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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@SomeoneLikeEveryoneElse

4 жыл бұрын

This song is amazing. Now make Wrong Note.

@fabaplay

4 жыл бұрын

Tocando muito como sempre né meu filho como papai ensinou

@w4rsnick

4 жыл бұрын

Lol i thought you were talking about you

@aadityavasudev1875

4 жыл бұрын

Osm

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

@Healthwannabe7556

4 жыл бұрын

@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

4 жыл бұрын

That's funny

@bhooshanpandit1344

4 жыл бұрын

Genius comment.

@altagraciaencarnacion97

4 жыл бұрын

@SlightlyMiffedRajang yes since chopin was born in 1810

@priyamanobal

4 жыл бұрын

SlightlyMiffedRajang what’s that got to do with this?

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

4 жыл бұрын

SALIERI!!!

@cluckcluck6494

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, that's my profile pic

@ingeborghjertaker1963

4 жыл бұрын

Yoy YTP You’re absolutely right

@cluckcluck6494

4 жыл бұрын

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

@cristobal2012

4 жыл бұрын

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.

Rest In Peace Mozart .

@Rousseau

4 жыл бұрын

Glad someone noticed :)

@mcig98

4 жыл бұрын

wat i dont get it

@GastN_

4 жыл бұрын

Mozart died 5th of December (today)

@le0nz

4 жыл бұрын

F

@RockinTheDub

4 жыл бұрын

F

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

@billwh

4 жыл бұрын

sonata no 11

@ninjagrape2416

4 жыл бұрын

No 11

@banumathi8684

4 жыл бұрын

Sonata no 10

@gabriel8553

4 жыл бұрын

Sonate 1

@nathanigjeld

4 жыл бұрын

no 9

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

@jakobhedman836

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong note etude op 25 no 5

@jakobhedman836

4 жыл бұрын

Lizst trancendental etude 4 Mazeppa

@jakobhedman836

4 жыл бұрын

Lizst trancendental etude 9 ricordanza

@coolfish3087

4 жыл бұрын

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

@PajaroRojoMon

4 жыл бұрын

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

Thank you for playing my music.

@gachauniverse4934

4 жыл бұрын

Omg mozart you speak french? :0

@jesusmanriquezsantana1590

3 жыл бұрын

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

@gachauniverse4934

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesusmanriquezsantana1590 okey thank you

@jesusmanriquezsantana1590

3 жыл бұрын

@@gachauniverse4934 :)

@thetoutoulier6278

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Faulkner Wow, you are here?

@le0nz

4 жыл бұрын

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

@shaukatbhatti2554

4 жыл бұрын

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

@TheLifeisgood72

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jdsmith8282

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@Timbo5000

4 жыл бұрын

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

@issacmoore1561

4 жыл бұрын

You gotta keep your QPUs aligned.

@composerdavidgiannivaldez367

4 жыл бұрын

Oh hey!

@orsemcore

4 жыл бұрын

that was not funny?

@orsemcore

4 жыл бұрын

@@composerdavidgiannivaldez367 stfu

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

@threnody4955

4 жыл бұрын

Same here William

@terlis3423

4 жыл бұрын

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

@fehermate5089

4 жыл бұрын

Same :)

@hossainnahdi2905

4 жыл бұрын

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

@skramjet4482

4 жыл бұрын

Terlis342 same but Rachmaninoff’s

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

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...

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

@elenaherreriascanas4693

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you made my day

@nsq2487

4 жыл бұрын

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

@rampgamercracka4258

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@splatowie308

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@taracochran-patrick784

2 жыл бұрын

Alive and kicking

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@lisztomaniac2718

2 жыл бұрын

Beethoven put many elements of Mozart in his pieces

@espressogirl68able

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@charlesthomas5956

Жыл бұрын

Can you give me the timestamp for the left and melody

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@thetoutoulier6278

3 жыл бұрын

@@cressidalia2582 thanks❤❤

@arvindiyer1649

3 жыл бұрын

Im soory to hear that.

@justmobilegaming6381

3 жыл бұрын

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

@dmitrishostakovich1671

3 жыл бұрын

Same happened with my grandfather.

7:04 - 7:15 best part

@trongdung1306

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, what are you doing here?

@angkhangnguyen5017

3 жыл бұрын

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

@trongdung1306

3 жыл бұрын

@@angkhangnguyen5017 Ohhh, so that's why

@Itibitydetsku

2 жыл бұрын

W H A T? Y O U?

Honestly i like all piano pieces in minor

@randiey95

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@vampire7327

4 жыл бұрын

Me three

@micahandrejczak3015

4 жыл бұрын

omegagon good one

@prouttourp4522

4 жыл бұрын

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

@user-me3nc5tt8k

4 жыл бұрын

So do I.

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.

When is Wolfgang going to release his next album?

