Ballade in G minor 4:05 Etude in C-sharp minor 14:15 Barcarolle in F-sharp major 19:41 Scherzo in C-sharp minor 28:59 Waltz in A-flat major 36:56 Ballade in F minor 42:17
@@barejon2733 No, the Pleyel was kept in great condition over the decades, the keys are as original as the hammer and damper felts, every part of that instrument was looked at by Chopin, every key, certainly most pegs when tuning, the lid, the keyboard lid were touched by Chopin.
I can’t believe this video only has 1k views... This is literally history that’s striking our ears! What a disappointment that so few people know about this concert! And what an honor also! I’m listening to this with deep emotion, respect and nostalgia (for something I never lived and wish I had). Thank you so much for giving the whole world the opportunity to listen to what music sounded like back to 1830-50. Forever grateful. From France.
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It probably has to do with UA-cam algorithms. I watch piano related videos daily and yet today was the first day that this showed up in my suggested videos stream ! In any case, I am subscribing in the hopes that this will lead to more showing up in my stream.
Nobody knows how this piano sounded when it was new. Even though the strings have been replaced, other parts of the piano is still over 170 years old, which could have greatly eroded the sounds they produce today.
Discovered this video today. Couldn’t describe how much my heart and all of cells are thrilled when hearing Chopin’s own piano and his music being brought back to life. A huge thank you to the Cobbe Collection. ❤❤❤
Your music helped both me and my Dad who recently died of alzheimers disease. I played it on my PC through UA-cam where he could watch and listen and pretend to play along on the kitchen table. I'm sure that listening to it helped him feel better
My husband died with alzheimers, and in the last few months of his life, I found that music gave him such great joy. In my husband's case it was Elvis I know, but that was what he needed. It filled something he needed. I would put music on every afternoon and, for him, all was right with the world. I'm glad you found music for your father, too. If you find the right music for the person, it can perform miracles. Actually, you've told me so much about your father, and I've told you so much about my husband without using long descriptions. Nice.
As a human to human I can't help you understand just how emotionally incredible to hear as Chopin has saved my life thanks to his music. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH
I own an 1874 Pleyel Boudoir grand that I saved from being scrapped over thirty years ago. It was used at the BBC at Alexander Palace( 1920's) . I had to go to Paris to find new pins and have a tuning key made. All very original. The dampers are so very small and light. Lovely soft tone, not modern harsh .
Absolutely fantastic! Chopin's music deserves to be heard on the instrument it was intended to be played on, sure--but, hearing it on Chopin's own instrument is an incredible treat all on its own.
This is one of the most magnificent presents we can hear online, we are listening the sound that heard Chopin too when playing his own composition in his own piano! and what a great selection of pieces he chose to play! My sincere gratitude for this, I love it 💜
Oh my goodness, hearing Chopin's pieces in Chopin's own Piano gave me goosebumps. Even though I only heard and saw it online, it was a fantastic experience. Thank you so much!
I also admire pianists who are used to play on modern pianos and are brave enough to play on authentic historical instruments, because the touch, the resonance and the sound are different from those that the modern instruments produce. Bravo for the pianist and his beautiful recital. Thanks also for the Cobbe Collection that enable us to enjoy this upload.
Thank you for your kind comment. Indeed, they require a greater degree of sensitivity and not every musician can connect with them as well as Krzysztof! :) But we try and encourage musicians to come and experience them
To me, the mellow sound of this piano replaces the fire we usually hear from modern instruments with a nuanced grandeur which can never be replicated on a modern piano.
THRILLINGLY GORGEOUS!! It sounds as if Chopin were inprovising the final touches on his works just before writing them down - very spontaneous and pensive! Krzysztof Moskalievicz should have a great career ahead of him!
What a wonderful concert and a very talented young artist. I have been privileged to play the early Steinway at Hatchlands (very similar age to my own) as well as the organ. A must visit location for early keyboard lovers.
We would all do well to just listen and admire the sound this wonderful artist has produced. Quit analyzing what we all know to be Chopin's genius! Just listen! Playing on a period instrument is tough. Stop adjudicating this marvelous performance!
I was so shocked that it was for auction where I live. One of the best pianists and composers ever near my home! That's insane. To hear what he heard and to know he composed his best works on a piano a just like this, or this piano itself is so special. wow.
Chopin, unfortunately, did not compose anything we know from him today on this piano, as he only owned this specific model from 1848 on. He did, however, most likely play his last concert in Paris in Feb 1848 on it and then took it with him to Great Britain where he sold it before his return to Paris.
@@Seleuce That's really interesting, thank you. I don't know nearly that much about Chopin. It's still amazing that we can hear what pianos would have sounded like back then. Even if it's just a glimpse.
@@franktherabbit42 Yes, it's fascinating that we have those instruments! They don't sound like they did when they were new, of course. They would be perfectly in tune and much rounder and clearer when Chopin played them. So, as you say, it's just a glimpse, but still stunning! :)
What a great honour to have heard chopin's pieces being played on his orginal piano! I can clearly hear the beautiful singing quality of the piano. Thank you for your performance
I once had the opportunity to play Giuseppina Strepponi’s piano, which was a moving experience even though it was in terrible shape. A few thoughts: The greatest advantage pianos of this era had was their lightness of touch and (I believe) narrower keys, which makes playing Chopin much easier. In timbre, I believe its low and mid range could be reproduced by a sensitive pianist on a modern Bechstein. It’s the treble range that is truly different: thinner sound, percussive attack, and faster decay. Given that Chopin’s music is above all melodic, and that he adored Bellini and hence great Italian singers, I see no advantage in using this piano rather than a Bechstein or similarly light-actioned modern piano. I know this is not a popular view, but there it is.
Would you please showcase more of his works on this piano? This young man is magnificent. I'd love to hear him do Nocturnes Op. 9 No.1 and 2 as well as Preludes Op. 28 No. 20 and 24
Indeed, there is a great difference between the bass and baritone on the one hand and the mid- and upper registers on the other. It is like playing two instruments at the same time. It explains some of the characteristics of Chopin's compositions. These instruments of mid 19th century had less tension in the strings and the strings were all parallel. Modern pianos have the strings crossed which gives a fuller and more uniform sound.
