Pollini plays Chopin Etude Op.25 No.12 (Ocean)

[MaslAlek]

This is very good performance. Pollini did great job. There are very few vids with this study on Youtube such well played as Pollini did. Once more, Great performance!!!

[gentenaarinzweden]

sorry pall - I had the opportunity to listen to great pianists and yes I pretend that I can compare: of all pianists I've heard in my life (I'm 56 now) there are a few that left a permanent superb impression on me and there I'd like to name Mauritio Pollini as a living legend. He plays Chopin and Schuman as no-one-else.He plays it so well that in the same moment as you look at him you'll see Chopin. He is unique phantastic, my english is unfortunately too bad to put him in the right light.

[BlazeKenny]

@gentenaarinzweden I like the complete set of chopin etudes by pollini the most (as the whole set). But he is not superb in about any piece he plays. For example, nobody can play this etude as one flow to the coda as Richter did

[ioana1256]

i love it

[muserdave]

the intro is similar bliss by muse

[rallasclandestinas]

@muserdave you mean, intro bliss by muse is similar to this intro ;)

[Theonedue]

takes.

[ericisindebt]

Maybe I'll get a girlfriend if I learn this song. Pretty impressive. I'd like to know the fingering for this piece, like how it's supposed to be executed.

[Theonedue]

The best way to get a girlfriend is to look like a supermodel. Trust me.

[Cyberchipz]

why the heck didn't the owner make this available for mobile. I mean there's way more reasons to be paranoid about someone ripping it on a desktop. Mobile, not so much. please explain. All that does is sacrifice convenience and ability to share. So why bother to publish at all. My friend shated.. I... what? I can't do anything.

[chrissyluvspeace]

Pure Brilliance is the only thing you can describe Chopin's Work as, simple perfect

[randomdude1020]

does the melody line around 0:25 remind anyone of tchaikovsky's trio?

[Theonedue]

When Chopin or Liszt played this piece, this is what it sounded like.

[addeex1]

@Theonedue You're that old? :O

[Jarnobh]

@Theonedue How do you know?

[Zoldi77]

This is a very great performance of this etude, one of the best imo.

[otavioandradas]

mind blowing....this Etude is as fresh as it was 170 years ago...

and Pollini is KING.

[darkblueangel1956]

Strabiliante e trascinante lirismo, denso di fiammeggiante e vibrante densità sonora e timbrica. Cantabilità spiegata e quasi delirante in altissima velocità !!! Nessuno può reggere un tale devastante confronto, per non parlare della poesia del virtuosismo e della lirica interiore del componimento !!! Tutti gli altri spariscono, impietosamente schiacciati dal confronto con un inarrivabile e stratosferico Maurizio Pollini, in particolare stato di grazia divina !!!

[simondurrant1]

This performance has real depth and real class. A great performance of a great piece.

[TheSoken123]

I finally understand why youtube has bad grammer 1 DISLIKES?? it should be more than one if there is an "s"

But don't mind that, youtube got calculating problems too. there should be no dislikes as it is so beautiful

[MKA829]

@TheSoken123 1 person dislikes ;)

[BreAnakyh]

@TheonHafet300 *gives you a high-five* I love Kingdom Hearts Concert Paraphrase on Dearly Beloved! It really does sound similar to this song's arpeggios!

[612curtis]

This is an amazing recording! It took me on the second watch to be able to follow the music haha AMAZING!

[DunNotCome]

lols i like this interpretation but still i prefer Cziffra's version unfortunately.

[richie00lama]

Pollini is the best interpret of chopin's etudes ever. I play on piano since I was 5 and I've never heard better interpretation from anyone...

[Jarnobh]

@richie00lama Then you have to listen to Cziffra.

[sebastianrc]

@mspianosoul Yes you are

[RoellW94]

The funny thing is that playing the correct notes in this piece is rather easy. Telling a story with this piece, on the other hand, is a different subject.....

