Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 16 "Sonata semplice", K.545 (1788) {Ingrid Haebler}

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 - 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. According to Bartje Bartmans one of the greatest and brightest stars on the firmament.
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545. Vienna, June 26,1788
1. Allegro (0:00)
2. Andante (3:27)
3. Rondo. Allegretto (8:15)
Ingrid Haebler, piano
Description by Brian Robins [-]
Universally known as the "Sonata facile (or semplice)," the relative ease of K. 545 has ensured that it has become the most of famous of all Mozart's piano sonatas, a work that scarcely a student of the instrument fails to learn at some point in his or her career. The entry in Mozart's own thematic catalog, dated June 26, 1788, adds that the sonata was intended "for beginners." Yet despite its fame today, the circumstances of its composition are not known, the original manuscript is lost, and the sonata was not published in Mozart's lifetime, the first edition appearing in 1805 from the press of the composer and publisher Johann André of Offenbach.
There are three short movements: an Allegro, often quoted as a paradigm of the ambiguity of Classical "simplicity," a charming central Andante, and a tiny finale in Rondo form. It is remarkable to note that this unpretentious little work must have been composed at the same time as the great last trilogy of symphonies; indeed it was added by Mozart to his catalog of works on the same day as the first of those magnificent works, the great Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K. 543, one of his grandest conceptions.

[@korkorkorkorkor]

this is like the most mozart piece ever

[@coniston3106]

every mozart piece is the most mozart piece ever

[@sanaaalamine8915]

@@coniston3106 exactly lmao

[@plemli]

Nah, the third part sounds like it could be Haydn.

[@FrostDirt]

@@coniston3106 even Rondo in A Minor, Fantasy and Fugue in C Major?

[@user-mv1rr7th5i]

That's What annoying me

[@annatassone7990]

love this sonata, i’ve been playing it for a couple of months now and i can assure you there’s nothing “facile” about it 😊

[@comicsfr8963]

Oh please. Of course it's almost impossible to master a piece, that's why Bach is so much played at exams for superior classes, however I invite you to play some Liszt or Ravel, and maybe you'll see what monstrous pieces are these compared to this. You will also note that this piece is played by many children, in their first years of piano...

[@annatassone7990]

@@comicsfr8963 I won’t argue about the difficulty of Mozart and Bach as you obviously lack any musical knowledge and, might I add, manners.

[@noahr9054]

@@comicsfr8963🤓

[@youtubecommenter2]

Why is the second movement so underrated? I get that it's not as exciting, fast paced and catchy as the first one, and maybe therefore less famous, but it's seriously one of the most beautiful pieces of music that I have heard.

[@danilooliveira7399]

I totally agree

[@julia-vb1hh]

literally its beautiful, I am in love

[@JINGYELyu-mp8pt]

K448 2nd movement is the beast

[@youtubecommenter2]

@@JINGYELyu-mp8pt You know what? Because of your comment I went and listened to it, and I have to give it to you: it's absolutely gorgeous. It's definitely comparable to this one.

[@JHMC1998]

De acuerdo, muy infravalorado, el segundo movimiento de la sonata 16 es mi favorito, me da nostalgia, me hace sentir bien y ahora eh aprendido a tocarlo

[@99Default]

Mozart: yeah i'll write an easy sonata, but just for the first four bars

[@chiahow]

lol true

[@coniston3106]

the whole song is difficult, so stop listening to only the beginning

[@abxsmal]

@@coniston3106 piece*

[@benjicruz6730]

It’s not even that hard

[@trinemadsen-smith8130]

@@benjicruz6730 uh huh upload a vid of you playing it then

[@khanhphamngoc7651]

The best record i've listened by far. Elegant left hand, clear right hand, the rhythm combined so well that lift the piece to a higher level.

[@magicmulder]

Same. I’d love to hear Horowitz play this but so far this outclasses all the big names whom I’ve heard it play.

[@commeownism]

I think it's played by software, if I'm not wrong...