Chopin preferred Pleyel Pianos, because he claimed Liszt's Erards had too much of a "ready-made" tone. They didn't produce the sort of power needed for a concert-hall. Chopin generally played in salons in private houses, whereas liszt aimed to 'democratise' music- setting up solo concerts, and turning the piano reflector towards the audience. His pianos had double escapement , full iron frames and overstringing which made them more audible. Chopin's solo concerts were rare, and, I believe, were sometimes difficult to hear.
It is a wonderful collection. The Cobbe Collection also produces an excellent book which has information; dates, compass etc. for all the instruments in the collection. These instruments were meant to be played and performances by the Cobbe Collection further our knowledge and love of music of the past and how it is still rrelevant today
It is intriguing to hear Chopin's music as he would have heard it. However, developments of the instrument has brought us an instrument with a totally level of sophistication of different sounds and I suspect playing characteristics. Congratulations to Krzysztof for a marvelous concert.
..to hear Chopin's music on his favourite piano es simply exquisite Hearing this it is easily to hear why her preferred Pleyel; over Erards. Broadwoods, and other pianos of hte day. Such a very well balanced and rich chorus with a profound yet not overwhelming bass as in modern day instruments. Hid music literally sings here. Thank you for this recording.
I keep coming back to this video. Never ever delete it from UA-cam as it is simply historic! Charge a grand for 15 mins of playing on this and I would happily still pay. But please at all costs, protect this instrument!
Grazie. Un documento sonoro preziosissimo soprattutto se si pensa che sono rimaste pochissime cose di lui, oltre la sua straordinaria musica intendo. I suoi mobili, i suoi oggetti, i suoi vestiti furono venduti all'asta, la sua stanza a Nohant è stata divisa in due, la sua casa alla Square d'orleans non si visita poiché ci abitera' qualcun'altro. Questo che qui proponete è un dono vero per chi è sulle sue tracce da molto molto tempo
Thank you very much for sharing this incredible experience of being able to hear a little of the 19th century sound, especially what Chopin himself heard when composing or performing his music! Exciting! Congratulations to Mr Cobbe for his initiative, and congratulations to the concertist, for his beautiful, competent and sensitive performance! Muito obrigado por compartilhar esta esperiência incrível de poder ouvir um pouco do som do Século XIX, muito especialmente o som que o próprio Chopin ouvia ao compor ou executar suas músicas! Emocionante! Parabéns ao Sr Cobbe pela iniciativa, e parabéns ao jovem concertista, por sua bela, competente e sensível execução!
This was great experience. However as a pianist… I am very grateful for modern concert grands. If Chopin himself could’ve experienced a modern Hamburg Steinway D I can’t imagine the music we’d have to enjoy today.
I saw Chopins upright Pleijel in the monastery where he lived with George Sand high on Majorca and wished I could have heard it played. Now I have heard the grand version and wish I could hear his work exclusively on this glorious instrument . I prefer it to the albeit magnificent Steinway and congratulations to this superb pianist.
That Pleyel in Valldemossa ended up being not a lot of use to Chopin because it arrived weeks after they did, was held up in customs and not delivered to him until the second half of January 1839. Until then he had to put up with a poor local instrument. By early March 1839 they were back in Marseille so he probably got about 5-6 weeks use out of it, much of which time he was very ill. It got sold on his departure fo defray expenses it seems. It’s pity the bad piano is not also in display because in some ways that would be just as interesting. As to how the Pleyel sounds now: probably nothing like when it was new. I wonder if he tuned it himself when it did arrive…
This is really special, glad I stumbled on this video! I do wish the recording was right around the player's ear perspective, I think the stereo image would be nice to hear, great performance! Ciao, ALDO
So a couple of years ago we were visiting a small french chateau and the lady owner gave us a tour. In one of the rooms there was a "small" old grand piano, looking at it she said Chopin had played on it. She couldnt play it herself and asked if maybe we played a bit, i did...a bit. But at the time couldnt play Chopin so i tried Beethoven and she loved it saying its been a long time since that piano had been played. Anyway i never really believed Chopin really did play that piano but still its a memory i cherish. Hope he wont be mad i couldn play his work though... I remember that the piano itself was pretty hard to play, very different on the touch and sound from today's piano's. I wonder how the Pleyel played. Listening to it it seems hard work? Anyway, wonderfull video and music, thank you for this
I've ceased to enjoy most modern piano recitals unless I've tuned the instrument and I know the pianist is a true musician . . . and coming back to this I'm really enjoying this performance and instrument. Thank you for this wonderful recording.
@@kamilo034 No - that's not the case. There are two problems with many modern performances and one is dependant upon the other. Many pianists don't listen to the music that they are producing. This is partly a problem with the modern tuning which gives no musical clue as to the narrative of the music. The tuning that Chopin would have heard is different from modern tuning and I tune to the old systems of tuning. This rewards both performer and audience in terms of the sound that the pianist is making. Without this many pianists nowadays are interpreting black marks on white paper as automatons, having lost connexion with lyricism. Music is vibrations and specific tuning of such is vitally important.
Back then, there wasn't such things as crossed strings. And that is the problem with modern instruments in my point of view. Crossed strings may add volume and etc, but certainly it makes the instrument sound much more "neutral". I had the pleasure of playing an old upright Pleyel (from the late 19th century). Of course it is a much simpler intrument than this Masterpiece on the video, and some fortepianos and harpsichords. The sound is much more complex and rich. And then, there was tuning. Equal temerament wasn't the standard yet.
After hearing this, I'm mad at Lisitsa and all the other "modern" pianists who are just pounding their roaring Steinways. Right now, I genuinely think Koczalski and Mikuli were right....that isn't the way Chopin should be played. Amazing piano, amazing performance, amazing pianist, amazing history! The real sound of Chopin!
I forget where the quote comes from or if I'm even saying it correctly but someone said "there is no room for banging in Chopin" which I find far too much in interpretations of a lot of Chopin especially the Ballade in G minor, have you heard Lang Lang's interpretation on youtube? Cold and dead performance
@@PabloRodriguez-um5ht Yes, I did. Basically, nowadays only a very, very small percent of pianists can play Chopin correctly (I mean "correctly" by revealing and freeing the emotion hidden in the piece - - -> 0.0001% can do that in the 21st century). Now, you can say that 20th century pianists were the best, but this still doesn't change my opinion about Horowitz and Rubinstein, or even Arrau. Absolutely horrible. Their ego was just off the chart, and they were trying to impress everyone with their own way of playing, not accepting other's interpretations (Horowitz and Rubinstein said that Koczalski was more of a composer than a virtuoso), and just completely destroying the melodical harmony of Chopin's masterpieces. Michelangeli, Koczalski and Cortot on the other hand, they are my personal favorites to this day. No one, and I mean that, No One can outperform them. If you want to learn and STUDY a Chopin piece (not run through the sheet in a week like Kissin and Lisitsa does), check how the 3 Great Ones performed it, and then analyze them. I'm not saying you should completely avoid Rubinstein's and Horowitz's interpretations, they do have absolutely astonishing recordings like Horowitz's Etude Op. 10 No. 12, but in the end, the most emotionally and melodically correct interpretations will belong to either Koczalski, Cortot or Michelangeli. Also, Rubinstein's and Horowitz's attitude towards Koczalski and Cortot really made them a BIG no-go in my eyes.
