I think the case of Fryderyk Chopin is somewhat similar to Nikola Tesla's in tech: people en masse are only recently starting to understand their genius.
Chopin's music is a nostalgia for the independent Poland in 19th century. It perfectly describes the romantic souls of Polish nation under the Prussian, Austrian and Russian occupation. Missing freedom and fighting for it. It was something more than music, it was a weapon.
Nonsense. Music flies high, high above nationality and politics. Chopin is eternal and universal, as much French and German and English and Russian and even Bangladeshi, as Polish. Poles of course have every reason to be proud to have produced such an artist! But he belongs to all of humanity; that is the precious gift of Poland to all of humanity.
00:00:00 Polonaises: Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante Op.22 in E flat 00:14:15 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.26 No.1 in C sharp Minor 00:22:45 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.26 No.2 in E flat Minor 00:31:57 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.40 No.1 in A ‘Military’ 00:37:31 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.40 No.2 in C Minor 00:46:01 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.44 in F sharp Minor 00:56:55 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.53 in A flat ‘Heroic’ 01:03:55 Polonaises: Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61 in A flat
Pablo, you do not have to travel as far :) Come to Poland, go on the countryside, and you will see the Polish landscape, all those weeping willows, trenches, fences and rivers painted in that music.
I had the privilege and pleasure of taking lessons with Folke Nauta for about two years. He's a a great teacher as well as a wonderful pianist, and on top of that a nice guy you can also have a laugh with. Inexplicably we did not work on any of the Polonaises, though I knew he played them. His interpretations are brilliant yet unmannered, just the kind of playing I like.
“Do I care how fast you can play your octaves? What I wish to hear is the canter of the horses of the Polish cavalry before they gather force and destroy the enemy!" (F. Liszt: Masterclass on Polonaise op.53 in A Flat 'Heroic'). Amazing recording!
@@linkthai1995 It's an interesting topic. In fact Polonaise since its origin around 1570 was a aristocratic dance with a gallop rithm that ressembles national horses from aristocracy. For instance Mazurka is a dance associated with low class peasents. So there is that dicotomy in polish dances betewen aristocracy and sense of National icon in the polonaise through the gallop rithm and the low class Mazurkas. So to answer, in my opinion battel imagery is there since the beggining, the difference is that in classical and romantic aproach it just got more intense... If you ear Beethoven's triple concerto (3rd movement) or even Schubert's Military march you will find the gallop rithm already used in quite a "batlle" way. Bach and Mozart also have polonaises but is more in the aristocratic dancing way wich Chopin, Schumman (in Papillon op.2) or Liszt sometimes show in the slow parts of polonaise. It is intersting that the first Polonaise in G major from Chopin already beggins with the gallop played repetedly resembly the aristocracy's horses. Neverheless it is an aristocratic dance with a gallop rithm that have always simbolized Polish national aristocracy and its powerfull army in a very nationalistic way. I belive Chopin once said that he would love to ear his polonaise op. 40 nº1 in the coronation of a polish king.I hope it helped but it is quite an interesting and debatable topic!
I’ve heard performances where octaves are played ridiculously fast just to impress. But the spirit of the piece is lost with that. The octaves speed played here I think is the proper.
Escuchar esta música tan hermosa me trae reminiscencias de mi niñez cuando con mi papá escuchábamos a Chopin. Sublimemente hermosa, un deleite para los oídos. Gracias viejo por tu buen gusto musical, tu siembra cayó en terreno fértil.
De niño....talvez 7 años,el colegio nos llevo al teatro municipal de Santiago, Chile...... conocí la música de Chopin y clásica en general......a mis 50 creo que fue lo mejor de mi enseñanza del colegio y sigo disfrutando como niño. Saludos.
This is definitely among the best music for concentration when learning or at work. Many people know Chopin's music only by his nocturnes, but his polonaises, waltzes and mazurkas are just as good, if not better, for any activity that requires focus and... a positive attitude.
Yeah, me too! When I was a kid in the 50's, in Minnesota, we had a record player and a record with one of Chopin's polonaises on it, and we would put on our roller skates, and skate around the furnace in the basement to it!
Thank you for this perfect song. It is unbelievable that you can represent such heartful music. I came only to hear the 53 piece and was astounded by such perfect music. I was drawn to it by your enthusiasm and soul. I love you for performing this
I'm 15 years old and as a matter of fact I enhjy other music. But I know that if kids my age listened to Chopin and others more, world would for sure be a better place, at least in the future.
