Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (1st Movement)

[@Rousseau]

Mozart. Piano Sonata No. 8, 1st Mvt. Imagine a 22-year old Mozart who has just moved to Paris, having severed ties with his father, and is struggling to make a living on his own. On top of this, his mother is dying. During this period, he writes the darkest of his sonatas - the only one that, up until this point, he has written in a minor key. While we don't have anything in Mozart's own words about the relationship between the sonata and his personal life, we can speculate that it is an outlet for the anger, grief, desperation, sadness and love he feels towards his mother. Losing both of his parents, Mozart's music takes the first steps of its departure from the musical world of his childhood, with uncharacteristic uses of tonality, tempo, rhythm, dynamic emphases and counterpoint. Hope you enjoy this beautiful performance by M Kumar, and hope your Thursday will be an excellent one ♥

[@andrek344]

love this little bit of history, thank you for the context Rousseau. Mr. Kumar did an incredible job, holy wow

[@SomeoneLikeEveryoneElse]

This song is amazing. Now make Wrong Note.

[@fabaplay]

Tocando muito como sempre né meu filho como papai ensinou

[@w4rsnick]

Lol i thought you were talking about you

[@aadityavasudev1875]

Osm

[@Rousseau]

Mozart wrote 18 piano sonatas - which one is your favorite?

[@billwh]

sonata no 11

[@ninjagrape2416]

No 11

[@banumathi8684]

Sonata no 10

[@gabriel8553]

Sonate 1

[@nathanigjeld]

no 9

[@cluckcluck6494]

Even though Mozart tried to show that he's depressed with this piece it still sounds happy in some parts, the part of Mozart which he can't escape

[@abathingdave5966]

SALIERI!!!

[@cluckcluck6494]

yeah, that's my profile pic

[@ingeborghjertaker1963]

Yoy YTP You’re absolutely right

[@cluckcluck6494]

Hirakai Ko who exactly are you talking to? If it's me FYI i'm a male

[@cristobal2012]

A Bathing Dave - Well, perhaps he is showing the struggle inside his mind when playing and his irritability, which is a sign of depression too.

[@Rousseau]

Only a few more weeks left of the year!! What classical piece do you want to see before 2020?

[@jakobhedman836]

Wrong note etude op 25 no 5

[@jakobhedman836]

Lizst trancendental etude 4 Mazeppa

[@jakobhedman836]

Lizst trancendental etude 9 ricordanza

[@coolfish3087]

Dvorak humoresque no 7? i dont think you have covered anything Dvorak yet..

[@Rami893ga]

Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No.1 ( In B flat minor)

[@LukeFaulkner]

Mozart wrote so well in minor keys. Shame that out of the 19 piano sonatas, literally all but two of them are in major keys.

[@jurriaanvandiggelen2352]

Luke Faulkner Wow, you are here?

[@le0nz]

That's what I came to said. You are right

[@shaukatbhatti2554]

I really like your piano playing. keep up the good work❤👍

[@TheLifeisgood72]

But he transposes into minor and many of the major pieces still sound sad

[@jdsmith8282]

Fancy seeing you here! I remember commenting on another recording of you playing. How you doing?

[@shevinperera6334]

Rest In Peace Mozart .

[@Rousseau]

Glad someone noticed :)

[@mcig98]

wat i dont get it

[@GastN_]

Mozart died 5th of December (today)

[@le0nz]

F

[@RockinTheDub]

F

[@Chopinwannabe7556]

Mozart: writes piece in minor to show that he is depressed. Chopin:

[@Chopinwannabe7556]

@SlightlyMiffedRajang And, in spite of my knowledge about that fact, I still posted this. Apologies, but what does it have to do with anything anyway? Edit: Jeez, that was passive aggressive.

[@aubriegarman7996]

That's funny

[@bhooshanpandit1344]

Genius comment.

