Beethoven “Moonlight Sonata” 3rd mov. Paul Barton, FEURICH piano

[@Rouhollah74]

It takes years of exercise and devotion to play with such precision and elegance. Hats off to you sir. Edit: I'm paying respect to Mr. Barton for his dedication. It is common sense that the longer you play, the more nuances you notice and apply to your performance. It took you a month to learn this? Good. But if you feel totally satisfied, you won't go any further.

[@sneakysnake3642]

Ikr. When I play this piece, my tempo literally goes places.

[@chenl8436]

It takes me whole year practice to catch up the speed, regards

[@luispascua5400]

See funnny part is I can literally read this all but can’t play it😂😂

[@K1llerqueen-]

@@luispascua5400 Story of my life.

[@loveispatient0808]

Sneaky Snake 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@kylebebout3157]

My music teachers always told me that if you played the right notes at the right time, you were 99% there. Such beautifully clean playing with a balance of emotion.

[@voskresenie-]

eh, that gets you about... 20% of the way there.

[@GetUsedToDiff3rent]

That's nice! Do you happen to know where to get the sheet music from the website link he put up? Thank you, and sorry to bother you! I just didn't know who else to ask 😅

[@saidtheactress]

As a non musician the thought that is always uppermost is "How is this possible?", both the composition and the performance.

[@jameschurch2441]

Mostly memorization, playing slowly and bringing the speed up is how most learn this piece. it is a very difficult sight read.

[@sunilsinha3333]

Just pure practice, practice, practice: For performance of this piece And for composing: Ask Mr.Beethoven, cause as we say, baap to baap hota hai

[@billylauwda9178]

To blow your mind even further, Beethoven has went deaf when he composed this, if i'm not mistaken.

[@murilocontedossantos1166]

@@jameschurch2441 sight reading this peace is might impossible tho

[@shellshockedbros4458]

@@murilocontedossantos1166 Its not if you're good enough. Its said that Franz Liszt sight read all of the Chopin Etudes perfectly the first time. So I assume its possible.

[@scottishfold9276]

I love watching your hands dancing on the keyboards 🎹

[@romeyjomey4539]

footballcoreano the part of the piano where the keys go is called the keyboard

[@scottishfold9276]

footballcoreano no shit sherlock😂

[@scottishfold9276]

100percent Successrate yes I would. And I wish he adopted me 😂

[@roderickclement2362]

Are you gei

[@scottishfold9276]

Roderick Clement wtf are you drunk or something?!

[@wukillah]

Such a clean and refined performance. No tasteless mannersim just pure art to the service of the composer. I am in awe ! Thank you !

[@theguyyousawinadreamin2007]

i just love how i watch people play this piece instead of actually practicing it.

[@cozmic8288]

Saaame I should be practicing this because I have to play at a recital soon😳😳😳

[@cheemes4536]

Yup, thats me right now

[@Y33ZAURUS]

Same! I feel you :D

[@chiapetYT]

@@Y33ZAURUS hi

[@vangmx]

You know what is a masterpiece? When countless people continue playing your piece and is appreciated by generations. That is how you live forever after you have left from this world. Movement 3 of Moonlight Sonata will always be a classic among classics in my book.

[@georgiawalker4320]

I really like seeing the sheet music while he's playing!

[@recklesswhisper]

Yes... seeing and hearing it does it all! ^..^~~

[@НадеждаШамсутдинова-ч4х]

@@recklesswhisper Успеваете контролировать?😂

[@johnrubensaragi4125]

It's like seeing the lyrics while a song is sung.

[@grazhdanka57]

А я смотрю на работу рук, она совершеннна!!!

[@nejibensassi5657]

I get easily bored without sheet music

[@socialite1283]

The art of a musician is to take the simplest of melodies and make them sound divine, and to take the most complex and demanding and to make them sound simple and effortless and from there make them divine. This is the art of a musician. Paul Barton is such a musician.

[@simonroger565]

One of the best performances i've heard for this piece.

[@GamerGuyMatt1892]

Couldn’t agree more Simon.