I found this performance to be excellent for a modern piano but not sympathetic to this historic instrument's sound. The notes were treated more like a Beethoven, rather than teased out in a world of 'discovering' or 'atmosphere', which is a shame.
A memorable experience. The instrument at this time was quite advanced compared to Mozart's. Its resonance is closer to today's Steinway, Bosendorfer, etc.
To @Pingoping You're not entirely right... The sound of a piano is determined primarily by its resonance elements. Firstly, the soundboard and the frame on which it is mounted, and indirectly the body of the instrument itself and even the repeater mechanism. These elements remain the same, so the sound will be almost identical. The age of the instrument certainly affects its lower technical and dynamic capabilities, i.e. the playing itself. Strings influence the sound, timbre, but above all, the soundboard. The strings are not necessarily replaceable as they are strong and durable. Unless the original tuning was Viennese, a semitone lower, and has now been tuned a semitone higher. The pressure of the strings on the record would be greater, but it would not significantly affect the timbre of the sound. We can assume that we hear sounds - an instrument, just like back then. Currently, there would be a problem with the technical possibilities of the game - because it is an old mechanic - although the proofreaders certainly did a great job. Great recognition is due to the pianist who rose to the challenge and in a virtuoso way demonstrated the technical and sound capabilities of this valued instrument. We could imagine and hear how Chopin himself once played and composed. Thank you Piotr from Poland
And again: a video that is supposed to highlight the beauty of Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin and what does the comment section turn into? A snob-fest arguing about who played it better. People waste so much time arguing about subjective things like taste, even arguing that their taste and opinion is somehow objectively better. Horrowitz this, Rubestein that, Arrau there, Lang Lang, Lisitsa and many other more or less known pianists. That's the beauty of physics and the real world: you can subjectively interpret it with whatever manner you like but it objectively stays being reality, no matter how snobby, ignorant and bigoted one's own perception of it is. Thanks for the upload, it is interesting to hear Chopin's compositions on a piano of his era.
WOW ...thank you ...what a TREAT to listen to chopin that way...the instrument he himself played and HEARD his own music with... it brings out something distinctive...: The registers indeed have timbres of their own...but the individual notes are MORE speaking than subsequent giant pianos ....the highest notes not as "brilliant" as today s sounding a bit like UPRIGHT grandpianos...at least to my ear...that grew up with a KOLSKI large upright from the 1920 s when my late mom was a teen...but today , though in disrepair STILL has that unforgettalbe belllike but LONG sound...the bottom notes have a BITe OF their own but always present and full...in chopins instrument..
Muito provavelmente as cordas são modernas. Estou achando o som muito bom para um piano de 1840 , posso estar enganado. Estupendo a oportunidade de ver e ouvir isso.
One always wonders in cases like this how close the sound of the piano now is to how it sounded when it was new. Unless lot of parts have been replaced (in which case is it he same piano really?), lots of parts will have changed in ways that change the sound. The wood of the soundboard and bridges will have changed their moisture content and mechanical properties, and this may well result in a less resonant sound than the piano originally had. The strings will have corroded, also changing the sound. Then there’s the wear of the hammers and action. To discover we’d have to make a new copy, and we still wouldn’t be sure as we wouldn’t have exactly the same materials. Still, this was a very nice concert.
There is a private, internationally known piano builder by the name of Paul McNulty, who produces near flawless period piano replicas of famous composer's pianos. Info about him is on the Net. I think he now lives in Czechoslovakia with his wife Viviana Sofronitsky, who is a famous Russian Canadian concert pianist. A few years ago he built a replica of Chopin's Pleyel and I heard it demonstrated by Viviana in a few of his videos. To my ear the sound of his replica is remarkably like that of Chopin's Pleyel which is in the Cobbe collection. I was astonished by the similarity of the sounds of the two pianos which are so far apart in actual age. It would appear that the sound of Chopin's Cobbe/ Pleyel is very close to the actual sound which Chopin heard when he chose the piano in 1848. It seems that the sound of a superior piano does not diminish all that significantly over a long period of time if the instrument is treated well and clearly, the one in the Cobbe collection has been well cared for. Also, I used to think that the colouring of the sound of the Cobbe piano was because of the age of the piano but it seems as though that too is not the case. Apparently, the varying timbres of different sections of the keyboard was intentionally created by Pleyel and that's why Chopin liked and preferred Pleyel instruments. It makes one realize just how much character has been lost in the process of refining the evenly balanced sound of modern pianos. The Chopin Society in Warsaw uses a replica made by Paul McNulty for their period piano competitions.
