Zimerman plays Chopin Scherzo Op. 31 in B flat

[Traumerei112]

this is about 545987986354587659659747594 times better than yundi li.

[BnkWrATMt1ts]

The section at 4:57 is one of the most incredible things ever written for the piano

[thedirtymeatball]

performance is a little dry

[danielmondana]

@thedirtymeatball I assume you can't do it better, then shut the fuck up, fag.

[thedirtymeatball]

@danielmondana

you're really intelligent...

[sunnypetitprince11]

You guys should put on the snowflakes at the right time. XD

[morrisycy]

36 people are from Osama's camp.

[H1dden1s]

7:00 What a badass

[PRObifidus]

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS ?? WHY DID YOU END THIS RECORDING SO ABRUPTLY ???

[imsohornynwet]

The facial expressions and the body movements he made here are priceless.

[g7727]

His interpretation of chopin is sweet to my soul!

[apluspianist]

A real pianist plays piano with the eyebrow!

[HenryMcManus]

@apluspianist by head banging the piano? xD

[jeremy31678]

I have to freakin' download this brilliant video.

[fernando365493]

A masterpiece and a virtuoso!

[apluspianist]

Hurray! Chopin!

[blinkfbi]

take off some of the first seconds and add some to the end let us enjoy that last fucking note jesus christ!!

[MrRaphaelBM]

@blinkfbi

hahaha! man... you killed me !

[Adri58]

Masterpiece

[bevsphhartyujam]

一顆心被整得七上八下的

[kabipoo]

これを聞いて度肝を抜かれた。

[PopCultureSucks]

Amazing piece of music, Zimerman is an incredible pianist and Chopin is probably one of the best composers of all time!

[circuskid04]

I performed this piece last year, and listened to probably 20+ performers to figure out the nuance. By a large margin, this is my favorite.

[GetTheBalance]

It's unbelievable gorgeous.... LOOOOOOV IT! YO-PEN RULZZZ

[maestro1286]

9:57 - SUCH a great harmonic twist. Gets me by surprise every time.

[IBRAHIMpianist]

He simply feels...Bravo!!!



[brunotheiss1]

I love how his posture changes according to the feel of the music sections

[Rachmaninoffkid]

@brunotheiss1 Totally the way I feel about it. Even the silence beforehand added to the piece...

[samtheman264]

Chopin>Liszt, composition-wise at least

[3nc0d3df0x]

this is the reasonb im learning this song. i hope i can sound half as good as this

[pianoxtreme]

nie rozumiem popolsku

[HelloImMrMarr]

Amazing.. absolutely amazing.. and as a very straight man... can I just say... I wouldn't mind running my hand through his hair.  God damn.

[goncyandog]

In another three days, do not split open like presentation Zimerman; how let's do it?

[wlodekbar]

Znakomite, i - radosc grania wyraznie odczuwalna. Radosc i dobroc.

[TheSupermaurizio]

Honestly, I would say that as an interpretation is not at all to the max! (compare it with that of Michelangeli)

One should try to get more sounds and to avoid those weighed slightly stronger (figures similar to those at 0:32) and rallentadi Any changes in the pattern are no longer 'than justified by the fact that there is personality, and therefore are not considered errors interpretation, but simple "tweaks"

[NuovoCurioso]

Superba interpretazione di uno dei brani di Chopin più belli e completi!

*****

[mikeflanny22]

The first part is magnificent!!!

[techwizzy]

@mikeflanny22 Every part is :D

[marmasiotis]

everybody has his style. Zimmerman has his own. Something noble, polish, maybe something from the "salons-music" of the 19th century. He is very calm, and this is impressive for me. He is always very aware of the "atmposphere" he creates.

[Raph2511]

That's relatively close to perfection, isn't it ?

[SoliGrand]

I really like the softness of his playing, especially in his left hand.

[drew1992piano]

4:58 oh how I wish I could play those runs like that! Zimerman is truly extraordinary!

[Damgoodballers8]

@drew1992piano it looks hard but trust me, if you practice scales... that part is sooooo fun to play lol

[forto21]

Es una extraordinaria performance!!! Lejos de cualquie otra que se vea por aquí. Pero también es una barbaridad inaceptable, incluso un crimen de lesa música, el corte abrupto del final. Me hace recordar a las damas de la platea que aplauden simultáneamente con el último acorde, haciendo imposible el goce del silencio, aunque sea mínimo, que toda pieza requiere a su término. Una verdadera lástima.

[69Paulinou]

Magnifique!!!!! Sublime!! Zimerman joue ce scherzo super bien! Moi-même je suis en train d'apprendre ce scherzo, et je peux vous dire que ce n'est pas facile du tout, même si j'ai 10 ans de piano derrière moi!