[@AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool]

People say Mozart is easy to play. It absolutely isn't. To play with the clarity and precision required of simple (relative to complex material) makes this very difficult. I'm not Mozart's biggest fan, but recordings like this one make me re-evaluate my feelings

[@opticalreticle]

@@commeownism it does not sound like a software instrument at all

[@brinadoessune9461]

@@commeownismIngrid Haebler is the performer

[@aramkhachaturian8043]

it’s hard finding good recordings of Mozart sonatas since everyone plays it the same way, never thought that a slow tempo would unlock the true beauty of this piece

[@SpaghettiToaster]

This is a very normal tempo for this piece.

[@aramkhachaturian8043]

SpaghettiToaster every time my friends play it they do twice this speed lol

[@popefran1657]

This is not slow, most pianists just think fast is the only valid option when playing most literature because "eff musicality, fast is the only way". Those pianist wouldn't recognize subtlety if it hit them like a truck. This speed is perfect. Tell your friend to slow down, I don't care what their accolades are.

[@israelcalderon1]

Aram, judging from the context I understand all too well what you mean by "a slow tempo". It's only slow in relation to the way some of your friends use to play it, or the tempo in some recordings you've found somewhere.

[@MissRikkiKat]

Slow tempo?

[@bertrandcamus3666]

Je jouais toutes ces sonates quand j'étais gamin. Je n'en suis plus capable mais ça m'a permis d'avoir une oreille et une culture musicale. C'est un cadeau inestimable.

[@marie-claudesimon8710]

Mr Camus, si l'envie de rejouer vous prenait, vous seriez surpris de vous apercevoir que les notes vous reviendraient en mémoire... C'est comme la technique du chant, il suffit d'un cours avec un bon professeur pour retrouver quelque chose que vous n'avez en fait pas perdu.....

[@WarinPartita6]

Ingrid Haebler, to me, is among the top Mozart interpreters. Her rendition is always simple yet profound, pure yet exquisite. ❤😂🎉❤❤❤❤

[@Szannya-uj1xs]

Thank you, I wondered who is playing so beautifull and real classical, these atmosphere.. ♥

[@JoshLeRose]

As someone who's studied classical music for years and went to college for it (albeit for voice, not piano), whenever someone says "Mozart", this is the piece I think of.

[@gildardorivasvalles6368]

For being such simple piece, it overwhelms me, it moves me to tears to listen to it.

[@nicolacalabrese5773]

IL Suono Celestiale di Ingrid Haebler.Grandissima interprete Mozartiana insuperabile!Amo questa Grande pianista!

[@eliettesoler9858]

My mom used to play this song on the piano when I was a kid and I didn’t appreciate it enough ! What a beautiful son

[@mikyunglee5047]

Huh, what song?

[@frankie-jogarvey6600]

This a piece, that myself and my 4 other siblings learnt when we were children. I am re-learning this aged 36, after about 20 years of zero practice,I'm not doing too bad... one of my FAVORITE pieces and takes me right back to childhood

[@simkesims6345]

How long did it take to learn it again? I haven't practiced in so long, and my fingers are totally slow and weak

[@GoofyVirginian630]

I spend at least 2 hours practing the left hand for the minor section of the 2nd movement lol

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This masterpiece is beyond description ， immeasurable , unfathomable and full of admiration , acclaim and deep emotion This masterpiece is the humanity's mental cradle that cradled by Mozart

[@HansKuhlmann]

Every note is on its right place, everyone hears it when you play this piece and make a even a slight mistake.

[@tuonghoangduy2254]

lol

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Hyperbole is not helpful; K545 is arguably Mozart’s weakest piano sonata; it’s a sonata facile (easy sonata) intended for beginners - he wrote far better.

[@honeylizaquinotizon1159]

Easy To Hear Hard To Play - Matthew

[@Arpa61]

👏

[@stefangruic6912]

I have to play this for a month in academy AND ITS SO FRICKING DIFFICULT LIKE IDK WHAT TO DO

[@mycello5280]

Amog us

[@fadefuda1771]

@@stefangruic6912 when did you start playing piano?

