Chopin - Polonaise, Op. 53 (Kissin)

[TheAmazingSpoonGuy]

So strong yet so elegant...

[LegoRuler88]

We're good, Fyfe is 1 week old and already we cannot imagine our family without him.

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[nay1510]

A BEAUTIFUL PIECE!! CHOPIN IS A GENIOUS !!!!

[nrjageha]

楽譜どおり。

名園です。

[Irolka177]

@supersonic1608 Okay, thanks ^^ Yeah sure i play piano, my friend got me into it :) So glad she did.

[Ybarchov21]

Brilliant.

For you Monty Python fans out there, the song "Oliver Cromwell" that they sing has this as the accompaniment/melody. Hilarious and still brilliant.

[jeh500]

This simply is one of the most brilliant pieces of classical music ever written.

Kissin is phenomenonal - along with other greats who have served this music

so intelligently and with sheer beauty.It doesn't get much better. Perfection.

[xevanescencex4evax]

Aaaa Chopin never gets old haha no anytime just listen to chopins work devine

[jeh500]

This was the very first piece of music I ever loved. My own dreams

of a life of music couldn't come true. Hearing the sheer beauty and

majesty this piece offers brings me back to days when it made me cry. ,

It gave me hope as a child in an alcoholic home. And, 67 years later, it

still gives me the exact same thrill and inspiration it did then. This is a

masterpiece that still gives me chills and can make me cry. Thanks for posting.

[jewgienij131]

the same

[lukeagex]

WHERE HAS TALENT GONE

[DiegoJGorzynski]

Surely it is too fast for Chopin, he didn't like nothing too slow or too fast, there are histories of him yelling at his students who played the octaves part too fast. In my humble opinion Kissin put the technique before the music. Rubinstein said in one of his masterclasses when a pianist was playing Chopin too fast and by thwacks, he said he cudn't play Chopin like that, maybe Liszt.

[Irolka177]

Is this the actual sheet music for it? [in the vid]

[33dany33]

datemi uno yeah

[PSNDemonwing]

not even chuck norris can play this or compose something close to this

[airshipmilitaryboy26]

Such brilliance with this unique and elegant piece, it sounds so glorious!!! :)

[kendahke]

good god! The brain that man must have had to compose that piece of music. I admire anyone who can translate those notes into sound on a piano--I sure can't.

[CaliforniaGirl088]

This music gives me goosebumps!

[johnroger23]

If I have all the guts and power in the world... I WOULD HAVE PLAYED THIS!!!

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@Dante121892 all chopin is beautiful

[Dante121892]

@newFranzFerencLiszt Oh, of course! I agree! =) If I didn't know that, I wouldn't have enough appreciation for Classical, Romantic, Baroque, etc. piano.

[HJKey]

There was a version of the Heroic by Kissin which was live in Switzerland, that was a much more mature interpretation than this one, and also my favorite. Anyway, this version is amazing, I love this polonaise played this way, I mean, with a lot of pedal and emphasizing the main melody rather than the complex left hand...

[thomas271104]

@HJKey

I think the switzerland version is removed, it was also my favourite next to rubinstein

[TarekPianoMan]

Kissin is always amazing!

[skimask777]

This is really good playing. A strong and powerful interpretation. Chopin would have loved to hear it for sure.

[worras2007]

Seems Kissin was just born to play this piece.

[petrina1022]

Hands down my favorite Chopin interpreter, although I like Horowitz too. But this is genius!--Truly extraordinary!

[davids2000]

The notes are alive. The stirring melody during the bass ostinato is among the best I've heard.

[MrOrganist007]

Kissin IS a hero :D

[MrOrganist007]

It is heroic because you are a hero when you can play it :D ...play it good :D

[K189T]

Waouh, amazing interpretation! Check out Bernard d'Ascoli's version too, he's a great blind pianist.

[love4nana707]

This is my favourite interpretation of this piece. Kissin really takes out all the emotion there is in it!! Absolutley amazing!

[13shayan]

3 dislikes, 3 people without any idea about music...

chopin is one of the best and when kissin plays it.... pffffffffff.... amaaaaaazziiiiiiinnngggg!!!!

[Ilycocol]

Heroico, apasionado y enamorado de su música y arte de componer de tal manera de transmitir su alma en algo tangible como la música!!!

[ThePVGS1]

This interpretation is the precise meaning of 'heroic'!

[chobeethaninov]

Classic Kissin! Powerful, fluid, heroic, and full of bravura! He just attacks that octave section!!! Bravo!!!

[SALI1568]

Flawless performance.

[852animefreak]

i luv chopin's music ♥ so awesome xD

[BaRToLoMaSi]

its an awesome piece, played by an awesome pianist... for MY PERSONAL taste, its a little bit too fast though... but who i am to say anything? :'D

[612curtis]

@BaRToLoMaSi Yeah I agree some bit's sounded a little rushed :L

[premiumdoggy]

TINGLE TINGLE TINGLE

[RemovdSande11]

hmm good but not great. He doesn't take enough time to rest, he doesn't give enough space to the piece. But thats just my viewpoint. I prefer Rubinstein for Chopin.