down @mabdub . I am extremely pleased with your comment, which describes what Chopin's Pleyer actually sounded like in the past and today. My thoughts and conclusions that I came to were exactly confirmed by your actual confirmed evidence. And yet I had to take into account many factors, such as the age of the instrument, the soundboard, the strings in the bass, the diameter then probably without a cast steel winding, later with a brass winding, and in the duscant without a braid and their pressure, the bridge, a strong wooden skeleton, the entire body of the instrument, the entire mechanics hammer, felt hammers and silencers. These are very discreet and subtle factors, but they influence the timbre and sound of the sound. In previous comments I argued that all this had no significant impact on the current sound of this instrument. So we can imagine that it is very similar to the piano from Chopin's times. Only the repetition and the escapement of the hammer mechanism have deteriorated, but this affects the technical and performance capabilities of the pianist. To a large extent, this can be remedied by renovation and correction - adjustment of the mechanism, but only 75%, I guess. Our pianist handled it flawlessly in a masterly, even virtuoso, way. bringing us closer to the sound and technical capabilities of this wonderful, beautifully crafted historical favorite of Chopin's piano. Thank you @mabdub very much for your wonderful comment and statements supported by specifics, confirming my belief that I had the right train of thought. Thank you very much once again and greetings, Piotr from Warsaw
Let me quote @mabdub comment and my answer @japiat1520 . @mabdub There is a private, internationally known piano builder by the name of Paul McNulty, who produces near flawless period piano replicas of famous composer's pianos. Info about him is on the Net. I think he now lives in Czechoslovakia with his wife Viviana Sofronitsky, who is a famous Russian Canadian concert pianist. A few years ago he built a replica of Chopin's Pleyel and I heard it demonstrated by Viviana in a few of his videos. To my ear the sound of his replica is remarkably like that of Chopin's Pleyel which is in the Cobbe collection. I was astonished by the similarity of the sounds of the two pianos which are so far apart in actual age. It would appear that the sound of Chopin's Cobbe/ Pleyel is very close to the actual sound which Chopin heard when he chose the piano in 1848. It seems that the sound of a superior piano does not diminish all that significantly over a long period of time if the instrument is treated well and clearly, the one in the Cobbe collection has been well cared for. Also, I used to think that the colouring of the sound of the Cobbe piano was because of the age of the piano but it seems as though that too is not the case. Apparently, the varying timbres of different sections of the keyboard was intentionally created by Pleyel and that's why Chopin liked and preferred Pleyel instruments. It makes one realize just how much character has been lost in the process of refining the evenly balanced sound of modern pianos. The Chopin Society in Warsaw uses a replica made by Paul McNulty for their period piano competitions. @japiat1520 down @mabdub . I am extremely pleased with your comment, which describes what Chopin's Pleyer actually sounded like in the past and today. My thoughts and conclusions that I came to were exactly confirmed by your actual confirmed evidence. And yet I had to take into account many factors, such as the age of the instrument, the soundboard, the strings in the bass, the diameter then probably without a cast steel winding, later with a brass winding, and in the duscant without a braid and their pressure, the bridge, a strong wooden skeleton, the entire body of the instrument, the entire mechanics hammer, felt hammers and silencers. These are very discreet and subtle factors, but they influence the timbre and sound of the sound. In previous comments I argued that all this had no significant impact on the current sound of this instrument. So we can imagine that it is very similar to the piano from Chopin's times. Only the repetition and the escapement of the hammer mechanism have deteriorated, but this affects the technical and performance capabilities of the pianist. To a large extent, this can be remedied by renovation and correction - adjustment of the mechanism, but only 75%, I guess. Our pianist handled it flawlessly in a masterly, even virtuoso, way. bringing us closer to the sound and technical capabilities of this wonderful, beautifully crafted historical favorite of Chopin's piano. Thank you @mabdub very much for your wonderful comment and statements supported by specifics, confirming my belief that I had the right train of thought. Thank you very much once again and greetings, Piotr from Warsaw
Thank you very much for your kind comment. Krzysztof's performance isn't available on a CD but we do have a CD recording on Chopin's Pleyel piano of a performance by Sam Haywood www.ebay.co.uk/str/cobbecollection
Ballade in G minor 4:05
Etude in C-sharp minor 14:15
Barcarolle in F-sharp major 19:41
Scherzo in C-sharp minor 28:59
Waltz in A-flat major 36:56
Ballade in F minor 42:17
That's very kind, thank you Olivier!
@@TheCobbeCollection you should pin this comment.
My understanding is that Pleyel recently went bankrupt. Hard to believe it had such a long history.
What's covering the inside of the piano seen at 46:36? Was this piano restrung?
Honestly great selections
What an experience just touching the keys that Chopin played!
probably fully restored so nothing chopin had touched
ikr i wish i could have it
@@barejon2733 yes that too is a possibility:(
@@barejon2733 No, the Pleyel was kept in great condition over the decades, the keys are as original as the hammer and damper felts, every part of that instrument was looked at by Chopin, every key, certainly most pegs when tuning, the lid, the keyboard lid were touched by Chopin.
@@barejon2733 :: Oh, party pooper!
I can’t believe this video only has 1k views...
This is literally history that’s striking our ears! What a disappointment that so few people know about this concert!
And what an honor also! I’m listening to this with deep emotion, respect and nostalgia (for something I never lived and wish I had).
Thank you so much for giving the whole world the opportunity to listen to what music sounded like back to 1830-50.
Forever grateful. From France.
Thank you very much for your very kind comment. Online concerts is our new venture and we hope it will grow and grow. Meanwhile, please feel free to spread the word and do subscribe! Kindest regards
It probably has to do with UA-cam algorithms. I watch piano related videos daily and yet today was the first day that this showed up in my suggested videos stream ! In any case, I am subscribing in the hopes that this will lead to more showing up in my stream.
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Nobody knows how this piano sounded when it was new. Even though the strings have been replaced, other parts of the piano is still over 170 years old, which could have greatly eroded the sounds they produce today.
Or maybe it has mellowed like the Strads
I can’t believe I’m hearing Chopin on his own piano. Best video I’ve seen in awhile!!
Thank you very much!
@@TheCobbeCollection and in what fantastic quality!!!!!
Amazing
i know! where can we see it? can I play it? (lol, I do want to try it)
Me too !
It’s actually crazy to hear Barcarolle from *the piano on which Chopin wrote it.* Thank you so much.
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Discovered this video today. Couldn’t describe how much my heart and all of cells are thrilled when hearing Chopin’s own piano and his music being brought back to life. A huge thank you to the Cobbe Collection. ❤❤❤
Your music helped both me and my Dad who recently died of alzheimers disease. I played it on my PC through UA-cam where he could watch and listen and pretend to play along on the kitchen table. I'm sure that listening to it helped him feel better
Our sincere condolences, Paul, but we are glad that the music provided solace...
My husband died with alzheimers, and in the last few months of his life, I found that music gave him such great joy. In my husband's case it was Elvis I know, but that was what he needed. It filled something he needed. I would put music on every afternoon and, for him, all was right with the world. I'm glad you found music for your father, too. If you find the right music for the person, it can perform miracles. Actually, you've told me so much about your father, and I've told you so much about my husband without using long descriptions. Nice.
As a human to human I can't help you understand just how emotionally incredible to hear as Chopin has saved my life thanks to his music. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH
So what's your story?
Full marks to the piano and the pianist whose reproduction of Chopin on Chopin was complete.Thankyou.!
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Every note seems to be alive.