[andresvcfqs]

I love this piece, especially the 4:47

[Melissavictoria24]

Fantastic!!



[MFPalubaJr]

Chopin lives through this mans hands! He is a monster; the way he strokes those keys turns me on. If only all men had his hands, I would be a homosexual :D hahaha

[carolwaltenberg]

that's how you play a chopin song!

[tdennison22]

I've watched this clip 100+ times. My computer's going fuzzy like old VHS tapes because I've played it so many times. I might quit my job so I can stay home and watch it more. 

[Rpks0323]

What an epic piece by Chopin!!

[mgbusiness1]

sMakeMeGoWoWs you hate to be corrected huh I don't blame you. But sometimes is good to be humble you kno.

[MFPalubaJr]

@mgbusiness1 you have to click reply in order for it to send a notification to him, lol, not just right out his name :)

[Chopinumbreon]

Serious Scherzo. =P

But still...

wonderful!

[rko123jja]

have to admit aside from the pure timing ,passion and skill of this guy im really impressed how he can memories a 10 min piece and play it so well

[Marcelo721]

Does anyone in their right mind would vote against this brilliant interpretation?

[varfordogjesus]

Thats right Zimerman, spank that piano

[pijotreq]

How can you possibly be such a morron and dislike this?

[loki153624]

His eyebrows remind me of my maths teacher...

Incidentally, my maths teacher couldn't play piano, and was not Polish. So they are nothing alike.

This piece, and the other 3 Ballades as played by Zimerman, have never ceased to amaze me... I have vowed to learn at least one of them! Kudos to Zimerman and Chopin. :)

[nikanj]

Been struggling with this piece for months. Zimmerman makes it look so effortless. Superb.

[meredith21846]

A highly commanding and stylish perfprmance.

[cyruszahiri]

I hate to say this but.... Chuck Norris can play this with his penis.

[cezarockero]

@cyruszahiri Chuck Norris? You mean Chuck Berry don´t you?

[DafniElissa]

@cyruszahiri you stupid

[whneo97]

@cyruszahiri o.o what r u talking about?

[sun18442]

When it comes to the middle part,Ｉ recall a famous piece of Chopin"Walzs of Babydog".His ways to this legart part looks like a rolling stone,very beautifully flourished.

[hyuend]

i do not understand the music

but somehow i enjoy the music

weird @_@

[Pianokitty23]

zimmerman rocks!!!! too bad the last chord was cut at the end of the video....

[Damgoodballers8]

@Pianokitty23 Man i totally agree with you... the way this piece ends is so beautiful... it sucks that the video ended like that... shame, but superb performance

[XZohar123]

I like this better than yundi li's

[musicvh]

FANTÁSTICO!!!!!



[musiciansports]

Flawless

[YinziTra]

I actually prefer this version to Yundi Li's.

[MsFloopdedoop]

@YinziTra I agree. I actually find Yundi Li overrated.

[MyLordLoke]

..... WHY would anyone dislike this??

It's true, 35 people does not have ears.

[SoliGrand]

@MyLordLoke no that's not right... For 35 people this piece is too sophisticated.

[Bochum96]

35 people don't have ears....

[superpoopermonkey]

TO GET TO THE SONG 0:24

[BassicStorm]

@superpoopermonkey its not a damn song! -.-

[superpoopermonkey]

@BassicStorm If you physically play the music you would hear it's natural lyrics and words, making it a song.

[pipeman3264]

thumbs up

[sun18442]

stunning beauty , esp from 4:57

[keetner]

Wow, I was really into this. Totally caught me off guard at the end...if only it had been a second longer! Nonetheless, a fantastic piece and a great performance by Zimmerman.

[keetner]

*Zimerman

[catob1000]

It's fantastic!!! Congratulation Zimerman

[Alquatari]

Chopin's music and Zimerman's playing, what a wonderful touching combination! He is an amazing pianist and his Chopin is so beautiful... I love his expression in this piece. I've never heard more interesting and dynamic performance of second scherzo than this. He plays it with so much humility and passion in the same time that sometimes I think if he is a normal human being like us. It is hard to make any complex meaning in this scherzo because of repeating all parts but he does. Respect.

[AlvaroBassSide]

Is me, or do you hear him singing too?

[ScrollingMusic]

One of Chopin's greatest pieces ever. Zimerman plays this so beautifully.

[natia56]

bravo Zimerman! perfect performance! I'm fascinated!