Music has nothing to do with if you‘re a good person or a bad one. Hitler and Stalin, for example, both were crazy for Klassical music. Stalin especially adored Mozart.
Pinky Lil' Princess ok that‘s your experience. I, for example, loved to listen to Dubstep, and still do sometimes, i like Rock and some of those modern pop-songs. I also listen to Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scrjabin, etc. so maybe it‘s an example for you to look at such people differently. :) edit: That they may not be nice, but not because of their taste of music.
@@bioheater I mean I listen a lot of different music too, if you look at my pfp it's a member of a korean band, I like rock as well, pop-rock, but there's just some music that have horrible lyrics, and yeah, I can't judge people just because of their music taste, but when you see someone listening to, idk, a song about how they f*ck their wet p*ssy, what could I think of them? lol, then again, you are right :3
@@cristianherrera1379 doesn’t matter to me.. Chopin died way before I was born.. Only thing I can do is listen & love his piano pieces or hate 'em... (He's not watching me listening to his pieces or not listening to him every night from heaven) I just love His music... He could express the human soul... (Music without hidden meaning is disgraceful- Frederic Chopin)
Wunderschöne und brillante Interpretation dieser acht romantischen Meisterwerke im gut phrasierten Tempo mit anmutigem doch gut artikuliertem Klang des Klaviers und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Dieser geniale Pianist soll viel häufiger angehört und viel höher geschätzt werden!
@@gamerryan2348 Beautiful and brilliant interpretation of these eight Romantic masterpieces in a well-phrased tempo with graceful yet well-articulated sound of piano and with carefully controlled dynamics. This ingenious pianist should be much more frequently heard and much more highly estimated!
Embellished beautifully w ith arrangement exquisitely crafted by Chopin say sonnhelnstrahl und die Licht strahlen sunbeam and the light rays of light rays of Derby
Sva Chopinovabglazba je lijek za dušu a pogotovo mazurke-to su biseri-nazalost danas nema takvih kompozitora -a sto je najgore svugdje su zvucnici koji unistavaju ugođaj-cak su i u crkve metnuli zvucnike-UŽAS-tamo gdje se u tišini moliti treba
These are all seperate pieces of 8 polonaises if you didn't know. There are many more polonaises by Chopin written much earlier but weren't published by him. Some were by his father. And the one you're talking about is Op 40 No. 1 "Military".
@Alan @@elias7748. It's not a march. Polonaise is a ceremonial dance, women are indispensable part of it (the nickname "Military" was attributed to the composition by some critic, and not by the composer). Chopin's dream was that it be the coronation polonaise for the renewed Polish Kingdom. It never happened - Poland regained indepedence much later than Chopin believed, and assumed a republican political system. Nonetheless, polonaise A major became symbolic for the revived state, as its first chords were chosen as the interval signal for Polish Radio.
@@kerbicz. My bad. Didn't mean to add the march bit. Got a little mixed up with some other works. I am familiar with evey piece by this composer. I am very familiar with the polonaise, more commonly danced and played to the aristocratic folks. And I am also aware that Chopin would despise these nicknames if he heard them. This isn't program music, this is music at its finest.
Nice, played with emotion and debth...now compare this careful expressive performance with Liberace pounding out the tune like every note is a cannon ball. Then you understand why he was not a concert pianist.
The artist is Elizabeth Thompson and the painting is known as Scotland Forever! It depicts the charge of the Royal Scot Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. Which is kind of ironic that it was chosen as the album cover, as Napoleon ordered a counter attack by his Polish lancers after the British heavy cavalry charge,
PoV: the nono g*rms are invading Warsaw and you need the most meaningfull, sad, glorious and beautiful signal to advise your troops that the polish government still alive
Debussy was right when he said Chopin is the best of them all
I think the case of Fryderyk Chopin is somewhat similar to Nikola Tesla's in tech: people en masse are only recently starting to understand their genius.
Chopin's music is a nostalgia for the independent Poland in 19th century. It perfectly describes the romantic souls of Polish nation under the Prussian, Austrian and Russian occupation. Missing freedom and fighting for it. It was something more than music, it was a weapon.
and French Nation too! :)
Kocham Chopina, bardzo mocnego i tak romantycznego.
Yes, that’s what makes the “Revolutionary Etude” one of the most heart-wrenching pieces of music I’ve ever heard.
Nonsense. Music flies high, high above nationality and politics. Chopin is eternal and universal, as much French and German and English and Russian and even Bangladeshi, as Polish. Poles of course have every reason to be proud to have produced such an artist! But he belongs to all of humanity; that is the precious
gift of Poland to all of humanity.