I own an 1874 Pleyel Boudoir grand that I saved from being scrapped over thirty years ago. It was used at the BBC at
Alexander Palace( 1920's) . I had to go to Paris to find new pins and have a tuning key made. All very original. The dampers are so very small and light. Lovely soft tone, not modern harsh .
BEAUTIFUL experience playing on chopin's piano. its every pianists' dream
Absolutely fantastic! Chopin's music deserves to be heard on the instrument it was intended to be played on, sure--but, hearing it on Chopin's own instrument is an incredible treat all on its own.
This is one of the most magnificent presents we can hear online, we are listening the sound that heard Chopin too when playing his own composition in his own piano! and what a great selection of pieces he chose to play! My sincere gratitude for this, I love it 💜
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Oh my goodness, hearing Chopin's pieces in Chopin's own Piano gave me goosebumps. Even though I only heard and saw it online, it was a fantastic experience. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for giving us all the rare opportunity to hear Chopin's music played on his own piano! Exquisite in every way.
Hearing it as if it was Chopin himself playing... Just the way he intended... So beautiful and haunting...!
I also admire pianists who are used to play on modern pianos and are brave enough to play on authentic historical instruments, because the touch, the resonance and the sound are different from those that the modern instruments produce. Bravo for the pianist and his beautiful recital. Thanks also for the Cobbe Collection that enable us to enjoy this upload.
Thank you for your kind comment. Indeed, they require a greater degree of sensitivity and not every musician can connect with them as well as Krzysztof! :) But we try and encourage musicians to come and experience them
Very interesting to know how long a performer has to live with an instrument like this in order to express himself/herself fully.
To me, the mellow sound of this piano replaces the fire we usually hear from modern instruments with a nuanced grandeur which can never be replicated on a modern piano.
THRILLINGLY GORGEOUS!! It sounds as if Chopin were inprovising the final touches on his works just before writing them down - very spontaneous and pensive! Krzysztof Moskalievicz should have a great career ahead of him!
What a treat this is! So glad I came across this video as I can't believe this is the first time I'm seeing this ❤
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I enjoyed this recital and Krzysztof Moskalewicz's wonderful playing. Awesome playing
What a wonderful concert and a very talented young artist. I have been privileged to play the early Steinway at Hatchlands (very similar age to my own) as well as the organ. A must visit location for early keyboard lovers.
We would all do well to just listen and admire the sound this wonderful artist has produced. Quit analyzing what we all know to be Chopin's genius! Just listen! Playing on a period instrument
is tough. Stop adjudicating this marvelous performance!
Thank you! I heard so many nuances and had new insights from this amazing concert! Thank you!!
I was so shocked that it was for auction where I live. One of the best pianists and composers ever near my home! That's insane. To hear what he heard and to know he composed his best works on a piano a just like this, or this piano itself is so special. wow.
Chopin, unfortunately, did not compose anything we know from him today on this piano, as he only owned this specific model from 1848 on. He did, however, most likely play his last concert in Paris in Feb 1848 on it and then took it with him to Great Britain where he sold it before his return to Paris.
@@Seleuce That's really interesting, thank you. I don't know nearly that much about Chopin. It's still amazing that we can hear what pianos would have sounded like back then. Even if it's just a glimpse.
@@franktherabbit42 Yes, it's fascinating that we have those instruments! They don't sound like they did when they were new, of course. They would be perfectly in tune and much rounder and clearer when Chopin played them. So, as you say, it's just a glimpse, but still stunning! :)
What a great honour to have heard chopin's pieces being played on his orginal piano! I can clearly hear the beautiful singing quality of the piano. Thank you for your performance
I’d like to hear the heroic polonaise on it, can’t have a Chopin concert without that masterpiece.
thank you greatly to mr Mokalewicz...WONDERFUL playing!!!!
What a amazing programme, well chosen pieces that showcased the full range of the piano
Merveilleux piano et merveilleusement joué
So excited to hear this on Chopin”s own instrument. It illuminates so much. Thank you for this.
Thank you for this wonderful performance on this beautiful piano.
A romantic concert vibrating Frederick Chopin's charm Great to witness.❤
👏👏👏👍🎼🎹❤😃🐬
I'm trying to think of what to say here, and I can't. I'm honestly speechless.
I once had the opportunity to play Giuseppina Strepponi’s piano, which was a moving experience even though it was in terrible shape. A few thoughts:
The greatest advantage pianos of this era had was their lightness of touch and (I believe) narrower keys, which makes playing Chopin much easier. In timbre, I believe its low and mid range could be reproduced by a sensitive pianist on a modern Bechstein. It’s the treble range that is truly different: thinner sound, percussive attack, and faster decay. Given that Chopin’s music is above all melodic, and that he adored Bellini and hence great Italian singers, I see no advantage in using this piano rather than a Bechstein or similarly light-actioned modern piano. I know this is not a popular view, but there it is.
As if I have just discovered a Great Continent full of wonders.....I close my eyes, I listen and my mind is numb....
A truly romantic sound. got to see this piano in person a few weeks ago for the first time.
Very emotional to hear this!
Thank you very much!!
Well played Chopin’s piano had a warm sound
I feel transported back in time, like I’m actually hearing some of Chopin’s music how he would have played it!
Would you please showcase more of his works on this piano? This young man is magnificent. I'd love to hear him do Nocturnes Op. 9 No.1 and 2 as well as Preludes Op. 28 No. 20 and 24
Thank you for the amazing Sound quality!!!!
Just amazing
Thank you very much for letting me experience this Incredible music.. thank you very much for your heart.. hope your channel will grow more
Indeed, there is a great difference between the bass and baritone on the one hand and the mid- and upper registers on the other. It is like playing two instruments at the same time. It explains some of the characteristics of Chopin's compositions. These instruments of mid 19th century had less tension in the strings and the strings were all parallel. Modern pianos have the strings crossed which gives a fuller and more uniform sound.
Chopin preferred Pleyel Pianos, because he claimed Liszt's Erards had too much of a "ready-made" tone. They didn't produce the sort of power needed for a concert-hall. Chopin generally played in salons in private houses, whereas liszt aimed to 'democratise' music- setting up solo concerts, and turning the piano reflector towards the audience. His pianos had double escapement , full iron frames and overstringing which made them more audible. Chopin's solo concerts were rare, and, I believe, were sometimes difficult to hear.
