Fazıl Say – Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14, 'Moonlight' (Quasi una fantasia): I. Adagio sostenuto

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[Ninjaurban]

Never heard the moonlight sonata played such beautiful

[deepflu]

It takes almost a lifetime to be able to play the 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven completely. You have to dedicate your life to it. Fazıl Say also said that it took me almost 20 years to make this 605-minute piece. Now I understand, the main thing is not to hit the notes one after the other, but to give the feeling. This is also a rare skill.

[lilibubuchun]

Finally someone who can play this. Have been searching for a pianist who understands the 1st movement. Nobody else, even the "greatest" legends out there, they don't get the right tempo or the right changes in atmosphere. Bravo.

[ianboard]

Fazil Say is the best thing that's happened to Beethoven's piano music in a long time.

[br]

This is the most beautiful Moonlight Sonata I've ever heard. It's not too slow, It's not too fast. It has lots of emotions. Splendid!

[StephenBryen]

I never liked this sonata until I heard this. Genius.

[Guesswhoblabla]

Oh my god... This is just outstanding, great and such beautiful played. It`s simply, suffering, crying and living that emotion.
Neverd heared the monnlight sonata played such superior!

[cribedadabecri]

Beethoven would ve proud of you. Sublime.

[muratcengiz]

I cannot be the only one thinking that nobody plays or has probably ever played Beethoven like Fazil Say.

[Apolloyvr]

He doesn't need a conductor. He is all in one! One man orchestra!

[cino]

Can't get better than this.
He's not playing the Moonlight, he is in the Moonlight living it! Bravo 🇹🇷

[mayamilevska]

I love how he communicate with piano, putting all of him into playing

[marmee-c]

He is the Beethoven of the 21st century. Sublime! Perfect elegance and grace!

[nolanroube]

Tous les gens qui ont été formé au piano sérieusement ont joué cette sonate, les plus grands pianistes l'ont jouée, aujourd'hui elle est devenue quasi inécoutable comme une musique de fond, mais M Fazil SAY la fait totalement renaitre devant nos yeux et nos oreilles. Cette interprétation est non seulement magistrale mais elle donne envie de revivre la musique, de réécouter tous les morceaux que l'on croyait connaitre par coeur et dont on avait fini parfois par se lasser ! Merci M SAY pour ce cadeau magnifique ! Nous redonner la joie pure de la musique

[now]

"To play a mistake is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable."
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
Fazil Say played with plenty of passion.

[melissabrodie]

The way he plays, tempo, slowness, expression, hos interpretation....
makes my soul ACHE with some unfulfilled

(Same feeling, much like the 1st time I heard this piece played by a similar interpretation some 35 yrs ago as a older child/adolescent.)

I personally believe this is somewhere near the original intent /playing style of Beethoven, at least for this piece.

It is about a deep yearning, unrequited love after all....

[DerBaglamaci]

There is no better way to describe the moonlight than this sonata played by fazil say. I've never seen the moonlight this beautiful.

[dropover]

He’s conducting himself. All his gestures communicate the piece’s beauty.

[robertmaier]

Beethoven was famous for his improvisations. Nobody knows how they have been, some authors think this movement could be a hint how they could have sound. He was also unconventional in his art of playing piano, this is why Fazil may be in some way similar.

[serkancelik]

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