[@giovannisoda3472]

“Sonata semplice” in italian semplice means “easy”. Mozart was such an asshole

[@user-bx9du3iy8m]

Какое это удовольствие слушать такую музыку. Моцарт это радость всему человечеству.

[@morenaconproblemasparasoci3759]

si

[@x.31]

Si

[@christinagerasimopoulou8663]

SI

[@Mipetz38]

Good luck on Ukra ine!

[@chegevara8896]

@@Mipetz38 Hohloina miss.

[@dumiao]

Farewell Ingrid, a great Mozartian with delicate taste. You are among the best.

[@bananabanana2887]

😭😭

[@yuk_notkim7658]

*were

[@bmeinardus]

Diese Sonate des grössten Komponisten aller Zeiten bringt mir schöne Erinnerungen an meine Ferien auf dem Land meiner Tanten im paradiesischen Süden Chiles 💝😊

[@mohamedabdulhaq3589]

I absolutely love this piece... Music for all people... For all time!

[@futon2345]

Reading while listening and visualizing oneself playing music is a sort of practice. Thank u

[@adolflazary5864]

Tal vez no le interesa a nadie pero cuando escuché la primera vez esta sonata tuve que sentarme en el suelo , petrificado absorto. Mi corazón no envejeció después de sesenta años. Gracias señor Mozart

[@felisiasilvestris]

💛

[@CujHieu16age]

I love u ! 😽❤

[@aubertducharmont]

Technique isnt the difficulty of Mozart, the real difficulty lies in music, dynamic, timing, everything must be played perfectly.

[@Marz21120]

True

[@Piflaser]

@@Marz21120 As Schnabel said: A futile music, too easy for beginners and too hard for masters.

[@Jpatient]

Ye it’s sooo annoying

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

@@Piflaser And this little piece of nonsense has been repeated ad infinitum, ad nauseam all over KZbin by commentators who have never stopped to think for themselves that Mozart is no different really from most other older keyboard composers where every note matters - Scarlatti being a good example. It’s less relevant in later composers like Chopin where if you omit a note or two because you can’t stretch, nobody notices, but with Mozart’s contemporary Haydn, there is no difference whatsoever between the two composers. Mozart was quite clear about this Sonata facile* that it was a little sonata ‘for beginners’, and that’s what it is; it serves no purpose to attempt to big it up into something it is not. * Italian singular, therefore pronounced correctly: *’fah*-chee-leh’.

[@Piflaser]

@@elaineblackhurst1509 What does this have to do with the discussion?

[@dc-1078]

What a beautiful performance!!!

[@mariamagdalenatieghi5621]

Cuántos recuerdos de la infancia. Con mi adorado Padre. El Pleyel que tuve luego la alegría de tocar con mucha música clásica y esta bella Sonata de Mozart. Gracias por Publicarla.

[@peterbalchin9077]

And the second movement is played very very nicely. The correct speed at one that one can sit back close one's eyes and savour! Tres bien.

[@HansKuhlmann]

You shouldn't underestimate this sonata, it may be easier than other works of Mozart, but that doesn't make it a piece for beginners. Some parts of the first movement are harder than you think. You need fast fingers for the scales and the the arpeggios are not so easy to play in the right speed. And then you have to play it with musical expression, left hand less loud etc. The difficulty is ranked intermediate (4-5 out of 9)

[@FirstGentleman1]

The third piece I learned in music school was the second movement from that sonata, so I still was a bloody beginner and I remember it was so difficult for me.

[@mariamagdalenatieghi5621]

No me canso de escuchar esta hermosa Sonata, que tocaba regularmente en el Piano de mi adorado Padre.

[@back-seat-driver1355]

wonderful! Enjoyment while listening. thank you so much!

[@popefran1657]

I love this recording because the pianist isn't speeding like they have to take a massive piss. My biggest pet peeve is when pianists play everything like it's a race!! Musicality is thing that exist folks!