It is a wonderful collection. The Cobbe Collection also produces an excellent book which has information; dates, compass etc. for all the instruments in the collection. These instruments were meant to be played and performances by the Cobbe Collection further our knowledge and love of music of the past and how it is still rrelevant today
Thank you Paul!
It is intriguing to hear Chopin's music as he would have heard it. However, developments of the instrument has brought us an instrument with a totally level of sophistication of different sounds and I suspect playing characteristics. Congratulations to Krzysztof for a marvelous concert.
..to hear Chopin's music on his favourite piano es simply exquisite
Hearing this it is easily to hear why her preferred Pleyel; over Erards. Broadwoods, and other pianos of hte day. Such a very well balanced and rich chorus with a profound yet not overwhelming bass as in modern day instruments. Hid music literally sings here.
Thank you for this recording.
👍💯🎼🎹🥰🐬
What a Pleyel! What a sound! What a collection!
Aaaand now I'm planning a trip to the UK specifically to visit this magical place...
👍💯🎼🎹🥰🐬
Do it!
It’s a train and then bus ride from London
Vielen Dank!! Es ist schön einen "echten" Chopin zu hören. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.
Thank you very much Nahuel! Very glad you enjoyed
I keep coming back to this video. Never ever delete it from UA-cam as it is simply historic! Charge a grand for 15 mins of playing on this and I would happily still pay. But please at all costs, protect this instrument!
Grazie. Un documento sonoro preziosissimo soprattutto se si pensa che sono rimaste pochissime cose di lui, oltre la sua straordinaria musica intendo. I suoi mobili, i suoi oggetti, i suoi vestiti furono venduti all'asta, la sua stanza a Nohant è stata divisa in due, la sua casa alla Square d'orleans non si visita poiché ci abitera' qualcun'altro. Questo che qui proponete è un dono vero per chi è sulle sue tracce da molto molto tempo
Its amazing how pianos have evolved since then. It reminds me of an old saloon piano in sound
Thank you very much for sharing this incredible experience of being able to hear a little of the 19th century sound, especially what Chopin himself heard when composing or performing his music! Exciting! Congratulations to Mr Cobbe for his initiative, and congratulations to the concertist, for his beautiful, competent and sensitive performance!
Muito obrigado por compartilhar esta esperiência incrível de poder ouvir um pouco do som do Século XIX, muito especialmente o som que o próprio Chopin ouvia ao compor ou executar suas músicas! Emocionante! Parabéns ao Sr Cobbe pela iniciativa, e parabéns ao jovem concertista, por sua bela, competente e sensível execução!
There's a big difference in sound if you compare an 1890s piano to an 1840s piano like this one.
This was great experience. However as a pianist… I am very grateful for modern concert grands. If Chopin himself could’ve experienced a modern Hamburg Steinway D I can’t imagine the music we’d have to enjoy today.
I saw Chopins upright Pleijel in the monastery where he lived with George Sand high on Majorca and wished I could have heard it played. Now I have heard the grand version and wish I could hear his work exclusively on this glorious instrument . I prefer it to the albeit magnificent Steinway and congratulations to this superb pianist.
That Pleyel in Valldemossa ended up being not a lot of use to Chopin because it arrived weeks after they did, was held up in customs and not delivered to him until the second half of January 1839. Until then he had to put up with a poor local instrument. By early March 1839 they were back in Marseille so he probably got about 5-6 weeks use out of it, much of which time he was very ill. It got sold on his departure fo defray expenses it seems. It’s pity the bad piano is not also in display because in some ways that would be just as interesting. As to how the Pleyel sounds now: probably nothing like when it was new. I wonder if he tuned it himself when it did arrive…
Wonderful video!
This is really special, glad I stumbled on this video! I do wish the recording was right around the player's ear perspective, I think the stereo image would be nice to hear, great performance! Ciao, ALDO
What a treat. Love it.
He composed with such a tone.
Arcydzieło, rewelacja ! Chopinie, geniuszu ❤️
ok boomer
like a window into another world! I loved hearing this.
dang it why does this only have 54k views? this is chopin's actual pleyel with his own music being played on it!
Thank you for a great concert :)
Great pleasure Amit! :) There will be more to come this year.
I was in Las Vegas about 30 years ago and saw Liberace’s piano covered entirely in sequins. I think I prefer this one.
So a couple of years ago we were visiting a small french chateau and the lady owner gave us a tour. In one of the rooms there was a "small" old grand piano, looking at it she said Chopin had played on it. She couldnt play it herself and asked if maybe we played a bit, i did...a bit. But at the time couldnt play Chopin so i tried Beethoven and she loved it saying its been a long time since that piano had been played. Anyway i never really believed Chopin really did play that piano but still its a memory i cherish. Hope he wont be mad i couldn play his work though...
I remember that the piano itself was pretty hard to play, very different on the touch and sound from today's piano's. I wonder how the Pleyel played. Listening to it it seems hard work?
Anyway, wonderfull video and music, thank you for this
Don’t worry, Chopin’s ghost won’t chase you if you can’t play it.
Maybe if you play it badly, like me.
Very lovely and beautiful maestro
Superb. Exceptional. A pleasure for the senses. The fact to ear and watch the own Chopin's piano enrich the experience. Congratulations.
Thank you very much
@@TheCobbeCollection My pleasure.
I feel honored just by watching the video of that piano so I can't imagine how mind blowing it must feel to actually PLAY THAT PIANO!
congratulations!
I've ceased to enjoy most modern piano recitals unless I've tuned the instrument and I know the pianist is a true musician . . . and coming back to this I'm really enjoying this performance and instrument. Thank you for this wonderful recording.
Your ego must be enormous then.
@@kamilo034 No - that's not the case. There are two problems with many modern performances and one is dependant upon the other. Many pianists don't listen to the music that they are producing. This is partly a problem with the modern tuning which gives no musical clue as to the narrative of the music. The tuning that Chopin would have heard is different from modern tuning and I tune to the old systems of tuning. This rewards both performer and audience in terms of the sound that the pianist is making. Without this many pianists nowadays are interpreting black marks on white paper as automatons, having lost connexion with lyricism. Music is vibrations and specific tuning of such is vitally important.
@@kamilo034 he hears what he hears and it is valid to his experience if you were a good player, it’s alright to say yes, I am good
Mr gatekeeping PoS thinking he knows what a true musicians sound like. If it is art it is not for everyone.
Thank you for posting the video to give me a great feeling
Beautiful...piano love Chopin..
