I feel the older we get the more this music touches us. The bitter sweet of life, things that could had been, things that should not had been, things that possibly had been. Those joy, grief, blood, sweat, tears.
As a kid we were brought to the symphony twice a year. It was magical to me, I know how lucky I was to attend. All kids should be introduced to the classics early in life. It has always stayed with me, I have loved it since then.
About two years ago, I walked into a church. My town has four churches, some large, some small. This was the smallest one I hadn't been to yet, and for once it was open outside of mass hours. Inside, a man sat at the piano playing Chopin's nocturne. The reverberation through the empty hall echoed so beautifully and made my eyes swim the moment I heard it.
When Menahem Pressler played this Nocturne from Chopin live in Berlin, he was aged 91. You will never find a better interpretation of this emotional piece from Chopin. Menahem Pressler was a real, but silent, World Class Artist. Menahem Pressler, rest in peace.
I had a piano instructor back in the 90s who was from Kiev and Horowitz went to the same Kiev Conservatory she went to, she told me how senior recitals are a big deal and they're done in front of a panel of professors who do not show any emotion after your performance. Zero. no clapping, no nodding, nothing. Horowitz finished, they jumped to their feet and applauded for a minute straight. He was that much of a force.
@discepolidiYeshua93 this is spamming. Stop it. This is about music. You will be reported for this kind of obnoxious behaviour. Find a proper venue where you can proselytize all you want.
yes, and that's the one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul, and it is what made Chopin - Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
The closer we get to that last day on earth, on this magical place that consists of bittersweet experiences, the closer we move towards the basics, poetry, philosophical thinking, music. It is a full circle someone might say, we go back to where our soul was guiding us all those years, but career, friends, family, that night out that we had to go out because everyone would attend kept us apart from our nature. And we lived in distance from our own soul for ages.
Wow! That's pretty deep. I'm going to have to contemplate that for a while. In this day and age when everybody is talking but nobody is really saying anything, this actually speaks to me.
Mr Horowitz sits at the piano so casually, as if engrossed in something utterly mundane. No theatrics, no extraneous movements. Nothing stands between him and the music. He is the music.
THIS is what music is about! Not half-naked bodies or flashy outfits to draw certain audiences to the concert - hall. Unfortunately, this is what the classical music industry is promoting for quite some time now...
@@bob7023You don’t need to say that. I’m Chinese and I’m not bothered by mariapap8962’s comment at all. I just smile and respect him. No need to overact and take it too seriously.
@@tzenkadianova2892Mariapap is not being racist or misogynistic. He gave his opinion on an artist, and you immediately and smugly decided it was because of race and gender. No one is free from criticism. So please stop fighting this imaginary villain that you created just to appear socially superior, it doesn't help anyone.
Yes, the playing is lovely, but his phrasing is noticeably laboured due to the advanced age. If you can't hear this, you are in denial or lack the musical experience. Pollini was once criticised for being too aggressive and lacking in the musical department, same of Horowitz and many others. Listen with your ears, not your eyes. Yuja's phrasing is far more interesting than this master-class in rheumatism.
@nikb6176 You can wait to make this comment when Yuja Wang is 70/80 years old and having rheumatism (and hopefully not half-naked on stage any more). Ridiculous comparison.
I noticed an interesting feature: Young pianists often play at a slightly faster pace. As if they are in a hurry, as if they are in a rush, as if they want to splash out expression.Old pianists play moderately, a little slower. They have nowhere to rush, they are not in a hurry to finish the game, it is like a more thoughtful story.
People seem to forget that playing music at the high-level consumes stamina, something that deteriorates with age. Older musicians take time and play as their stamina allows. obviously the depth in their rendering the music comes from their sheer talent and sensitivity. lots of musicians can play well at a mature / less mature age
In all these, it is palpable the silence these performances create... The feeling of silence means you are truly listening. It's so hard to listen when there's so much noise about. I'm honoured and sad to be born in 1984 - that means I'm not old but just old enough I remember when we had silence and could make space and time to listen to things. This video reminded me of that. Cheers.
I can't imagine how Choopin must have felt, what did he experience?, to compose pieces that evoke such deep feelings that one would think one would have after living for a long time to understand them.
Well, as humans on our journey, if you haven't felt emotions, even as painful as these recitals are emulating, then I don't know wether to be happy for you or to feel sad that you haven't been touched by someone in a way that evokes these emotions. This is the true meaning of being human. That we have developed the capacity to feel such energies. Learning to embrace them, the enjoyable and the not so, is the key.
i know what you mean, i love how simple and effortless it seems, the delicate cascading of notes from something to nothing. the sound is in the silence. magical.@@cd-zw2tt
@@kennethtalbott2233 "..simple and effortless..' - yes and the paradox is that it's from rigorous practising many hours each day for many days and weeks and years. A true dedication 😊
Wonderful to see children, young people in audience listening raptly, respectfully. Gee, no iPhones or texting - what a pleasure to see and to hear this simply beautiful music.