[@altagraciaencarnacion97]

@SlightlyMiffedRajang yes since chopin was born in 1810

[@priyamanobal]

SlightlyMiffedRajang what’s that got to do with this?

[@ЛюбовьГнедина-о5ф]

Я играла эту сонату 47 лет назад,я училась тогда в музыкальном училище.Мне было тогда 16 лет.Какие приятные и трогательные воспоминания!Спасибо огромное Вам за этот экскурс в юность...

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart2553]

Thank you for playing my music.

[@gachauniverse4934]

Omg mozart you speak french? :0

[@jesusmanriquezsantana1590]

@@gachauniverse4934 of course he spoke french in addition to English, Italian, Latin and his mother tongue German

[@gachauniverse4934]

@@jesusmanriquezsantana1590 okey thank you

[@jesusmanriquezsantana1590]

@@gachauniverse4934 :)

[@thetoutoulier6278]

OMG MOZART IN PERSON IS HERE!!! (R.I.P btw)

[@heisenburger8590]

You’ve inspired me to play The piano and now Im better than i ever thought i would be.

[@threnody4955]

Same here William

[@terlis3423]

And now I can play even Bach's Prelude in C!

[@fehermate5089]

Same :)

[@hossainnahdi2905]

How good are you..? I just wanna know.

[@skramjet4482]

Terlis342 same but Rachmaninoff’s

[@elweewutroone]

There are some parts that are interestingly similar to Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight”, 3rd movement by Beethoven… For example, 1:37 is similar to the G-sharp minor section (second subject), but with block chords instead of the fast Alberti Bass and tremoli. Beginning at 7:04, the melody shifts to the left hand like in the F-sharp minor/ C-sharp minor development section. The left hand melody also appears later on just before the cadenza.

[@shatheeshchandramohan]

Actually, in the beginning itself it syncs with moonlight sonata 3rd movement. I also sense some other classical pieces here and there

[@lisztomaniac2718]

Beethoven put many elements of Mozart in his pieces

[@espressogirl68able]

You seem to be quite the Beethoven fan. It must be very exciting for you to uncover evidence that Mozart was copying/inspired by Beethoven. Only Bach fanbois are more under-educated.

[@USA_UNITED1776]

@@espressogirl68able no this came out before moonlight sonata. Impossible to copy something that didnt exist yet.

[@charlesthomas5956]

Can you give me the timestamp for the left and melody

[@AntoniusTertius]

Due to several people claiming that whenever Mozart wrote a piece in minor key, it suddenly became unbeatable, mainly in G minor, I decided to gather all of his pieces in minor keys and publish over 70 works as a video! Guess what... Rumours are true! The video is called 'Mozart Complete Works in Minor keys' , enjoy it before it gets blocked!

[@plootyluvsturtle9843]

What will always impress me about Mozart is that he was always innovating, and pushing himself, creating new and better music. And in his short time on the earth he created over 600 pieces of music. Imagine what sort of pieces we would have gotten if he had lived longer, even another year. I believe if he was given more time he’d be the best of all time without contest and without rival. And despite that, in his short time he still managed to be one of if not still the best of all time

[@toshibami]

Me: "Comes home from work" Rousseau: "Uploads a video" Me: "Perfection"

[@grantwoolard]

7:04 - 7:15 best part

[@trongdung1306]

Wait, what are you doing here?

[@angkhangnguyen5017]

@@trongdung1306 he's scouting the internet for materials to make his 4th mashup

[@trongdung1306]

@@angkhangnguyen5017 Ohhh, so that's why

[@Itibitydetsku]

W H A T? Y O U?

[@TAO_Music]

I played this sonata for my master's audition! The 2nd movement is so beautiful. Well done on this movement.

[@samcarr554]

You know something good is coming when two pieces in a row aren't performed by Rousseau

[@rap.4937]

Why is Mozart so freaking fun and whimsical! So light and airy. His music makes you dream and float purely.