[TheonHafet300]

KINGDOM HEARTS CONCERT PARAPHRASE!!!!

[homonovus6]

Sorry but anybody plays this etude like Pollini, also the new talented net women

[PirateReviewer]

Too easy. I composed this with Mario Piano.

[iDanielVideo]

100'th like :)

[Dante121892]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

[ProLifeMontanaLass]

This performance is broad and deep, rich and intense, full of strife yet completion...one of the best i've heard. Pollini's phrasing and weightiness never fades throughout the piece -what energy and drive. I think i held my breath the whole time, then gasped at the end!

Just curious, has anyone heard Guiomar Novaes play this? We have her recording of the Etudes on record, but this one was sadly not recorded.

Katheryne

[geostoi]

The most elegant and accurate performance.

[8Ho03EdONl1liL]

I love all Pollini's performances, but for this particular etude, my favorite by far is Cziffra's - he *really* bangs this one, which just suits it imo. Worth a listen, I'd say!

[sttar1982]

OMG

[hideharumijahir]

The best Version :))

[MikeKushnir]

@hideharumijahir

This is a very beautiful interpretation, but you gottta check this one played by Valentina Lisitsa here /watch?v=RFPcy2h-H9E She's astonishing, and Bösendorfer she plays on makes this etude sound even better.

[hideharumijahir]

@MikeKushnir No!

[goldie0800]

Whatever it is, Pollini has got it! The concise, expressive playing is the best I've heard. Excellent performance!

[gipsymustang]

Pollini is the God of all pianists

[astronomo16]

Nadie supera a pollini tocando a Chopin. Esta obra junto al preludio no.24 son las que mejor recogen el espíritu agitado, pasionalmente intenso y aristocrático con el que Chopin componía, reflejo de ese oscuramente romántico mundo interior suyo.

[ProzrevshujRomantik]

Yes, I agree. Pollini performs it wonderfully! Other pianists exaggerate one detail or another. In Pollini's performance there is a perfect balance in tempo, stresses, in many-many important nuances.

[sychokillin]

the only mistake i heard was after 2:29 :D

[mrgouls]

@sychokillin It got incredibly sloppy then

[iWillBlockYou]

i LOVE the flow in Pollini's version! shear brilliance.

[devoludo]

I don't think I'll ever get tired of listening to this interpretation...

[qwerty1234524]

before i die i want to learn this song, hopefully ^_^

[NjallPiano]

@Temporum91

The older one was deleted.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

Remember the "expand" button ;)

[tweriovnzxclb]

It is awesome but I do have one problem with these Pollini Etude recordings: the sound of it is just a little too harsh to my tastes. I prefer a warmer sound.

[Deredbaron]

@tweriovnzxclb i agree

[SqueekyMonkey101]

How coincidental, the theme at the beginning of the Etude is used in Kingdom Hearts 2 during the final battle against Xemnas!

[macari65]

@SqueekyMonkey101 that's not a coincidence, that's an artistic choice

[Zsup]

Hm. Reminds me of Liszt's Transcendental Etude No.6 a bit, no?

[devoludo]

@Zsup A little bit yeah, although I think Liszt's is more inventive. It's hard to choose between the two!

[inblahblahland]

Oddly enough I think Valentina Lisitsa's interpretation is the most convincing since Cortot's. Pollini, Horowitz, Arrau--though their interpretations are without a doubt transcendental--don't have that perfect articulation of the bass melody and soprano echoes.

The old masters could play Chopin in a way that no contemporary pianist will ever be able to. But when it comes to the etudes, today's master technicians dominate.

[xxxxx123456789xxxxx1]

franz how did ur old account get banned?

[anonymousQ45]

its good to study these, both the music and the great interpretations. check out ashkenazy its a bit slower but you can hear so much in it, its like the tempo gives it something more, i like this but the Ashkenazy will always be my favorite

[kiitoob]

the best on youtube...the best anywhere.

