Honestly, this is the greatest performance of Chopin's Scherzo in B-flat minor, op. 31 I believe that exists. Zimerman truly understands how to express the voice in Chopin's music.
I do believe this is a very good performance, but perhaps "greatest" is pushing it. The point of Chopin is that it should be different for everyone, with the rubato he used in his pieces. There is no one perfect way to play one of Chopin's pieces.
What a spectacular performance. I am always deeply moved by Zimerman's tone, expression, and technique. His style is so "crisp", by which I mean that every note is audible and precise. Nothing is hidden. I think Chopin himself would applaud Zimerman.
+Marc Payne Pianists do not have tone - pianos have tone. It is a very beautiful instrument. As for expression and technique, Zimmerman has that in spades - he is a superb musician.
+Steven Yourke Mr. Zimerman brings ( or brought, certainly) his own piano actions, which he himself tunes and whose action he adjusts note by note before a concert, according to what he will be playing. So I would give him credit for "tone", in addition to his masterful playing..
That is a very good way of describing the performance. It's challenging, though always a pleasure to see a combination of technique (playing each note clearly in rhythm, etc.) and expression (using rubato and changes in dynamics to bring out an emotive effect).
@@syourke3 Sorry Steven, but if you take two pianists on this instrument they will SOUND different. The biggest help for their tone and expression is to NOT tune Equal Temperament but with a "genuine" tuning and at a better concert pitch like C128Hz. This is one reason why Arsentiy Kharitonoff's "Russian Triptych" CD helped to raise him above all other pianists.
I had heard piano players say the name of this piece so many times that one day I decided that I to play this video. From the first time I saw it, I loved it. I used to listen to this almost constantly, and it quickly became my favorite music. Every night, I'd sit down at my desk to write, at my couch to relax, and even at my dining table, and I would put this video on to listen to. Eventually, my education became too much and I forget about it completely. I listened to this tonight for the first time in a long time. I had always thought people were being overdramatic when they said that a song made them cry, but I can honestly say that for the first time in my life, after remembering how everything was when I listened to this, a piece of music gave me tears. Thank you for the video!
Just a matter of opinion, I think several current pianists are performing Chopin at a very high level; no one is that far out front of the group of brilliant Chopin artists.
+Ramzi Eljaouadi It's probably partly the recording quality, but Zimerman combines lucidity, smoothness and passion in a way I have never heard from any other pianist. To me Zimerman plays exactly how you want the piece to be played, and perfectly so.
Love the sense that Zimerman played and implied ... He's not rushing, not making things blurred, but he's exjoying and interpreting the phrases in the piece. Thank you for bringing us a good interpretation of Chopin's Work!
I’ve watched this video, like at least over a millions times over the past 2 years. It got me through so many events in my life. Whenever I feel lonely, sad, happy, or just conflicted, I always return here. Everything about his playing of this piece obsesses me, I even wrote a whole essay on what this piece is all about, because of him.
Arthur Rubinstein was the best pianist of the twentieth century, Zimerman is the best actually, both of them polish, Poland is the cradle of the best pianists in the world.
Yeah!! i think too, A.Rubinstein was player more than beautiful Chopin Works but some music. and other pianist had to great perform as Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Maurizio Pollini
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This is so expressive and soothing... his beautiful playing blew away my concern that I had. I love gentle harmony in his melody, which fills my heart with comfort.
Yes, I dare to say that this performance of the b flat minor scherzo is the most satisfying for me out of all the other ones I have found and heard. Zimmerman has real character and a strong backbone in his spirit. Real self-restraint and control to bring out this remarkable form and structure of Chopin. In addition to the structural visualization and understanding the player needs here to portrait a sense of a lived life, a real person living through this piece. Here is the difficulty, it is a master-form but at the same time it is a story with human emotions and happenings. But Zimmermann can do both. Compare with other pianists, they always distort the pulse and Zimmermann does not distort it. And in order to manage this he has to have real piano technique. For the sense of the lived life he has the tone to sing it out. This piece always reminds me that my strong opinion is that Chopin as well as Schubert, were much greater musical architects than Beethoven, out of whom people for obvious reasons have made such a big number. Zimmermanns technique and unyielding strict even pulse is remarkable and gives honour especially to the 2nd Ballade and the 4th Ballade played by him is the very best I have heard. The 4th ballade by Chopin is also a master-form together with a master-story and fantasy, such a combination of different kinds of demands that no human could ever play it here in this kind of a body and circumstances we have now. This is my opinion.