[PSNDemonwing]

@RemovdSande11 I prefer Chopin for Chopin

[EvanWaggerman]

Grand

[worras2007]

This piece of Chopin and the temperament of Kissin fit SOO IDEALLY together!!! Simply Bravo. bravisimo

[rey6333]

when I hear chopin, all makes sense

[majornewb]

Such a grand song

[sttar1982]

perfect®

[Mikolaj110]

the polonaise is my favorite

[308813062]

I love how contrasting Chopin's style can be. He presents us with his dramatic, sharp chords like in this piece, yet in other pieces he writes gentle, solemn melodies with quiet accompaniment. Chopin is the greatest composer who ever lived on this Earth! May his legacy last forever!

[gumslinger]

Wow... this is KE? I actually dont care for this performance at all...I usually love his performances. 0:21-0:24 WAAAAAAAY too fast, and the tonic/dominant jumps in left hand need more staccato... way too much pedal... Even the accents are bad >< are we sure this is kissin? I hate to say it but after listening to the whoel thing? This performance is bad... Excellent technical skills but man the beauty of this piece is being shot with overpower and too much speed. Is this a performer piano???

[kettellive]

@gumslinger i suspect if you play the piano...

[colourfulwithaU]

@kettellive

Yes, he plays the piano, and his complaints are legitimate.

[kettellive]

@colourfulwithaU lol k.

[Gman6755]

As amazing as this piece was played by Kissin, how about the amazing skill of Chopin to write this masterpiece? Bravo to both of them but still Chopin's compositional artistry is incredible!

[tdennison22]

My heart skips a beat when I listen to Kissin. But then, to be able to write something this great . . . I'd give anything to be able to hear Chopin play this.

[Pianoguy32]

@tdennison22 even your ears? hehe

[01NICO08]

Great song but how many people on earth can play this song???

[Griceur]

1 guy is deaf

[December10th2010]

Fascinating!

[OverFjell]

This, I think, doesn't sound very good, I much prefer Horowitz's interpretation, this, there's no sense of climax, no tension, I just don't like it...

[Erikk91]

@OverFjell you're right. this recording is perfect: yes, it is edited by a computer. but it is very boring. i prefer LIVE Horowitz too

[December10th2010]

@Erikk91 - How do you knw that? That it's edited by a computer?

[Erikk91]

@December10th2010 almost ALL of the modern recordings are edited...i think that live, neither Kissin nor Argerich will play this perfectly. I can't feel humanity in this recordings.

[December10th2010]

@Erikk91 - I did not know that, thank you. It puts a different perspective on recorded pieces. I assume it's edited at the discretion of the artist, and not someone in a studio simply making adjustments to suit his own taste. lol I knew editing was done on mistakes, but not the interpretation. Hmm...I was wondering how he played those beginning passages with so much POWER. Now I know. I bet he couldn't do that live. I tried so hard to get that sound. How naive of me. lol

Thanks again

[Pianoplayer002]

@December10th2010 the way it sounds so powerful is not enhance by a computer. With the correct technique its not a problem getting the phrasing and heaviness that you want. Editing is more about stitching together the best takes of each section so that there wont be mistakes and such, unless I am misinformed

[ClassicalScores]

@December10th2010 Editing is not done to the interpretation. A virtuoso such as Kissin can pack a lot of thunder into his playing especially when performing on an 11-foot Steinway and Sons concert grand. Franz Liszt was described to play with so much power that the seats of the concert goers would vibrate with sound.

[Arfat]

@ClassicalScores IF you play octaves in the bass range of the piano, that's bound to happen lol... i imagine that retelling was most likely a little bit hysterical

[judgejoe77]

Incredible, reaches to the ends of being.....loved it for 50 years. Well, played.

[Eeli2008]

Great! He really has his own style.

[Crunkmastaflexx]

best version fo sho

[pegasus2503]

I love this! I hope that one day I'll be able to play it, I now have a life's ambition.

[Veringetorix]

way to fast

[JLGGG908]

Exelent!!! :D

[00catarina00]

majestic!

[RemovdSande11]

to much pedal imo.

[mapleworld777]

so is this something a human is capable of playing????

lol, Chopin is awesome.

[avb20540]

Favorite piece by my favorite pianist.

[chopinasi]

Thanks Classical Scores. ..well performed by EK!

[UtaupeEahhh1]

I remember struggling through this piece when I was twelve years old. My fingers were still too small on my right hand and too big on my left to hit the octaves perfectly. I appreciate seeing those notes along with the musical notes. I never played it that fast either. Thank you Classical Scores!

[baseket2ball12]

@UtaupeEahhh1 sounds like you had fucked up hands

[chopinasi]

Thanks for this video, it's one of my faves. Kindly please tell us when it was recorded by EK?

[ClassicalScores]

@chopinasi 2000