My rendition of Beethoven's famous "Pathétique" Sonata! Thoughts always welcome

[gregwer]

Hey guys, I hope you like the second sonata in the series of four that I'll be posting (last one was the Waldstein). I'd love to hear your opinions, I gave a couple of personal twists here and there hehe. Hope you enjoy and please subscribe for more content!

Jorge Caro

[jacobson747]

Congratulations.  This is beautifully played! 

I’ve been listening to the Igor Levit complete Beethoven sonatas lately.  Your recording and his both have a lot of reverberation, which I like, but both are at the top of what I find enjoyable.  Comparing your RH runs in 1st MVT with Levitt (example at minute marker 2:02): Levit comes across a little cleaner to my ear.  The reverb makes it harder to notice the very slight imperfections here. 

Your tempos are all perfect and you have a beautiful Beethoven sound throughout the entire sonata.  Your playing of the 2nd mvt is more enjoyable to me than Levit due to your sensitive phrasing and singing quality of the melody.

Your piano is nicely in tune and the recording sound is excellent.  Do you mind sharing the piano, recording location and recording equipment used? 

[dw4rn]

Excellent playing, looking forward to the next two!

Sorry to be a bore, but aren't you playing a wrong note in m 108 though? (bass note d flat instead of d)

[gregwer]

Thanks for the comments!

Dear jacobson747, I'm really flattered by the comparison to Levit, his Beethoven recordings are truly something special.

I recorded these sonatas in the concert hall of my university (HfK Bremen), the piano was a Steinway & Sons concert grand (model D), and I recorded it with a Zoom H5 .

Thanks for your words as well, dw4rn , my score doesn't have measure numbers, and I tried counting and the m. 108 doesn't have any d nor d flat, you mean the first movement, right? But someone else already told me there was a note I had misread in that section, I'm sorry for that! I'd appreciate if you could give me the timestamp I'll make sure to correct it!

Edit: No problem, I found it! Apparently I don't know how to count, lol.

[quantum]

Fine playing!

Your interpretation is filled will stylistic elements appropriate to Beethoven.  I enjoyed those personal twists you threw in. 

If there was anything, you might want to try more defined breaths between phrases.  In the first movement, I thought parts of the Allegro could use a bit more separation between a few of the phrases.