This piece gives me chills. Like wow, it showcases Chopin's true genius. The way he effortlessly made this piece change keys multiple times blows my mind. Also personally I think Zimmerman plays it best, he can really put others to shame with his interpretations of Chopin's works. Bravo!
Superb performance. The way he takes his time and enjoys the phrasing is splendid. Everything feels smooth and fluid and there are no hiccups. Quite simply a performance worthy of Chopin’s level
This is just absolutely astoningshly beautiful. I'f I ever play half as good as this man, this pure genius, I would consider myself at extremely fortunate.
I can only dream of a Zimmerman concert in the US. Unfortunately, that will never happen again. I wanted to listen to this amazing pianist's music, but I'm not quite prepared to fork over a fortune to travel to another country for a single concert.
rcradiator yes yes, since back when (I forgot who) was president of the US they took apart his piano to check for viruses, and he was quite angered and said he would never come back to the USA.
Wow. Compared to his 1979 performance one can really see how much his interpretation of this piece has improved. So much more emotionally rich here, in my opinion.
UA-cam is a blessing when it comes to presenting videos of these sublime concerts. I fully enjoy seeing the musician's finger works which I can hardly get to see in concert halls although the sound quality in concert halls is usually better. But even on UA-cam it is pretty good.
Definitely the best interpretation. Everybody else plays it too fast. Argerich's is exciting just to see the amazing technique but she misses half the piece along the way. her recording is almost 2 minutes slower. I love her but not for this. Zimerman and Rubinstein for Chopin for sure.
+Jonathan Wallach if you think Argerich is fast, try Dmitri Sgouros, haha! His recording clocks in at under 8 minutes. He has a fantastic technique but I think he just got bored with the literature because it was too easy for him. www.sgourosmp3.com/chopinscherzo2.php
+retrogamerdave well if you're going to be interested in this music based on how hard it is to play I don't know if I'd call you a musician. I've been playing this piece since I was 9. I don't play it faster now because it's easier. If anything I play it slower because there's more to discover.
+Jonathan Wallach that is my point exactly: sgouros has had a spotty career and in times past has shown little investment in the music. but now that he has matured a few decades, he has come back with much more humanity in his playing than when he was a young man.
Totally agree. Just came from hearing Martha's version, and although I was absolutely FLOORED by her literal speed, she actually did miss several notes, and the clarity of her right hand arpeggios was completely drowned down by the thundering left hand. (And I have studied and performed this piece). Now maybe that's something that she smoothed out as she got older and matured. But at least from what I see on UA-cam, Zimmerman has the superior interpretation and execution.
Have always had a strong feeling that only Zimerman played Chopin's music as the composer would have liked it most. Never ever after hearing Chopin's music for some 40 years, i loved Chopin more as when it was performed by Kristian Zimerman. He is Chopin.
Lang Lang is a showman, he doesnt have the emotional depth to understand/perform chopin. He is a show off, which means he is good at performing some works like la campanella which have not much musical depth but are very fast and technically challenging
On June 15, 2019 I was lucky enough to hear the one and only maestro Krystian Zimerman with Brahms sonata no. 3 and Chopin 4 Scherzi! Incredible Zimerman received standing ovations! *greatest pianist alive*
That was as perfect a cadence throughout the whole piece as I have ever heard. Rather than playing the music too fast and showing off in order to impress us with your skill (of which I am certain is quite considerable), thanks for just letting the music have its own voice. Brilliant!
A cleanly played masterful rendition of this piece. I just learned that the late, great jazz pianist Bill Evans played this Scherzo in his senior recital at Southern Louisana on University April 24th 1950. Wish I could have been there.
