Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in a-minor KV 310, Grigory Sokolov

[@pmcschultz]

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[@ayrtonarmandotrellescastro1625]

Thank you.

[@espressonoob]

@@trashguitarplayer ok

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

Thank you for recording this precious performance Auke. And thank you for including the score: it's so much more enjoyable to read the music while listening to it. I'm honored by the shoutout to my video, hopefully it can give food for thoughts and help to many others.

[@annettereinheimer9977]

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[@annettereinheimer9977]

Pp

[@davidofpiano423]

Anybody who plays the piano can appreciate just how astounding the articulation is in this performance. Achieving those pearl shaped 16th notes which somehow sound both legato and staccato at the same time takes an incredible technique. I think this might be my favorite.

[@ffelegal]

Indeed, this pianist has one of the clearest articulations I've heard.

[@monkeflip2510]

Indeed, the articolato sound is difficult af, and also the trills, in fact I found Mozart being more difficult than some Rachmaninoff ahahahah.

[@AlfieTheProducer]

Exactly

[@karoldettlaff5345]

For me only Gilels is better for Mozart and Beethoven

[@amaliachr8661]

Ένας σπουδαίος καθηγητής που ειχα στη μουσική οταν τον ρωτούσαμε γιατι δεν εκτιμά τον Ραχμάνινωφ μας απαντούσε : «πολλες νότες…!!!… γιατί;;;; Ενώ ο Μότσαρτ ακριβώς όσες χρειάζονται!!!» Και είχε δίκιο! Όσοι παίζουμε Μότσαρτ ξέρουμε οτι αν μας φύγει μια νότα αν κατι ξεχάσουμε μετά καταρρέει όλο το έργο γιατι κάθε νότα στον Μότσαρτ παίζει τον ρόλο της….

[@chopin4525]

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists. ― Artur Schnabel

[@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven]

One of my favorite quotations.

[@stevennababan6159]

Nice quote.

[@user-ze2si1en4k]

Why?

[@brodycates8472]

Too easy for children? To listen to or to play?

[@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven]

@@brodycates8472 To play.

[@meredith218461]

Sokolov plays with crystalline clarity plus a fine control of dynamics.

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Феноменально! ❤

[@romulo-mello]

For anyone wondering, the chord progression between 15:10 and 15:40 is V - Im - IVm - ♭VII⁷ - III - Im - IV⁷ - VII° - Im - IV⁷ - ♭VIIm - III⁷ - I⁷ - IVm - ♭VII⁷ - III (with suspensions)

[@sergiogiudici6976]

That progression is a tonal miracle. It could suggest the goal of 200 years of tonal taught was to ground that passage

[@luytmiau1363]

​@@sergiogiudici6976 true

[@dylanberger3924]

first mozart passage to make me cry lol. i appreciate your comment

[@Fernando31611]

That Presto... no rushes, no false virtuosism, just pure A minor melodic joy!!!

[@ffelegal]

15:10 is one of my favorite parts. So much tension and beautiful harmony.

[@floridasfinestproductions4651]

I think Beethoven has something just like it in one of his sonatas forgot wich one though. Awsome part

[@davidmoset5012]

When I hear 15:10 I think of a 70 year old man who has lost his wife. But it's 21 year old Mozart who lost his mother. Absolutely incredible.

[@P아니스트]

That's because Jesus gave you some response

[@caterscarrots3407]

Yes, I have heard of that before. I also heard of that happening with Beethoven. Beethoven was really 9 years old when he was considered a child prodigy but his father said Beethoven was 6 years old because 9 years old sounded too old to call Beethoven a prodigy.

[@eunsungkwon485]

Basically the same, so you were on the right track. *Bereavement* Loss of a family member.

[@escopiliatese3623]

Caters Carrots this is has nothing to do with the original comment, you obviously just wanted to show off useless trivia.

[@sadhoe5258]

Esco Piliatese even if it’s «useless trivia» your comment was not need at all, especially with how rudely you stated it. You had no use in commenting :)

[@victron6]

This work by W. A. M. is just plain awesome, beautiful piece, It literally brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. I wish Mozart was here today so I could thank him. I have been a fan of Mozart since I was 5 years old In in my 60s now!

