(Pogorelich)Chopin Etude Op. 25 No.6

[kzelmer]

This is the mark.

[geertdehoux]

A very good performance with 'good musical taste'!

[Lunt1557]

Magic hands !!!!

[thingamajigable]

lol its like all the people held their coughs untill the end lololol

[billyguns2]

This piece was one of two reasons I gave up on the idea of being a concert pianist; the other one was Ravel's GASPARD DE LA NUIT. The younger Pogorelich played both sublimely.; I think he was one of the truly great pianists.

[AlfaAxel]

Sounds so easy - or at least as natural as breathing :)

[AlfaAxel]

Sounds so easy - or at least so natural as breathing :)

[sergiobantam]

O estudo de terças mais difícil de todo o piano.

[einmarmor]

I don't care who was the first and second in that competition. I only remember that Ivo was there.

[kingsfort1]

Such efficient technique!

[531337]

LOL at all the coughs at the end.

[khongcothithoi]

génial !

[JHighland1]

are you people really that stupid? there is no applause because he is not done playing his set of pieces, usually you clap at the end of a set of pieces, not after every one individually. Maybe they are coughing because they don't want to cough during the performance and are letting it all out during the break between each piece. not that hard to figure out. either way, this is an astonishing performance on one of the hardest pieces in all of piano literature.

[rizz7604]

I like how he is greeted, not by applause, but by coughing at the conclusion. Is that typical of piano competitions? Haha.

(A rhetorical question, as I've read the comments below. This video should be used as an anti-smoking ad.)

[vivienmerchant]

This is really quite wonderful. It has a poetic sensibility and makes one almost forget how technically challenging it is. This is especially admirable, as visually it is apparent that there is an uncomfortable element - he is not blended to the instrument at this stage.

[sekaikyowa]

why do the audience cough?

so annoying.

[fr3d420]

Jeez the crowd all has a cold or smoking addiction. WTF?

[CiachoLover]

@fr3d420 Yes, there were a lot of smokers in Poland in 1980. Give them some credit for holding it until a break. ;-)

[etiam161036]

Oui,génial! Merveilleux!...

[PhillipLWilcher]

GENIUS!!!

[PhillipLWilcher]

GENIUS!!

[PhillipLWilcher]

GENIUS!

[belialah]

pogorelich have big hands hahaha

[belialah]

pogorelich had big hands hahaha

[Gregory98]

Pogorelich is not forgotten. He tours now in Asia.

[yenrabaraho]

Regarding "forgotten to the world", I regard this man as one of the top 2 living great pianists. Pollini the other. If I do not agree with Pogorelich's interpretation, I still learn a great deal about the piece and my own views of music, nonetheless. He is a great artist and will be revered for as long as our civilization exists. Like every great artist, it can be very alone at the top. I hope he his happy and shares as much as his art as he can. But he will not be forgotten, of that I'm sure.

[2098B21]

amazing!!!

不知道几时我才有能力弹到这首曲子~~

[TamayoAnthony]

beatiful

[banina48]

Simply gorgeous! Almost no words to describe how great this is!

[fisarmonicista]

He reminds me Paderewski, the hair looks alike

[dmcII]

Excellent !

Have to laugh at his hair though.  Quite different from how he looks now. Lol !

[figfire]

*cough* ehem

[Pischnaholic]

Extraordinarily good. So much polish, finesse, style a charm. Certainly one of the most satisfying renditions of this ever recorded.

Beyond brilliant!

[funnybooboo8]

pogo relish? thats a pretty sick name! :P

[3NUNS]

@funnybooboo8 A relish for pogo ? sounds normal :)

[Chopoet]

Sehr schön!

[cutemusicdolphin]

Wow, this is so fast~ but also very musical~ I love it:)

[DzikenS94]

Jedna z najwspanialszych wersji jakie miałem przyjemność słuchać...

[anonymousQ45]

A COUGH light comes on at the end.

producer: dammit i said APPLAUSE thats the wrong button!!

[Starbirdy9999]

One of my favorite Chopin etudes, with Chopin Etude's Op.10 No.1, No.4, No.5, No.7, No.10, No.11, No.12, Op.25 No.1, No.2, No.5, No.8, No.9, No.10, and No.11.

[1234567bryce]

@Starbirdy9999

I must admit I'm shocked that the ocean etude isn't up there, but to each their own I guess...

[hohohee1]

all that couphin was tha black blague

[winkandrun]

Lovely

Is he older in this one?

[henrique1944]

Perfecto and beautiful!

[extremelyfatchicken]

wow what a brilliant interpretation!

[Liebromeistal]

Josef Lhevinne plays this much better

[tombennettpiano]

@Liebromeistal remember he was very young at the time...if he played it now I bet it would be ridiculous.

[Jtking3000]

that was so good i had to cough!

[MastroBruno]

geniale

[PeiD0nG]

Great playing!

I find it utterly hilarious though when he's done all you hear is all this coughing was this event held in the winter lol?

[chrish12345]

for me its the bassline that impresses

[truthinmedia]

I see some idiots amateurs attract 50000 views playing Chopin and genius Pogo only 19000. Amazing. This guy is totally forgotten by the world.

[anonymousQ45]

what amatuer got 50 thou views?

[goldencricket]

@truthinmedia It's because his name is difficult to remember.

[cameraman7777]

@goldencricket pogo-relish, that's how I remember it

[RemovdSande11]

the ones that needed to remember, did.

[PhillipLWilcher]

@truthinmedia He has never been forgotten by me. I have kept treasured thoughts about him in my musical mind since he first arrived on the scene. You are correct - he is a genius. It's a pleasure meeting you here!

[geertdehoux]

@truthinmedia

I don't think he's 'totally forgotten'.

[geertdehoux]

@truthinmedia

No, he's not "totally forgotten by the world".