[@authenticmusic4815]

Exactly

[@john_mckinney]

When you’re not capable of playing something fast.......

[@danal81]

Musicality and speed are not opposing things as your comment made it be lol.

[@popefran1657]

@@danal81 yes not always, but in my personal opinion they often can be. Playing ability aside, as a listener I often feel that pianists rush through many pieces that, again just in my personal subjective opinion, don't sound like they were meant to be played through so quickly. Again, in my personal opinion (so as not to offend the speed gang).

[@danal81]

Pope Fran pianists can rush through pieces for various reasons, sometimes emotions overtake them and it reflects on their tempo (Perahia’s performance of Chopin’s fantasie in f minor towards the end comes to my mind). Uchida sometimes “rushes” Mozart, I think it’s the way she feels phrasing with Mozart works the best. I wouldn’t say either of these pianists is not musical. Of course there are pianists who play fast for superficial effect. I get what you mean, and your comment is relevant under this video because one of Haebler’s greatest strengths is precisely this more laid down approach to Mozart’s music which lets it “breathe”.

[@TheDanilo74]

Mozart is grate!!! Thank you so much for your fantastic music!

[@stephens2553]

INCREDIBLE...what a GREAT peice of music

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

The first four bars are sublime; the rest of this Sonata facile ‘…for beginners’ (Mozart) is predictable, very limited, and probably his weakest piano sonata. The endless Alberti bass is frankly boring in the 2nd movement, and overall, it does Mozart no service to big this sonata up into something it’s not.

[@elmiramuradova561]

Очень люблю эту сонату , детства,так запомнилась!Совершенно звенящая и льющаяся музыка.спасибо! Love it from my childhood,it is Amazing,engrossing !

[@lerolerolero37]

This piece is tricky, it sounds so easy but playing it nicely and perfectly is hard but what makes it easy is it doesn't have much leaps or many notes plus it's in C Major. I've been practicing the 1st movement and it took me at least 6 months to finish the piece. I'm currently in 2nd movement and 3rd.

[@HansKuhlmann]

Damn right, I think it's not easier than the alla turca.

[@Neilan_ONG]

Damn my fingers hurt now after practicing

[@TehKaiser]

It was meant to be a teaching piece for students. So his C effort would be an A for many others.

[@malicant123]

There's no point to playing pieces that don't push your limits :). On the bass, I've been trying to play Donna Lee on a fretless for years, and I still can't get it up to tempo.

[@EGARit]

I'd say that c major, is easier to read, cause no accidentals, but having one or 2 sharps when playing is much more ergonomic

[@user-ol1um4jz7r]

So sensitive and clear melody, especially in the andante part... Listening to this I guess I can even feel velvet touch of lover's hand!

[@user-nt6ri4ip4n]

ビアノ習い初めて暫くして、必ずといっても良いくらい習う曲。懐かしい思いで拝聴しました。 この曲がきっかけで、モーツァルトに関心持ちました。

[@marialisduarte1223]

Como olvidarla !!!!!!!!!!! La ejecute' en un concierto Infantil a mis siete años . Mozart ...... Por siempre Mozart ....

[@jesusdominguez_2004]

My favorite piano sonata 🍃 Perfection is not simple, but many simple things make perfection. - - - - Mi sonata para piano favorita 🍃 La perfección no son cosas sencillas, pero muchas cosas sencillas hacen la perfección.

[@PetStuBa]

the andante is one of THE most beautiful pieces ever written

[@Dylonely42]

Not THE most beautiful pieces EVER written, but agree, it's beautiful

[@zachguo6372]

@@Dylonely42 It's obviously subjective, but I personally think it's nowhere near the most beautiful piece every written, or even written by mozart

[@Dylonely42]

@@zachguo6372 Ok, I'm glad for you :)

[@zachguo6372]

@@Dylonely42 i'm just think it's good to broaden one's horizons :) i personally think mozart's requiem is the most beautiful piece he's written

[@Dylonely42]

@@zachguo6372 In D minor ?