[@ricksanchez147]

I prefer Rousseau

[@s0mb3r75]

@@ricksanchez147 Rousseau is really good, however he plays as the score intends the pianist to play and doesn’t add his own interpretation which can make it bland sometimes

[@lukecoan8448]

i agree both are good tho

[@martinepeters9891]

@@ricksanchez147 listen to valentina lisitsa her third movement and then again to Rouseau. Then you most definitely notice the difference and you will not like Rouseau.

[@codonauta]

He solved very well a tecnichal problem of this Presto, the trinado at 2:32 and after at 5:10 with the right hand in octave. I have watched good pianists that dont get that very clean, because the hand in octave becomes difficult to do. Barton played both perfect.

[@gigipizzuto4068]

It is actually not an octave. It's the same value note so you actually let go of the octave before the trill. I used to go crazy because i have small hands and keeping the thumb down was close to impossible for me. Till a teacher told me that i didn't have to sustain the octave.

[@VictorIbelles]

Gigi Pizzuto I can do it holding the thumb... big hands haha (reach about 10-11th) it sounds the same as if you don’t hold it tho hahah

[@gigipizzuto4068]

@@VictorIbelles lucky you. Even to hit a 9th sometimes my thumb catches 2 keys together because I got very small hands. In the first movement of moonlight sonata for example many times I just don't play with the thumb when there is the 9th. If I play it, it's a fifty fifty chance to get a clean sound... Depending on how stretchy my hands are that day.

[@skykid9088]

@@gigipizzuto4068 I totally get you😭😭 I always hit two keys when I try to reach a 9th

[@imh-qp1gt]

Gigi Pizzuto bruh thank you i thought you just needed big hands to play this part i was so stuck i just left out the trill 🤡

[@franktherabbit42]

I’m Fooling myself into believing I am “learning” this at the moment. I started paino when I was 15 ish. I got fairly good in school when I was in music class a fair few hours a week. I was playing fur elise all the way through after only 2-3 months and then, moonlight sonata 1st movement, the pathetique sonata 2nd movement and some Chopin (waltz in a minor)... gradually moving on to harder pieces... but then I left school and never got any better. And I regrettably turned down lessons. But now, I’m up to the the first section where you hit the low octave 3 G#’s before the next run.. then I watch this and realise I’ll never be this good and it’s my own fault. Biggest mistake I ever made in my life was not taking proper piano lessons. If you’re young and reading this... get lessons if you’re not. I could have been great.

[@eamonncseplo6382]

There is absolutely no reason to believe you'll never play MSIII as good as Paul. If you put your mind to it and practice, you'll get to a point where you're satisfied. And when you're satisfied, that's when you work to get to a point where you're comfortable. The reason Paul sounds so amazing isn't just technique or pure speed or skill. It's the fact that he sounds so undeniably comfortable playing this piece. Your repertoire is already sounding great so far, and there is absolutely no reason to tell yourself you'll never play this piece well. Because as a pianist who can play this piece and many other pieces, I bet many other pianists will agree with me when I say, we ALL feel what you're feeling, and it's a destructive idea, because it does nothing but put you in a depression and make you want to give up. Never give up. Work your ass off. Do what you need to do. Sell your soul; fake it. But don't ever give up. There is no such thing as too old to learn something, and no such thing as "you learned when you were young, so I will never be as good as you." Not everyone had the privilege to learn so young. And some of those people are phenomenal piano players.

[@emilysummers4851]

I took piano lessons for 5 years but in the past 2 years of not taking lessons I have improved much faster than I did during when I took lessons. You may not be missing out on much.

[@baccarah7010]

Its easy to say that you will never reach a high level. Its hard to devote years towards the craft. Its never too late.

[@GreenJuicePouch]

Im 15 and going into piano lessons! I will never quit, I think I will play the piano till I die.

[@nitra01]

Never too late. Just DO IT

[@dericngjbestateagent]

Me texting my friend when phone battery at 2%

[@dani-chan252]

No tengo pruebas pruebas pero tampoco dudas

[@masayuki2454]

Stolen comment

[@ludwig4029]

Deric Ng originality at its finest

[@user-zn2bl4xr5l]

I seen this comment on every video of moonlight Sonata movement 3. Just stop. It’s not funny and it’s really old.

[@alejomontoya9794]

@@user-zn2bl4xr5l True

[@ryanpennington3523]

The incredible accuracy of this at speed is quite something. All my respect.