@Hose2wAcKiEr the études...yes, but definitely not all of his pieces, Chopin at this time was one of the best players and interpret (in saloons, he didn't like concerts unlike Liszt, even if he played in concerts, their was a lot of good critics) and was a god at improvising
I've been playing Chopin since I was 12, so that's 36 years. Always try my best but I can never get it to quite sound like it sounds in my head. Zimerman always makes me feel at peace and also jealous when I listen to him, because he generally plays these pieces exactly as I'd want to play them if I had the skill. So many beautiful sounds that Chopin wrote, so many little touches that he put into his pieces with such care. Most professional pianists seem to speed over them or don't recognize them for the gems they are. Zimerman seems to cherish them, and so many little things come through. I've listened to his ballades and to this recording so many times now.
It is unbelievable : how the life.. the journey can be transcribed into a music piece... magical.. above and beyond talent.. yet it takes a genius to read and deliver it. I am in tears and joy/suffering enigma as of listening to this.. Loved Chopin for years.. never have been so enormously shook up.. immersed in the very deep sense/ meaning of a piece.. different reality/universe.. and I'm not even high at all!:)
Zimerman's playing at 3:25 is as if the world calms down and only you and the music exists... and at 4:23, it is as if you slowly go on a mysterious journey with him as he leads you....
모든 피아니스트를 들어봤는데 이 사람은 누구지하면서 들어가지도 않았는데 오늘 처음 듣고 진짜 왜안들었지 후회중입니다... 진짜 스케르초 원탑입니다... 멜로디 부분부터 해서 쭉 계속 음악을 이어가는 그 느낌이 느껴져요 템포도 너무빠르지않고 모든 구간에서 진짜 노래할수없다 생각했던부분에서 그부분을 노래를 하고있어요.. 쇼팽 발라드 좋아해서 다듣고 있는데 댓글마다 전부 짐머만 짐머만하길래 들어봤는데 정말 기가막히는 솜씨입니다. 말문이 막히고 왤케 이 피아니스트에 곡을 안들었음에 죄책감이 들게 해주는 스케르초입니다.
The 3 internal waltzes he capitavtes us with, so that they are meant to be genuine mysteries unsolved at conclusion. The mastery of his delivery is we are greater for returning to the exact point of entry with the first bars.
He has a perfect understanding of Chopin.
@Lisztian hahaha I agree with tht
Some features, yes, but not the nose!
more than perfect : meticulous not as a black smith but as a watchmaker !
Yes he does
It’s a very good performance, but I wouldn’t say “perfect understanding of Chopin”
He made the piano sound as soft as a harp, and as hard as a rainy day.
Honestly, this is the greatest performance of Chopin's Scherzo in B-flat minor, op. 31 I believe that exists. Zimerman truly understands how to express the voice in Chopin's music.
mdg140 Haha this is a nice interpretation and all but have you heard Cyprien Katsaris play it
So that means YOU TRULY understand how chopins music should be expressed? 🤔
Say hi to chopin for me would ya?
I do believe this is a very good performance, but perhaps "greatest" is pushing it. The point of Chopin is that it should be different for everyone, with the rubato he used in his pieces. There is no one perfect way to play one of Chopin's pieces.
@@marshan1226yes we all heard. perhaps have you heard how much he rushes in some parts?
@@aefnost rushes? It’s played at perfect tempo. Where does he rush?
What a spectacular performance. I am always deeply moved by Zimerman's tone, expression, and technique. His style is so "crisp", by which I mean that every note is audible and precise. Nothing is hidden. I think Chopin himself would applaud Zimerman.
+Marc Payne Pianists do not have tone - pianos have tone. It is a very beautiful instrument. As for expression and technique, Zimmerman has that in spades - he is a superb musician.
+Steven Yourke Pianists do have tone. A piano will sound very different depending on how you play it and I do agree, Zimmerman is quite the master.
+Steven Yourke Mr. Zimerman brings ( or brought, certainly) his own piano actions, which he himself tunes and whose action he adjusts note by note before a concert, according to what he will be playing. So I would give him credit for "tone", in addition to his masterful playing..