The audience is so enthralled by the pianist. No one is coughing, fiddling about or gawking at their cellphone. I’d love to go back to that era when music brought people to tears because of the beauty of the music.
I don’t know the great maestros, pianoforte history, the geniuses, etc... But this guy Pressler is perhaps the best I have ever heard on piano. His touch, passion, and the soul of Chopin that he summons from the body of work he plays is awe inspiring.
My dad saw Horowitz in concert. I taped a performance on PBS and gave it to him. He had tears flowing down his cheeks. I miss him a lot. He taught me to love music in all it's form.
My condolences. In music there is sadness, joy, and many other emotions. Experiencing the death of somebody close, one's perception of music changes. I have experienced how playing the one and same melody before gave different meanings to me. All the best to you.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
The old greats...Horowitz, Pressler, Arturo Rubinstein, even Rachmaninoff, when they played...they became the music... they didn't emote and gesticulate to detract from it...the music was the master, and they served it. A pleasure to watch, and a blessing to hear, a sublime pleasure.
went to a bladee, ecco, etc concert 2 years ago and every single person had their phone out. was my least favorite concert cause of the crowd. everyone had to show their online friends or record it. was a young crowd.
@h0ll9w that would ruin it for me too, I want to be one with the audience in awe of that which in front, the individual consciousness appreciating itself and the talents of our being collectively. It's a celebration of what being a human connected to love is all about.
Chopin saved so many lives....remembering us that we are here and alive...I, by myself, I am so grateful, without his music....what could have happened to me
0:37 0:41 0:43 beautiful and beyond...I saw the Pianist movie .and it brings me to tears..this is awesome.being a pianist myself..this is every bit.... perfection
Beautiful music, paintings, sculptures, even beautiful buildings bring tears to our eyes. I think it’s because we feel we are in the presence of something/someone that gives the gift of creating beauty, which also encompasses love, to the performer, composer, etc. I wish shopping malls would play this music and also some of the beautiful arias. I think/hope it would replace some of the hatred and cruelty that seems to be infecting some people today. There is more than enough beauty available to convince people that we are capable of achieving greatness. Even if I cannot produce a masterpiece I am able to appreciate that some people can and we should follow them and not those who produce vulgar, sloppy drivel. If that makes sense.
The brief middle section of the Chopin is played waaaay too fast...like most pianists... Chopin did NOT indicate any increase in tempo at all in his sheet music for this piece....it should be slow and ethereal...sounds so ridiculous at the very fast tempo and RUINS the piece!!!
Horowitz.....pretty much on everybody's top 5 list for greatest pianist of the 20th century. The audience is spellbound. Wish I couldve heard him live. He was alive until I was 23. I missed out.
I heard this on TV in the early 80' s in my early 30's and I wept over his style and beauty. Still the same today. That was a day when the world's society was so much like this. I know "Thy Kingdom come..." will be filled with the tranquility and the joy of heaven on earth. Amen
At 71, I’m certain I would not have been able to be so moved by this achingly beautiful music at, say 25 or even 40. Only life experiences, good and bad, and the passing of time could have prepared me to appreciate this beauty.
During Horowitz's performance, you can visibly see each and every audience member is in their own imaginary world, quietly listening to the music, letting it flow through their minds and soul. Such is the beauty and power of music when presented by someone as legendary as Horowitz.
It's only a small minority that can appreciate this music and furthermore be touched. Those able to properly play it, an even smaller subset; and those able to compose it, maybe a few dozens in every generation, globally.
Having complete mastery of an instrument… must be one of the best feelings in the world. Just seeing someone else being a total master feels great. Can you imagine what being able to do this must feel like?
Какое счастье, что мы имеем возможность запечатлеть, и слушать музыку великих композиторов и видеть игру таких величайших исполнителей. Люди, берегите, что имеем! Спасибо за прекрасную запись!
These beautiful gentle Jewish men playing from deep memory and profound pain and joy the exquisite music from a Europe that has been so horrific and essential all at the same time. And then Tsujii's exquisite homage to Tsunami victims... this is a study in life ladies and gentleman.
Pressler’s performance of this Nocturne is truly divine, showcasing his mastery and deep understanding of Chopin’s music. Interestingly, Władysław Szpilman, the real-life pianist portrayed in The Pianist, played this very piece so beautifully that a German officer decided to spare his life. You can find Szpilman’s rendition on UA-cam-it’s a captivating testament to the power of music and its ability to transcend even the darkest moments in history.
There’s something about these pieces that are just full of yearning - I can physically feel my heart being tugged by the string of notes that these people play. It’s actually bringing me to tears as I write this. So beautiful, so raw and so real.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Congratulations for writing the cringiest and most obnoxious comment on this video. (There was a lot of competition in this comment section but this is definitely the most nauseating)
This MUSIC deserves more respect than it's been given. I have been in country, rock and bluegrass music my whole life but when ever I listen to this music I am humbled to say the least. Sometimes we need to listen with not only our hearts but our souls too.