[@krisjustin3884]

Outstanding interpretation of an iconic Beethoven sonata movement. What an honor to perform this masterpiece with such accurate dexterity, tempo and passion that Beethoven demanded from his performances. This video transcended over 220 years of time! .

[@nyc4233]

I've started playing about 6 months ago. This is me accepting the fact that I'm barely a foetus in the piano world! Simply astonishing!

[@ChewyTwee]

wow, this is one of the quickest recordings I've heard of this piece, and what's even more amazing is that no polish or quality is lost even at such a high speed. This is truly impressive.

[@annikadiwa3215]

True. I suggest you listen to Horowitz’ version of this sonata.

[@Ash1nerTV]

Kassia does it way faster though

[@Ash1nerTV]

But still quite fast yes

[@MilosPiano]

I've seen some that top it off at 5:58

[@Trooman20]

@@Ash1nerTV faster doesn't mean better

[@beatricemustamu4502]

this song screams "practice your scales" edit: ohnoo im sorry, i meant "this piece"😭😭 now i feel ashamed as a piano player😭😭😭

[@henriquecatellan6046]

Hahaha Its true

[@progrix7746]

I think these are arpeggios not scales

[@orgelfan1675]

@@progrix7746 Not Arpeggios. Those are broken chors.

[@oscarfox6726]

I’ve tried learning this song but can’t play that fast yet. I’ve learnt the spring sonata which has extremely hard trills and chromatic scales.

[@varunsathya-composer1404]

@@orgelfan1675 just as broken as your English

[@PedroEmanuelMusic]

I legit thought i forgot to set the speed to normal

[@axelhoel6300]

Pedro lol

[@smiley2505]

Pedro bruh u knew the song was fast

[@xdanielyj2557]

@@smiley2505 it's a piece. A song is sung. A piece is played.

[@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210]

I set the speed to 0.5 after readed your comment

[@smiley2505]

@@xdanielyj2557 song/music/piece are all the same

[@musicaacisum7803]

Paul Barton is the best. I love him so much!!

[@traceyjmz9977]

THANK YOU for bringing back m childhood of 10 years of lessons. This was my concert Sonata at age 16. I tried to play along, but, boy! It has been many years and I could NOT keep up with you, but it was a joy to find this WITH the SHEET MUSIC! THANK YOU. I really enjoyed you.

[@paulcookseymmh5941]

I was inspired to learn this sonata when i heard it played by Walter klein in the 70s,on his romantic piano music album,i,d never heard it before,and thanks to you Paul i,m relearning it,l wish you were my teacher 40 yrs ago,it really would have helped,i did find a great teacher about 20 yrs ago called Iian beckett,he moved to Scotland,havnt seen him since,his teaching methods were much like yours paul,ill get it back eventually,,many thanks

[@MS-sz7se]

Bravo!! I've had some "ahhhh I can't do this!!" parts here and there and figured out my finger placement was wrong. Thank you!!

[@gigipizzuto4068]

I slowed it down to the minimum to compare my fingering to his lol

[@we_are_made_of_love6784]

the dynamics are perfectly set! amazing interpretation for an amazing piece! you’re an incredible pianist

[@MilosPiano]

Sponsored by Feurich

[@Γιώργος-ε3τ]

His hand look really calm and relaxed, when I see other people play this their hands are always really stiff I wonder how has he achieved that

[@somethingsomething8022]

So so SO much practice.

[@therealconniefrancis]

I think it's an illusion ☺

[@tedstiles6831]

Yes, lots of practice and also he keeps his wrists loose. It helps, if when working technique, a student feels a sense of suspension starting from the shoulders and through the arm. With my beginner students I have them pretend like they are almost petting/scratching a cats back. That fluid motion of petting helps keep the fingers from tightening or becoming stiff. At first you have to always be aware of it but it becomes an automatic sensation after awhile. Valentina is a master at this. Her fingers just glide over the keys and it allows for her to play at incredible speeds. So, just maybe something to try! 🙂

[@cozmic8288]

HUGE hands

[@vincentphan1595]

He is so focused in the music he take wasted energy of tension and converts it to virtuosity

[@Tana37t]

Thank you, Paul! What a beautiful rendition of this sonata. I love to hear you play and interact with your beautiful young daughter. You and your wife have a gentle style of parenting that I much admire. Your family life sharing are inspiring and interesting and fun to watch!