Many thanks!
bravo!
OMG can't wait to listen to this !
Hermoso gracias
Very elegant sounding
❤Chopin❤
This was wonderful
The old pleyel pianos are almost a different instrument all together.
Why do old pianos always sound old?
@@JoeLinux2000 cuz they're old. xD
Back then, there wasn't such things as crossed strings. And that is the problem with modern instruments in my point of view. Crossed strings may add volume and etc, but certainly it makes the instrument sound much more "neutral". I had the pleasure of playing an old upright Pleyel (from the late 19th century). Of course it is a much simpler intrument than this Masterpiece on the video, and some fortepianos and harpsichords. The sound is much more complex and rich. And then, there was tuning. Equal temerament wasn't the standard yet.
@@JoeLinux2000 Because they were built different. Just like how cars 70 years ago are different.
@@guilhermeatanasov8423 I hope you don’t think 1840s pianos sound better than pianos from the 21st century.
So enjoyable, such a clear sound, even if not as rich as modern pianos establish, but direct, nothing in between...
magnificent !
After hearing this, I'm mad at Lisitsa and all the other "modern" pianists who are just pounding their roaring Steinways. Right now, I genuinely think Koczalski and Mikuli were right....that isn't the way Chopin should be played.
Amazing piano, amazing performance, amazing pianist, amazing history! The real sound of Chopin!
I forget where the quote comes from or if I'm even saying it correctly but someone said "there is no room for banging in Chopin" which I find far too much in interpretations of a lot of Chopin especially the Ballade in G minor, have you heard Lang Lang's interpretation on youtube? Cold and dead performance
@@PabloRodriguez-um5ht Yes, I did. Basically, nowadays only a very, very small percent of pianists can play Chopin correctly (I mean "correctly" by revealing and freeing the emotion hidden in the piece - - -> 0.0001% can do that in the 21st century). Now, you can say that 20th century pianists were the best, but this still doesn't change my opinion about Horowitz and Rubinstein, or even Arrau. Absolutely horrible. Their ego was just off the chart, and they were trying to impress everyone with their own way of playing, not accepting other's interpretations (Horowitz and Rubinstein said that Koczalski was more of a composer than a virtuoso), and just completely destroying the melodical harmony of Chopin's masterpieces.
Michelangeli, Koczalski and Cortot on the other hand, they are my personal favorites to this day. No one, and I mean that, No One can outperform them. If you want to learn and STUDY a Chopin piece (not run through the sheet in a week like Kissin and Lisitsa does), check how the 3 Great Ones performed it, and then analyze them. I'm not saying you should completely avoid Rubinstein's and Horowitz's interpretations, they do have absolutely astonishing recordings like Horowitz's Etude Op. 10 No. 12, but in the end, the most emotionally and melodically correct interpretations will belong to either Koczalski, Cortot or Michelangeli. Also, Rubinstein's and Horowitz's attitude towards Koczalski and Cortot really made them a BIG no-go in my eyes.
@@wolfoair3096 I actually have only heard of Kocsalski, care to suggest some performances by the other two?
I found this performance to be excellent for a modern piano but not sympathetic to this historic instrument's sound. The notes were treated more like a Beethoven, rather than teased out in a world of 'discovering' or 'atmosphere', which is a shame.
@@wolfoair3096 I’m curious about your opinions on krystian zimerman’s performances of the 4 ballades did you like them? did you not?
That is fantastic...
Wonderful! I've a Pleyel model F 1930. This piano has a second sounboard over the strings? Or instead it's only an acrilic protection? Thanks!
A memorable experience.
The instrument at this time was quite advanced compared to Mozart's. Its resonance is closer to today's Steinway, Bosendorfer, etc.
To @Pingoping
You're not entirely right... The sound of a piano is determined primarily by its resonance elements. Firstly, the soundboard and the frame on which it is mounted, and indirectly the body of the instrument itself and even the repeater mechanism. These elements remain the same, so the sound will be almost identical. The age of the instrument certainly affects its lower technical and dynamic capabilities, i.e. the playing itself. Strings influence the sound, timbre, but above all, the soundboard. The strings are not necessarily replaceable as they are strong and durable. Unless the original tuning was Viennese, a semitone lower, and has now been tuned a semitone higher. The pressure of the strings on the record would be greater, but it would not significantly affect the timbre of the sound. We can assume that we hear sounds - an instrument, just like back then. Currently, there would be a problem with the technical possibilities of the game - because it is an old mechanic - although the proofreaders certainly did a great job. Great recognition is due to the pianist who rose to the challenge and in a virtuoso way demonstrated the technical and sound capabilities of this valued instrument. We could imagine and hear how Chopin himself once played and composed. Thank you Piotr from Poland
I'm here because of Orlando González! Saludos afectuosos desde Aguascalientes, México!
Delighted to have you here! Hope you enjoyed the concert - more to come
Oh, hello there! I’ve seen you over at Wim’s channel, Authentic Sound.
@@TheCobbeCollection Thank you very much!
@@makytondr8607 Warm greetings to you. 🤗
And again: a video that is supposed to highlight the beauty of Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin and what does the comment section turn into? A snob-fest arguing about who played it better. People waste so much time arguing about subjective things like taste, even arguing that their taste and opinion is somehow objectively better. Horrowitz this, Rubestein that, Arrau there, Lang Lang, Lisitsa and many other more or less known pianists. That's the beauty of physics and the real world: you can subjectively interpret it with whatever manner you like but it objectively stays being reality, no matter how snobby, ignorant and bigoted one's own perception of it is. Thanks for the upload, it is interesting to hear Chopin's compositions on a piano of his era.
Yo de solo poner mi mano en esas teclas ya estaría en un mar de lágrimas.
WOW ...thank you ...what a TREAT to listen to chopin that way...the instrument he himself played and HEARD his own music with...
it brings out something distinctive...: The registers indeed have timbres of their own...but the individual notes are MORE speaking than subsequent giant pianos ....the highest notes not as "brilliant" as today s sounding a bit like UPRIGHT grandpianos...at least to my ear...that grew up with a KOLSKI large upright from the 1920 s when my late mom was a teen...but today , though in disrepair STILL has that unforgettalbe belllike but LONG sound...the bottom notes have a BITe OF their own but always present and full...in chopins instrument..
Muito provavelmente as cordas são modernas. Estou achando o som muito bom para um piano de 1840 , posso estar enganado. Estupendo a oportunidade de ver e ouvir isso.