[mmoynan]

It's funny because I am one of "those" fans of Argerich (the really hardcore ones), but I 100% prefer this interpretation over hers. I prefer a lot of Zimerman's Chopin over hers. There's a refinement and cleanliness--and discipline--that I believe is lacking in Martha' interpretation which I feel is completely needed in this piece (and many other Chopin pieces). While Martha's is very "clean" in terms of actual clarity, there's something more tasteful about Zimerman in general.

[puyrm]

straight up PIMP

[PianoGirl555]

i love this scherzo!

[volkerwrieble]

There is only an error in the time:Zimerman IS one of..... and Chopin WAS one of ...

[bosfoepedilis]

I love this Scherzo, but I only play page 1..

I love Chopin

[fairyfellermaster]

This is my first time watching Zimmerman & I think he's brilliant. Thing is I thought this was a modern concert til I saw a more recent one & realized this must've been in the 70s lol.

[doomless198]

34 reasons to wear condoms

[PianoGirl555]

@doomless198 lol

[Gold13524]

i love this song. I am actually learning how to play it.. whoppee.

[xiaowiey]

Whoa! Goosebumps! Marry me Zimmerman!

[MrAkamaim]

Zimerman makes the piano sound like nobody else ever did. The colors, the brightness, the clarity and transperency he offers, give a new definition to the sound quality. His technique too is more than impeccable. It's not that there aren't any mistakes, it's that listening to him you can practically see every note written there, in front of you - no note is unclear or dim, no matter how fast it's played. Those qualities are so astonishing, it's hard to see his depth at first sight, or second.

[AlexCabrer87]

Hermoso !

[diarreacartman]

4:32 so beautiful, Zimmermann is a god.

[paopaomanalansan]

@diarreacartman This waltz-like section is the most beautiful part of the scherzo.

[AlfaAxel]

On a different note: Chopin uses the highest notes (f'''') together with the bass in a forte fortissimo, which to me is unrealistic, you will of course have to hold back on the bass octaves - and Chopin seldom does this, his pianos were even more fragile and weak-sounding (wooden frames, less tension)  in the treble than present day grands.

Zimermann creates a drama - violent, forceful, fantastic.

[graymagic1]

Don't you just love the power, and how musical and seemingly effortless his technique is. Amazing, and incredibly beautiful. It takes a master virtuoso such as this to offer the world the true genius of Chopin, in all it's glory.

[jpaxlawax]

The best composer: Beethoven, the best interpret: Brendel!!!! But this chopin is just deadly!!! :-)

[ethositachi]

@jpaxlawax

have you listened to Arrau's recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas?

[hgg4]

ZIMERMAN YOU ANIMAL YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN!!!

[elycopter71]

what a wonderful musician! thanx from my soul

[ramalamalin]

Yeah, Zimerman is one of the best pianist in the world

[A8opi]

omg he is soo awesome ! he has such a amazing intepretation, to all chopin's pieces

[KrzywyKadr]

ABSOLUTE....!

[dzialkovitz]

Passion, finesse, imaginativeness, Romanticism, technical perfection. I can hear the Polish soul.

[S0ulB]

an outstanding performance

[DJHiso]

Rubinstein is the best pianist in the world

[agallasmau]

@DJHiso He was, my friend, he was, but Zimmerman is the present.

[rachmanny]

*cries*



[tdennison22]

Zimerman interprets this piece masterfully. Chopin himself had to of played it similar to this.

[teccomin]

33 people were jacking off with their right hand and hence missed the like button with their left.

[AnkuBJ]

for him this looks so easy..

[AlvaroBassSide]

My piano teacher played this once in a concert. He did it perfectly,so I totaly memorised it, and i could find it, after a lot of time. I'm so happy ^^

[llllShArPllll]

I like Zimerman, but I have heard others who can place rubato in very difficult passages, which makes it even more amazing.

[amedeoferrentino]

marò che grande, mi fa stare proprio bene

[dlewzey]

The first time I heard any Chopin music was in......... a woody wood pecker cartoon. lol I know this was the last piece they played on it. Its about a drunk horse who cant light his cigar, eventually manages to light it but sets the hall on fire!!!??!?!

I know its crazy but yeah that's how I discovered Chopin!!!!

[nickballing]

@dlewzey what was the piece? lol

[dlewzey]

@nickballing wood pecker played a few pieces like this scherzo, polonaise in Ab.

Its called musical moments here on you tube. About 7 mins long you'll like it.

[BlueScorpion97]

33 people were very confused...

[IBRAHIMpianist]

Perfect!!!

[michelraymond1412]

amazing !!!

[RedTheBurning]

wonderful

[gohanisbuckethead]

the final chords sound more like liszt than chopin !

