Mozart Piano Sonata No 11 in A Major, K. 331: I. Andante Grazioso (Marnie Laird, Piano)

[@Njogu7]

I appreciate for being in this digital age when we can access such magical pieces.

[@nspfc]

It lifted my soul from the depths of hopelessness to the realization that there is a God who cares for us

[@patricianock9234]

I could practice a hundred years and never be able to play as perfectly as you. What an absolute privilege to listen to this.

[@stephenlaird2370]

Marnie, your Mozart is so even and gorgeous. The piano sounds wonderful. The recording is so clear and enriching. But your interpretation and performance is so incredibly moving and engaging that I get completely lost in the music and I just don't want to come back. Those of us that can appreciate this beauty are so fortunate. Thank you so much.

[@無問西東]

Same

[@無問西東]

Who is Mozart?

[@skularatna8136]

@@無問西東are you being serious ?

[@francisdavidcabrejosramos3293]

Daniel Barenboim toca el n.º 11 en la mayor, K.331 mucho mejor.

[@mosesCordovero-uw5vw]

lol ha ha very funny

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

I miss my mom , she could play piano by ear AND read music to play.

[@clonesoundtrack1249]

Theme 0:01 Variation I 1:52 Variation II 3:30 Variation III 5:06 Variation IV 6:59 Variation V 8:54 Variation VI 13:25

[@cianoneill_]

Thanks

[@leemotosuwa]

Thank you

[@Jerry-tt8du]

Var. 6 is the best

[@karenchang1661]

❤️

[@vortexfitness44]

@@cianoneill_ LEGEND COMMENT

[@AdamOthman47]

Easily my favorite Mozart piece, you played it flawlessly. Thanks for posting.

[@joncreasy8]

Her skills are meant to cheer up the sad and lift up those in need!

[@jasonyang9653]

This movement is so underrated. The 3rd movement I feel unfairly overshadows this masterpiece.

[@patricianock9234]

Agree 100%-I never get tired of listening to this. It’s one of my favorite pieces.

[@steveholcomb1904]

you are amazing, God Bless you !

[@billbelchee1441]

If Mozart had Internet access, he would like and subscribe to your channel. Your music is beautiful. Thank you for this.

[@Dave1507]

and he would curse the damn ads tha interrupt almost every video no matter how long..

[@weiketao9644]

I have heard Murray Peharia's version numerous times, but never realized this piece could sound so beautiful - thanks to the holy trinity of the composer, piano, and the pianist.

[@junenovae]

The piano set up is lovely. In the corner, with the cute window frames and a view on the beautiful nature, wood on the floor and the shelves with simple deco, a plant with some lights, the comfy bench, and the piano itself with some small ornementations and a really good sound..I would spend hours playing there and be able to feel so many different emotions

[@chuckfinley3542]

Marnie, you play with great sensitivity and fidelity to Mozart. What a treasure your music is.

[@davidherman29]

Mozart was such a genius, to make so many variations on the same theme is just incredible, and played so beautifully, that Mozart would be proud of you Marnie ❤️❤️

[@laurenth7187]

You play that better than many great pianists.

[@fabiopratovecchi2067]

Marnie sei bella e brava .. suoni come un angelo. Grazie!

[@jmcelse]

Vous avez la virtuosité, le tempo est juste, et c'est tellement musical. C'est tellement beau, si magnifique : enfin une vraie Mozartienne ! Amadeus doit être tellement content de vous entendre jouer sa musique... Vous êtes sa bienfaitrice et il vous guide de là-haut. Vous êtes à la hauteur de son talent !

[@KegPatcha]

Amazing. This is almost like being with you in the presence of music. I can almost smell the wood of the piano and your perfume impregnating the room, hearing Mozart so intimately. What a moment this is!! Thank you for sharing your talent and inspiration to the world.

[@marilynnjefferson8525]

Never before have I heard this piece played so beautifully. I love this work, but never more than this. Thank you so very much.

[@chaozhouhoa360]

Wow....Bravo. Thank you!!! I just want to say that this platform you guys choose is so great to spread the love of music to the next generation. Anyone with an internet connection can really enjoy the beauty of Mozart. I can tell you that there will be a bunch of kids who will say I learned Piano or Cello because of Brooklyn Duo or Brooklyn Classical.

