@elyescat3518]

Just wondering How long will it take me to learn this sonate for an average piano player. by average i mean level 7.

[@jialunluo769]

It is not hard to learn the notes. Judging from the ABRSM pieces, I think level 7 might be under-prepared for the last movement. The difficulties, as I am practicing this, are as follows: the delicate control over dynamics and fluency in the second movement is hard to achieve; the speed at which the last movement "sounds good" (meaning in my ears XD) might be hard to achieve.

[@PedroHenrique-kj3nw]

bravissimo e bello

[@bautistap8515]

This is considered one of the easiest Beethoven sonatas right? My teacher suggested this but seems quite difficult for my level, though it might be easier than it looks

[@Ainzleeriddell]

Yes, not among the hardest.

[@opticalmixing23]

Check out my levels of piano playlist for those of you wanting to improve. There are three on my channel from easy to hard. I designed these to help the player gradually feel more confident going into some of the harder works

[@susannasurenovna2103]

Мне нравится

[@TCSPs-j18]

I'm now learning this song and I am 10🤣

[@AndreiAndreev]

Good luck 😉

[@wada-wada]

oh I thought you are shirtless in your profile picture and I clicked on it... you're not I'm disappointed :p

[@maxwellspiano3580]

Lol same!

[@x-tremegaming6260]

Me too!

[@fashionwardrobe8693]

Ik right

[@andersonjane4836]

can I have a list of some music sheet in this Sonata op.2, No.1. (1st M-Competition) ?

[@kevinoleary9361]

14:14

[@larryprimeau7738]

almost on the same level as Perahia's which means A.

[@Kabirova_di]

Well come on! Это произведение может исполняться в примерно пятом классе в музыкалке способным учеником. От исполнителей вашего уровня хотелось бы слышать более сложные и эмоциональные вещи.

[@AndreiAndreev]

Пройдитесь по каналу и найдете :) А играть это можно и в первом классе "музыкалки" :)

[@Kabirova_di]

Это где же вы видели такого первоклассника? Удивлена, удивлена xD

[@AndreiAndreev]

+Diane Kabirova сам играл в первом классе

[@Anton_Demidov]

А ничего так, что Рихтер не гнушался ее исполнять в Большом зале Консерватории? Или Боренбойм в своих концертах?

[@AndreiAndreev]

Антон Демидов, вот именно! Не важно что, важно как! :)

[@shark-vxanzs6223]

Digga! Wir sollen eigenen Text zu 00:14 bis 00:25 und 00:39 bis 00:52 machen How 😅😅💍

[@luwana3715]

Wir auch

[@luwana3715]

😂🤣

[@luwana3715]

Sag mal Lösung

[@shark-vxanzs6223]

@@luwana3715 keine Ahnung hab’s immer noch ned bist du bei Sylt xD haha