[@DeanDeBlock]

That second movement is exceptionally beautiful! 250 years later we still listen to Mozart's music ... This is one the most precious things life has to offer us

[@gezaradai2958]

the most precious

[@shadowjuan2]

Dean De Block I think it has only been 228 years since his death

[@fernandopaxeco7709]

Dean De Block gay

[@maxstuart9568]

mozart is not beautiful. there is no meaning in his little compositions. they are simple and emotionless. they do not demonstrate true mastery of composition. only of unsophisticated light music.

[@maxstuart9568]

I appreciate the nuance in your statement, but i would just like to point out that mozart's faux-sentimentality is an affection. He always can ruin a nice melody by going back to arpoggiaturas and alberti basses

[@playercembalo873]

Cosindering the situation Mozart faced at that time, I guess that Mozart wanted to express the anger and sorrow in his mind, The living legend Sokolov expresses the emotion perfectly by the brilliant play!!! I have heard this sonata A minor played by various pianists and now I can say with a confidence that Sokolov is the Best.

[@미켈란젤리]

Grigory Sokolov has very broad repertoire, including Mozart. And his interpretation and ability to apply it to pianoforte is just great. One of the greatest ever

[@jorgeaguirre7260]

Love his approach to this sonata. Sounds so new, so fresh, so dramatic, and at the same time does complete justice to the language of the period.

[@LIAISAGREENBEL]

Jorge Aguirre right? It is quite fresh.

[@vickyk1861]

Agree, not boring at all

[@familyman5013]

Yeah quite fresh

[@georgeantonakis4151]

Thank you for being born, on this day, back in 1756. So indebted to you!

[@ffelegal]

How does Sokolov turn any piece into liquid gold? He makes them make sense. It's magical to me. Not only clear articulation, but extremely musical. All the passages he makes it voiced, cantabile, important. When I try to play it there's so much weird notes. I'm in awe.

[@enriquebonifacino9939]

Mozart always stands out from the rest of the composers - especially the ones from his own time. Nobody could create to this height of artistic and technical level.

[@ffelegal]

Nobody is a very big word.

[@thestranger3833]

@@ffelegal Bach wasn't just nobody, so enriquebonifacino9939's sentence checks out.

[@MusicMania248]

Mozart wrote this sonata not long after his mother passed away, which was extremely depressing for him. Can you hear how the music leaps between many octaves at once? It's believed by some that's Mozart expressing his sadness in his music, and how he tried to distract himself at the time from the terrible tragedy he was faced with. Mozart is known for creating music with a tone quality that reflected the positive or negative aspects of his life at the time.

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

vaaai se fu der

[@Leitilumo]

The motifs of the first movement are forceful and then an extended feeling of dragging oneself through a swamp with heavy boots. The way the development is written is really telling as well to his misery, which wasn't often for him. The second movement is the lilting cry of a child turning back to his young memories of simple dances, traveling, and simple peaceful tones. The way he wrote the melody pulled like a thread is heartbreaking. The way the third movement runs is incredibly telling of his mood, perhaps his anger at his father. The closing repetitious slamming of chords is uncharacteristic of Mozart and exhibits a rare sliver of his anger.

[@smughomersimpson1237]

Leitilumo very well said. The second movement in particular is beautiful.

[@seancloser]

MusicMania248 I know, but from what I have heard and seen, I don't feel sadness. Maybe he wasn't that sad at that age.

[@sameash3153]

We tend to read our modern notions of grief, sadness, and art in older artists. Music wasn't such a vulnerable "look at my sadness" type of thing back then. Sad affects were sought to bring out some sort of sadness in the audience, not as a reflection of the composer's own grief, as would be common in the romantic era. Though, sure, one could argue that only a composer with personal tragedy would know how to bring out those "sad affects" onto the audience. Still, we're reading a bit too much into the composer. It reminds me of people who talk that way about Bach's music, when Bach dedicated all of his music to his own expression of how he perceived God, not as an expression of himself. I genuinely think the artist as a self expresser is a new concept.

[@jeremygwynn]

There is a certain level of insight that Sokolov brings to his performances that I just don't hear in other recordings. Which isn't to say that theirs aren't legitimate, but Sokolov brings something out from behind and between the notes that set him apart from everyone else.