[@devprime2390]

been 228 years since Mozart Death and his music still kicking everywhere

[@taracochran-patrick784]

Alive and kicking

[@SomeoneLikeEveryoneElse]

Me: **comes early** 15 people: I'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you.

[@Timbo5000]

I clicked on teh video when it was released 9 minutes ago.... and I see comments 10 minutes ago lol

[@issacmoore1561]

You gotta keep your QPUs aligned.

[@composerdavidgiannivaldez367]

Oh hey!

[@orsemcore]

that was not funny?

[@orsemcore]

@@composerdavidgiannivaldez367 stfu

[@Pawel_Malecki]

Please respect that man, he plays trills starting on the upper note - very few pianists realise that's how they should be played in Classical period pieces.

[@lest6590]

8:16 I love it when pianists try to do vibrato xD

[@elenaherreriascanas4693]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you made my day

[@nsq2487]

it's a technique to relieve tension in fingers. They don't expect it to have any effect on the sound.

[@rampgamercracka4258]

Neil is right. Have a look at Eric Lu or Dang Thai Son's performance of the Prelude 24 by Chopin. After playing all the other 23, the hands become so tense that the giant movements Eric Lu and Dang Thai Son make are completely reasonable.

[@troliskimosko]

Sabrina Chen well that may be true but I subconsciously do what Rousseau did cause I want vibrato lol

[@splatowie308]

@@nsq2487 i thought it gives a certain rounding sound?

[@Edward-W]

This is one of my favourite piano compositions from Mozart!

[@mozart-pianist]

Gracias! For playing my music and inspire others to shall play my exquisite music 😀

[@thetoutoulier6278]

I dedicate this piece to my grandmother that died😔 She was dying because of the hospitals that where full because of covid I was playing this peace to try to calm down then when i finished it i cried my dad came in the room and anounced us that she died😖 RIP

[@cressidalia2582]

Awwww that’s so sad, I hope your doing well

[@thetoutoulier6278]

@@cressidalia2582 thanks❤❤

[@arvindiyer1649]

Im soory to hear that.

[@justmobilegaming6381]

Sorry for your loss. She is still there with you and your piano🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@dmitrishostakovich1671]

Same happened with my grandfather.

[@adjiewahyupradana2696]

Honestly i like all piano pieces in minor

[@randiey95]

Me too

[@vampire7327]

Me three

[@micahandrejczak3015]

omegagon good one

[@prouttourp4522]

Minor is the best mode to write music in, me think.

[@김민재-mkjae]

So do I.

[@Iem0nADE]

Fingers get 0.01 second breaks.....thanks mozart

[@thibomeurkens2296]

I’m not a very bog fan of Mozart but some of his music it just is incredible

[@Dylonely_9274]

Same

[@Isaiah_wrestle321]

Bog

[@user-rd3jw7pv7i]

@@Isaiah_wrestle321 Boggers

[@aimdrip1074]

@@user-rd3jw7pv7i Loggers

[@hendoodle34]

@@Isaiah_wrestle321 bogzart

[@shannonparatene8262]

A dream I had once.. I walked through heaven's gates, birds rested on the ground, I heard people talking. I walked on further until I rose over a crest. There they were, Mozart, 2pac and Stevie Nicks. They had been discussing the power of love over subcultural indifference. Finally I was home

[@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797]

When is Wolfgang going to release his next album?

[@rivers118]

He's gonna drop his mixtape first

[@danya8958]

Mozart is died

[@ye4230]

@@danya8958 r/ is woosh

[@tegan2950]

What is your username?! I’m dying 😅

[@noxeternisinactive9150]

Mozart died hundreds of years ago idiot 🤪

[@shin-i-chikozima]

My love for Mozart is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea In this performance, all is far superior splendor

[@phoenixparkour9807]

you are the best pianist I've ever seen on youtube

[@DisneyRelaxingMusicStudio]

I've been hearing this for 4 years and never get tired of it

[@ramonxulvi-mojarrango2474]

There is something so special about this piece.