[@chaozhouhoa360]

I just don’t know what it is, but Marnie makes this Sonata sound so fresh and modern and not stuffy. Just gorgeous, fun, and sweet.

[@JohnCurtisPiano]

this is the best sounding piano i have ever heard, no joke

[@hansroemerszoonvanderbrikk7626]

you bet! It's an historic NYC made Steinway

[@jpdj2715]

Let's first acknowledge Ms. Laird's playing and touch. That touch may be more than 50% of what you perceive. To me the piano sounds "Steinway" and for me, as a European, that generally means "Hamburg". So I was kinda surprised to note in one of the videos that it is a NY one, actually - there is so much prejudice. A technical question would be what action it has. Renner or NY Steinway. And what generation action, if US too. I do not generally like American "design" and again, prejudices, have to say, this one works wonderfully well with the legs and stand very nicely made. Maybe we should consider that Floridians might say the US's North-East is not America but Europe - prejudices. Part of the sound working wonderfully well is the smaller size that fits Mozart's use of a limited keyboard on the bass side (the evolution of today's piano was about starting in his time.) A Steinway D would not have this almost fortepiano kind of end result that so befits this Mozart piece really well. Part of the sound is, that the microphones are in the piano. This results in pushing room sound to the background in the dynamic range of the audio recording and extending recorded sound or note duration. The room has some damping panels, but is not too big in this corner. With the window glass on the other side of the lid, the microphones are isolated from that nasty reflection. I think this is the best microphone placement in these circumstances, but gives you, especially with excellent audio playback, the illusion that your head is inside the piano. Which is sort of true. That said, with a couple notes or chords, it sounded to me the piano's sound started to - as I call it - float. I am not a piano tuner, but think this happens when certain individual strings are a bit out of tune and acoustic string resonance gets some slow frequency level reverberation (which I associate, prejudice, with old German, generally cheaper, uprights that have not been tuned for a long time - or are so old they cannot hold tune anymore.)

[@hansroemerszoonvanderbrikk7626]

@@jpdj2715 except the US action is not made by Renner (who makes it?) this doesn't mean it's bad since it's basically the same with imperial lenght forks. Also the NYC made ones features the accelerated keyboard which should be somway more agile. The action also may change the playability but if you voice the hammers correctly you can obtain the same sound. I agree about what you say about recordings, of course you cannot stictly judge the instrument by simply hearing on youtube because every detail of the room and the microphones placements can alter the sound a lot

[@jpdj2715]

@@hansroemerszoonvanderbrikk7626- my study of the piano's development is 40 years ago and memories are a bit foggy. I am aware that the NY ones generally do not have Renner actions but Steinway made ones. However with a historical instrument there is always a chance that somebody restored to different specifications. Not, the action does not necessarily change the sound, but the working on the felt changes - voices - the sound a lot. You can see, on YT, that selection committees compare Steinways and out of, say, 5 instruments, no two sound the same. About the voicing with the hammers' felt a nice anecdote circulates about Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli working with the tuner to prepare for his Carnegie Hall concert. IIRC, in YT channel ThePianoForever, young pianist James shows a lot of different instruments and the, again IIRC, accelerated action is discussed in there somewhere, as not so durable. That does not mean it is bad when it works, though. You see similar things in race engines taken to commercial cars. For races the life time is short and the monitoring and maintenance are fulltime. Naive of me, I always thought that the second evolution of today's piano action enabled faster playing. Until recently, when I saw (YT) a young pianist perform on old pianos in a museum. She went incredibly fast and it sounded good, even. (I prefer the Steinway character, though, if done well. Vice-versa, I do not like Chopin in a large concert hall on a Steinway D where every section's volume indication by Chopin is played two notches louder to facilitate the audience. "Not like" as in "almost hate". Then it dawned on me that the 2nd innovation of the repetition mechanism only impacts the speed of repetition of the same key. Let me now think that composers actually knew all this and avoided an instrument's weaknesses, with pianos the same way as with e.g. the French horn, that needed valves, for Mahler to be able to compose beautiful notes for them.