That is a very good way of describing the performance. It's challenging, though always a pleasure to see a combination of technique (playing each note clearly in rhythm, etc.) and expression (using rubato and changes in dynamics to bring out an emotive effect).
@@syourke3 Sorry Steven, but if you take two pianists on this instrument they will SOUND different. The biggest help for their tone and expression is to NOT tune Equal Temperament but with a "genuine" tuning and at a better concert pitch like C128Hz. This is one reason why Arsentiy Kharitonoff's "Russian Triptych" CD helped to raise him above all other pianists.
I had heard piano players say the name of this piece so many times that one day I decided that I to play this video. From the first time I saw it, I loved it. I used to listen to this almost constantly, and it quickly became my favorite music. Every night, I'd sit down at my desk to write, at my couch to relax, and even at my dining table, and I would put this video on to listen to. Eventually, my education became too much and I forget about it completely.
I listened to this tonight for the first time in a long time. I had always thought people were being overdramatic when they said that a song made them cry, but I can honestly say that for the first time in my life, after remembering how everything was when I listened to this, a piece of music gave me tears. Thank you for the video!
Experiment the orinal tempo version, is far better than that...
@Dano Zakerios From memes anime videos, to in depth analysis of classical music. Yep I'd be terrified too.
@@antoniocarlosgomesfernedag1637 what version are you talking about?
By far the best chopin player. This is perfection.
+Getaway OfMyLoan si
@@pelusaduarte1947 Agree.
Not perfection but 90% i'd say
I agree
Just a matter of opinion, I think several current pianists are performing Chopin at a very high level; no one is that far out front of the group of brilliant Chopin artists.
Zimmerman's play is the best of Chopin.
Insun Choi มีผู้ที่บรรเลงเพลงของ Chopin ได้ดีมีหลายคนที่อยากจะแนะนำคือ Arthur Rubinstein, Maurizo Pollini
+Insun Choi I think you didn't listen Arthur Rubinstein, so I forgive you ^^
+David Uribe Agreed. Such clarity, technique, and emotion here. Zimerman never fails to make me *feel* the music, which says a lot (for me, anyway)!
+Ramzi Eljaouadi It's probably partly the recording quality, but Zimerman combines lucidity, smoothness and passion in a way I have never heard from any other pianist. To me Zimerman plays exactly how you want the piece to be played, and perfectly so.
u forget Kissin, ivo pogorelich, martha argerich, Arthur Rubinstein, lang lang, li and other.
ツィマーマンのショパンが一番聴きやすくて好きです。本当に飽きが来ない。いつまでも聞いていられる。
これは好みですから様々な意見があって良いのですが、私はこのツィメルマンの演奏はスゴく素敵だと思います。他のピアニストの演奏だと、フレーズの弾き方が速すぎて音がちゃんと聞こえないことが多いのです。その点ツィメルマンは敢えて速過ぎないように弾くことで音の運動エネルギーや、調性の移り変わりによる色の変化などが、より聴き手に伝わりやすいように弾いています。素敵です。
Why are you posting in Chinese!?
@@TheAtheist22 *Japanese
おっしゃる通りだと思います。
弾く人でかなり違いの出る曲なんですね
@@TheAtheist22 うるせぇ
6:37 starts pure joy to my soul
WithoutContrast 1
I agree
yes, also 6:10
like finding happiness and running away with it
6:37 to 6:55
i must be in love with Zimerman, I just watched about 50 of his video's in a row....
Same... I love him...
two words,....eres gai?
I'm straight woman, not gay :P
How can one not be? His beard is jaw-droppingly gorgeous
Kristian J. Lol...seems off the mark
Love the sense that Zimerman played and implied ... He's not rushing, not making things blurred, but he's exjoying and interpreting the phrases in the piece. Thank you for bringing us a good interpretation of Chopin's Work!
He rushed my favorite part :(
It’s much slower than Rubenstein’s version, and I appreciate that.