[@eggdogiscool]

5:02 - 5:07 reminds me a bit of paganini 24 2.varation huh 5:17 - 5:20 reminds me of 4.varation

[@BunnyAcee]

When you hit 3 million subscribers, can you do a q&a or hand reveal

[@pavlomakarchuk]

@praveen kumar no, he means hand

[@sapereaude9737]

Hahaha

[@Lawyer_Morty]

praveen kumar He means all the hands

[@BunnyAcee]

Frédéric François Chopin wow how could I forget “All of them”😂

[@Kiaulen]

Or even just a piano reveal. Show off that amazing LED soldering

[@vaggelisdx82]

What a beautiful piece! Many thanks to Mozart!

[@dmitrypavlov6549]

Epic piece. One of my favorite Mozart pieces

[@ТимурЕгоров-ы5ц]

Mozart’s music is God who has come down to us from heaven. This sonata is beautiful, like all the works of the great composer. When he died, Only his physical appearance was taken away. They said that he could not be identified, And the body was buried in a common grave. But we prefer to believe That he was never buried Because he never died.

[@melloncollie1795]

So rousseau levelled up. Not only growing hands now, he can multiply himself.

[@le9038]

Mozart: And to take my frustrations and sadness on this, this may be my eighth sonata... the music: 🪩 🕺

[@ethanward7943]

am I the only one who appreciates the smoothness of their hands :>

[@lkotchen]

Haha

[@pianoforteyt]

Lolz 😂

[@tuananhle1214]

Very clean and elegant playing, without abusing pedals. I like it.

[@ripiha2682]

I'm so glad you took my recommendation! this proves you listen to your fans and take all of their ideas :)

[@nickb987]

Beautiful played. I could listen to it all day. Right before my meeting I heard this song for the first time and I am calm again. Thanks for putting so much effort in every video!

[@aaronshan51]

Theory: Rousseau is actually a group of multiple pianists, that's why some pieces are performed by different people and how the channel is able to churn out videos so fast.

[@FrostDirt]

Rousseau's channel consists of 3 people.

[@aaronshan51]

@@FrostDirt wait really?

[@FrostDirt]

@@aaronshan51 Yep, there is Rousseau, and two other people nicknamed SPQ and M Kumar. For example, SPQ performed Prelude and Fugue in C Minor and M Kumar performed Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor. You can who performed a piece in the description (it's always Rousseau if it's not mentioned).

[@swooty2805]

@@FrostDirt No lmao. Like 6 pianists have performed on his channel. He still renders and edits the videos himself, but just asks his friends to perform a piece on here if he doesn't know that specific piece.

[@rudrakulkarni3440]

It aint a theory it is a fact

[@ndescruzur4378]

OMFG the 0:13 part was stuck in my head for weeks but I didn't know the name of the piece, even I thought it was form beethoven xd

[@clairelinfirefly]

same!!!!! i searched the whole internet even soundtracks in Amadeus, eventually i gave up and decided to go for every piano sonata piece by Mozart and I'm finally here.

[@elweewutroone]

The second subject of the 3rd movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight” has many similarities. The development also shares similarities.

[@Adambenhmida0000]

Beethoven does feature it in the 3rd mvt of moonlight sonata

[@Adambenhmida0000]

It is, moonlight sonata mvt 3

[@Adambenhmida0000]

holy shit i found I already replied to this lmao

[@beethoven8777]

beautiful, as always

[@BGMDisneyStudio]

This sound is so calming. Have an amazing day 😘

[@balloonalienoverlord8901]

48 thumbs down?? How does someone watch that and think "nah.. not good. that was so bad I need press thumbs down to show my dislike to the whole world" I will never understand people. Keep up the great work man! You are amazing!

[@bananadude9642]

I wanted a Piano. I said '' I want a piano so I can be good as Rousseau Mommy'' Till thanksgiving Mom gave me A note and it said '' You can't not be like Rousseau. He's too good!''

