Chopin Nocturne in F minor Op.55 No.1

[sajgon231]

Too fast ;). But OK ! ;)

[Ejisqx]

14 people people don't understand Chopin.

[99mmpick]

really nice...

[hpfan11194]

you played some of the notes wrong in the first fast section when the left and right hands are together

[jimmybloodyjimmy]

vids a bit jumpy, but very well played. thanks for posting the vid.

[JustKeepBreathingg]

Wonderful wonderful wonderful.

How long have you been playing?

[paopaomanalansan]

There's too much movement to the hands, I feel they're flying! Keep steady the hands..Nevertheless, the sound came out very well..

[legallucy]

Hey, bum notes aside I liked your interpretation out of everything I found on youtube! I like the pulling, dragging feel to it. The more the better! When I hear this, I think of someone being carted off to a gulag. I want more hesitation, more folk-y sounding. I don't like this nocturne sounding very refined. I want more rubato, to the point where it's almost too much. Your piano makes it sound folkish. In fact, I had a dream last night. This piece was in it, but orchestrated grandly.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

There are some weird naturals in there that shouldn't be.

[Animalmother15er]

great :)

[rasberryxoxo14]

i love this song!

good job :)

[thomasspence]

This, imo, is very well played. I enjoyed it very much :D

Unfortunately, I was clicking back on Opera and accidentally gave it 1 star. My apologies.

[xanden85]

Glad that you enjoyed it !

No worries, rating is not important !

Thanks to all who have commented !

[MusicComposer1]

It was well played , what happened to the ritornello into the triplets part? Nocturnes are difficult to play....people assume that it's easy because they may be technically easier than others. I suggest listening to Koczalski or Pollini although nobody knew what he meant by these pieces (a form invented purely to mimic 'bel canto'? eventhough melismata is impossible on the piano). Also do not over-sentimentalise the nocturnes so much and approach the rubato more towards a Baroque (Tosi) ideal.

[legallucy]

despite everyone...

i love love love how he plays the beginning of it. it's so dragging.... like a sad russian song.

[yuldashevgiorgi]

and please, listen to this every day!!! please!!!

/watch?v=vGg4V7YJLfs&feature=r­elated

[yuldashevgiorgi]

ohhhh.... it is soooo bad!!! veeery many wrong notes.... veeeery fast..... you are not musical at all!!!!

[Franciscanplaypiano]

Its not too bad. I shall put a video of my cover of this soon. :)

[manyasikruski]

Too many wrong notes in the middle section and in the end. Check all the flats (D flat and B flat in particular), please.

[Jusohpin]

wrong note in 2:35

[astridLK]

hehe, ur pedaling is disturbing i think and the chords are too loud. but overall it's good. i'm goin to play this at a competition 2 if i'm goin in the final.

[musicguyguy]

lol, yeah i do that too

pedaling: ba-thump ba-thump.

[0blacone]

Haha, me too XD

[Dkelsmith]

Beautiful. I heard this song in the movie, the Peacemaker years ago and did not know what it was. This is simply awesome. Thank you for sharing, you play beautifully.

[Zukerman]

same, since first time i saw peacemaker i was in search of this song .... found it after about 9-12 years, i had this melody still in my head :) :)

[Zukerman]

btw, im 1991 :-D so, you can guess how old i was :-D when i felt in love with this music :)

[laaiiin]

this is a really nice song, i'm about to learn it right now. very catchy !

[Illnab1024]

You spend a while with it and you start to lose your mind... I'm doing a major key next time... think B-flat. It is quite fun to play, though. But the birds are cheeping A-flats now...

[angelcutie54]

this sounds very disconnected....try being more musical!

[CodyHernek94]

@angelcutie54 "try being more musical" isn't very constructive criticism as it's not descriptive in the least. You should criticize more like boringname05... See? I even criticize critics constructively ;)

[Yaniss]

nice!

[rnd628]

Excellent interpretation. I feel that if I criticize you, it will draw attention away from the dynamics and emotion that make this piece so beautiful. I wish I could play this as well as you.