[@didierschein8515]

Der beste Mozart ist der Mozart vom Sturm und Drang.

[@toddcollins3881]

I just love the unexpected change starting at 16:37. If that isn't heartbreak I'm not sure what is.

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Одна из самых красивейших сонат. Моцарт прекрасен!.. ❤

[@sarahblasi3441]

Falta de respeito do KZbin colocar um anúncio bem no meio do movimento! Belíssima interpretação, uma das melhores dessa sonata maravilhosa de Mozart.

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Григорий Соколов, Вы~Гений! Браво! Браво! Браво! ❤ Потрясающе!

[@burakunsal7499]

This is the best Mozart sonata ever, I don't get how this is not much much more popular. It is excellent. Emotionally, it has this raw, in your face opening and theme like Beethoven, and it is very contrapuntal in some places. The development section is ingenious, the way he just develops the initial semi-tone openig motif, to the point of just alternating between E and A on the base along with gorgeous right hand figuration. Then in the recaputilation the theme goes to the left hand for a lengthy section. I think Beethoven got his idea of putting the theme on base on the 3rd movement recapitulation of Moonlight Sonata from this sonata. As much as Mozart is praised, it is pieces like these where you not only think he deserves all praise but you almost think he is underrated somehow still :D

[@psalm2764]

Beethoven copied Mozart. That is his fame and fortune.

[@kwastormayt]

@@psalm2764 and member of the great germany

[@bedranhikmet5609]

@@psalm2764 God l wish its not right

[@psalm2764]

@@bedranhikmet5609 It is though.

[@psalm2764]

@@kwastormayt Right. Beethoven was a sodomite liar, Mozart was high above both him and all the rest. That is why they murdered him. Unadulterated ENVY.

[@PaulHummerman]

Astonishing clarity. The first 2 movements are extraordinary, the last nothing short of miraculous.

[@ГалинаОрлова-ф1в]

Какой восхитительный,хрустально-прозрачный звук...

[@memedreams8558]

I’m learning the first movement for an audition and it’s probably become one of my favorite Mozart pieces

[@millicentbystander5206]

So much beauty here, and power, and melancholy.

[@DonFarshido]

This is Mozart's Appassionata. There is that feeling of permanent interruption and necessary continuation, that fighting for expression in the first movement and there is that little volcano of the third. There is something unique and indescribable about this particular sonata of his, despite all of them being, the more often you hear them the more, achingly beautiful.

[@miguelisaurusbruh1158]

So is this the most passionate and dramatic Motzart can get? uhm... ok...

[@DonFarshido]

One cannot necessarily say that. However, its "passion" is not spelled out and screamed into your face. There are other musicians that will more immediately please the very strong passions of Phillistines so Mozart might not be exactly your place to go.

[@FrostDirt]

@@miguelisaurusbruh1158 it's subtle dramaticism, if you want an in-your-face dramatic Mozart, his minor key concertos are your to-go.

[@miguelisaurusbruh1158]

@@FrostDirt Ok thx!, i'm in a mortzart maraton and i've already listened to lacrimosa, all of his piano sonatas, and a lot of his symphonies

[@ignacioclerici5341]

@@miguelisaurusbruh1158 listen to his violín sonata 27 adagio, very melancholic piece. - Don Giovanni a cenar Teco m'invitasti - capriccio k 395 - the requiem - kyrie k 427 from c minor mass - piano Concerto 23, 2nd mov - ah soccorso from don giovanni

[@kupomomo1712]

The second movement won me the talent show in my high school. I am forever grateful.

[@toothlesstoe]

That's actually surprising.

[@LocksVid]

toothless toe exactly

[@lucaamorosoofficial]

We dont give a fuck about you

[@leo17921]

good job, even though the second movement is free

[@NelsonFilmsStudio]

KuPoMoMo with a classical piece?! Whaaaaat!?

