One knows all the great performers with this well-known sonata by Beethoven. And what I liked most is that the youthful, free and very loose feeling is reproduced without feigned deep feeling, but very natural. Also, the softer touch is very pleasant, because one is used to the harshness of some male older colleagues the sforzati and extreme dynamics. The interpretation reproduces the type you see and that is authentic. Admirable performance.

From the 14 commencing chords, at the perfect speed and sonority, a most beautiful and stirring rendition. All good wishes for your future from an 85 year old who has heard many performances.

Endlich ein junger Pianist, dem es nicht um neue Geschwindigkeitsrekorde geht, wie z.B. dieser Yuja Wang, sondern um die Musik! Wunderschön musikalisch gespielt!

Lucas and Arthur used to be regular guests at a restaurant I worked at, always accompanied by such proud parents! If someone had told me I'd be writing screenplays while listening to their gorgeous music so many years later, I wouldn't have believed it... Just absolutely mesmerizing...

I truly enjoyed the slower tempo of the first movement. So many performers just play it at such a blinding speed.

Kudos to the sound engineer for capturing the full rich power of the low notes, particularly in the 3rd mvt. There are many recordings where those get lost.

Could someone tell KZfaq that Beethoven didn't write ad breaks into his music (two in first movement already). And could someone tell advertisers that I (and you I hope) will never buy their product if they have their ads placed to interrupt the music.

Please listen to the whole of this interpretation! I love everything in it: the tempo, the voicing and the technique, his musicallity with such a maturity! 👏🎶 Outstanding! I you weren't a fan now you are. These boys, his brother too, are amazing.

"Glissando" at 24:27. Wow! Great performance, Lucas. Thank you.

Simply, the most beautiful reading I know of this piece. So much joy, sense of humor, depth, showmanship… pure Beethoven

This dude young af and plays this sonata damn near perfect, amazing performance

This performance is fantastic.

Lucas bursts on on the scene with intense energy and passion which he is able to sustain through out. He never tires so it seems. He has a storehouse of moods and they are expressed through his amazing fingers. Indeed, when I listen, any depression flees. Thank you!

I cued to about 14:40 when I opened this and read some of the comments as I listened to the bridge from the second to third movements, then re-upped to the beginning of the first movement and listened all the way through.. Are they commenting on this performance? This young fellow is doing better than 99.999% of the pianists in the world would be able to play this difficult piece, playing with spirit and joy and commendable accuracy. BRAVO, Lucas!

He gets such stillness at times. A light touch and very sensitive playing. Wonderful technique for someone so young. Totally secure and superb control. I loved this performance!

Dear Lucas, that Beethoven "Waldstein" Sonata is my Christmas gift 2018. Thanks a million. May God bless and protect you and your young brother for ever. Keep going and be as happy and successful as one can be.

That boy has got some WILD finger flexibilty. I find the tempo and rhythm just right for a recital. No keyboard banging and holding the immortal beloved's dynamics in great balance.

I have travelled the world to listen to this young Maestro, and have yet to be disappointed. Superb.

einfach hervorragend -die himmlische Freude -op 20 minuten

The dynamic control and the touch is amaaazing.

Clear and bright like a diamond！ I could see the design chart of this sonata for the first time.Jssen is great ！

It's like I never heard it before. No pounding or bashing. Yet all the energy that is Beethoven comes singing through. What a huge undertaking, and the sense of life never ends. Wonderful.

This a great performance of a masterpiece

Bravo To Mr. Lucas Jussen For His Brillant Superb Delightful Vigorous Performance with Light Tone that come from Heaven!!!! God Bless This Amazing Pianist!

This performance is a force of nature ,like the beast himself...love this!

How in heaven's name could anyone thumbs-down that?! A superb, vigorous performance, with wonderful light and shade.

0:28 1st movement 11:58 2nd movement 15:47 3rd movement

Ces deux frères Lukas et Arthur sont de merveilleux artistes . Le bonheur qu ils offrent aux aux amateurs de musique est quasiment unique . Une telle perfection quelques soient les différents styles qu ils abordent . Oui , une pure merveille .

I thoroughly enjoyed this delightful, vigorous, sensitive performance.