I’ve watched this video, like at least over a millions times over the past 2 years. It got me through so many events in my life. Whenever I feel lonely, sad, happy, or just conflicted, I always return here. Everything about his playing of this piece obsesses me, I even wrote a whole essay on what this piece is all about, because of him.
Is it possible to find your essay somewhere? I think It would be very interesting to read it!
yeah id also like to read it
It's so serene and poetic the way he plays at 4:23 min. I love his hands,
Norah de Almeida my favorite part of the scherzo!! How he gently accelerate the phrase is just wonderful
Ikr, Zimerman plays so s o f t
Arthur Rubinstein was the best pianist of the twentieth century, Zimerman is the best actually, both of them polish,
Poland is the cradle of the best pianists in the world.
Yeah!! i think too, A.Rubinstein was player more than beautiful Chopin Works but some music. and other pianist had to great perform as Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Maurizio Pollini
I agree with you.
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zimmerman one of the best for chopin of nowadays clearly
and his technique is insane
I Think he was the best in Chopin interpretations, but there are other pianist of the twentieth century, like Claudio Arrau
4:47- 5:07, the most beautiful 20 seconds on earth
I wish it was longer..., so beautiful
I can die now
I can't find someone else play it better ..
Agreed
yes!!!!!:)
I love so much the way this guy play
so expressive but not exaggerated
Lord have mercy this was honestly the best and most flawless performance I've seen of this piece. Freaking beautiful!!! My favorite by Chopin!!
Every note is clear. This is the best performance of the piece I've ever seen.
Exceptional interpretation of this masterpiece... thank you Maestro.
After 8 years, he is still reading the comments. Insane
That is dedication, by definite.
Well i mean he gets notifications when someone comments. Time doesnt really matter as long as he uses youtube
Its not Zimmerman who posted this video tho
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Ok
Zimerman is so good that every single note sings.
This is so expressive and soothing... his beautiful playing blew away my concern that I had. I love gentle harmony in his melody, which fills my heart with comfort.
agree
Yes, I dare to say that this performance of the b flat minor scherzo is the most satisfying for me out of all the other ones I have found and heard. Zimmerman has real character and a strong backbone in his spirit. Real self-restraint and control to bring out this remarkable form and structure of Chopin. In addition to the structural visualization and understanding the player needs here to portrait a sense of a lived life, a real person living through this piece. Here is the difficulty, it is a master-form but at the same time it is a story with human emotions and happenings. But Zimmermann
can do both. Compare with other pianists, they always distort the pulse and Zimmermann does not distort it. And in order to manage this he has to have real piano technique. For the sense of the lived life he has the tone to sing it out. This piece always reminds me that my strong opinion is that Chopin as well as Schubert, were much greater musical architects than Beethoven, out of whom people for obvious reasons have made such a big number.
Zimmermanns technique and unyielding strict even pulse is remarkable and gives honour especially to the 2nd Ballade and the 4th Ballade played by him is the very best I have heard. The 4th ballade by Chopin is also a master-form together with a master-story and fantasy, such a combination of different kinds of demands that no human could ever play it here in this kind of a body and circumstances we have now. This is my opinion.
This piece gives me chills. Like wow, it showcases Chopin's true genius.
The way he effortlessly made this piece change keys multiple times blows my mind. Also personally I think Zimmerman plays it best, he can really put others to shame with his interpretations of Chopin's works. Bravo!
Harvey Hammond-Miller almost like amadeus in his symmetry
Harvey Hammond-Miller quisiera ver las joyas de gina lollobrigida por favor
Harvey Hammond-Miller If you want the best interpretation, listen to Cyprien Katsaris version
Chopin's true genius is his mazurkas
Check out his ballade #4- nothing comes close
Chopin would have loved this interpretation.
Superb performance. The way he takes his time and enjoys the phrasing is splendid. Everything feels smooth and fluid and there are no hiccups. Quite simply a performance worthy of Chopin’s level
He plays so effortlessly it's amazing
I can't help but smile when I hear how light and joyful 4:48 is ^_^
Yassss
This is just absolutely astoningshly beautiful. I'f I ever play half as good as this man, this pure genius, I would consider myself at extremely fortunate.