[@hansroemerszoonvanderbrikk7626]

@@jpdj2715 I live in Italy and there are a lot of annecdotes regarding Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli mad requirements to his most trusted technician which has been one of the best in Italy, it seems Mr.Michelangeli felt a little piece of paper, torn from a ring spacer, remained stuck under a black key after a setup altering the stroking depth almost imperceptible. I strictly believe that Renner reputation has raised when there weren't CNC routers, at the time craftmanship made the difference, after a good wood seasoning an selection. Today a Yamaha self made action is many times better than a Renner, and also there's proof that wood is no longer the best choice to achieve precision. The Kawai Millennium and WNG actions are proven to be more reliable retaining the setup better. In fact you don't necessarily need to repeat one key fast, you better need that all the keys reacts the same with a good setup. There are also slight optimized variants of the standard mechanism like the one made by Ron Overs (check at Overs Piano - Australia). And many things are going on to improve piano technology like i.e. Paulello strings, bridge agraffes and many others.

[@Urbex-Exploit]

my favorite Mozart piece

[@Augustus_Imperator]

Finally someone who plays both andante and grazioso, it's so hard to find a good rendition of this sonata, usually it's played so heavy it becomes a burden to listen to

[@xaverhetzenegger4262]

Eine sehr schöne Interpretation auf einem wunderbaren alten Instrument

[@stevenretroworkshop2113]

Congratulation! It was very beautiful, sensitive playing. Well done! Mozart Piano Sonata No 11 in A Major, K. 331: I. Andante Grazioso is one of my most favorite music piece from Mozart.

[@evarousseva]

Gracious, exquisitely performed! Marnie, you have great sense of Mozart!

[@briancamcginn]

Truly one of my favourite pieces. Such a wonderful interpretation. I absolutely love the clarity you display in your technique. Simply amazing.

[@StephenBryen]

I love all of Mozart's tricks, and they are played here perfectly and with spirit. Excellent. If only Mozart had such a wonderful instrument. Mozart wanted us to be happy and Marnie Laird accomplishes that with all the spirit that went into the writing of the sonata.

[@swale12]

The music made the new day brighter and heartening. Thank You.

[@annageber4954]

I absolutely love this piece!

[@marysheerin747]

Still listening to you Marnie Laird. Your recording of this Mozart Sonata is one of my favourites and is so often my nocturnal musical interlude before turning in. You play and perform it with such clarity and purity; flowing with perfection. Thank you once more. Mary, Dublin Ireland. xx

[@steveholcomb1904]

You can almost feel God thru his Music ?

[@Bella-s9z]

Beautiful! My favorite Mozart piece.

[@annwalker3854]

I had this piece played at my wedding. I adore it 11 years later!

[@staylorsversion]

:D

[@orangmakan]

Leaving out words does not always mean leaving out information 😁

[@GuilhermeHenriquesCoaching]

Beautiful. Full of softness and precision. I loved it.

[@vettejakes]

I throughly enjoyed hearing you. Very expressive.

[@archerpiperii2690]

Your children are going to have the best lullaby music.

[@limagisinha]

Thank you so much, Marnie! I'm very very happy for listening to this song! It's my best birthday's present!

[@DarrylMellema]

I'm working today with a Brooklyn Duo playlist helping me through the day. While I'm enjoying every bit of it -- this especially made me smile. Thanks for your channel and for sharing all this varied music with the Inter Webs.

[@ericmcdonald445]

My living room is filled with the richness of this performance. Thank you.

[@marysheerin747]

Perfect; and so uplifting ... still listening to you Marnie. Mozart would be so pleased with your interpretation. Thank you again and again. Mary S, Dublin, Ireland.xx

[@sandroantonelli1468]

great author great calls for a great performer as this

[@LiseVocalfreedom]

I have never heard of this pianist before but this performance is better than all the others I have heard. Thanks :)

[@marysheerin747]

I'm still listening to your Marnie Laird. And still being soothed and elevated with your beautiful performance of Mozart. Thank you once more and I hope finds you and Patrick and Emmie well. All best wishes and love from Mary, Dublin, Ireland.

[@Chainon82]

Love Love Love your playing!