@rivers118

4 жыл бұрын

He's gonna drop his mixtape first

@danya8958

4 жыл бұрын

Mozart is died

@ye4230

4 жыл бұрын

@@danya8958 r/ is woosh

@tegan2950

4 жыл бұрын

What is your username?! I’m dying 😅

@noxeternisinactive9150

4 жыл бұрын

Mozart died hundreds of years ago idiot 🤪

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

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

@pavlomakarchuk

4 жыл бұрын

@praveen kumar no, he means hand

@sapereaude9737

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@Lawyer_Morty

4 жыл бұрын

praveen kumar He means all the hands

@BunnyAcee

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Kiaulen

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@Dylonely42

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@onlyone4534

2 жыл бұрын

Bog

@user-rd3jw7pv7i

2 жыл бұрын

@@onlyone4534 Boggers

@aimdrip1074

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-rd3jw7pv7i Loggers

@hendoodle34

Жыл бұрын

@@onlyone4534 bogzart

This is one of my favourite piano compositions from Mozart!

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Adambenhmida0000

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Adambenhmida0000

3 жыл бұрын

It is, moonlight sonata mvt 3

@Adambenhmida0000

3 жыл бұрын

holy shit i found I already replied to this lmao

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

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

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

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

@alexismoisan1632

4 жыл бұрын

Alkım Koş AHAHAH, noticed that too

@chasesutherland1168

4 жыл бұрын

What Beethoven piece is it?

@eljodoma9105

4 жыл бұрын

go away lol, no composer will match Beethovens melodies.

@sikroboskop3121

4 жыл бұрын

Chase Sutherland Moonlight sonata 3rd movement

@pointfivepercent5260

4 жыл бұрын

Same could be said for beethoven and chopin

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!

Finally, been waiting over a year for this. One of my favourite Sonatas.

Thank you so much for uploading this piece!!! I can't even begin to describe how much I appreciate this. PLEASE DO MORE MOZART SONATAS!! and when I say MORE, I mean ALL of it! :)

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

Epic piece. One of my favorite Mozart pieces

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

What a beautiful piece! Many thanks to Mozart!

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.

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

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

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

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

To all dislikers: THAT IS NOT THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON

Yes!!! I played this during my time as a music major in college, and it was one of the more difficult pieces I learned. I love Mozart and minor keys, but this took me so long to learn. Love your version of it!

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

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!!

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

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

Gosh I haven’t listened to this since I was a lil kid- thanks for bringing my childhood back

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

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

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

wow!!! beautiful as expected!

beautiful, as always

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

@ludwig4029

4 жыл бұрын

Laser Mayonnaiser piece*

I wish I could listen to you playing some jazz..but to see the hands on the piano keys is pure art, incredible!!

There is something so special about this piece.

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

This sound is so calming. Have an amazing day 😘

YESS! This one's my favorite, you're amazing!

Im thinking of learning this piece next in my piano journey. You played it really well and i’ll definitely be using this as an example.

7:03 Still DRE coming YESSS!

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

@margheritahooi1266

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Mekhla Kumar is a brilliant young pianist.

I was looking for this piece. I didn't know the name to it. Thank you so much Rousseau

My favourite. I had fallen in love with it since the moment I heard and I had the chance to learn it last year too.

Love this, you continue to inspire ❤

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

@lkotchen

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@pianoforteyt

3 жыл бұрын

Lolz 😂

Today I rebembered this song. I amazed that you uploaded this today thank you

You are getting much more refined with each piece and each passing month. Its pleasant to listen in on how you are improving. Thank you for never disappointing!

@margheritahooi1266

4 жыл бұрын

The pianist was actually Mekhla Kumar from Australia.

love this piece

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!''

Happy birthday, Mozart

The background of this text is really powerful, isn't it? Beautiful as ever, Rosseau :D

My favorites are always Mozart! 💕

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

3 жыл бұрын

Rousseau's channel consists of 3 people.

@aaronshan51

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrostDirt wait really?

@FrostDirt

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

It aint a theory it is a fact

I love this movement. Thank you!

OMG I LOVE THIS SONATA SO MUCH THANK YOU ROUSSEAU

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@antonygonzalez1672

4 жыл бұрын

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

@samthepianoman

4 жыл бұрын

Yaas

Absolutely amazing. I love it.

I'm really looking forward to see the second movement!

Rousseau slapping his pianist across Mozarts face.

Эта песня целый день в голове играла

I love mozart style and I want you cover many of him thank you ^^

I'm learning it now

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

@godofwar5000

4 жыл бұрын

Seconded!

@robinmorrison8686

4 жыл бұрын

YES

@zheagon

4 жыл бұрын

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

@tegan2950

4 жыл бұрын

Ye

@decafcoffee0935

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Wilde Jagd too!

I'm as early as mozart for his time.

Just rewatched Amadeus for like the 59th time, and this is totally a piece that could be played while we see Mozart writing music and old Salieri talking about how he was a puppet and et cetera

Thanks for playing this in a minor

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

Aah... The 1778 kids will remember this

Magical sequence of notes

Man this is just beautiful! No other way to describe