Such a gem of a heroic third movement in its main theme. To me it says Beethoven, despite his turmoil, was at bottom a man who trusted God to be there to help him cope and to gain great things (and be appreciated) in the end - and sometimes even before the end. My favorite part of this work.

Une âme se dégage vraiment de cette interprétation ! C'est magique, merci Lucas.

PRECIOUS! Thank you for sharing your immense gifts from God!

Wonderful, your interpretation of Beethoven is absolutely fantastic my dear Lucas, what a pleasure to see you and listen to your music, you are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing 💖

Incredible Tempo. Feeling. Beethoven himself.

So beautiful. Brings tears to my ears!

A spot-on and idiomatic performance by a phenomenal talent. This performance joins the lofty ranks of those by such pianistic giants as Arrau, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Brendel, Gulda, Horowitz, Kempff, Rubinstein, Schnabel and Serkin - with the excitement of Solomon.

Extremely impressive. I am most astonished by the codas of the first and third movements. Especially how he handles the glissandi in the third movement. So many pianists unfortunately completely misinterpret the glissando markings in the third movement. Perhaps because of there difficulty or because they think they know better than Beethoven. A wonderful job! Bravo

Listen to the last movement. I can feel the electricity when he plays the allegro passages. May just be a bit fast, but I like the energy of the youth. And with that unruly hair, Lucas looks like the young Ludwig van.

Очень эмоциональное и профессиональное исполнение. Колоссальный труд! Спасибо, Лукас.

Superb !!!! I am speechless !!! 😃😃😃

I really like this music and he plays it so great.

Great pacing and sensitive phrasing make great music. For me, this performance has both. Bravo! Thank you for the chance to experience it on this video.

This guy's dynamics show he understands Beethoven. Thanks, Lucas- not many like you.

20:25 _ 20:26 ... 20:27 ... PURE MAGIC . the most beautiful , deep , intense chaining - or , here chord progression too - i have ever heard .

Superb sonority and perfect knowledge of the Beethoven style, super rendition!

Those fingers are amazing. Unusual and remarkable.

This is much more like it, power and poise. I am sure that Beethoven would have approved, and the lad so young as well, well done young Lucas, you have a great future ahead of you.

Beguiling piece from a truly gigantic genius of music.

I don't understand Beethoven's music, his music exhausts me .. but I do recognize that Lucas is a BRILLIAANNTTTTTT pianist , a true artist

Unglaublich einfühlsame, brilliant Wiedergabe! Ich habe es séhr genossen - danke Dir, lieber Lucas!🎉❤🎉

FANTASTIC! Love the passion

absolutely heavenly

For me one of the best interpretation of the Waldstadion sonata I ever heard

Loved the way he played. Perfect

His playing is truly impressive along with his interpretation. I don't know how he does it with his fifth fingers raised like that. It looks like he has so much tension in his hands.

Bravo, from a fellow pianist, superb first movement and I'm sticking around for the rest :)

My favourite performance of this piece. Thank you for uploading.

I have watched this glorious performance three times now, and for the life of me I cannot see how there could be ANY thumbs down, let alone 180. Critics, go away and do something useful with your life! Quibble: the audience did not know concert protocol, and broke the mood by applauding loudly after the first movement; yet when the piece was finished they seemed to applaud only with reserve - disappointingly so. A few lusty shouts of Bravo were certainly in order! In any case, Lucas, it was pure, exciting Beethoven.

Awesome performance! Well done!

¡Exquisitez interpretativa! Bravo, Lucas. ¡Admirable!💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🎵🎼👏👏💖💖👏💖💖

A beautiful piece beautifully played.

Wunderschön, die Waldsteinsonate und sehr einfühlsam gespielt von Lucas. Wirklich fantastisch. Vielen herzlichen Dank. 🎶 🎼🤗🌻

People who criticise his finger work irritate me...it does not matter how he creates his music; it works for him...and works wonderfully well! (not to mention his age).....Horowitz´s finger work was strange as well....

i saw it ... since the beginning , sir . same impression . and the most interesting Beethoven ' s sonata . as i see it . so changeable in colours . genious . and it is a great video , as the takes are over Your hands . most of the time . chapeau , lucas . go on .

Brilliant articulation and timing.