In these dark days with wars and fierce fighting music is like Shakespeare said "if music was the food of life play on" Good for the soul Gods gift to us let's enjoy every second of it. Thanks for this upload I feel good🎉
This must be what music is like in heaven and Chopin heard it in his spirit and played it people on earth! The Lord revealed to me some time ago He is sending music from heaven to earth in this timing! It will be wonderful to hear new heavenly music!
A lovely selection of works and artists. I heard Pressler play the Chopin Nocturne on a few occasions in London and Paris. The limpidity of the runs at the end were just so characteristic of his inimitable technique. I miss him.
Nobuyuki Tsujii is stunning in his ability to maintain perfection on the Piano ! His composition is one that people will listen to many times over and is absolutely beautiful !
Pressler opened his heart completely....his Holocaust experiences....we all know those experiences in our families....companionship....all this hope, love, despair...and music that helped us to survive...sent by God...hope and love
I saw this performance of Horowitz live when I was young. I was affected by the shots of the audience back then. Now I understand them better. They had deep life experiences that were tapped into by Horowitz and the piece he played.
@@James-ll3jb Well, you could've at least prefaced your original comment then with "I know Horowitz is playing Schumann here, but..." There's no need to insult somebody on the basis of which country they were born and raised in, of which they have no control.
I have never heard Pressler play before. I play this song Chopin Nocturne post hum - he plays it differently than I have ever heard. He is much older, and his use of phrasing and dynamics plus alternate fingering to make it easier on crazy fast passages was staggering to hear. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING was lost on this. It took nothing away because it was so musical. Simply amazing musician!
Chopin was and is, the greatest romantic composer and virtuoso pianist in history!! His music is not comparable to anything else, it's pure, deepest emotion and the genius of composition. The one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul - that is what made Chopin...Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
Wow, 4th composer really got me in total bits. 😢 He composed the theme to my life, I swear. Please listen if you feel like you're running on a treadmill in sinking sand as you tread water and you've actually found your missing piece of yourself but you're trys hard to reach it you just can't. You don't even know what your missing piece of you is but you know it's going to complete YOU but you just can't reach....... that's me.... I wish you ALL peace, love, health, happiness, and light 😢😢😢
Once again UA-cam has taken me where I never thought to go. I saw the original broadcast of Horowitz in Moscow on CBS and this took me back 46 years in a heartbeat. The man with the tears running down his face has stuck with me all my life.
I went to Chopin's birthplace in Poland back when it was since a Communist country (1976). I remember thinking just how lucky Chopin was to grow up in such a beautiful home in the woods.
The Blind Man Wow 🤩 He is such an inspiration to other Beginner piano players who are lacking in their confidence to play ! This gives Me the hope & self Confidence that as Someone that is not visually impaired Thank The Lord, that I can learn the 🎹 This video is Beautiful , Thank You x a Trillion for sharing it 🫶🏻💕🙏🏻💫👍🏻👍🏻🤟🏻👏🏻👏🏻👊🏻
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
It takes a special talent to write classical music - especially such a piece. Chopin I love you... And to those who learned to play it and keeping it alive thank you.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Video has a clickbait title, but it's actually not a clickbait, it really delivers. 3 magnificient performances. A big thank you to everyone who made these possible. I am not done listening to this.
A few years ago, I was living in Switzerland. I went to a Mikhail Pletnev concert in Montreux and when he started playing Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor, an old man started crying loudly... The hall was large but everyone could hear the sobbing...
Music doesn't need eyes to watch who's playing the instrument. It requires one to close our eyes, reminisce the moments that we lived, or could have lived, imagine a world we want to live in, and simply take it all in...
This reminds me of all the moments i have fallen deeply emotional connected with the player and the piece thats been played in all kinds of music. Truly captivating and a testament to music as a emotional universal language.
This is indeed an awesome emotional experience & speaking about another heartbreaking performance from a pianist there was Dinu Lipatti‘s last recital some 2 months before his death from Leukemia in 1950. This is available on CD & among his selections is perhaps the most moving Schubert G flat major IMPROMPTU that I have ever heard. You Tube has this likely as well. The entire recital is one to cherish even if a repeat section of one of his ChopIn pieces had to be cut due to Lipatti‘s physical condition.
I feel the older we get the more this music touches us. The bitter sweet of life, things that could had been, things that should not had been, things that possibly had been. Those joy, grief, blood, sweat, tears.
Absolutely!
I feel the calmness of the music touches us, we become more composed, appreciate a slow, steady pace instead of the frenzy.
Not the music but the memories that live in music.
I am barely 17 years old, but my eyes get sore from crying when I hear a great performance of Bach, Chopin, Schubert, etc.
As a kid we were brought to the symphony twice a year. It was magical to me, I know how lucky I was to attend. All kids should be introduced to the classics early in life. It has always stayed with me, I have loved it since then.
About two years ago, I walked into a church. My town has four churches, some large, some small. This was the smallest one I hadn't been to yet, and for once it was open outside of mass hours. Inside, a man sat at the piano playing Chopin's nocturne. The reverberation through the empty hall echoed so beautifully and made my eyes swim the moment I heard it.