Nothing like Chopin....nothing. sigh. Thanks Brilliant Classics.
Poles the heroic nation, Polish heroic polonaise!! Very wonderful high class nation. God bless Poland.
I cried like a child, why there's almost no such beauty in the world, am I blind?
me too .... Chopin ....as a life's fight
It’s like he’s dancing on the piano, even running and skipping;-)
Awesome comment! 🤣🎶⚓
It's only I, who loves Polonaise F Sharp Minor the most? The agressive, calm, agressive way is awsome. Heard it about 300 times, at least.
It is my favorite one. I reccomend the recording by blecacz.
Nope. My favorite as well.
My favourite too, you should check out Ashkenazy's recording..
00:00:00 Polonaises: Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante Op.22 in E flat
00:14:15 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.26 No.1 in C sharp Minor
00:22:45 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.26 No.2 in E flat Minor
00:31:57 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.40 No.1 in A ‘Military’
00:37:31 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.40 No.2 in C Minor
00:46:01 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.44 in F sharp Minor
00:56:55 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.53 in A flat ‘Heroic’
01:03:55 Polonaises: Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61 in A flat
Gracias.
Excellent, Beautiful, perfect!
Its so beautiful! Greetings from Argentina
The grande polonaise is an auditive representation of finding bursting passion within. Delightful!
Thank you Brilliant Classics for the magic and beautiful music of the great CHOPIN.
Chopin's Polonaises have led me to discover what is behind the stars...
Pablo Kalincausky especially the Polonaise Fantasie
Then it is not a chopin's polonaise but a telescope
Pablo, you do not have to travel as far :) Come to Poland, go on the countryside, and you will see the Polish landscape, all those weeping willows, trenches, fences and rivers painted in that music.
@@biznesimmigration2014 I'll keep it in mind !!! Blessings...
@@biznesimmigration2014 I cannot wait until I can go there!
I had the privilege and pleasure of taking lessons with Folke Nauta for about two years. He's a a great teacher as well as a wonderful pianist, and on top of that a nice guy you can also have a laugh with. Inexplicably we did not work on any of the Polonaises, though I knew he played them. His interpretations are brilliant yet unmannered, just the kind of playing I like.
Wspaniałe i ponadczasowe. Ta muzyka będzie zachwycać wiecznie. Dzieło stuleci i symbol naszego narodu polskiego. ❤️❤️❤️
“Do I care how fast you can play your octaves? What I wish to hear is the canter of the horses of the Polish cavalry before they gather force and destroy the enemy!" (F. Liszt: Masterclass on Polonaise op.53 in A Flat 'Heroic'). Amazing recording!
Polonaise seems to be a type of Polish dance music. Do you you know why they are often associated with battle and war imagery?
@@linkthai1995 It's an interesting topic. In fact Polonaise since its origin around 1570 was a aristocratic dance with a gallop rithm that ressembles national horses from aristocracy. For instance Mazurka is a dance associated with low class peasents. So there is that dicotomy in polish dances betewen aristocracy and sense of National icon in the polonaise through the gallop rithm and the low class Mazurkas. So to answer, in my opinion battel imagery is there since the beggining, the difference is that in classical and romantic aproach it just got more intense... If you ear Beethoven's triple concerto (3rd movement) or even Schubert's Military march you will find the gallop rithm already used in quite a "batlle" way. Bach and Mozart also have polonaises but is more in the aristocratic dancing way wich Chopin, Schumman (in Papillon op.2) or Liszt sometimes show in the slow parts of polonaise. It is intersting that the first Polonaise in G major from Chopin already beggins with the gallop played repetedly resembly the aristocracy's horses. Neverheless it is an aristocratic dance with a gallop rithm that have always simbolized Polish national aristocracy and its powerfull army in a very nationalistic way. I belive Chopin once said that he would love to ear his polonaise op. 40 nº1 in the coronation of a polish king.I hope it helped but it is quite an interesting and debatable topic!
@@andre.vaz.pereira thank you.
I’ve heard performances where octaves are played ridiculously fast just to impress. But the spirit of the piece is lost with that. The octaves speed played here I think is the proper.
Escuchar esta música tan hermosa me trae reminiscencias de mi niñez cuando con mi papá escuchábamos a Chopin. Sublimemente hermosa, un deleite para los oídos.
Gracias viejo por tu buen gusto musical, tu siembra cayó en terreno fértil.