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Чем больше слушаю., тем сильнее эта музыка меня поражает. О, Господи! ❤❤❤

[@AlanAlexis013]

I can't help but to feel heartbreak at 15:10 through 15:39. The six notes per beats are what get me. I can hear a choir singing that section. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[@REpianist]

Alan Zamarron Yes, I agree, as frantically dark as the first movement is, these few measures in the midst of an otherwise dainty, pleasant reminiscence, is the tragic heart of the entire sonata. Right in the center of the whole thing too! I'm afraid, however, I am less moved by Sokolov's interpretation than by others I've heard.

[@playercembalo873]

Totally agreed....feels like my heart is squeezing....

[@sender1496]

Gives me shivers. It's amazing how that sequence of chords always gives me shivers, in so many different pieces. It's pretty obvious why, but still.

[@luci_-ub9xx]

I feel the same thing... Another part that make me feel instigated is in 16:42

[@luci_-ub9xx]

The dissonance too excite me, in 15:10

[@obrcht]

He preforms with the crisp elegance and verve as I understand Mozart.

[@eliogaviria04]

I'm thirteen years old, and my teacher just gave me this piece, I'm so FREAKING EXCITED to start working on it!

[@jugutierrez]

Alexandra's same 😆😆

[@garan716]

It’s so good. I’ve read the discription and i saw that he had written the name of the wed where the sheets are available. I accessed that wed but don’t know how to get these sheets. Can you please tell me how to get the sheet or give me the correctly link of the sheets?I would be very thankful.

[@misoweli]

I'm 17 and I've just been given it so.. I guess you're winning in life.

[@Ivan_1791]

@@misoweli I'm 19 and I just started playing it, and by your logic I should be even more loser than you? xD Makes no sense...

[@Assassunn]

I'm 23 years old and I'm practicing the 3rd movement, I'm the real loser here kids.

[@aaronjorgefridman5662]

Mozart es inmortal. Esta brillante versión lo pone de relieve

[@phen-themoogle7651]

I lost my Mozart sheet music book so I really appreciate this!

[@TheMadisonHang]

i love the slow movements of mozart floating and flying on the clouds with his melodies swooping down into the valleys and canyons and back up again

[@sameash3153]

The second movement might be the most beautiful thing I have ever heard from Mozart.

[@정찬희-y7j]

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[@same666xxx]

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[@kwastormayt]

14:16 - 14:45 - 15:10 one can just say: wow

[@polgomezriquelme7505]

The second movement is so good.

[@dimaborisovsky3410]

This remarkable performance also requires to to be learned, listening over and over to discover Mozart's and Sokolov's ideas!

[@stellamantikou4978]

it is infuriating to have ads marking this masterpiece.

[@Walter50]

This is a truly amazing performance. I find it difficult to imagine a more refined intepretation of this demanding sonata where the repeted left hand chords, in the second movement for instance, almost allways sound murky. Here everything is played with perfect clarity and tone controll. Many thanks!

[@Xyriak]

Incredibly played by Sokolov.

[@Radian1978]

I've always preferred Emil Gilels, but I have to say Mr. Sokolov really makes these come alive. Sokolov takes a bit more freedom with the tempo/ score, but it works a charm. The few bars around 15:00 are so tender, deep and emotive. I let a few tears. It could also be that I'm more emotional during this whole Corona lock-down, and thinking about my own loved ones. Music really speaks to that like nothing else can.

[@cnqso]

Mozart was such a genius! Incredible :)

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Я думаю, что Моцарт~ посланец Бога на Земле!

[@mikejr41387]

Sokolov never seezes to amaze me. His understanding of style is so spot on, whether he is in Couperin or Prokofiev.... its a wonder he isn't generally thought of alongside the ranks of Argerich, Pollini, MIchelangeli etc... he deserves his place in the pantheon of the greatest of the greatest... ever. This sonata is a revelation. He effortlessly brushes aside the Mozartians ( Uchida, Pires, Eschenbach ) and plays a fresh, unique and ruthlessly stylish rendering of this often overheard masterpiece.

[@daniele8716]

+mikejr41387 Sokolov is considered by many fellow pianists and piano connoisseurs as far superior to Argerich, Pollini and the like, at least from an interpretative point of view (Michelangeli would be a more complex and different parallel - so let's leave him aside). Sokolov's account of this Mozart's sonata is at the level of Lipatti's famous version, according to me, though their approach is rather different.