[@HarryPagels]

meiner Meinung stimmt hier alles, Mozarts herrliche Piano Sonate, das Umfeld und eine hübsche Frau, die das Stück wirklich sehr gut vorträgt. Ich sage Danke Harry 83

[@petraweise6494]

Der Flügel klingt unglaublich gut. Ich habe mir vor allem gern die Videos gemeinsam mit dem Cello-Mann angeschaut.

[@pepecordas24]

The best music ever made!I love it!

[@jamestaylor5215]

I just discovered this channel! Mind blown! Now this is Mozart. Absolutely gorgeous.

[@MisterLex]

So beautiful and peaceful! I heard the theme in a movie and I'm glad it brought me here!

[@helenebourgeois7098]

Thank you. This piece brings me peace and joy. I will listen to it often.

[@SwagDawg]

I aspire to have a life like that one day. Grand piano next to a big window with an amazing valley view. Looks and sounds like heaven to me

[@carolinecorman1716]

Happy Amadeus to you. Wonderful, Wolfgang would be proud.

[@AmbuBadger]

I absolutely love your rendition. My wife and I are laying in bed, our soon-to-be born daughter being lulled to sleep by your playing :)

[@axismundi2142]

Congratulations on your baby

[@Khamdani61-wd6jh]

Nice to listen your performance. Thanks.

[@steveholcomb1904]

You must find great pleasure from playing music so well !

[@giovannafernandes3572]

My ears are blessed. So beautiful. Congratulations Marnie 😍

[@virtuosacoloratura9740]

Mozart non è mai solo uno sfoggio tecnico.. ci vuole una poesia nel suono, questa esecuzione tecnicamente è molto corretta ma poco musicale.. serve tanta ricerca ancora. La musica del Settecento richiede un animo nobile.

[@barbaradeiacobis658]

VirtuosaColoratura sono d'accordo

[@marilynnjefferson8525]

I respectfully disagree.

[@stroyteller]

The best pianist I've ever known, Marnie Laird!

[@carolynwheeler8475]

Absolutely beautifully rendered

[@karthikn9485]

Brilliant ! The sequence starting at 3:30 is simply amazing skill.

[@MusikGuy]

Simply gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this beautiful and perfect performance of this Mozart sonata.

[@richdelarby9387]

Beautiful style, beautiful sound, beautiful virtuose .....

[@علي-ت5ث7س]

This music touched my heart, peace from Iraq

[@LedZep1989]

Thanks for posting! Sincerely, Brad Cady

[@blogleftbanker]

Everything about this video is amazing. Thank you for shedding some light on yet another day of lock-down and spurring me to practice.

[@janetmckenzie146]

Exquisite. Your pianissimo (more like a ppp) is so light, your hands seem to dance across the keys. I love the way you combine the lightness of the melody with the resonance below. You have such a lovely balance between the lightness of the melody and the length of the notes. There is enough space between them that they retain their ‘Mozartian’ quality, yet the notes are fully resonant. I could go on, but as familiar as I am with Mozart, I found myself mesmerized by the flow of your interpretation. Brava!

[@無問西東]

piano pianissimo = too soft pianissimo = very soft piano = soft mezzo piano = moderately soft mezzo forte = moderately loud forte = loud fortissimo = very loud forte fortissimo = too loud

[@juanxu1047]

@@無問西東 p

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

After watching like 10 times I noticed the BD on the top shelf.

[@e.castlerock8454]

Wow, that was awesome. You make those left-hand crossovers look so effortless. I once had a neighbor I could hear playing her piano. It'd be great to live next door to you and hear you playing through our open windows.

[@orangmakan]

It wont, believe me. Its a long way until it sounds that great, and you would not like to hear her training scales or a sequence of just 4 bars for a good 2 hours over and over again.

[@marcus8258]

Very beautiful, sensitive playing. Well done!

[@turbodood79]

Wish I had you as my instructor, bravo as per usual

[@jamilajbo1096]

i' ve never played piano before, or listen to it for along time .but i always loved the idea of piano . i saw ur videos just like that and fell in love with classical music . ur fingers doing magic

[@steveholcomb1904]

Just amazing every time I listen, thanks you for sharing.

[@damuses1452]

Marvelous. Thank you so very much for sharing this masterpiece and wonderful Madam Laird's rendition.

[@CATONINO]

Sempre meraviglioso 250 anni dopo, lo sarà ancora tra un millennio.....