[@Youssef-iu8dn]

7:03 Still DRE coming YESSS!

[@mingjie618]

I guess 4:24 is the part where Mozart is really sad

[@tachyon776]

Thanks for playing this in a minor

[@Waffleconchocolate]

OMG IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! I requested this one some months ago, thank you :D

[@sminkle12]

Everyone talking about Mozart’s few minor compositions showing he’s depressed. Tragic key if Beethoven:

[@gmjunkyard3403]

Magnificent. Just imagine the talent needed to create such a work of art. Just imagine the talent needed to interpret it and play it properly.

[@amyjones8114]

My favorites are always Mozart! 💕

[@BGMRelaxingMusicStudio]

I'm facinated by the face that every song ever made can be covered into jazz and sound great.

[@SathyasHarmony]

wow!!! beautiful as expected!

[@DisneyMelody]

I was fascinated by this fantastic atmosphere ! Perfect relaxation ! Thank you for sharing

[@DhruveDahiya]

love this piece

[@Moribus_Artibus]

22 years old. God damn, this kid is a genius.

[@octavianpopovici7416]

Happy birthday, Mozart

[@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion]

There is a hook at beginning so something concrete to base the whole piece on the rest is very sophisticated improvisation. Youre amazing. Shokran for your gift to the world

[@SergioLopez-pm7hv]

WOW Mozart playing B flat 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 0:26

[@frankho4059]

It's B-flat three, that octave is not correct, so if I could play it, he didn't play B-flat 3 and that's like 5

[@frankho4059]

And he plays sometimes the B flat three, like in Fantasia in D minor

[@Fm-xu9id]

Mozart si uso el B bemol 3 y todos los demas, el video de jaime es falso.

[@peticasimion4160]

To all dislikers: THAT IS NOT THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON

[@davidvereb]

You've to do 3rd movement, one of the mozart's masterpiece

[@ZeeSample-SoloQ]

when you start having chills in a slow pace you just know what you're listening to is a masterpiece

[@mtyce0660]

I hovered my mouse-hand over the keyboard while pressing the video to give myself the satisfaction of knowing that the only reason Rousseau can hit all of those notes is because he has three hands

[@aliciacheung3727]

n-th comment, where n is a natural number

[@lachlanwilson1519]

I don't know if many people understand your subset of real numbers reference lmao

[@sachamnt6675]

Intellecutal

[@lachlanwilson1519]

@@sachamnt6675lol

[@alejandrom.4680]

Alicia Cheung I see what you did there, and I like it

[@calvinooi1407]

Quick maths

[@베티-c3t]

You haven’t done any of the Chopin Scherzos or Schubert Impromptus. I would like to hear the 2nd Scherzo and the Op.142 No.3 Impromptu. Love your Music!

[@samthepianoman]

HYEYOUNG KIM YES the Schubert is beautiful and the scherzo is Chopin! What else is there to say?

[@antonygonzalez1672]

Stonefish Schubert’s impromptus and fantasies were all so beautiful☺️

[@samthepianoman]

Yaas

[@guilhermeassef8028]

i love this part 06:06

[@bonjouraurevoirhahah]

Can't spell Mozart without Art

[@robertoa.m.3984]

Mozart is alive....

[@cameronpeterson6734]

This song makes me want to wear a second monocle while sitting by a fireplace

[@ludwig4029]

Laser Mayonnaiser piece*

[@leonmarone1752]

Rousseau could you please play “Erlkönig” by Listz, it’s a very hard piece

[@godofwar5000]

Seconded!

[@robinmorrison8686]

YES

[@zhaeg0n]

YES!!! I have requested it before but it was probably drowned out XD

[@tegan2950]

Ye

[@decafcoffee0935]

Yes, Wilde Jagd too!

[@elenadelgado6661]

I'm in love with the ability that the video and the person show,i mean,WOW you really need hours and years of practice to have that level.Congratulations!!