[@marshallartz395]

Wonderful performance. 😎🎹

[@carminecardaropoli72]

Semplicemente favolosa!!!

[@elizabethnunezhoyos3826]

Esta maravilla musical es la mejor compañía en este momento, lo hace realmente placentero

[@natchiteharmony73]

Ooooh suis trop happy!! Je débute le piano depuis un an et enfin je peux au moins suivre la partition et savoir où vous jouez...c'est vraiment une lecture en effet. Merci madame la pianiste..je m'entrainerai à la lire et la jouer durant les grandes vacances...voici un difficile qui m'obligera à la patience⏳🎼🎹 ...👍🌴972

[@barney6888]

Now, I guess the only other mystery to be solved is - what is "semplice" about this, exactly. The left hand alberti is particularily unpleasantly difficult to play delicately. I get my nose out of joint at the suggestion that this piece, played beautifully, is in any way easy. This performance is very graceful and beautiful, but she is also a superb pianist. With technique. This isn't easy and if you are working on this piece, don't let that description discourage or bully you off of it. Just take Horowitz's advice "to play well you must do 3 things - practice, practice, practice."

[@bartjebartmans]

Or as Tony Horton says: do your best and forget the rest

[@angusmcmillan8981]

What a truly stunning pianist.

[@mariamagdalenatieghi5621]

Cuántos recuerdos. Cuántos inolvidables.

[@idkwhoamidawg]

This Mozart is so cute

[@benx1456]

what?!

[@idkwhoamidawg]

@@benx1456 at 3:36

[@idkwhoamidawg]

Or i mean the youtube profile

[@Tibbie_Element]

🥰🥰🥰

[@Random-kf6qu]

Bruh

[@rjuttemeijer]

This sonata is anything but facile!

[@MrPhil480]

le 1er mouvement surtout

[@briandang5869]

@@MrPhil480 1st movement is mostly difficult in clarity but id argue overall difficult would be 2nd movement which is very musical. And 3rd movement is overall not as hard as the other 2

[@user-gosrmqmd]

Ive been practicing this for like 6 months and i. Finally on the 3rd movement

[@nes5065]

6 months? How many hours u practice a day?

[@misha7610]

This piece sounds so innocent when played like this!

[@21saukune21]

Bravo Maestro Mozart 💐💖🇬🇪

[@fer_motta]

It's so fun to play this piece, i've learned a few years ago, and i love it

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Interpretation dieser scheinbar leichten doch wesetlich perfekt komponierten Klaviersonate im lebhaften Tempo mit anmutigem Anschlag und sorgfältig kontollierter Dynamik. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und auch himmlisch. Wahrlich intelligente und unvergleichliche Pianistin!

[@canman5060]

Is said 'Sonata semplice' (Simple sonata) but to play the first movement with absolute eveness is a real hard work of great skill for many.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

The title is incorrect; it was published as a *Sonata facile.* (Italian singular pronounced correctly *’fah*-chee-leh’).

[@jldk007]

Magnifique !

[@laerciolira7007]

Beautiful....bravo.❤💚💙💛

[@marcomaxmusica]

wonderful! well playing! you can hear each pich written by author! perfect for who want truly know that piece!

[@MattHibbard1993]

Mozart: I'm going to make a nice easy sonata to play Mozart: wait, nevermind

[@guadalupegarciacatalan]

Mozart always great 🥰

[@theeverythingchannel_yt]

I love this song! I heard it the other day at church and that inspired me to start learning this piece. And now I'm using your video to learn this song! I like how you provided the sheet music. Thank you!

[@anthonyfromsiny]

Awesome!

[@ewapiano1222]

beautiful!thanks

[@vladimireremenko3614]

🎼🎹BRAVISSIMO!!!!👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@berlinzerberus]

AWESOME!