[@laisasaid]

Beautiful! I'm studying this piece right now too. Difficult! Nice performance. Congratulations

[@Vince-wq8xr]

So beautiful. Thank you, thank you so much!

[@daolieu4261]

Love it all over again every time

[@elgavilanalexespinoza820]

So beautiful to explain in proper words...beautiful ☆☆☆☆☆

[@jacobdavidch3197]

Best version ever

[@StephenPiano]

Theme 0:02 Var I 1:52 Var II 3:30 Var III 5:07 Var IV 6:59 Var V 8:55 Var VI 13:24

[@aritoulzac4708]

Thanks

[@irenedhakde4692]

That's an excellent graceful, just right tempo, precise interpretation! Lovely ❤

[@oscarbello6758]

That 3rd variation though 😍

[@lydiacharlotte7939]

Another stunning performance - absolutely loved listening to this!! This would definitely be a piece I would love to play one day! Thank you for sharing it with us xx

[@BrooklynClassical]

Thank you so much!

[@ingnacioianlucca5298]

Very beautiful! Congratulations! My greatest admiración 💖

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

How on earth does a person cross over hands and hit correct keys so effortlessly ?

[@rotory2002]

Marnie, One of my favorites is Valentina Lisitsa and you play just as beautifully as she does ! Bravo

[@ahmadsmusic-2114]

that was so beautiful playing .. thank you very much

[@marysheerin747]

Thank you Marnie. That is a wonderful performance, played with such feeling and skill. My congratulations on your latest classical piano solo album. I look forward to more ..... (and yes, of course I got it!!) Thanks again. Mary S, Dublin, Ireland.xx

[@garrylarkin464]

My giddy aunt! This girl is gooooooood!!!!

[@stephanietanx5662]

Hi Marnie, I adore this piece and Alla Turca played by you. They are all so well played, with absolute clarity, control and great interpretation. The notes literally stand out and sound so crystal clear! I think your version of this Sonata is by far the best that I have heard out of so many people. My diploma examination is coming up and this song is one of the pieces I have to play. I want to thank you for playing this so beautifully, it serves as an inspiration for me for my exam. With love from Stephanie, Singapore.

[@Mrlimsuliong]

How's your exam?

[@Amaretto402]

@@Mrlimsuliong she passed...hoping she did🙏

[@bryvnxiii4632]

@@Amaretto402 yeah she passed away 😢

[@mimio839]

Just came across your channel. And I’m so happy I did. It is absolutely beautiful!! Thank you!!

[@diplomaticcommunity4738]

Sublime, The piano sounds AMAZING!

[@jeffreywise4807]

Your playing is gorgeous. Subtle, limpid, and clarion clear, as Mozart needs to be. Your Brahms Intermezzo is also stunning. Ethereal. Poetic. Your chamber stuff and duets with Patrick are all wonderful too. Thanks for all if it! I’m from Montreal abd my dad was from Trail and Rossland and studied at UBC. So you give me total Canadian « naches »!

[@BrooklynClassical]

My mom is from Trail too!! She seems to know everyone from Trail so probably knew your Dad. Her maiden name is Daly. Thanks for watching!

[@jeffreywise4807]

@@BrooklynClassical Hi again! I think my dad’s family were in Trail between 1935 and 1948. They left when my dad was in grade 10 to move up to Rossland. So your mum and my family may not have crossed paths. Unfortunately my dad has passed away so I can’t ask him if he knew any Daley’s. But my grandfather had a grocery store called the Wiseway which someone on your mum’s might remember. Thanks for taking the time to respond and for your wonderful music-making!

[@robertonerifis]

Interpretation and Sencilability simply, clear and enriching Fantastic! lovely!

[@alcidesmongemartinez2870]

Escucharlos es un deleite para uno

[@ritira20mila]

Great rendition. You must have very high quality sound isolation at the windows, with those vehicles passing outside - including trucks - and yet we only hear the sound from inside the room.

[@mariecabos6896]

Merci !!! Quelle sonorité ce piano et quelle finesse d’interprétation ! Je me regale à vous écouter Marnie. Ps j’ai des pubs en plein au milieu de phrasés… quelle horreur y u tube…