You have painted a beautiful emotive picture.
As the Metropolitan in Moscow said to the Holy Metropolitan in Kviv...I send you THIS with the love of the Saviour.
All beauty reflects the One who created the mind and gifts.@kgb691927
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
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@kgb691927 ahh man..❣
Un de ces rares moments où l'espèce humaine mérite d'être encore là...
Merci de nous épargner votre verbiage indigent , nihiliste. Et totalement inapproprié..
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@@cosmojairzinho14 Merci d'avoir confirmé ce que j'ai écrit précédemment
When Menahem Pressler played this Nocturne from Chopin live in Berlin, he was aged 91. You will never find a better interpretation of this emotional piece from Chopin. Menahem Pressler was a real, but silent, World Class Artist. Menahem Pressler, rest in peace.
please, listen this nokturn performed by Władysław Szpilman
Wladyslaw Szpilman performance is unsurpassed
With all due respect, WLADYSLAW SZPILMAN PERFORMANCE IS UNSURPASSED!!!!
Superb
91? Now I understand why he needs the score.
I had a piano instructor back in the 90s who was from Kiev and Horowitz went to the same Kiev Conservatory she went to, she told me how senior recitals are a big deal and they're done in front of a panel of professors who do not show any emotion after your performance. Zero. no clapping, no nodding, nothing.
Horowitz finished, they jumped to their feet and applauded for a minute straight. He was that much of a force.
Go somewhere else with your preaching. This is not the place.@discepolidiYeshua93
In 1947-48 I had piano lessons at a pre prep in Brighton England by a Mr Horowitz...surely not ?
@@emilioporro you have to google some old pictures and see for yourself.
@discepolidiYeshua93 the rambling of a poor disturbed soul...really sad !
@discepolidiYeshua93 this is spamming. Stop it. This is about music. You will be reported for this kind of obnoxious behaviour. Find a proper venue where you can proselytize all you want.
Chopin will tear your heart to pieces then gently place the broken pieces back together.
yes, and that's the one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul, and it is what made Chopin - Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
kinda like calculus....
@@NaticzkaKaminskaHenryDolphin taaak nic dodac nic ujac
He brought my pieces back together after tearing them what a feeling!!
Very nicely said
The blind japanese pianist playing his own composition is a true joy for the ears and the soul
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
I completely agree.
What a beautiful piece,so beautifully played.
That was garbage.
@@tomskimcdouglegaming806Shut up please
The closer we get to that last day on earth, on this magical place that consists of bittersweet experiences, the closer we move towards the basics, poetry, philosophical thinking, music. It is a full circle someone might say, we go back to where our soul was guiding us all those years, but career, friends, family, that night out that we had to go out because everyone would attend kept us apart from our nature. And we lived in distance from our own soul for ages.
Wow! That's pretty deep. I'm going to have to contemplate that for a while. In this day and age when everybody is talking but nobody is really saying anything, this actually speaks to me.
@@patrickfreeman8257 people need to hear the sound of silence.
Well said.
Beautifuly said.I maight just add that it is just the flow of presense we only have.
How very very true!!
Mr Horowitz sits at the piano so casually, as if engrossed in something utterly mundane. No theatrics, no extraneous movements. Nothing stands between him and the music. He is the music.
Not Horowitz
@@maridaude2045 It's Horowitz
The greatest.
@@maridaude2045 2nd pianist is Horowitz, first is Pressler... he is right
🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊
Love the shots of the audience lost in a dream
Great music elevates one's soul
simply entranced... music is truly amazing
i want piano keyboard 88 keys in pune maharashtra india
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So mesmerized indeed…
A lot of people know how to play piano, but very few know how to touch a man’s soul with their notes.
THIS is what music is about! Not half-naked bodies or flashy outfits to draw certain audiences to the concert - hall. Unfortunately, this is what the classical music industry is promoting for quite some time now...
Exactly, like Y.Wang e.g. showing off, technically astounding, but lacking in musicality.
@@bob7023You don’t need to say that. I’m Chinese and I’m not bothered by mariapap8962’s comment at all. I just smile and respect him. No need to overact and take it too seriously.
@@tzenkadianova2892Mariapap is not being racist or misogynistic. He gave his opinion on an artist, and you immediately and smugly decided it was because of race and gender. No one is free from criticism. So please stop fighting this imaginary villain that you created just to appear socially superior, it doesn't help anyone.
Yes, the playing is lovely, but his phrasing is noticeably laboured due to the advanced age. If you can't hear this, you are in denial or lack the musical experience. Pollini was once criticised for being too aggressive and lacking in the musical department, same of Horowitz and many others. Listen with your ears, not your eyes. Yuja's phrasing is far more interesting than this master-class in rheumatism.
@nikb6176 You can wait to make this comment when Yuja Wang is 70/80 years old and having rheumatism (and hopefully not half-naked on stage any more). Ridiculous comparison.