[@peter5.056]

RIP Ingrid Haebler! 😭

[@bananabanana2887]

😢

[@mahatmadarnasudhiro8241]

Mozart are calming.thats why ilove mozart😍

[@stopmotionhome9659]

That's beautiful 😍

[@malicant123]

I've been playing piano for about a year, and I've just started studying this piece. It's certainly not "facile" for me at all, but I think that it's an excellent piece to study. It's challenging for a beginner, but it's not too difficult that an attempt would be a waste of time.

[@ComposedBySam]

Exactly my thoughts

[@olgapiano1404]

Amazing👍👍👍

[@fomoyearsfofofiv8178]

Just brillant.

[@user-is3pk8sk7k]

Браво!❤

[@SmartDufus]

I didn't really play piano for that long, a few years when I was an adolescent.. This songs brings me back to 5th grade

[@kgfallone726]

Outstanding

[@TimL1980]

wonderfull!

[@user-ns7yp6oy5n]

Исполнение прекрасно!!!

[@graziettacarcetta2498]

Wowww 👏🏆

[@mariamagdalenatieghi5621]

Qué bien interpretada. Genial

[@jenny72]

Vakkert 🎼🎵🎶🎹🎹💙

[@olgaazarcenkova3478]

Brava!!!!!!!!!!

[@adolflazary5864]

Que hermoso, no es humano...mil veces la escuché y es lo mismo.

[@CujHieu16age]

I think its Andate the number two song

[@ordinalcollapsingfunction1788]

Bravo!

[@irenemevy7124]

Amazing💖

Que lindeza!

[@peterbalchin9077]

Excellent study aid!

[@masteridm1286]

Thanks!!!

[@AlejandroDominguezParedes]

Muy bueno!!!, la primera pieza es bien conocida!!!

[@vine2197]

Si

[@laureneberthelin1288]

Magnifique sonate facile do majeur merci mozart❤❤❤laurene BERTHELIN

[@hernang.amadini7252]

Excelente interpretación. Me gustó mucho. Saludos desde Argentina 😊

[@stepinfetchit9394]

This gorgeous piece of music will endure for eternity!

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

It’s already endured for something like two hundred and fifty years! Let’s see….What fraction of eternity is that? One gazillionth? No, I guess not-much less-much, much, much…oh, repetend-much less! Let’s put it that way! This piece has already endured for an Infinitesimal portion of eternity and might just possibly endure for another infinitesimal portion of eternity-depending how global warming and nuclear winter go, I suppose! Amazing!

[@koKo-kp8cr]

So Thanks

[@mariamagdalenatieghi5621]

Maravillosa.

[@pierrejacquart3494]

Ma sonate préférée de Mozart 😉

[@arriamirorei1925]

Mozart trolled the world with this "easy" sonata.

[@Zimzamzoom95]

It's easy

[@ignacioclerici5341]

@@Zimzamzoom95 only to play, its so difficult almost impossible to write something so perfect and beautiful like this. Specially the 2nd mov

[@Zimzamzoom95]

@@ignacioclerici5341 Not related to anything I said but ok bud

[@egetuncay7580]

@@Zimzamzoom95 for children :D

[@YanaLutsenko7]

super👍

[@luadinizcarvalho9718]

Estou grávida de gemeos e coloco todos os dias musica classica para eles ouvirem ❤❤

[@stefaniafiorinbrisi1176]

Geniale 🙏🩷

[@plwushee]

"for beginners"🙂🙂

[@veroniquegirin3607]

Les beaux morceaux de mes etudes piano Magnifique musique

[@user-jv3cw4gi4m]

피아노를 태어나서 한번도 안처본 사람인데 언제가는 이 곡 배워보고싶어요 잘때 매일 들어요 자장가로 들어도 들어도 질리지가 않네요

[@kimmossi10]

곡 좋아요! 그리고 열심히 차근차근 차근차근 연습하면 칠 수 있어요!

[@nelsonceballos1637]

Gracias💙

[@SandrasyArianElErizo]

0:07 The Song Intro Is Cracking The Cryptic :D.