Are you able to performance it now?
the people who dislike is a girl who notice a ring in his hand
hahahaha
Or a boy...
@@matesquilos2915 😳
@@matesquilos2915 yes 😔😔
Whoever dislikes this performance is probably deaf 🧏🏻♀️
The best interpretation of the piano. He sounds like Chopin himself by his feeling and emotion.
Zimmerman was playing Scherzo No. 2 at a concert in Japan today. The performance of 62-years-old zimmerman is also very good. I am happy to hear it.
That sounds nice.
I can only dream of a Zimmerman concert in the US. Unfortunately, that will never happen again. I wanted to listen to this amazing pianist's music, but I'm not quite prepared to fork over a fortune to travel to another country for a single concert.
I'm sure he has concerts in canada
@@rcradiator If you are ready, and Zimmerman concert is held in JAPAN, please come to Japan!
rcradiator yes yes, since back when (I forgot who) was president of the US they took apart his piano to check for viruses, and he was quite angered and said he would never come back to the USA.
Le meilleur interprète du grand Chopin...Inégalable à part Chopin lui même.
absolutely incredible! the clarity of every single note. amazing!!
Zimmermann is an unquestionable legend.
Wow. Compared to his 1979 performance one can really see how much his interpretation of this piece has improved. So much more emotionally rich here, in my opinion.
this is in 1979?:o
@@erika-xc1qu no, there is a recording of him On UA-cam playing in 1979. I like this one much better
@@pookz3067 and this when was it?
@@erika-xc1qu this was recorded in 1987, or around that time, I believe. This is from Zimerman’s Schubert/Chopin dvd recording for Deutsche Grammaphon
Never seen anyone managing to play this with such control and yet not losing its feeling and emotions. BRAVO!
It's a lot of pleasure looking at him while he is playing it and both listening to this at the same time...Legends are here to stay.
Wonderful interpretation! It has mathematical precision! One of the most perfect pianists in rhythm and cadence and with a lot of feeling!
My favorite Chopin performer. Just makes my heart want to jump out of my body!
This is just an amazing piece. Zimerman is of course always great.
UA-cam is a blessing when it comes to presenting videos of these sublime concerts. I fully enjoy seeing the musician's finger works which I can hardly get to see in concert halls although the sound quality in concert halls is usually better. But even on UA-cam it is pretty good.
Thank you !!
great pianist !!
wonderful !!
amazing !!
素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます。
So beautiful ...
So natural ...
Bravissimo!!!Wonderful!!! The best interpretation of this Scherzo I've heard !!!
Definitely the best interpretation. Everybody else plays it too fast. Argerich's is exciting just to see the amazing technique but she misses half the piece along the way. her recording is almost 2 minutes slower. I love her but not for this. Zimerman and Rubinstein for Chopin for sure.
+Jonathan Wallach if you think Argerich is fast, try Dmitri Sgouros, haha! His recording clocks in at under 8 minutes. He has a fantastic technique but I think he just got bored with the literature because it was too easy for him. www.sgourosmp3.com/chopinscherzo2.php
+retrogamerdave well if you're going to be interested in this music based on how hard it is to play I don't know if I'd call you a musician. I've been playing this piece since I was 9. I don't play it faster now because it's easier. If anything I play it slower because there's more to discover.
+Jonathan Wallach that is my point exactly: sgouros has had a spotty career and in times past has shown little investment in the music. but now that he has matured a few decades, he has come back with much more humanity in his playing than when he was a young man.
'The best interpretation'
I don't think you know the meaning of interpretation
Totally agree. Just came from hearing Martha's version, and although I was absolutely FLOORED by her literal speed, she actually did miss several notes, and the clarity of her right hand arpeggios was completely drowned down by the thundering left hand. (And I have studied and performed this piece). Now maybe that's something that she smoothed out as she got older and matured. But at least from what I see on UA-cam, Zimmerman has the superior interpretation and execution.
I‘ve listened to this piece so many times and this piece just gives me pure joy. I love Chopin
Same here
Zimerman is so noble! His posture playing piano resembles to Arthur Rubinstein's one! 2 great piano artists!