I noticed an interesting feature: Young pianists often play at a slightly faster pace. As if they are in a hurry, as if they are in a rush, as if they want to splash out expression.Old pianists play moderately, a little slower. They have nowhere to rush, they are not in a hurry to finish the game, it is like a more thoughtful story.
Good observation
Right, this old man plays too slow but not in a good way. And even more he plays restrained.
@@Ingrafre calm down bro
thats defo aimed
People seem to forget that playing music at the high-level consumes stamina, something that deteriorates with age. Older musicians take time and play as their stamina allows. obviously the depth in their rendering the music comes from their sheer talent and sensitivity. lots of musicians can play well at a mature / less mature age
In all these, it is palpable the silence these performances create... The feeling of silence means you are truly listening. It's so hard to listen when there's so much noise about. I'm honoured and sad to be born in 1984 - that means I'm not old but just old enough I remember when we had silence and could make space and time to listen to things.
This video reminded me of that. Cheers.
Fryderyk Chopin - a Polish composer, the best of all times!
Thank you for this wonderful performance!
Second, after Bach. But still amazing.
@@Eyelash85 I am sorry Bach is not even top 5
Listen to a great orchestra playing The Mother Goose Suit by Ravel,it doesn't get better than that.
@@TheDirtyLuke Oh, you are so wrong. But...to each their own
@@mrabene87 He is not, and never will be in top 5. Majority of people agree with me on this one, so no, I am not wrong
Sometimes the rabbit hole youtube sends you down opens your eyes like never before. Thank you for leading me here tonight.
Amen to that. Here at 2:28am! And can’t stop now. 🐰🕳️
I second yout sentiment. What blessings LORD you reap upon us abumdantly!
When I was a kid I never understood people like this. 25 years later, now I know.. we all just want some time and peace in our life
I can't imagine how Choopin must have felt, what did he experience?, to compose pieces that evoke such deep feelings that one would think one would have after living for a long time to understand them.
Chopin had to leave his homeland (Poland) …
Unimaginable sadness I would presume.
Well, as humans on our journey, if you haven't felt emotions, even as painful as these recitals are emulating, then I don't know wether to be happy for you or to feel sad that you haven't been touched by someone in a way that evokes these emotions. This is the true meaning of being human. That we have developed the capacity to feel such energies. Learning to embrace them, the enjoyable and the not so, is the key.
@@siheard4206 That is the most wholesome thing I've read in a while. Thank you, truly
Like most of us, I imagine he felt like he needed to make some more money.
the chopin for me all day long, pure magic. stunning.
it's like listening to someone's train of thought go from familiarly dark to unexpectedly happy, and then back again
yep, they are not just notes to be played but how are you going to play them? the magic is in the mind of the soloist.@@cd-zw2tt
Polish composer. Best ever.
i know what you mean, i love how simple and effortless it seems, the delicate cascading of notes from something to nothing. the sound is in the silence. magical.@@cd-zw2tt
@@kennethtalbott2233 "..simple and effortless..' - yes and the paradox is that it's from rigorous practising many hours each day for many days and weeks and years. A true dedication 😊
Wonderful to see children, young people in audience listening raptly, respectfully. Gee, no iPhones or texting - what a pleasure to see and to hear this simply beautiful music.
You can add to that, no coughing, blowing your nose, rifling through your pockets only to drop a number of coins that go rolling down the aisle.
上世紀80年代的表演，當時未有📱 iPhone！😅
Yes, for once no one standing up with their back to the performance taking a selfie to show how cultured they aren’t….
It's because this is Germany
People are altogether more respectful and thoughtful
@@johncater7861 wtf are you saying "number of coins that go rolling down the aisle" are you a droid
The audience is so enthralled by the pianist. No one is coughing, fiddling about or gawking at their cellphone. I’d love to go back to that era when music brought people to tears because of the beauty of the music.
I don’t know the great maestros, pianoforte history, the geniuses, etc... But this guy Pressler is perhaps the best I have ever heard on piano. His touch, passion, and the soul of Chopin that he summons from the body of work he plays is awe inspiring.
My dad saw Horowitz in concert. I taped a performance on PBS and gave it to him. He had tears flowing down his cheeks. I miss him a lot. He taught me to love music in all it's form.
You had a great father. He gave you a great gift. I am sorry for your loss. Do you recall when and where he saw Horowitz?
My mother gave me the gift of classical (maybe my brothers could not hear). She had the classical radio station of NZ on all day, every day
My father also gave me the gift of loving these timeless pieces; and his collection of 500+ records. I miss you, Daddy.😢
❤
My Son played it in the memory of my Father, after my Father passed away.😢❤️🌹Mr Horowitz touches my heart.🌹
grandkid is a G
@@williamtaittinger4529 truly
sorry for your loss
My condolences.
In music there is sadness, joy, and many other emotions. Experiencing the death of somebody close, one's perception of music changes. I have experienced how playing the one and same melody before gave different meanings to me.
All the best to you.