[@StephanieArkHogarth]

This is my Favorite Channel! ❤

[@nezkeys79]

Tbh i think beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived. I dont know how to put it into words why but his music makes me feel like other composers dont

[@csu111]

Love the calm efficient non dramatic technique.

[@timspiano5054]

This is very well done! You hands look so relaxed when you are playing, and that’s hard to achieve. Great job 👏

[@lateatrera1669]

Paul Barton...Bravoooo. Yo escucharé todos tus interpretaciones en estos días. Un abrazo desde Spain.

[@ruperttmls7985]

Uuufff mr. Barton esta vez usted se excedio, esta interpretacion es tormentosa, dramatica y emocional... me encanta. Yo generalmente solo veo sus videos del WTC de Bach, pero esta interpretacion es increible, le agradezco que la haya compartido con nosotros. Enhorabuena.

[@etheleh5115]

Bravo! A standing ovation!

[@paulking2919]

Good heavens! This is literally breathtaking--both Beethoven's masterpiece and your performance. This monumental work is testimony of the supreme heights attainable by the human spirit and intellect.

[@Metacrepas]

So, just wanted to point out some details (for my own personal reference) of this performance that I find stellar: - The grace notes at 0:40 are beautifully executed: something about slowing down, taking the time to play it and be expressive is a really pretty detail, like a slight, dramatic, sorrowful moan. - The trills at 0:53 and (especially) 0:56 are notable technical difficulties, nonetheless are executed perfectly. I like how Barton uses fingers 5 and 4 to play the trill, taking advantage of the anatomy of the hand and the way the hand naturally fits on the keyboard. - The marked dynamic contrast between the 1:22 soft G#m phrase and the following thundering C#dim phrase gives a really expressive effect, as well as the slight rubato in the C#dim. Not maintaining a rigid tempo in this second theme is surprisingly adequate, given the monotonous rythmic structure of eighth notes. - Although the sections at 1:28 and 1:32 are virtually identical in execution, Barton gives a different coloring in the second section by accentuating the left hand as opposed to the melody. - Many commit the mistake of maintaining the chaotic and tempestuous tempo throughout the development section, specifically at 3:44. Barton doesn't, and, in fact, gives a little rubato in certain moments that fully extract the expressiveness of the beautiful melody. - The sweeps at 6:10 are thunderous, loud and dramatic. Despite the final run beforehand, tempestuous as it is, the sweeps still sound unexpectedly dramatic and the silences between them are haunting. - 7:19. The final run at the coda. Brilliant. Just brilliant.

[@modernmozart813]

The best version ever I can feel Beethoven is right here playing for me 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.

[@FFKpar]

Amazing performance. Dynamics in particular were the best I've heard with this piece.

[@vincentneale2620]

I learnt this sonata when I was 13 yrs old I have neglected for a couple of years but during the lockdown have re-learnt it - at the moment I`m working theough all of Beethoven Sonatas

[@melysanchez2518]

I can't believe that 180 people didn't like this amazing and beautiful interpretation by Paul Barton! I loved it thank you for sharing this with all of us.

[@drproton85]

I just started playing piano two years ago. I'm pretty sure in ten years I will be able to play this as well. What gets me, about seeing your hands, is that they're so relaxed, yet so controlled. I'm amazed at how controlled your hands are and how fluid they flow through the composition! Best version of the 3rd movement I've ever seen on KZbin.😊

[@NeoZondix]

you will be able to play it in 2 years if you practise with perseverance

[@NeoZondix]

Probably less if you do it with fanaticism

[@arieldoron5017]

This has easily became my favorite playthrough of the third movement. That Feurich piano... it hits different

[@bretthoward9314]

With pieces of music like this, Beethoven surely was a genius and a master of the keyboard...

[@elleh3495]

omg, this is so stressful; I feel like I've missplaced my purse, left the stove on, stepped on my cat, overflowed the bath and am about to slip on the wooden floor while holding a basketful of wineglasses. 😬 Played well though.

[@michaelnancyamsden7410]

The economy of the motion of your hands! Calm, reassuring playing the wildest pieces and lovely simpler pieces.