Have always had a strong feeling that only Zimerman played Chopin's music as the composer would have liked it most. Never ever after hearing Chopin's music for some 40 years, i loved Chopin more as when it was performed by Kristian Zimerman. He is Chopin.
yes especially when you compare this to lang lang's versions you realize zimmerman is by far the best
It is a serious offense to compare Zimernan to the clown of Lang Lang.
Lang Lang is a showman, he doesnt have the emotional depth to understand/perform chopin. He is a show off, which means he is good at performing some works like la campanella which have not much musical depth but are very fast and technically challenging
MARIHEBER PEREZ ALONSO stfu
Thanos his technique is prob. one of the best
His playing is fearless. Love it!
I saw him performing this piece a few days ago in Korea. He was calm but very strong. Nearly everybody stood up and clapped.
On June 15, 2019 I was lucky enough to hear the one and only maestro Krystian Zimerman with Brahms sonata no. 3 and Chopin 4 Scherzi! Incredible Zimerman received standing ovations! *greatest pianist alive*
The Best scherzo of Chopin!!! Wonderful Kristian The Best performer of this Piece!
That was as perfect a cadence throughout the whole piece as I have ever heard. Rather than playing the music too fast and showing off in order to impress us with your skill (of which I am certain is quite considerable), thanks for just letting the music have its own voice. Brilliant!
Chopin was a genius, such a shame he didn't live past his youth, come to think of it, a lot of great composers died too young
A cleanly played masterful rendition of this piece. I just learned that the late, great jazz pianist Bill Evans played this Scherzo in his senior recital at Southern Louisana on University April 24th 1950. Wish I could have been there.
Listening to his performance , you know he is the best.
When think of Chopin,s music, you think of him. He is genius in playing Chopin music, Beethoven music.many many more. Very passionate. And skillful
the best in chopin zimerman .chopin should be happy.
@Hose2wAcKiEr No one plays a composition better than its composer
Ruslan Nuriyev Chopin wrote in a letter that he is jealous the way Liszt played his etudes and wish he could play them the same
@Hose2wAcKiEr the études...yes, but definitely not all of his pieces, Chopin at this time was one of the best players and interpret (in saloons, he didn't like concerts unlike Liszt, even if he played in concerts, their was a lot of good critics) and was a god at improvising
mAnu Chopin liked oPeRaS
역시 믿고 듣는 지머만의 연주.. 최고중의 최고 the Best of the Best
His music is always wonderful understanding every single types and style of each composer. Bravo!!
solid, powerful(heavy), clean and elegnat + beautiful sound. Top-class of the world.
Bellísima obra y preciosa., Limpia y clarísima interpretación.....inolvidable y romántico Chopin... Bravo Zimerman.....!!
He is the best Chopin performer I’ve ever heard. I’m not sure if that’s why, but he looks like chopin.
This piece has always represented the pinnacle of piano composition for me.
Listen to the clarity of those low notes! I wish I had a piano like that.
Me too!
아름다운 피아노 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎹🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤
Zimerman , 👏👏👏♥️ El mejor pianista del mundo .Muy profesional, excelente intérprete .👏👏👏🎹🎼🎶🎵😁💞
Stunning performance. Also beautifully recorded!
7:05 Winter wind vibes anyone?
Same lol
LOL
Yah for a second
omg yes
I thought that too lol
弾き方に余裕があって、キレッキッレで本当にかっこいい。完璧。。歌わせ方もさらっとしていてスマート。聴いててスカッとする。
His last move, away from the keys, like a true musketeer! :D (Amazingly played, as well!)
I've been playing Chopin since I was 12, so that's 36 years. Always try my best but I can never get it to quite sound like it sounds in my head. Zimerman always makes me feel at peace and also jealous when I listen to him, because he generally plays these pieces exactly as I'd want to play them if I had the skill. So many beautiful sounds that Chopin wrote, so many little touches that he put into his pieces with such care. Most professional pianists seem to speed over them or don't recognize them for the gems they are. Zimerman seems to cherish them, and so many little things come through. I've listened to his ballades and to this recording so many times now.