My condolences
Goodness, that third pianist - what a beautiful, simple, spellbinding piece of music. Brought chills ❤
And he's a blind pianist who composed it, go figure.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Goosebumps listening to this. Beautiful
At 6:10 ..the old Russian man with tears in his eyes.......How well I remember this moment as I saw this Horowitz broadcast LIVE some decades ago.
This moment made me cry… Probably this man went through something in his life…
@@РоманСафонов-ъ3х Many of us had exactly the same thoughts. I sure did. One of the most unforgettable things i've ever seen.
i was in tears as well lmao
Probably WW2 vet
@@БубылдаПахомов I think he heard Horowitz when he was young.
The old greats...Horowitz, Pressler, Arturo Rubinstein, even Rachmaninoff, when they played...they became the music... they didn't emote and gesticulate to detract from it...the music was the master, and they served it. A pleasure to watch, and a blessing to hear, a sublime pleasure.
Well penned..."they served music"👍👌
Don't forget Claudio Arrau
Nor the wonderfull Oscar Peterson
@@patalvarez4432 Yes, Cliburn/Barenboim/Ashkenazy also
Glenn gould!!!
2:58 I love how softly he went up to that higher octave. Made the descent feel ethereal and lofty. What a great interpretation of this piece.
I see, nice
No phones to be distracted with, everyone paying attention and respect to the music and the interpreter.
went to a bladee, ecco, etc concert 2 years ago and every single person had their phone out. was my least favorite concert cause of the crowd. everyone had to show their online friends or record it. was a young crowd.
@h0ll9w that would ruin it for me too, I want to be one with the audience in awe of that which in front, the individual consciousness appreciating itself and the talents of our being collectively. It's a celebration of what being a human connected to love is all about.
Ira Hayes and Thorn Tree in the Garden are pretty moving too .
Chopin saved so many lives....remembering us that we are here and alive...I, by myself, I am so grateful, without his music....what could have happened to me
What a beautiful piece from that man who was born blind. You can feel his heart through it.
This is distilled sorrow mixed with tears. Beauty has many faces, and pure sadness is one of them.
These performances makes real the reality that music is an intangible intimacy.
0:37 0:41 0:43 beautiful and beyond...I saw the Pianist movie .and it brings me to tears..this is awesome.being a pianist myself..this is every bit.... perfection
This beauty envelopes me. I can't control my emotions. Glorious. Thank G-d for these moments of heaven on earth.
Beautiful music, paintings, sculptures, even beautiful buildings bring tears to our eyes. I think it’s because we feel we are in the presence of something/someone that gives the gift of creating beauty, which also encompasses love, to the performer, composer, etc.
I wish shopping malls would play this music and also some of the beautiful arias. I think/hope it would replace some of the hatred and cruelty that seems to be infecting some people today.
There is more than enough beauty available to convince people that we are capable of achieving greatness. Even if I cannot produce a masterpiece I am able to appreciate that some people can and we should follow them and not those who produce vulgar, sloppy drivel.
If that makes sense.
The brief middle section of the Chopin is played waaaay too fast...like most pianists...
Chopin did NOT indicate any increase in tempo at all in his sheet music for this piece....it should be slow and ethereal...sounds so ridiculous at the very fast tempo and RUINS the piece!!!
Who’s listening to this in 2024. Just marvlis🎵🎼👏
Me in NZ ❤️
De Lisboa Portugal
Me from Mexico City - July 2024
Me from Moscow 😊❤
July 20, 2024; Mississippi with tears in my eyes. 😢
Horowitz.....pretty much on everybody's top 5 list for greatest pianist of the 20th century. The audience is spellbound. Wish I couldve heard him live. He was alive until I was 23. I missed out.
Pressler is amazing, too.
@@psforrest1 He taught at Indiana University for many years. I've often thought I studied Music at the wrong school.
I heard this on TV in the early 80' s in my early 30's and I wept over his style and beauty. Still the same today. That was a day when the world's society was so much like this. I know "Thy Kingdom come..." will be filled with the tranquility and the joy of heaven on earth. Amen
Àmen Amen & Amen ❤
Horowitz is my favourite pianist of all time, a gem of a man!
At 71, I’m certain I would not have been able to be so moved by this achingly beautiful music at, say 25 or even 40. Only life experiences, good and bad, and the passing of time could have prepared me to appreciate this beauty.
Interesting when you consider he was only 20 when he wrote it.
During Horowitz's performance, you can visibly see each and every audience member is in their own imaginary world, quietly listening to the music, letting it flow through their minds and soul. Such is the beauty and power of music when presented by someone as legendary as Horowitz.
I cry because humans are capable of this yet look at us.
The worst is yet to come I fear.
It's only a small minority that can appreciate this music and furthermore be touched. Those able to properly play it, an even smaller subset; and those able to compose it, maybe a few dozens in every generation, globally.
Thankfully not all of us .
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This nocturn of Chopin in C sharp actually drives me in tears and fortunately i am able to play this..... I learned this myself.... !!!
Menahem Pressler was truly amazing!
Wow, blind so cannot read music must hold every note in memory and play with so much feeling and skill. You are truly a genius. Thankyou for sharing.