[@mikejr41387]

well yes, amongst thinking musicians this is obvious... but I mean, he never gained the international popularity or had half the career of Argerich or Pollini. I wonder why?

[@daniele8716]

+mikejr41387 Well he never had a major recording company behind him, and never wanted so since he hates studio recs. He does not travel to US, he rarely playes show-off pieces (like much Liszt, not in his repertoire at all), he stopped playing concerti because of the few reharsals with conductors and complexity in getting around interpretations with many of them. In a nutshell, being uncompromised has its penalties... as usual in life.

[@Alaedious]

The sonata sweeps one directly into its enthralling beauty, lightness, and intensity. 🥰😍

[@eddiezhi5190]

At this piece, this is best interpretation I have heard! Listen to how every not is as clear as crystal! Brava!!!!

[@irishmanonthecan]

Mozart's best works often come from when he was in too much of an emotional state to give a fuck what the public would think. This was perhaps the first instance of that with his mothers death inspiring this eternally harrowing yet filled with passion for music masterpiece.

[@ekklesiast]

19:10 Does anyone notice Presto sounds very much like Beethoven's Pathetique sonata 3rd movement?

[@sabersalsh1200]

Yes! And both this and the Pathetique were the 8th piano sonata that each had composed.

[@lewisb9226]

​@@sabersalsh1200And both have a second movement in the key of the 6th scale degree

[@GUIM1797]

I absolutely love the way Mozart used the Neapolitan/Phrygian chord in the first movement. So good. The use of Augmented 6th chords is also on point. That stepwise descent prolonging the motion of i-V incidentally forming a progression of A-, E-/G, F#Ø, F(#6), E is absolutely fantastic. I love the bII6 - vii°65 around 7:58 as well. So much beauty!

[@tavmata]

Wow, whats is A- ? It's Am ?

[@oldbird4601]

Can anyone timestamp this?

[@tanmayee3066]

@@tavmata A minor can also be notated as A-

[@alessbritish228]

@@tanmayee3066 man, music theory is so confusing, help me pls

[@paolobiondi1378]

La migliore esecuzione che ho sentito! Ricerca timbrica eccezionale!

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Музыка~ божественна! Исполнение~божественно! БРАВО, МОЦАРТ! БРАВО, МАЭСТРО! Лучшее исполнение! Восторг и восхищение! ❤

[@tube4beno]

Genius .... expecially so beautiful from 3:22 to 4:04 !!

[@jeryem77]

my favorite part

[@sandev88]

The Russian musical training is outstanding which is why they have produced so many world class musicians. This is one more example

[@Smirkless]

Mozart was German

[@erikfreitas7093]

@@Smirklessreferring to Sokolov, not Mozart

[@allegroconfuoco6]

the second movement is so sincere

[@esraokan]

Sokolov is the best (for me) interpreter of this piece

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Для меня тоже!

[@lehten]

0:00 -1 8:37 -2 19:10 -3

[@herpyderpy2869]

There's a specialplace in hell for people who put ads in the middle of classical music smh

[@carlozulueta5455]

Read your comment and just got an ad lol

[@Churchcantor]

I would say they are only worthy of emptying Mozart's chamber pot, except that they are not worthy of that honor. Instead, they are worthy of having Mozart's chamber pot emptied on their heads! As Mozart would say, as useful to me as shitting...

[@m0ment219]

Lucifer can and will confirm that.

[@vikiez4911]

Lmao

[@vikiez4911]

@@user-fu5bp3ep7q in KZbin app, you can't install ad blocks. They are only useful in browsers .

[@ViolaRrecaj-ie5gc]

On the reptition of the second part (1st movement) he changes the dinamics..I find that cool!!

[@PrismaPog_17]

4:21-4:38 Nobody does these kinds of things other than Mozart

[@zeynzeyna]

Sorry, it may not be related to the topic, but I wanted to ask you something. What is the metronome speed of this piece from start to finish? I'm working on this piece right now, but I don't know its real speed, so unfortunately I'm working slowly.