[TheGreatTemptation]

Thank you for being so... kind. Some of the people who comment here don't seem to be familiar with constructive criticism.

[pianonodame]

i love yur dynamics, its so nice~

[jannarta]

Many years ago I made a 78 of this piece and I did vary the speed throughout and it sounded a bit less than a dirge or a lament.Try to keep a flow, think of a stream running down a gentle slope with brightness and slower as the water gets deeper and darker and show your side image not just your hands. Jannarta.

[boringname05]

Hey, overall it was good!

You might want to try taking the Andante section a little slower, and make sure when you are using rubato that it doesn't feel like you are loosing the beat. Maybe play through with a metronome a few times?

(and the bit where it starts going triplets an really a fast, few of the notes in the chords were wrong, so it was in the wrong key)

But i really like the interpretation, its how I would have played it. :D Keep going! Well done (:

[pianarchist]

u need to make sure that u dont play the semi-quavers as triplets. the semi-quaver rhythm is fundamental to the melody and without it the haunting beauty of the actual triplet phrase is lost. I only say this because I was making this same mistake when I first started learning the piece. good luck

[Icyou2007]

I don't know about mistakes. But I like it. Chopin is my favorite.

[hhgregg10]

Very nice though I must say

[hhgregg10]

There were many mistakes i could hear and i am pretty sure there are some I didn't.  You should practice more on this song if you want to compete

[msl37431]

kiddogurl,

nobody cares about what grade you are in..

[Ponsii]

Awesomely beautiful.........

[KiddoGurl2]

You played quite alot of mistakes in the second part. Mostly is no flat or sharp or mistakes. And I don't correct dynamics. didnt slow down enough. I'm playing this song for Grade 8 this year.

[RobotRokr]

Ehh salut, je m'appel Nadia.. qui jou cet nocturne???

je vais le jouer cet ete... je suis tellement exciter!!! bravo a qui le jou!! vous vous appelez comment?

[ArbiterElegantium]

Je ne le dis pas souvent...mais honnètement..j'aime bien!

Il manque des choses,mais nous avons l'essentiel...(dommage pour les quelques fausse notes dans la deuxième parties,ça nous fait de beaux accords majeurs à la place :D)

Bon travail en tout cas!

[washbootie]

I think it's great! It would be lovely to hear it in person to catch all of the emotion that just simply can't be captured on film. People shouldn't put you down unless they've posted their own stuff and put themselves out there for the world to see, right?

Keep on playing, I'm going to check out your Schubert Impromptu next!

[xanden85]

thanks for everyone comments..

oh well.. i am just a amateur .. posted the video just to see what are the responses.. all responses are welcome..

this is defintely my own recording..

thanks..

[tommyberlioz]

it's a very interesting interpretation - i like the sudden "piano" dynamic when it goes into A flat - very effective. however, at the loud "...mosso" passage, try to leave that last Fminor chord on a little longer 'cos it's part of the last phrase, not the start of the next one. also, on those loud chords, how about a crescendo on each one? you also made a few slips between minor and major in those chords - check those! also check notes and detail on that last page. overall, good work!

[tommyberlioz]

shame about the poor quality instrument - it sounds horrible! performance not bad, an interesting interpretation shall we say, especially in the use of tempos...I'm not convinced the person we can see is the person we can hear....it looks like you've found a recording and added your own film...hmm?

[rockrisss]

it's obviously not a recording. You can see the notes being pressed down. Even if there were a recording, you'd be hearing double.

[toothbrush898]

i thought it was well played..few mistakes obviously but im learning it atm!!

gotta love chopin!

[fff111222sss]

scratch the "you have all the notes down part"

[fff111222sss]

u have all the notes down but abosolutely no sense of emotion, when to slow down and when to go faster, when to play softly and when to rise to the climax

and the speed is too fast anyhow.

[Mikktheslick]

Kuddos. a bit emotionless but excellent

[Leptoszom]

world class! :)

[alexkinchung]

Bravo! Very well-done.

[Toms0n]

brilliant absolutely brilliant