Having complete mastery of an instrument… must be one of the best feelings in the world. Just seeing someone else being a total master feels great. Can you imagine what being able to do this must feel like?
Right!!!
Sir Pressler has what it takes to play this music and, I am sure, A lot of other standards. Sir - You are a precious gem.
Oh my goodness. Being part of the Beax Arts Trio means he can play anything. Much respect to him.
With my 71 years I am just a kid with a crazy dream...
Какое счастье, что мы имеем возможность запечатлеть, и слушать музыку великих композиторов и видеть игру таких величайших исполнителей. Люди, берегите, что имеем! Спасибо за прекрасную запись!
Every young pianist should listen to this video. Composed, slow and thoughtful play, as it always should be.
These beautiful gentle Jewish men playing from deep memory and profound pain and joy the exquisite music from a Europe that has been so horrific and essential all at the same time. And then Tsujii's exquisite homage to Tsunami victims... this is a study in life ladies and gentleman.
That was the most beautiful Chopin C sharp minor Nocturne I’ve ever heard.
Pressler’s performance of this Nocturne is truly divine, showcasing his mastery and deep understanding of Chopin’s music. Interestingly, Władysław Szpilman, the real-life pianist portrayed in The Pianist, played this very piece so beautifully that a German officer decided to spare his life. You can find Szpilman’s rendition on UA-cam-it’s a captivating testament to the power of music and its ability to transcend even the darkest moments in history.
There’s something about these pieces that are just full of yearning - I can physically feel my heart being tugged by the string of notes that these people play.
It’s actually bringing me to tears as I write this.
So beautiful, so raw and so real.
The bow of the Japanese pianist brought tears to my eyes. So sincere. The audience really appreciated him.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Presslers interpretation of Chopin reached straight into my heart. Breathtaking.
Both pianist are full with music and music! No show, simple but most beatuful sound, touch, phraising!! They are a greatest gift for humanity!
Both mean 2..there are 3
@@thepianocornertpcAlso - Pianists. But that's OK, not sure Jkadas2500 is native English speaking.
@@glennbourque111 is a* native english speaker*
@@s4cha286I stand by my word choice.
Congratulations for writing the cringiest and most obnoxious comment on this video. (There was a lot of competition in this comment section but this is definitely the most nauseating)
Pressler played the cycle of life. For everybody to feel.
This MUSIC deserves more respect than it's been given. I have been in country, rock and bluegrass music my whole life but when ever I listen to this music I am humbled to say the least. Sometimes we need to listen with not only our hearts but our souls too.
I always crying when listening to Chopin, there is just so much beautiful sadness in his music❤
In these dark days with wars and fierce fighting music is like Shakespeare said "if music was the food of life play on"
Good for the soul Gods gift to us let's enjoy every second of it. Thanks for this upload I feel good🎉
I love how you can see the gentleman at 0:23 instinctively trying to resist for a milisecond, before surrendering❤
Yesss ❤
Pressler playing Chopin is very touching.
This must be what music is like in heaven and Chopin heard it in his spirit and played it people on earth! The Lord revealed to me some time ago He is sending music from heaven to earth in this timing! It will be wonderful to hear new heavenly music!
The second maestro’s touch is so unbelievably good, every note captivates, incredible.
Horowitz (in Moscow 1986) elevates the simplicity of this piece to a divine level.
The way the piano can produce sad notes that end up making u feel good is why its the best instrument. Every note is up for interpretation
A lovely selection of works and artists. I heard Pressler play the Chopin Nocturne on a few occasions in London and Paris. The limpidity of the runs at the end were just so characteristic of his inimitable technique. I miss him.
Nobuyuki Tsujii is stunning in his ability to maintain perfection on the Piano ! His composition is one that people will listen to many times over and is absolutely beautiful !
Pressler opened his heart completely....his Holocaust experiences....we all know those experiences in our families....companionship....all this hope, love, despair...and music that helped us to survive...sent by God...hope and love
As an music teacher for 20 years...I get the bumps...of what you say goose + bumps. Love this.
I saw this performance of Horowitz live when I was young. I was affected by the shots of the audience back then. Now I understand them better. They had deep life experiences that were tapped into by Horowitz and the piece he played.
That Chopin nocturne...my God, so tender and so sublime. Perfect music for the rain that just started outside my window.
No one could channel Chopin like Rubenstein. His recording of the Chopin 1st concerto, 2nd movement, is beyond extraordinary.
He’s playing Schumann
@@mlbhdk06 Irrelevant. I was complimenting the man on his unassailable interpretation of Chopin's 1st. You must be American, ryt?
@@James-ll3jb Well, you could've at least prefaced your original comment then with "I know Horowitz is playing Schumann here, but..."
There's no need to insult somebody on the basis of which country they were born and raised in, of which they have no control.
everything's ok? @@James-ll3jb
@@JohnSmith-cg3cv Why should I if I am talking about Horowitz and Chopin? Lol!