[@PrismaPog_17]

@@zeynzeynaI would say its around 119 - 121 bpm range, but of course you gotta go faster at some parts

[@xunbaoduan8544]

I finished leaning the piece, but the precision and cleanness is just unbelievable

[@НатальяКузнецова-т4ч7ш]

Как же прекрасна эта Музыка!!! ❤

[@sandatoacsen9858]

Stupendo,.. meraviglioso !!! 🎶💞💖

[@claireli-schall3389]

My favorite one, the sound is so good. I like all the movements and especially the second one when I imagine he's backing to his childhood.. Oh my *_*

[@jasontimmanov3351]

This sonata is sad But do you guys know what makes me even more sad? That is someone put several ads, yes, not 1, but 4, ads, right in the middle of this video.

[@pjimenez08]

Use an adblocker, for god sake..

[@dareen93mt98]

​@@leesiheon8013 Well it's not going to Sokolov actually. The algorithm decided it's played by 6 other pianists.

[@Benjamin-ml7sv]

@@leesiheon8013 But not in the middle of a song, I mean you can but as much as you want at the beginning.

[@leesiheon8013]

@@Benjamin-ml7sv I mean, nothing is perfect, is it? Ideally, there would be ads in the beginning, between movements, and the end (and KZbin strives to do that), but the problem I want to ask you is this: if 4-minute music videos can have multiple advertisements, why can't 40-minute concertoes have more than 10 ads? It is because KZbin (and the music distributors) still has enough sense to limit the alogorithm into placing only a few ads. If you look at it optimistically, we should be glad we are not getting bombarded by advertisements every 4 minutes. I do agree with you that ads in the middle of performances are off-putting, though.

[@leesiheon8013]

To add to my argument, if KZbin did not classify this performance as Sokolov's, it probably means that the music distributor holding a contract with Sokolov did not provide KZbin with a reference recording and did not try to claim this recording for themselves explicitly regarding KZbin. (I mean, what Google algorithm would not detect a perfect copy or a compressed copy of a recording that exists in its database and label it accordingly?) I don't want to go into much more detail about KZbin's copyright system but let me ask you this: is it possible for KZbin to collect every single recording and performance of music out there to put in the database and avoid copyright infringement? The answer is no. Therefore, they relied on a system that assumed that most of the big music distributers will give them their recordings to earn more money. Here is a great video by Tom Scott on KZbin's copyright system if you want to watch it: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3vaoGinmJxrh7c (I'm not particularly trying to praise KZbin here-I don't have KZbin Red because I do not want to give more money to KZbin when they fail at a number of things that I want them to fix-but their copyright system is working (at least) to support the legal existence of the company and the liberty of KZbin creators regarding the posting of copyrighted material.)

[@Juannaciff]

En el 2019 decidí estudiar piano ya que me gustaba mucho el instrumento y a mí madre igual, hoy en agosto 2024 estoy cursando mi 5to y ante último año de la carrera de piano, esta es la primer obra del programa y estoy haciendo su primer escucha y me encanta ❤

[@nervenerd]

truly amazing sonata written at the age of 22. The finale goes like a tragic rocket.

[@Ivan_1791]

4:20 My heart...

[@KV4671]

Mozart weet altijd met de simpelste middelen het grootste effect te bereiken.

[@hoodpianogirl]

Just started studying this and I feel like crying…

[@juanriano9018]

This is so beautiful. I had been searching it for a long time.

[@johannsebastienbach]

One word. Masterpiece

[@dariohezonja6300]

One of the rare pieces that I find perfect. Due to the influences of modern time I consider most of classical pieces too long or too boring in some places, despite the beauty of main theme or lightmotive. But this is perfect in its entirety. Mozart is the composer that does this most often.

[@mauricerivermusic9110]

You mean "Leitmotif". But you don't really mean that, because the term Leitmotif was not used until about 80 years after this was written.

[@bnatrual]

@@mauricerivermusic9110 probably meant the thema

[@late8641]

I've been playing the piano for over 15 years now. I can play Bach's fugues and Chopin's etudes and ballades, but I wouldn't dare touch this piece, because it is incredibly difficult to interpret. I don't think I've even heard a completely satisfying interpretation of this piece as of today.

[@sanskritonapple]

the best except Dinu Lipati

[@Metadeth1997]

15:10 sad beyond words

[@musik350]

How?