De niño....talvez 7 años,el colegio nos llevo al teatro municipal de Santiago, Chile...... conocí la música de Chopin y clásica en general......a mis 50 creo que fue lo mejor de mi enseñanza del colegio y sigo disfrutando como niño.
Saludos.
@@cesariturrieta4253 soy chileno como tú. Saludos 🎵
Absolutely exquisite. Thank you for the experience. Great melodic line.
These interpretations are great! Folke Nauta really understands the spirit of the Polonaises
Absolument Délicieux!!!
This is definitely among the best music for concentration when learning or at work. Many people know Chopin's music only by his nocturnes, but his polonaises, waltzes and mazurkas are just as good, if not better, for any activity that requires focus and... a positive attitude.
Ouvir Chopin é uma delícia!
아름다운 피아노 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎹🐎🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤
Spiritual Journey.... beautiful...🌠
Thanks..
What a beautiful hour of music 🎵 🎼 🎶
*I LOVE CHOPIN'S POLONAISES* ❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, me too! When I was a kid in the 50's, in Minnesota, we had a record player and a record with one of Chopin's polonaises on it, and we would put on our roller skates, and skate around the furnace in the basement to it!
Buenos días, gracias por compartir tan hermosa música.
Long live to Classical Music from Caracas Venezuela
Un abrazo amigo, espero que todo mejore por ahí
Beautiful music by the beautiful pianist/composer
It doesn’t get much better than this.
La música de Chopin, por siempre inspiradora.
Thank you for this perfect song. It is unbelievable that you can represent such heartful music. I came only to hear the 53 piece and was astounded by such perfect music. I was drawn to it by your enthusiasm and soul. I love you for performing this
I'm 15 years old and as a matter of fact I enhjy other music. But I know that if kids my age listened to Chopin and others more, world would for sure be a better place, at least in the future.
Music has nothing to do with if you‘re a good person or a bad one. Hitler and Stalin, for example, both were crazy for Klassical music. Stalin especially adored Mozart.
@@bioheater I know, but most of the people I know that listen to things like reggeton or trap aren't really nice, that's just my experience though
Pinky Lil' Princess ok that‘s your experience. I, for example, loved to listen to Dubstep, and still do sometimes, i like Rock and some of those modern pop-songs. I also listen to Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scrjabin, etc. so maybe it‘s an example for you to look at such people differently. :) edit: That they may not be nice, but not because of their taste of music.
@@bioheater I mean I listen a lot of different music too, if you look at my pfp it's a member of a korean band, I like rock as well, pop-rock, but there's just some music that have horrible lyrics, and yeah, I can't judge people just because of their music taste, but when you see someone listening to, idk, a song about how they f*ck their wet p*ssy, what could I think of them? lol, then again, you are right :3
You have to be quite a crazy unsettled edgy disturbed child to be listening chopin. I would call the opposite haha
Muchas gracias por publicarlas. Son tan gratificante para el alma. Para escuchar muchas veces sin cansar. Gracias Brilliant Classics
Gracias por compartir está belleza de música.
I am a fan of chopin nocturnes, but polonaises are absolutely beautiful and scintillating...
Fanatism leads to nowhere...
@@cristianherrera1379 doesn’t matter to me.. Chopin died way before I was born.. Only thing I can do is listen & love his piano pieces or hate 'em... (He's not watching me listening to his pieces or not listening to him every night from heaven)
I just love His music... He could express the human soul... (Music without hidden meaning is disgraceful- Frederic Chopin)
@@Areothredamino.999 I meant, we're not supposed or forced to choose between one or the another... :)
Have you heard his ballads? If not, you should seriously check them out.
@@amj.composer thank you
Maravilhoso Chopin...
Great job!
Repetir lo que ya se ha dicho: Es el mejor bálsamo para el alma. Chopin es tan permanente y actual que trasciende tiempo y espacio.
Good rendition. Haven't known Mr Folke Nauta before.
You¨re great giving this music to listen too. So good just enjloy not giving problems in a some hard world. Very clever.
Wunderschöne und brillante Interpretation dieser acht romantischen Meisterwerke im gut phrasierten Tempo mit anmutigem doch gut artikuliertem Klang des Klaviers und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Dieser geniale Pianist soll viel häufiger angehört und viel höher geschätzt werden!
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@@gamerryan2348 Beautiful and brilliant interpretation of these eight Romantic masterpieces in a well-phrased tempo with graceful yet well-articulated sound of piano and with carefully controlled dynamics. This ingenious pianist should be much more frequently heard and much more highly estimated!
Vielen Dank :)!
