... from a recent classical sonata event at VCU.

Sonata Op. 10 no. 1 (allegro molto)

We recorded this one a while back in the comfort of home, but this take was with audience and panel of scary judges.

Well, if he was afraid of the judges, he disguised it well. This was one outstanding performance!

Fantastic!!

He has no particular fear of the judges. Some people have ice water in their veins. I'm not one of them. He is.

Thanks for the kind comment.

Awesome
lots of sturm and plenty of drang
really enjoyed this P*D and P*S, and doesn't P*S look smart in a suit!

Well, that's part of the uniform, isn't it.

I'm sorry Anthony, but I can only give you 99.5%.

The only thing I didn't like were the rh triplets from about :15 to :18. The articulation and accentuation should perhaps be more like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkwvvqz-Z8

Bet you can't play it this fast :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkwvvqz-Z8

Very funny! Two links to the same thing. Ashkenazy's version is not one of the fastest out there. That's what's wonderful about Beethoven's sonata output. There is such an interesting range of variation. After he got it in his head we listened to a bunch of other interpretations, including Pollini and Schiff.

He'll probably recored the third movement sometime soon. That one goes quite a bit faster than the first movement.

Thanks for posting this wonderful performance, and much congrats to Anthony!

I agree with all the positive comments. Anthony is a terrific talent, he has a perfect feel for Beethoven, and IMO what's even better is that he's so into it and that this is conveyed into the music.

Just one (and only one) criticism, which I think can be very easily corrected but which is pretty important. The rests are usually clipped just a tad short, and sometimes a tad more than a tad.
I suppose one might say that this is fine.....it's part of the impetuousness of the movement -- and I can't swear that would be wrong. But I think it would be, and that you really "have to" wait full-length on the rests, except perhaps in a very small number of selected spots.

As I said, I think this is easily correctable. I think all that's needed is for Anthony to be aware of this and to watch for it.

Actually I meant to post this as the second one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TFk0oXkU...PL&index=11