Braaaaavoooooo......... phenomenal, beautiful.

Brillant!

VERY GOOD , LUCAS ! YOU DID it GREATLY ! PERFECT MODALITIES , COLOURS , TONALITIES , PEDALS , STYLE . to BE REPEATED , SUCH a QUALITY !

This is unexpectedly wonderful. Perfect tempi. You can hear the details in the music and all the feeling is there. Very clear pedalisation. I just saw Igor Levit play this on TV and it was horrible. The first movement was so fast there was no sense of form, you couldn't hear chords properly, just a giant dash from beginning to the end. Is this a contest to see who can play the Waldstein the fastest? He is supposed to be a "great" Beethoven interpreter? I think not. I would take this performance of Lucas Jussen any day.

I have heard this sonata played by many artists, under others the greats like Arrau, Barenboim, Brendel, Kempff, Novaes, etc. and frankly I don't find anything missing in this performance. Is it the genius of Beethoven that comes through with any pianist who has the technique and expressiveness to bring this piece to life? I like to watch the hands of Jussen playing and his expression in general. I don't know what more could the most Beethoven-stylish pianist bring out here. But one thing I find amazing, which is the pettiness of the critics in this thread. Don't they have a life?

such a perfect interpretation ! a REAL BEETHOVEN TEXTURE . as i see it . and BEETHOVEN DYNAMICS , ANYWAY . and RYTHM , SEQUENCIES , TONALITY ... from pianissimo to heavj accords ... such a BEETHOVEN KNOWLEDGE !

He is gorgeous, like an Angel.

Bedankt culture club om mij deze 2 fantastische broers te leren kennen!

I can't think of a better way to massage my brain and feel the Beethoven energy than listening to this well played Sonata by Lucas. Bravo to the Jussen phenomena.

Perfect tempo. Bravo

Cette interprétation tient le coup, même après avoir entendu celles des plus célèbres. Elle se rapproche, notamment dans le finale, des tonalités d'Horowitz. Une multitude de nuances d'une très grande beauté.

Pure magic.

FINALLY! A performance that does justice to this magnificent composition.

... and they lived happily ever after. The Princess continued to pursue her charitable work, while Prince Charming went on to have a successful career as a concert pianist.

Bravo!!! Thank you for sharing.

Gracias es un regalo esta obra de Bethoven

ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!!

What an amazing performance, his technique is precise and crisp, his ability to capture ones heart by drawing such lovely emotion through his playing is incredible, it’s obvious that he has a deep connection and love for music and the piano, he plays with feeling, that feeling is then released into the empty spaces surrounding his audience, so very beautifully played, every chord demanding attention and every note a seduction to the ear, drawing you in with each key played, unlocking a spectrum of emotion within the listener!!! LUCAS JUSSEN IS SIMPLY BAD ASS🌟 LUCAS IS SUPER DOPE❣️🎼❣️

BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO SO YOUNG AND SUCH TALENT, SUCH SENSITIVITY TO CAPTURE BEETHOVENS MULTI TEXTURED EMOTIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH

Arthur Jussen , au-delà de la virtuosité, une merveilleuse inspiration dans l’interprétation...

Una de las mejores interpretaciones que he escuchado de esta sonata.

I found this was a real cow of a thing to play as well as try to understand and interpret it when I was just a bit younger than Lucas here. I did not persist! Well done Lucas, thank you. Cathy

Beethoven is not usually my favourite because people murder it by playing it robotically and losing all the feeling, but Lucas's performance shows wonderful verve and exuberance.

Me encanta ! Bravo Lucas !!

Wonderful !!!

beautiful

My hands cramp up from just hearing this played!!

Magnifique, thank you

- Formidable, merci !

Grazie Lucas per la tua meravigliosa musica. Ti sento suonare in questi giorni così difficili, gennaio 2022. Ci aiuti a tenere su lo stato d'animo 😊🙏

Just wonderful!

amazing amazing amazing he have amazing talent very nice!

les enfants terribles du piano, fantastique et superbe, attachant, à retenir absolument!

A superb performance of this piece that I know so well. HOWEVER I have suddenly realised, someone must of written the music. Whoever it was must have been a genius.

Ah! What a rendition: the madness of the most musical of souls ever! Hats off!