[@michaelcain9324]

Beautiful...

[@oyunyolu6778]

This melody 😌

[@piadas804]

"Hello mortals. Black holes are the most dense objects in the universe..."

[@pantheon777]

It is weird that though this is considered one of the darkest periods of Mozart's life, and saddest sonatas of this period, there is still a lot of major tonality and "triumphal" expression (esp/ considering what comes later in the romantic period and beyond). I wonder how this would sound in an even darker modality like Phrygian or Dorian flat2

[@sidcrack6686]

Wow I can’t stop listening to this, phenomenal performance ❤️

[@margheritahooi1266]

Yes, Mekhla Kumar is a brilliant young pianist.

[@andreasandreotti4492]

Nice, to see the fingers moving lively on the klaviatur and Mozart´s fantasy be printed on the keys of the piano in such a brilliant way!

[@elxsieschannel5769]

I love the presentation that shows the key position and as well as your excellent abilities. EXCELLENT!

[@sapereaude9737]

Usually, I dont like Mozart's music tbh. But that piece is actually pretty nice! You also played it, as always, really good! And I like the visual effect for the keys. Would like to see such effects more often :)

[@jakobesterbauer6058]

rousseau did not play this one though

[@MiScusi69]

@@DanielFahimi You're really cultured! Greetings!

[@DanielFahimi]

@@MiScusi69 no

[@MiScusi69]

@@DanielFahimi why did you delete that comment? It was so well made!

[@DanielFahimi]

@@MiScusi69 no

[@MaferFerW]

8:32: Rousseau: Finished! 8:33 Rousseau: Wooops.. I forgot something?.. 8:35 Rousseau: ... Nop. Finished!

[@TBJ701]

Excellent performance! You should definitely release a video of the whole piece, would love to hear it!

[@neilmande5148]

This is the real stuff, the real deal

[@brianbernstein3826]

Mozart's minor works are few, but always among the best and most well known. This sonata, #14, and the two minor piano concertos come to mind. these pieces are often compared to Beethoven for their fiery passion and violent rhythms, but I find the childish joy and spirit of Mozart's major pieces even in the minor pieces, truly his own style entirely

[@RuzGaming]

I'm as early as mozart for his time.

[@uemirainbow2170]

This piece just traps you in a loop

[@idk-qc9zy]

Lool

[@uemirainbow2170]

Came back here again.. Woah it's been 9 months already 😮 Time flies so fast

[@TBladeX]

I wanna see him play Maple Leaf Rag 🎶

[@VB-bc5jr]

yes

[@sal9064]

You just made me hard by juss mentioning one of those songs for rosseau to play

[@federicovargiu5084]

Rousseau don't play ragtime

[@VB-bc5jr]

@@federicovargiu5084 Why? What's your problem?

[@lydia-exe]

He'd play it in like, complete chords and mess around to the point where it could be, I don't know, HR2 level.

[@deanospimoniful]

Sehr gut, Herr Mozart. Schlafen sie gut.

[@yaminoonna3218]

1:38 so beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍

[@sikroboskop3121]

Mozart: *this* Beethoven: Hippity hoppity, your melody is my property

[@alexismoisan1632]

Alkım Koş AHAHAH, noticed that too

[@StatischBenutzer]

What Beethoven piece is it?

[@eljodoma9105]

go away lol, no composer will match Beethovens melodies.

[@sikroboskop3121]

Chase Sutherland Moonlight sonata 3rd movement

[@DaliborJanKomarik]

Same could be said for beethoven and chopin

[@thepianist2535]

Aah... The 1778 kids will remember this

[@jarednitta1934]

i remember playing this piece at a recital. what a challenging yet fun piece to play!

[@tomstafford7510]

1:27 is my will to live

[@Dylonely_9274]

For me : 3:09

[@mariadelmarsanchez5178]

Mozart is able to make magic with his music , but this make us impressed.