Great Shopin.🎼
Chopin was obviously awesome, however Poland had also other great composer:
-Szymanowski
-Paderewski
-Lutolawski
-Karłowicz
-Maliszewski
-Krzyżanowski
How about Wladyslaw Szpilman
And, more recently, Penderecki.
Thanks for uploading my recording!
How many hours do you practice a day?
You'e welcome
Merci à vous. Ces interprétations sont magnifiques. Folke Nauta, je retiens ce nom !
@@Jamaal4Jesus 40
La Magia del Piano traída por el gran compositor Frederic Chopin...
Nadie como Chopin! Ecuador.
Dziękujęmy za takie piękne słowa/ Thank you for those beautifull words. Muchos gracias, amigo!
Is very beatuy gracias 🙋🙋🙋
very good dynamic differentation and gradation
00:14:15 Polonaise No.1 cis
00:22:45 Polonaise No.2 es
00:46:01 Polonaise No.5 fis
00:56:55 Polonaise No.6 As
Bardzo dobry
jeszcze Polska nie zgniela
Thanks fron Brasil
Bought your box of Chopin complete 2 days before you published this
Will there ever be a composer like Chopin?
My favorite take on the OP 53 is that of Joesph Lhevinne, but new blood is always welcome. Folka is just fine with me.
Ok
Embellished beautifully w ith arrangement exquisitely crafted by Chopin say sonnhelnstrahl und die Licht strahlen sunbeam and the light rays of light rays of Derby
Sva Chopinovabglazba je lijek za dušu a pogotovo mazurke-to su biseri-nazalost danas nema takvih kompozitora -a sto je najgore svugdje su zvucnici koji unistavaju ugođaj-cak su i u crkve metnuli zvucnike-UŽAS-tamo gdje se u tišini moliti treba
obrigada
00:31:57 Polonaises: Polonaise Op.40 No.1 in A ‘Military’
This flows life within me, and therefore I'm fruitful just by being alive
1:00:10 the charge of the polish cavalry!
Well, polonaise is a noble dance.
The Best of Polish Chopin. You Tube.
👍👍👍
Can anyone tell me What the section that starts at minute 32 is called? I have always LOVED that part.
Dear Alan, this piece is called Polonaise Op.40 No.1 in A ‘Military’. The full track list can be found in the description box!
These are all seperate pieces of 8 polonaises if you didn't know. There are many more polonaises by Chopin written much earlier but weren't published by him. Some were by his father. And the one you're talking about is Op 40 No. 1 "Military".
@Alan @@elias7748. It's not a march. Polonaise is a ceremonial dance, women are indispensable part of it (the nickname "Military" was attributed to the composition by some critic, and not by the composer). Chopin's dream was that it be the coronation polonaise for the renewed Polish Kingdom. It never happened - Poland regained indepedence much later than Chopin believed, and assumed a republican political system. Nonetheless, polonaise A major became symbolic for the revived state, as its first chords were chosen as the interval signal for Polish Radio.
@@kerbicz. My bad. Didn't mean to add the march bit. Got a little mixed up with some other works. I am familiar with evey piece by this composer. I am very familiar with the polonaise, more commonly danced and played to the aristocratic folks. And I am also aware that Chopin would despise these nicknames if he heard them. This isn't program music, this is music at its finest.
Chopin était la musique dessus .
Capaz que Chopin polonaise op.44 en fa# menor (capaz no está infravalorada, pero si alguien no la escucho, debería)
Nice, played with emotion and debth...now compare this careful expressive performance with Liberace pounding out the tune like every note is a cannon ball. Then you understand why he was not a concert pianist.
Who is this Pianist?
Avec de la cavalerie anglaise en guise d'icono sur le disque...
What is the name of the artist whose painting is presented. All horses are gray?One in sun glasses on the left intriges me.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipizzan
The artist is Elizabeth Thompson and the painting is known as Scotland Forever! It depicts the charge of the Royal Scot Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. Which is kind of ironic that it was chosen as the album cover, as Napoleon ordered a counter attack by his Polish lancers after the British heavy cavalry charge,
op 53 is the best
op 44
@@kohs.3876 53 tfdym
PoV: the nono g*rms are invading Warsaw and you need the most meaningfull, sad, glorious and beautiful signal to advise your troops that the polish government still alive
I love polonaises especially on my turkey subs
OLIVER CROMWELL! LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND!
If only Chopins music was as popular in Poland as that tacky disco-polo
I dont think so. Is more popular in Japan than Poland.
I guess it's still popular in Poland and we are very proud of Chopin also because he described our soul.