Now I must play this piano.
One always wonders in cases like this how close the sound of the piano now is to how it sounded when it was new. Unless lot of parts have been replaced (in which case is it he same piano really?), lots of parts will have changed in ways that change the sound. The wood of the soundboard and bridges will have changed their moisture content and mechanical properties, and this may well result in a less resonant sound than the piano originally had. The strings will have corroded, also changing the sound. Then there’s the wear of the hammers and action. To discover we’d have to make a new copy, and we still wouldn’t be sure as we wouldn’t have exactly the same materials. Still, this was a very nice concert.
There is a private, internationally known piano builder by the name of Paul McNulty, who produces near flawless period piano replicas of famous composer's pianos. Info about him is on the Net. I think he now lives in Czechoslovakia with his wife Viviana Sofronitsky, who is a famous Russian Canadian concert pianist. A few years ago he built a replica of Chopin's Pleyel and I heard it demonstrated by Viviana in a few of his videos. To my ear the sound of his replica is remarkably like that of Chopin's Pleyel which is in the Cobbe collection. I was astonished by the similarity of the sounds of the two pianos which are so far apart in actual age. It would appear that the sound of Chopin's Cobbe/ Pleyel is very close to the actual sound which Chopin heard when he chose the piano in 1848. It seems that the sound of a superior piano does not diminish all that significantly over a long period of time if the instrument is treated well and clearly, the one in the Cobbe collection has been well cared for. Also, I used to think that the colouring of the sound of the Cobbe piano was because of the age of the piano but it seems as though that too is not the case. Apparently, the varying timbres of different sections of the keyboard was intentionally created by Pleyel and that's why Chopin liked and preferred Pleyel instruments. It makes one realize just how much character has been lost in the process of refining the evenly balanced sound of modern pianos. The Chopin Society in Warsaw uses a replica made by Paul McNulty for their period piano competitions.
down @mabdub . I am extremely pleased with your comment, which describes what Chopin's Pleyer actually sounded like in the past and today. My thoughts and conclusions that I came to were exactly confirmed by your actual confirmed evidence. And yet I had to take into account many factors, such as the age of the instrument, the soundboard, the strings in the bass, the diameter then probably without a cast steel winding, later with a brass winding, and in the duscant without a braid and their pressure, the bridge, a strong wooden skeleton, the entire body of the instrument, the entire mechanics hammer, felt hammers and silencers. These are very discreet and subtle factors, but they influence the timbre and sound of the sound. In previous comments I argued that all this had no significant impact on the current sound of this instrument. So we can imagine that it is very similar to the piano from Chopin's times. Only the repetition and the escapement of the hammer mechanism have deteriorated, but this affects the technical and performance capabilities of the pianist. To a large extent, this can be remedied by renovation and correction - adjustment of the mechanism, but only 75%, I guess. Our pianist handled it flawlessly in a masterly, even virtuoso, way. bringing us closer to the sound and technical capabilities of this wonderful, beautifully crafted historical favorite of Chopin's piano. Thank you @mabdub very much for your wonderful comment and statements supported by specifics, confirming my belief that I had the right train of thought. Thank you very much once again and greetings, Piotr from Warsaw
Let me quote @mabdub comment and my answer @japiat1520 .
@mabdub
There is a private, internationally known piano builder by the name of Paul McNulty, who produces near flawless period piano replicas of famous composer's pianos. Info about him is on the Net. I think he now lives in Czechoslovakia with his wife Viviana Sofronitsky, who is a famous Russian Canadian concert pianist. A few years ago he built a replica of Chopin's Pleyel and I heard it demonstrated by Viviana in a few of his videos. To my ear the sound of his replica is remarkably like that of Chopin's Pleyel which is in the Cobbe collection. I was astonished by the similarity of the sounds of the two pianos which are so far apart in actual age. It would appear that the sound of Chopin's Cobbe/ Pleyel is very close to the actual sound which Chopin heard when he chose the piano in 1848. It seems that the sound of a superior piano does not diminish all that significantly over a long period of time if the instrument is treated well and clearly, the one in the Cobbe collection has been well cared for. Also, I used to think that the colouring of the sound of the Cobbe piano was because of the age of the piano but it seems as though that too is not the case. Apparently, the varying timbres of different sections of the keyboard was intentionally created by Pleyel and that's why Chopin liked and preferred Pleyel instruments. It makes one realize just how much character has been lost in the process of refining the evenly balanced sound of modern pianos. The Chopin Society in Warsaw uses a replica made by Paul McNulty for their period piano competitions.
@japiat1520
down @mabdub . I am extremely pleased with your comment, which describes what Chopin's Pleyer actually sounded like in the past and today. My thoughts and conclusions that I came to were exactly confirmed by your actual confirmed evidence. And yet I had to take into account many factors, such as the age of the instrument, the soundboard, the strings in the bass, the diameter then probably without a cast steel winding, later with a brass winding, and in the duscant without a braid and their pressure, the bridge, a strong wooden skeleton, the entire body of the instrument, the entire mechanics hammer, felt hammers and silencers. These are very discreet and subtle factors, but they influence the timbre and sound of the sound. In previous comments I argued that all this had no significant impact on the current sound of this instrument. So we can imagine that it is very similar to the piano from Chopin's times. Only the repetition and the escapement of the hammer mechanism have deteriorated, but this affects the technical and performance capabilities of the pianist. To a large extent, this can be remedied by renovation and correction - adjustment of the mechanism, but only 75%, I guess. Our pianist handled it flawlessly in a masterly, even virtuoso, way. bringing us closer to the sound and technical capabilities of this wonderful, beautifully crafted historical favorite of Chopin's piano. Thank you @mabdub very much for your wonderful comment and statements supported by specifics, confirming my belief that I had the right train of thought. Thank you very much once again and greetings, Piotr from Warsaw
40:28 Why got a big plate cover the top of string? What is the purpose?
where are all the views?!
Coming soon, hopefully!
Beautiful performance and sound. Haunting. You can feel Mr Moskalewicz become the music. Is this performance available on CD? Or even a DVD?
Thank you very much for your kind comment. Krzysztof's performance isn't available on a CD but we do have a CD recording on Chopin's Pleyel piano of a performance by Sam Haywood www.ebay.co.uk/str/cobbecollection
This should put to rest the rumors about his keys being thinner than a normal piano