Chopin Nocturne No 4 in F, Op 15 No 1, Sandor Falvay

[PianistsAnonymous]

This is an incredible piece. It never quite reaches the true melody, but always implies, hints and dances around this goal with each phrase. If you listen carefully you can almost hear what Chopin is wanting to play but not writing.

[MrEdward3576]

Sublime.

[happyhyphens]

Beautiful interpretation! I'm learning this!

[Geekygirl456]

1:22 This guy's anger is CHOPIN.

[xKilaxChanx]

1:22 Austria is angry.

[Geekygirl456]

@xKilaxChanx ...So he is.

[nekokittyrenee]

@xKilaxChanx I love you

[MllePsychologue]

@xKilaxChanx been looking all day for this piece because lovely Austria made the piece not escape my head! XD

[NicoKing68]

This is the only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin...

[mahler151]

@NicoKing68

At least it was. An older one from dating from 1848 has surfaced. It displays a much less "tethered" Chopin in it, although being older it's much grainier.

[MonkeyDJacker]

The part from 1:24 to the end is the same thing Austria from Hetalia was playing for Germany to express his anger.

[brambleflower256]

aiyaa! I love this song but I can't find anyone who plays it like Roderich Edelstein!! It's always too fast or not angry/intense enough!

[lap3230]

Poor Chip. This photograph was taken shortly before his death. What a loss to the human race to take him when he wasn't even 40 years old!

[xxEmoStarMCRxx]

So... your anger is Chopin then?

[InsanitiesAngel]

@xxEmoStarMCRxx I will show you my utter disgust with you through the piano -.-

[brambleflower256]

@InsanitiesAngel I assume you get the idea ^^

[InsanitiesAngel]

@brambleflower256 but of course <3

[freethinker923]

Wow, if you were sleeping before 1:25, you certainly weren't after!

[kwastormayt]

unfortunately this page is captured by idiots

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Imperator Septimus Severus.

[MrPontiusPilate]

Hail Caesar

[malasuishou]

someone can tell me where I can find that song?

[callenishss]

i just posted this F+ Noc, do u think mine compares to Argerich's intensity?

[rjgxjhs]

@callenishss haven't watched it, but.. nope.

[ziemovit77]

Chopin - wpaniale tworzył a i wykonanie wymaga umiejętności. booskie

[beethomozart]

the 3 nocturnes from this opu 15 were composed between 1831-33, it begins with one of Chopin's typical cantabile melodies , suddenly it appears an stormy moment, followed once again by the fantastic melody from the beggining

[ernestomiguel]

It's not offense, but he had kind of a resemblance profesor Severus Snape from harry potter (Movie) I love, classical music by the way!

Se parece a Severus Snape!!!

[astout5]

Oh my gosh, I love Chopin, but you're right! He looks just like Snape! I wonder if the guy who plays Snape was  Polish(/French) too.

[ernestomiguel]

he he he, Snape is cool...

[GinWizard3]

Alan Rickman....hmm who knows, doubt it with a name like that though

[GeorgeOfZala]

The name is Hungarian ...

[aLiiSsiir]

hermoosooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ernestomiguel]

totalmente de acuerdo bro...

[shevansilva]

This has got to be my favourite of all the Chopin nocturnes. Love it beyond words.

[NoWitnessesNoRegrets]

why dont people like him exist today? you cant realy compare him with modern "artists" like 50 cent

[franklindavid]

Without Chopin, there will not be classical music for the Piano.

[DualThunder]

*romantic

[ThunderAppeal]

Oh man, what a setup.

[ludachris475]

Chopin shit out masterpiece after masterpiece.

[mynameisyibble]

Is it just me or does Chopin look slightly like Edgar Allen Poe? Without the mustache.

Beautiful piece, btw

[MillyProductions]

you're right! they also died the same year 1849.

[mynameisyibble]

wow that's kind of freaky :o

[MillyProductions]

yeah, of course everyone knows how chopin died, nobody knows how poe died. maybe he died because he listened to this wonderful nocturne and all it's power.

[OpenPagan]

I could listen to Chopin all day long... wait! I've already done it!

[druglover200]

@OpenPagan same lol

[estrogiovanile]

the guy in the picture is liszt... isnt he?

anyway, great nocturne

[halostereo]

Well no, the picture is of Chopin.

[EdiJorgensen]

The man is Chopin himself

[guitarmanK1982]

I don't understand why people comment if they don't like something. Just go find something else to listen to!

What a performance - each melody note is like a pearl that just cuts through, straight to the soul.

[PianoVlog]

boring. so artificial

[sclyfies]

u really have no idea who you are talking about do you, the god of piano. BEEYATCH

[Gman6755]

Perfectly played!! Chopin himself surely would have been very pleased with this effort!

[werle00]

Chopin liked to show off X3

I love how it goes from calm to chaotic all of a sudden.

[sclyfies]

No my friend, not chaotic, it stays elegant, it only gets powerful.

[shevansilva]

Can't it be chaotic and powerful?

[clubsandwedge]

It sounds rather regretful

[mickeymooose]

This is a live recording. Pianist Sandor Falvay was born in 1949 at Ozd, Northern Hunagary. He studied at the Miskolc Conservatory. It is my favorite nocturne and interpretation. Each note is perfectly executed. He is one of my favorite Chopin interpretors of all time. I heard both Cliburn and Ashkenzy play this nocturne in recital at Bridges Auditorium as enchores.

[ukotaf]

@mickeymooose

By the way, the Pianist's name is correctly: Falvai, but since some smaller labels did release his CDs as "Falvay", he is known better under this name instead of his original one. He is a very good pianist and a wonderful man - and a precious friend of mine, too.

[pianotuner101]

@ukotaf How fortunate you are to be friends with maestro Falvai. This nocturne is one of my personal favorites. I don't think that it gets played enough because not many people can play it well, except for Falvai, of course. What is his favorite piano, if you don't mind me asking, and does he ever give recitals?

[ukotaf]

@pianotuner101 Nice to hear from You; I don't know what would be his favourite piano (maybe a Steinway - or You meant piano piece?), but he is still teaching at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and in Japan, too, gives masterclasses. He is touring mostly to Japan, where he always gives concerts. In hungarian archives there are many recordings by him.

[ukotaf]

@pianotuner101 By the way a YouTube channel (and perhaps a new site) dedicated to Him and to his family will be released shortly (his wife, Gyöngyi Keveházi and his two daughter, Katalin and Anna Falvai are very valuable pianists, too). Regards, Máriássy

[snaaptaker]

One of the loveliest performances of this beautiful nocturne I have ever heard. Was it "live" or a piano roll? Who is (was) Sandor Falvay?---Stuart