[perastera]

No wonder Martha Argerich recognized Pogorelich's amazing talent.

[simone3z]

oh my god it's perfect!

[superjam18]

I wan't to be agle to play this in thirds even though I never practiced in thirds before

[nhiodsdec]

coff coff coff...

[Haydenbrooks83]

It speeds itself up if you play it for long enough.

[Haydenbrooks83]

I've been playing this piece for 6 months. It's so worth all the effort because I know hardly anyone can play it.

[jewgienij13]

Great

[Brunildilla]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, I love it !!!

[rodrigodemarsillac]

Pogorelich transcends technique so easily and makes music!!! This is a hard Etude, but he passes the stage of struggling wih the piece and have so much space to interpretate!

[jdbrown371]

Extraordinary!

[voolare]

best op.25 n.6 ever (yes, including Levhinne's)

[tom2228]

you mustn't have heard Lisitsa's then!

[pianolord]

Valentina Lisitsa just plays fast....Pogorelich is not trying to show off by playing fast but to give his best interpretation by putting his whole emotion to it.

[penguinshin]

yeah, you know he play fast thirds, just look at his chpin competition prelude 24

[vizion24]

A beautiful piece. Here's a random thought: I wished Chopin didn't die so young (about 47 years old). If he would have lived 20 years longer there would be more beautiful pieces by him.

[ljoekelsoey4]

39 years old

[spike2133876]

where the fuck did u get 47 years old? i wish he were to die at least that age. he died 39, god rest his soul he should of lived muched longer he probaly would have composed 100 more pieces by age 47

[Tolstoy111]

And he essentially stopped composing at about 36. He was too ill to compose in this last years.

[SeeNoEvil184]

lol I wish he lived to 47

[dsamogray]

we could have another opus of etudes!

[Pianist927]

I wish he lived to 247.

[wendy3212]

youre talking about chopin right? i wish bach gave 40 years of his life to chopin.

[JakWho92]

chopin hadnt just quite the possibilitie to compose any more than a child song if bach hadnt lived before.

[123snowball]

Yes, Chopin was a real dummy. That's why we're still playing his music and listening to it 159+ years after he died. How many pieces have you written, by the way?

[JakWho92]

i didnt say he was a dummy, what i wanted to say was that he wouldnt have been able to do all this if it hadnt started in past, understood my point? Why so aggressive?

[pifffolino]

this is far better than pollini!

[gramcoeinstein]

I LUV JOEY! :)

[hinatachansama]

durchtrainierte hände!!

[PianoGirl555]

i have tried the thirds...ahhh they are sii dufficult.. very nice it is :)

[rangagaga]

this piece trust me is insane, u have to practice the thirds for ages

[AnnMarry19]

1:20 - 1:25 the most beautifull part tis etude :)

[AnnMarry19]

is it very difficult etude? the more difficult is a-minor op.25 or this etude?

[mainlymuzik]

It depends, some pianists(even big shots)find thirds very difficult to execute well.

[AnnMarry19]

Thank you :)

[JHighland1]

@AnnMarry19 well it all depends, some people find certain etudes easier than others, all depends on your technique, but, GENERALLY, YES this etude is extrememly difficult not only technically, but musically as well. playing thirds in the fast tempo required in legato, smoothly, and softly is EXTREMELY difficult even for experienced pianists!

[zhangensprachen]

@AnnMarry19 Honestly, for me (I've performed both), this one takes the cake BY FAR. The a-minor one is quite easy if you find an economical way of using your body weight. Incidentally, doing this will also make you hit all the notes with ease. The hardest thing about the a-minor etude is achieving a beautiful polyphony while maintaining a soft dynamic in the part right after the part with fast descending notes at the left hand. This etude is basically a never-ending version of that section.

[geertdehoux]

@AnnMarry19

Depends on your hands.

[geertdehoux]

@AnnMarry19

With 'good hands', this Etude should not be difficult, at all.

[geertdehoux]

@geertdehoux

Yeah, that's right!

:-)

[gopogogo]

dečak sa meseca, on i alisa su bili jedinstveni tercna skinuta sa plavo zelenog mora i stena dok je oluja trajala.

[Burnsomatic]

If you are not impressed by this there is something wrong with you.

[billyguns2]

I am a professional pianist, and this is one piece that still defeats me; Pogorelich and Josef Lhevinne just nail it, and Pogorelich has a more interesting take on it. Some of his upward moving crescendi are breathtaking, and the singing line is always present. What a genius, and so young here! I am in total awe of such genius. He must have had a great teacher, too.

[DougtheAsian]

nice hair lol.

[proudjester]

I love Chopin. I also love hearing him from a variety of artists...

[mainlymusic100]

thank so much for this - i'm wondering where did u find it? it is from 1980 competition right?

[jero13595]

lol ppl hold their coughs until the end....

[Haydenbrooks83]

I've aways wondered why people have to cough during a piano recital.

[rallykarate]

Wow amazing as always Ivo. Svaka Cas Ivo!!!!

[BugzLooney]

I like Pogorelich, there is something about him that strikes well with me.

[Nissor]

not so impressed like many of you

[gopogogo]

i am waiting for op.10 no.8 in F major!!!

[voolare]

Wonderful, for me this has always been the best op25 n6 interpretations. I heard it only on a pirate CD. Thanx for uploading the video!

I'd love to see the op.10 n.8 which he also played in 1980!

[dinoimeri]

A great performance!

Thank you very much for uploading!

[JulijaSteinway]

Thank you for posting this! great..

[sagalat]

I'm no Chopin expert, but can't imagine a harder piece to play...All those thirds perfectly balanced and even...BRAVO!

[Haydenbrooks83]

It's not impossible, it just takes a lot of time. I practiced it for 3 hours yesterday.