Zimerman plays Chopin Ballade No. 1 Videos

mordent17 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - 6. Naturally, after those interruptions of happiness, returns the theme of Joy, but now with tears spread on it, from 6:10.7. 7:15 The same memories reach the mind, bringing the discomfort again, being released wildly in a mad Polish dance of loss (7:50), violently murdered with fortissimo lows. 8. The end, sadly, is a stricken one. Dissonance announces it: The loss of pure love overcomes the happiness... and all succumbs in misery...

mordent17 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - My thoughts on the First Ballade by Chopin, divided in the feelings conveyed on it: 1. Uneasiness opens the work at 0:50, before the elegance and delicious noctureness on 2:16.2. The majesty and mystery enter on 2.51;3. But tenderness and melancholy relieve in at 3:20;4. The stubborn uneasiness again from 4:20, to introduce a pinnacle of joy and teared-apart love, cut with the old desperation on 5:13.5. But suddenly, at 5:36, surfaces a scherzando thought, a candid memory just remembered.

airbear906 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - Beautiful...

teresahan1991 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - just what are you talking about??

Cheesetubes Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - Stop trying to do this. Just take the music as it is and enjoy it. Stop all the arty fartyness.

Cheesetubes Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - he same memories reach the mind, bringing the discomfort again, being released wildly in a mad Polish dance of loss - What on earth?

Sarahkinnns Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - I love watching pianists play, and watching from a point of view where you can see their hands. Often, from just seeing their hand gestures and body movements, you can interpret their feeling about the song. It just adds a majestic part of the song :)

taehee88 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - Really? a scherzando thought, a candid memory just remembered? i think its more amaranthine kind of piano canticle challenging the institution of the Valse that is prevalent in the Eastern european climate; Chopin is thus expressing his rejection/disappointment of his culture in the most minimalist way, heavily inspired by the post WW2 Minimalism which reverberated back to him through the time-minimalist continuum right back to 18th century - and it appeared to him while he was on the john

sssssersatzen Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - i love the way he moves...

mordent17 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - Never mind about what I'm talking about... sorry if it sounded cocky and artsy and all that stuff but I just wanted to talk about the piece. Classical music has to follow an order, which can be analized if you want to... it's not just 'arty fartyness'...

crapatitus Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - eh, people feel certain emotions and create kinds of imagery in their minds after listening to music. let them freely express as they will and not discuss how music should be absorbed.

crapatitus Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - youve got quite the imaginative mind. what i pictured was a goose who couldnt learn how to tie his shoes, and then struggled to understand that geese dont have shoes. and then a hunter ate him, thus the dissonance.

Thomas17792 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - I am not quite so sure if that "OverBoard" Musicality of those modren day musicians strikes me as artistic, what's wrong with his head !, I like the sound of the piece, none of the great in their vidoes had such a thing so called "Emotions" they should cmoe out during playing, a pinist has the right to act after all hes a showman, but dont get carried away ! ... still other than that, i think it is a very nice interpetation by Zimmerman ... :)

MI6MI5 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - he makes it look so easy

gracha123 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - A pianist is not a showman. Some showmen pretend to be pianists though.

sssssersatzen Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - o god, i am listening to this piece almost every day and he really plays beautifully, so soft at some parts, sooo fucking soft, beauty

Excrey Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - Krystian, good work.

Fnkyazn67 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - PERFECT.

ibclappin Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - this is OK, it's not great. can't compare this at all to the performances of this piece by: Cortot, Pachmann, Argerich, Hofmann, Rubenstein, Ashkenazy, Perahia, Richter, Gavlilov, Moravec...if you enjoy this piece please do not miss out on listening to others playing it.

Excrey Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - You say that his performance is 'OK'? Only 'OK'??? So you know nothing about Chopin's music. His performance is PERFECT!

marilin147 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - perfeck

bouchard869 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - LpIELpV6T61XZGAC9b9Rfb6Mz whatup! I'm big and I have a lot to show. What do you think about that?oKgPokqrZ0c8NxZmCexSfozm

pianoplejer Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - Zimerman is form Poland:)

johnbaptistlulu Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - what a marvelous piece! and what a great performer of course!

LaPianista01 Says:

Sep 6, 2008 - Totally agreed.5*, plus favorite. :D