[@loupmarco5664]

Toujours aussi merveilleux, merci Monsieur Barton, c'est un régal (monique de Lausanne)

[@petersnell3128]

A challenging one from the piano repertoire. Well done Paul!!! 👏👏👏

[@barbaraperzanowska3412]

This sonata is perfectly played. The pace was kept until the end. Good playing technique. Greetings

[@kiska3327]

Right now I'm stuggling with this

[@louannelawson4916]

Totally loved this piece of music you played "Moonlight Sonata" 3rd mov. I especially love & adore your Feurich 218 grand piano fitted with the 4th harmonic pedal it's just amazing like You Playing This Beauty, Thank you so much.

[@elizabethmichaelis9504]

An wonderful and Bravo Pianist, Paul Barton. Your hands are strong, bigs and good fingers position for velocity. You can play an wonderfull Litz like a Mozart.. and the powerful from Beethoven... to 🎵🥰

[@CarolLynnWilliams]

Ohh myyy - - the years of precision to develop that muscle memory !!! After the 3rd movement, I have to go back to the 1st to calm down...

[@Laura-bi5dc]

Absolutely SPECTACULAR!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing this amazing video Paul! Watching you play the third movement is beyond masterful. I have no words. You took me to a new dimension! WOW!!!!

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΑπόστολοςΠαρασκελί]

this movement of the moonlight sonata is one of my favorites! You are outstanding and attention-capturing! Excellent dynamics and such ellegance!!! Hats off!!!!

[@svitlananetreba6017]

Toll. Wunderbar, wunderschön. Groß talentiert. Brave !!! ❤❤❤

[@snacklepussPSN]

I taught myself at least 90% of this as a total beginner which took considerable effort given that I dont yet know how to read score sheet music.🤬🤬🤬 I also done a number of other pieces to 100% completion via YT videos. My one problem is that after 3 years of practice/playing I have somehow lost my focus. Its as though Im totally disillusioned with a lot of things. However, I will not give up on completing this masterpiece. Do any of you feel like quitting in periods of your lives? Im putting it down to a lack of interest in life phase. Anyhooo, thanks for reading...👌

[@snacklepussPSN]

Back at my pactice with renewed energy, Thanks to this video and Paul.Bartons discussions on his other videos. I so much Appreciate them. Also thanks to Ylang Ylangs soft compositions, Ive refound my musical self. I forgot my own basic fundemental. 👉👉👉👉👉👉IF and When you feel lost or disillusioned with practice, always find a piece thats different which is both simple and familiar. Thanks Everyone. 💚🤍💛

[@martinepeters9891]

You know exactly what to do, but you don't want to do it. And that is to start at the beginning. Book 1 Alfred Piano Method.

[@lawlietz9363]

I really love the ending 7:28 with the bass notes being sustained!

[@joekail8031]

Paul Barton Artist indeed!!! Simply beautiful

[@estherkim7320]

I love the change in dynamics and the scales. My wrists always hurt after practicing this song.

[@Hamburg-daggi]

Grandios! Haben Sie vielen Dank für Ihre Videos Herr Barton. Ihr Spiel erhellt meinen Alltag.

[@ignaciodavid3428]

I started to play piano 1 month ago. One of the big reasons to do it is this piece. I hope some day I will can play it. Its so powerfull. Its like heavy metal on piano. Nice playing man.

[@richardf.6430]

Yes!! (For me) ROCK on piano!!

[@Y33ZAURUS]

Best wishes for you :)

[@TheDarbelbar]

The dynamics and nuances are impeccable!

[@flaze3]

when I was 16 or so I learned the whole thing by memory and actually got it sounding reasonable. Now at 32 I'm trying to relearn it, lol. This video is super useful!

[@JjGabrielPianist]

flaze3 can you play it now ?

[@mdjordjevic08]

You got my eyes, fingers, feet and head hurting. It will take me some practice to get this one. Tipping my hat to you Paul.

[@maudlx]

Beethoven: I bought a big piano, i will use All the notes. Me: ok then I will buy a small one

[@Alandiversi]

wonderful skills and performance paul. thanks for sharing along with the sheet music. helps me to see how a master deals with the fingering and inspires me to keep practising...🙏

[@metgirl5429]

Well that’s something to aim for 😵‍💫😳😵‍💫♥️

[@careljeromecornelisfredrik5252]

The way you play this movement is breathtaking. Your a great piano player. ❤️👍👍👍👍

[@AnobaYarn_ph]

Watching this masterpiece for the first time (a few days before the end of 2022). Hats off to your amazing talent, Sir!