[@Metadeth1997]

@@musik350 Unless you are born without hearing you can hear that its a sad part

[@musik350]

@@Metadeth1997 Then I'm apparently deaf, thanks for your diagnosis.

[@Metadeth1997]

@@musik350 Apparently

[@shaomusic5008]

That 3rd movement is so much like Beethoven -- the disjunct melody in the right hand at 21:50, also the use of the lower growly end of the piano at 22:00

[@zlognorpbrimbio4252]

Sokolov's interpretation of this is admirable both for its period accuracy and its perfect execution, while Uchida's expresses something a bit more emotional, modernly emotional that is. It's impossible to choose a favorite.

[@ЕленаБорисова-щ8е]

Why should we choose? Each mudician expresses him/herself. And each hearer finds what is more important for him/her personally. I enjoy Grigorij Sokolov's playing But other variants are also interesting.

[@チャマ-k3q]

グリゴリー・ソコロフによる非の打ち所がない誠に見事な演奏ですね。円熟期を迎えて巧みな指裁きに益々磨きがかかり、この難曲をいとも簡単に弾いているように感じられます。

[@imnegan7275]

so cool that you put the note sheet in the video. its awesome to follow the notes. although im not very good at piano i can read the notes

[@else528]

absolutely beautiful and wonderfully played 🌺🌸🌺🌸🌺👏

[@sousafan100]

I wonder if Mozart ever revised any of his music after the fact - it's hard to believe not a note of anything was changed - this piece is typical of his genius...

[@rnnyhoff]

Thank you for posting, a five-year belated kudos to your fine KZbin post "pmc schultz", this wonderful performance with the matching score. It really adds to the enjoyment of this gift to humankind.

[@angelahsiao9527]

Sokolov, how come I've just discovered you! You put all the contemporary piano virtuosos to shame!You've recovered the music of Beethoven and Mozart to their original form and intent --- such clarity and logic of expression!Absolutely brilliant!Angela Lai

[@curaticac5391]

And not only the contemporary :-) ... .

[@hoodpianogirl]

Studying this at the moment, gorgeous piece and the 2nd movement actually sounds harder than it sounds!

[@matthewvarney6214]

This piece is magnificent

[@robertbairdmusic]

Beautiful - thanks so much for sharing!

[@TimondeNood]

Truly a great work of art!

[@aerous1275]

This song is very nice. I love how Grigory Sokolov put lots of dynamic into a piece like this. I also love how the first movement is very fast, and the next one is slow and steady. Nice joB!!

[@TheMightyFork_]

Piece not song. Song is something else.

[@bnatrual]

@@TheMightyFork_ I saw the main comment and immediately knew what the one reply would say xD (not hate at all but it just made me laugh.)

[@annabellshea7954]

I Play it but I'm 14. This is such a beautiful sonate!

[@Ksgskshs]

Im 15 and I play it too. Its one of the best pieces I've ever taken, its so beautiful.

[@annabellshea7954]

@@Ksgskshs I agree with you

[@Dylonely42]

I’m 16 and I do nothing. Beautiful indeed

[@berrntortner6801]

Exellent playing. I have no words.

[@Bruce88keys]

He creates a special atmosphere

[@MrGer2295]

Beautiful piano playing ! Thanks for posting :)

[@dhanirivai]

I love his interpretation ❤️

[@238assante]

it's very detailed, thought out, a la Sokolov. The pedaling in the opening bars disturb the consistency of the repeated chords a bit but i'm surehe's fully aware of it and he wants it that way, most likely for the sake of the right hand.

[@annamariabagger]

wow, very beautifully played

[@NicolasEjzenberg]

This is beautiful. Very easy to listen too.

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

Nicolas Ejzenberg And very hard to play xD

[@joannazhang1566]

+professor de portuga do YT Yeah... :) I'm actually playing it for a competition, and it's unbelievably difficult!

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

Joanna Zhang One must be very very inteligent to play this

[@joannazhang1566]

professor de portuga do YT haha IKR!

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

Joanna Zhang ikr? What is this?

[@cbwavy]

The last two measures before the Andante cantabile con espressione at 11:28 brought me here from Spotify. It just hits home very nicely.