Danke für die wunderschönen Momente 🫶🏽🙏🏽 Möge es Frieden geben auf der Welt 🌍
I have never heard Pressler play before. I play this song Chopin Nocturne post hum - he plays it differently than I have ever heard. He is much older, and his use of phrasing and dynamics plus alternate fingering to make it easier on crazy fast passages was staggering to hear. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING was lost on this. It took nothing away because it was so musical. Simply amazing musician!
Chopin was and is, the greatest romantic composer and virtuoso pianist in history!! His music is not comparable to anything else, it's pure, deepest emotion and the genius of composition. The one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul - that is what made Chopin...Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
So you are a patriot
Chopin was a musical genius. his polinaise (spelling i have arthritis) is a love song or a call to war.
it is the soul of the Polish people.
Byron Janis just passed away. This reminds me of hearing him play Chopin.
Beautiful video. Thank you.
Rest in paradise, Maestro. ✨️
The piano is a truly beautiful instrument in the right hands.
Wow, 4th composer really got me in total bits. 😢 He composed the theme to my life, I swear. Please listen if you feel like you're running on a treadmill in sinking sand as you tread water and you've actually found your missing piece of yourself but you're trys hard to reach it you just can't. You don't even know what your missing piece of you is but you know it's going to complete YOU but you just can't reach....... that's me.... I wish you ALL peace, love, health, happiness, and light 😢😢😢
It's wonderful how age only manifests how some musicians' insight and depth of musicality reaches immortal beauty!
Once again UA-cam has taken me where I never thought to go. I saw the original broadcast of Horowitz in Moscow on CBS and this took me back 46 years in a heartbeat. The man with the tears running down his face has stuck with me all my life.
I went to Chopin's birthplace in Poland back when it was since a Communist country (1976). I remember thinking just how lucky Chopin was to grow up in such a beautiful home in the woods.
The piano in its classical sense is the entrance to a new world when played with the passion of these amazing pianists. Chopin is my favourite.
1:27 what a great break into a slightly happier mood until it falls back down, excellent writing by chopin
The Blind Man Wow 🤩 He is such an inspiration to other Beginner piano players who are lacking in their confidence to play ! This gives Me the hope & self Confidence that as Someone that is not visually impaired Thank The Lord, that I can learn the 🎹 This video is Beautiful , Thank You x a Trillion for sharing it 🫶🏻💕🙏🏻💫👍🏻👍🏻🤟🏻👏🏻👏🏻👊🏻
Stunning. The world stops when music such as this is performed. ❤
Oh my! I have acute hearing range. His touch is so….beyond wonderful. Just the right touch.
Oh what lovely music. Nobuyuki Tsuji's elegy so wonderful. ❤❤❤❤
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
It takes a special talent to write classical music - especially such a piece. Chopin I love you... And to those who learned to play it and keeping it alive thank you.
7:08 3 Born Blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii original piece? WOW!
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
The Chopin performance was pure magic
Video has a clickbait title, but it's actually not a clickbait, it really delivers. 3 magnificient performances. A big thank you to everyone who made these possible. I am not done listening to this.
A few years ago, I was living in Switzerland. I went to a Mikhail Pletnev concert in Montreux and when he started playing Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor, an old man started crying loudly... The hall was large but everyone could hear the sobbing...
Music doesn't need eyes to watch who's playing the instrument. It requires one to close our eyes, reminisce the moments that we lived, or could have lived, imagine a world we want to live in, and simply take it all in...
This reminds me of all the moments i have fallen deeply emotional connected with the player and the piece thats been played in all kinds of music. Truly captivating and a testament to music as a emotional universal language.
This is indeed an awesome emotional experience & speaking about another heartbreaking performance from a pianist there was Dinu Lipatti‘s last recital some 2 months before his death from Leukemia in 1950. This is available on CD & among his selections is perhaps the most moving Schubert G flat major IMPROMPTU that I have ever heard. You Tube has this likely as well. The entire recital is one to cherish even if a repeat section of one of his ChopIn pieces had to be cut due to Lipatti‘s physical condition.
This is so touching, heartfelt, and moving. Well done Sir!
A lifetime of memories lived in moments through songs that make the ones we lost become eternal in our hearts
터져나오는 울음
느껴지는대로 쏟아내는 슬픔이 아니라
클래식은
꾹꾹 참고 눌러도
한 두 방울 새어나오는 눈물이다
밀도 높고 격조있는 회한이다
It is healing.
크
Это счастье!!! 10:20
This is the music of daydreamers souls. In our young age we're listening with hope and fear before unknown. In old one's with regret and nostalgia
My dad used to play all these great pieces. This brings back such memories of my listening to him play, absorbed in pure joy of emotions.
It's difficult to remain Agnostic when listening to music like this. God bless those woe bring beauty into this world.
Right. One becomes a complete atheist.
@@ahboaz 😅
Amén
True. Music is one of the things that led me back to believing. Particularly Bach's music.
@@LucasFigueiredoBR Music is the proof that there is no God... otherwise how do you explain vuvuzela?