[Allegro11Maestoso]

What an interpretation! Much more soul and refinement than Lisitsa!

[BleedingLlama]

POLLINI OWNS THE ETUDES.

[Jarnobh]

@BleedingLlama

Pollini doesn't own the preludes and etudes. And he'll never do that. Cziffra owns them.

The only two etude, who are better played by Pollini then by Cziffra, are this one and op. 25 no. 7.

But again, Pollini absolutely doesn't own the etudes, really! His technical performance is almost perfect, but boring. Not emotional. Listen to Cziffra, he'll make the etudes really emotional for you.

[Theonedue]

? Have you heard Cziffra play Chopins 1st etude? He plays it soo fast and uncontrolled, you can hear the mistakes he makes (he gets "stuck" on the high notes, and changes tempo). On this one he plays it well, but not as well as Pollini. Pollinis better. Cziffra probably would have thought so as well.

[Jarnobh]

@Theonedue Maybe you think Cziffra plays uncontrolled and fast, but he's the only pianist who can FEEL the composer in his soul while playing. He's absolutely better then Pollini and other pianist. Like Cortot said: "It doesn't matter if you make any mistakes. If you can bring about something with the music, then you're a incredibly good pianist." And he's right. Always.

[dusanholy]

Just few days ago I started with all op. 25.. Gift from my prof. for this semester.. :)

Of coarse I played many of them before... but never in a row as 1 composition..

Happy Chopinizing myself.. :p

[JohnChanJohnChan]

Undoubtedly, nobody can play this piece better than Pollini.

[tOtAlLyInLoVeWiThEd]

@JohnChanJohnChan Chopin could! >:)

[PlatyMoos]

@JohnChanJohnChan Maybe Chopin can? well could have

[0angeplume0]

@JohnChanJohnChan

Chopin himself can't play better than Pollini too?

[MusicIsMyLife6991]

@0angeplume0 - Unfortunatly we can't tell who could play better. It's amazing enough that Pollini could play this, but even more amazing that Chopin could write this.

[RadioCity96]

@JohnChanJohnChan pssh. i know a guy... CHOPIN. ohhhh, burn.

[Jarnobh]

@JohnChanJohnChan Oh, yes! Someone can! Cziffra can do that!

[Theonedue]

So how many mistakes can a pianist make without detracting from the music? 7, 8, 15? Cizffra not only made a significant number of mistakes, but he changed tempo during the piece as well. His interpretations might in some cases be better than Pollinis, but Pollini has better technique and makes less mistakes than Cizffra on Chopins 1st etude, and probably others. Besides, classical music is best when it is played as written. I'd rather listen to a perfect recording than a interpretation with mis

[Jarnobh]

@Theonedue Ok, it's right that a pianist doesn't have to make too many mistakes, but I don't know what you're talking about at all. I've listen to the etude again, played by Cziffra and I didn't can hear a mistake. And classical music is something you have to feel, not to make perfect. If you think like that, you don't know what classical music is! And Cziffra's interpretations are ALWAYS better than Pollini's.

[robertoladisa]

Tragica nostalgia di Chopin ... è uno studio fantastico eseguito egregiamente da Pollini

:-))

[jsnivepiano]

I'm learning this piece now! I started off blocking the chords, and it's not to hard to learn the notes and the patterns, but it will take a long time to get up to speed. It's a very fun piece!!!

[OrangeSodaKing]

Absolutely beautiful! Seems easy to learn the notes (same pattern), but difficult to polish and perform well (like many of the etudes).

I'd love to learn this one.

[TheCinemaization]

A great etude.

[Toxxic88]

I'm learning this piece right now and it's kicking my ass! lol. Amazing interpretation *****

[sklenickajan]

best interpretation ever

[BruceLeeKills1]

Imagine giving this guy a 5 hour energy before a concert O.O

[sevcik2]

Simply magnificent!!!!

[Agiyi]

jesus O_O

amazing...

[Paige886]

Very good!