[@mariadelpilararguimbau8653]

Me gustó mucho esta interpretación. Gracias por compartirla 🌞🎼🎹🎻🎷🎸💐👍

[@christopherbour3466]

I'm a perfect newbie and I do love classical. when I've heard a piece of music I listen to different musicians play it and I have to say that I do love how you play this song I have just one thing to say to you : thank you!

[@markpatterson2507]

That must have been the craziest,most unsettling moonlight of all time to give us mov.3 !

[@ute1275]

Phantastisch!!!👏👏👏👏ich liebe es!!!

[@juliannechoe1724]

I love how they have the music so I can play along (But seriously, it's really good)

[@G-Man..277]

Think of the effort composing that in the first place 👏 👏👏

[@robertoteixeira774]

Bela interpretação, parabéns Paul Barton você toca maravilhosamente bem !!!!!!!

[@richardennis5707]

His tutorial on Moonlight III is the best I've ever encountered. Look for it if you're learning this.

[@ТатьянаКазакова-е1ю]

Как же мне нравится эта 3 часть, благодарю! Хорошее исполнение

[@pixiechickmd]

Ive been playing for 2 years and I really think this will be the year I get this song done :) the left hand is so easy just play it slow for a few months and take it easy

[@Dylan_1344]

I’ve also been playing for 2 years, I’ve skimmed through this. It’s not as hard as it looks but yes getting it to tempo is the hard part

[@funambulita]

Hearing you make me want to play de piano again. I've been so apathic to everything, even to the love of my life: music

[@josephfletcher2434]

Beethoven moved the needle so far that to date we still marvel at his work despite being over a century old

[@JonyMarcondes]

Best version of the internet. Wow.

[@kofiLjunggren]

I lik how you accent the first 8 th in the beginning!

[@beginneratstuff]

Underrated video! Amazing performance, great job!

[@Rubenvs25]

Love this version, one of the best on youtube!

[@Recoates]

Brilliant job mate. Great sound too. Glad your phone didn't ring in the middle of it

[@ОксанаБелоусова-е8я]

Шикарно, вы умничка, люблю эту сонату🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@T.B0]

his tempo is amazing

[@Dylonely_9274]

7:05 It’s look like Chopin’s Fantaisie Impromptu (for those who know :)

[@isaacgreenwood4230]

Can we copy strike Chopin?

[@riley97]

This is why chopin has never published fantaisie impromptu

[@mats5328]

I guess you can say that he was impromptu of this happening.

[@pawncube2050]

@@mats5328 I heard it was becaude it was very similar with moscheles improptu. Hear it, chopin fantaise improptu is basically a sad version of it xD

[@mats5328]

@@pawncube2050 Cool, but why did you @ me though?

[@thitifilm_]

This is really impressive! I wish I could play this masterpiece

[@areoskev930]

It´s the best version I have ever heared..., just excellence.

[@anastasiabeaverhousin5398]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

[@jimprovmusic]

I love this format with the piano keyboard AND sheet music. And Wow (!!) your technique and musicality is amazing. well done !

[@andalousdimernissi2212]

Bravo and 1000 Bravo - God bless you and may he allows you more and more . . . Thank for this time

[@juan150]

Amazing rendition, moved me, loved it

[@wend55wc]

The greatest of thanks:-Absolutely mind and body blowing you play with such talent & gusto I can feel it in every bone and muscle in my body AND inner being! Having a musical Ear helps greatly.

[@scottw6704]

Really helpful watching someone do the major 10th reaches. I struggle knowing where to position my hand at rest so I can extend without missing. I had been hovering over the thumb-2 rather than staying closer to the 2-5 span. Thanks!

[@smashtown2583]

I like how he nuanced his performance. The annunciation of the notes sounds different than other performances of this song.

[@lyndaunknown720]

OUTSTANDING!!!❤

[@pithdamoda9896]

i love when you put the partiture in it, it helps me a lot, thank you☺️☺️

[@Madaduxum]

Thanks!