7:40 I wanted to hear this scherzo.
Intense
00:59 본인의 연주에 따봉날리는 짐머만 Thumbs up to his own performance
It is a brilliant, noble and heartfelt interpretation of this wonderful Scherzo of the great Chopin!
It is unbelievable : how the life.. the journey can be transcribed into a music piece... magical.. above and beyond talent.. yet it takes a genius to read and deliver it. I am in tears and joy/suffering enigma as of listening to this.. Loved Chopin for years.. never have been so enormously shook up.. immersed in the very deep sense/ meaning of a piece.. different reality/universe.. and I'm not even high at all!:)
I m Happy when i listen chopin
How long I've been looking for this masterpiece, and to find this interpretation as well. Love his Ballades, but I love this equally much :O
Beautifully performed!
Zimerman's playing at 3:25 is as if the world calms down and only you and the music exists... and at 4:23, it is as if you slowly go on a mysterious journey with him as he leads you....
Took the words out of my fucking mouth
Captures the essense of Chopin's music. 0:56 the playful accompaniment...perfect
One of the most beautiful perfomances. Thanks for sharing!
Bravoooo!!! Me encanta como toca!!
I was sad when it's over that was just so beautiful. I really wanna see Zimerman play in personnn. It's one of my dreamss 🤍✨
One of the best pianists, Ever
then you known nothing in piano also
@@alainspiteri502 If you say so.
Grandioso!!!!!!!!! Interpreta a Chopin como nadie, su técnica es impecable, sin duda el mejor pianista actualmente!
no, yo soy mejor
#lanlangmasterclass, #2ricaxondo4u
¡Claro que sí campeón! ;)
Si!!!!‼
모든 피아니스트를 들어봤는데 이 사람은 누구지하면서 들어가지도 않았는데 오늘 처음 듣고 진짜 왜안들었지 후회중입니다... 진짜 스케르초 원탑입니다... 멜로디 부분부터 해서 쭉 계속 음악을 이어가는 그 느낌이 느껴져요 템포도 너무빠르지않고 모든 구간에서 진짜 노래할수없다 생각했던부분에서 그부분을 노래를 하고있어요.. 쇼팽 발라드 좋아해서 다듣고 있는데 댓글마다 전부 짐머만 짐머만하길래 들어봤는데 정말 기가막히는 솜씨입니다. 말문이 막히고 왤케 이 피아니스트에 곡을 안들었음에 죄책감이 들게 해주는 스케르초입니다.
조기원 치메르만 이 정확한 발음이긴 한데...ㅎㅎ
Osu Jangoon 방 방 방 방
조기원님 인정합니다 우리나라 사람으로 찾아 듣고 싶은 마음에 외국 분들의 멋진 연주를 듣지 않은 것이 후회되네요 ㅠㅠ
Yes.
ZIMMERMANNNNNNNN
What a wonderful preformance and an excellent interpretation!👍
Krystian Zimerman and Frederic Chopin are from Poland!!
+M zimerman is from german descent
+cool cat But he is Polish
M let’s decide zimerman what he wants to be
+cool cat maybe you're right, but he is polish pianist.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystian_Zimerman)
+M there is nothing to decide. he is a jew
Only wish I could have played it like this! Just beautiful.
I love this, great interpretation once again
I am in love with the piece and with this awesome interpretation!
Along with Ballades 1,3, and 4, one of Chopin's great masterpieces, very Ballade like in itself.
agree
The ending is like fireworks, especially that last high note at the end.
3:25 - 4:49 This is amazingly beautiful.
If you like Chopin , you like him. He understand all Chopin's work plus his talen. One of the great Pianist hardly to find.
GRANDIOSE, MAGNIFIQUE !!!
The 3 internal waltzes he capitavtes us with, so that they are meant to be genuine mysteries unsolved at conclusion. The mastery of his delivery is we are greater for returning to the exact point of entry with the first bars.
GREAT!! Nobody plays Chopin like him. The perfection in each single note.
This is on another level of AMAZING.