Evgeny Kissin plays Nocturne op.27 no.2 in D-flat

[Liliya351]

Самое лучшее исполнение этого ноктюрна!

[lorena0987]

uffffffff T_T

[Dreigement]

beautiful



[MeicoRaider]

Alright, I'm gonna tell you guys this. Chopin is my favorite composer ever and Kissin is my favorite pianist. So why the heck do you care? Well, one day, at the library, when they had those old record players going on, Chopin was playing, and the notes weren't the right timing, so I thought it was the record's fault. Turns out it was done on purpose. If you listen to Kissin very carefully, you'll hear that he purposely mistimes notes and stuff in Chopin. Chopin is amazing (:

[robertslistening]

I thoroughly enjoy listening to Kissin. Unfortunately, the posted videos are almost always the crappiest quality in 240p or lousy quality otherwise. He has so many astounding skills...speed...power in his fingers (flight of the bumblebee)...interpretation. I love his dynamics, accents, articulation. He really makes a beautiful shape to a phrase. I consider him one of the best I have ever heard. That doesn't omit Argerich, Ohllson, Pollini, Yundi Li, Volodos,etc...I just think he's outstanding.

[slsherwoodwells]

TOTALLY "with" your teacher on this, (another musician and piano teacher)!!!!!!!

[65attila]

Kissin has the tone and feeling for this piece and I agree with the poster of this video about the special beauty of this piece.

[MDjinxi]

Yes. It happened.

[mildebleiche]

here is the full version :

watch?v=r5Q3R6IykKs

[mildebleiche]

listening it now for years.... cant find a better version (for me), the way he is playing.

[bsd300d]

hair is a total fail, he looks like a clown.

[TheNarutoflo]

@bsd300d his appearance doesn't matter!

listen to his interpretation and dont critizise such neglibilities!

[slsherwoodwells]

@bsd300d Who "noticed", who cares- as always a brilliant, mesmerizing understanding of the instrument and of course the utter "poetry " of the composer

[AvidHobbyist]

interesting bass melody at 1:20

[FedericoLPiazza]

@AvidHobbyist very very interesting

[JusticierodelYuTube]

excellent!

[ilwmb]

Keuder I totally agree with your suggestions of 3 other nocturnes almost as beautiful as this one (among the nocturnes of course, there are so many other fantastic pieces such as the ballad no 1, the scherzi or the andante apassionato)

[mildebleiche]

hi.... does anybody of you know where i could watch that wonderfull piece of him WHOLE ?

could someone post here that link

please please please

thx. jesus that people like evgeny do exist

[DaronSX]

In my opinion it doesn't sound like a nocturne, the sound is too obvious.

[cbodien]

gorgeous

[maddorox]

this may just be me but didnt chopin want the left hand to be played totally rhythmically correct... and the melody had "appropriate" rubato... this is actually extremely hard to do...considering that the left hand had to stay stable while the right hand had expressive rubato in it. i believe kissin has done unjust things to this piece.... but i cant argue. because its his interpretation and his alone

[JCruz0587]

yes i also read somewhere that the rhythm on the left hand needs to be on the correct tempo while the right is free to do what it likes. it just takes practice but its feasable.

both lang lang and his interpretation are excellent. two different pianists with different styles, can't compare the two.

[lbrambrink]

@maddorox

dude, Chopin himself has said, to think of playing the left hand steadily while the right hand 'veers' off rhythmically is complete nonsense--the result would sound hideously out of sync and is no longer music at all--its nonsense! the two must be played intertwined completely--just because you have two different hands doesnt mean they should play music independently--music is a complete entity. Listen to Zimerman and youll know what i mean.

[maddorox]

i am not saying that the hands should be independent rather the opposite.... if the left had is stable, it allows the right hand to play a much more cleaner melody rubato, in contrast to when when the left hand has no stability, and both hands have ridiculous amounts of rubato... that i believe is the cheap mans way of "expressing musicality" sorry to burst your bubble

[Rui725]

@maddorox Chopin himself emphasized the metric pulse of the left hand, keeping a constant time with the left while the right hand was free to express the needed rubato. I agree, if left hand lacks the pulse, it makes the piece sound unstable.

[Sashomei]

i really want to hear the full nocturno from kissin

[Sashomei]

keuder u are wrong: u wrote 27-1 not 27-2 its 27-2 by kissin

but i think 27-1 wonderful too! actually i think that chopin is the best composer that has ever lived

[OldRabit]

super!!

[pianochick1]

This piece is sooo passionate and beautiful!! Saw Kissin about three weeks ago in L.A......AWESOME! And he played this piece as his first encore piece. Made me cry, it was so gorgeous!!

[Iaxobus]

This guy was playing Chopin concertos when he was twelve - Kissin has mastered the piano, every note, every key.

Some would argue that Chopin was the greatest piano composer of all time, I would agree. He composed with deep passion and pure skill. But Chopin is dead and gone and Kissin is our key to Chopin's heart.

[farrellesque]

Kissin IS the key to Chopin's heart!! Well said. And I believe he is much more so than most the other great pianists out there today. If it was possible, I'd make it so that only Kissin could represent Chopin to the world!!!

[caricama]

@Iaxobus Kissin actually said that Chopin is his favorite.

[TheStefoula]

@Iaxobus indeed

[optimusito]

Simply the best