[MakeMeGoWoWs]

hes pro



[sMakeMeGoWoWs]

Chopin is one of the best pianist in the world. Thumbs up if you respect him

[hctkko]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs well i didn't hear him but sure i can tell he' s the best composer ;)

[AnkuBJ]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs he is my favorite !

[stuffcluster]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs

yes but unfortunatelly chopin WAS one of the best pianist in the world; i'd pay a lot to see him alive today

[Eric1029res]

was*

[Ainigma]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs dude, he's dead. and i don't think that he was the best pianist in the world. but a very good and emotional composer! that's why i respect him

[mvs13I2]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs zimmerman or composer?

[deadly990]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs have you ever heard chopin play piano? no.. youve only heard what hes composed.

[mgbusiness1]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs hes already dead you retard

[huzzzzzzahh]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs how does it feel to know that your comment couldve made multiple gay people cross the line from depression to suicidalism? enjoy being a pathetic asshole

[sMakeMeGoWoWs]

@mgbusiness1 mother fucker! did I say that he wasn't dead?! go fuck your dog bitch asshole

[SilenceTheQuiet]

@sMakeMeGoWoWs really? are you that sensitive to simple comments?? I agree with huzzzzzzahh, you enjoy being pathetic asshole.

[sMakeMeGoWoWs]

WoW,,one of my favorite songs

[MrTaiese]

not bad

[zdevol7]

Chopinovy skladby v podání tohoto umělce jsou mi mnohem bližší, než technicky zdatných japonských, neb čínských umělců. Rovněž zvuk klavírů evropské provenience jsou mému sluchu příjemnější.

[inazuma3gou]

I didn't know that he won the chopin contest. Hardly surprising, but interesting.

[Damgoodballers8]

@inazuma3gou was that a joke or did he really win it? what year was that? thats awsome... this guy is really good

[inazuma3gou]

@Damgoodballers8 he won the chopin contest alright in 1975.

[blindphil]

Zimermans fingers simply cannot be described as a phenomenon and why do you ask, can't they be? If you have a few minutes.. let me stroke your beard or cheek while you sit on my knee and explain to you why. Ol Zim and me go way back. Back before Zimerman had a beard or a steinway. Back before zimerman used to eat strawberry porridge and drink from the tit of my over-fed goat. This was a time when we ran freely amongst corn fields and blue skies, father yelling with a broom stick in hand...

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

@blindphil You, sir, must be a wizard.

[zhuqiushi168]

His way of using the pedal is amazing! What a control!

[boneborisbone]

awesome performance

i play this piece myself, but it's so hard.... so hard....

and he plays at perfect speed

[WRAARON]

60+ years listening to pianists. Probably my favorite pianist. I leave Zimerman recitals thinking that I'll never hear a more satisfying performance of some of the pieces. His piano, which travels with him, is maintained to an exceptional level

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

@WRAARON That piano of his mentioned is tuned specifically for Chopin pieces; good thing he plays so much Chopin, I heard his Beethoven sounded positively out-of-tune!

[WRAARON]

@LetTheMusicFlow1 Interesting comment.  I don't perceive this in the two live performances I've heard or in his YouTube videos. I find his piano(s) among the most beautiful I've encountered. Piano tuners tell us they "mistune" pianos in the sense they sharpen the upper register and flatten the low bass. I wonder how a piano would be tuned for Chopin?

[Albertthefatcat5]

@WRAARON He tunes his own pianos.

[savylbh]

I have to say this is my fav interpretation of scherzo no 2 on youtube.

[fredericfranc]

Chuck Norris is exactly right. All expressiveness sucked right out, same for all emotion.We get total, perfect personal disengagement, total indifference, nothing but the moves. That Mr.Z can do this, will do this, and have himself videoed, while doing this, is maybe kinda awesome, I mean, man, what an attitude...

[TommyDai1]

worthless......

[natia56]

amazing performance! bravo Zimerman!!!!

[Gabe40xl]

Does anyone have advice for practice techniques on the challenging left hand passage? I mean where the right hand plays the simple melody, but the left hand has 6 eight notes each measure. It is so difficult to speed it up not only with accuracy, but more importantly without the left hand becoming too heavy and overpowering the right hand. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to practice this section, maybe some techniques that you have used when working on it. Thank you!

[peraspera19]

@Gabe40xl - Many pianists "cheat" and use the una corda during these passages to prevent the left hand from overpowering the melody in the right. When I was learning this piece, I practiced the left hand alone and focused on a flowing, fluid motion. The overpowering tone comes from jumping back and forth between the low and high notes of the chords. Don't try to rush this piece - practice slowly and build up gradually. Give the piece time to settle and become natural for your hands.

[MrTootler]

Zimmerman is favorite Chopin interpreter ever.

[agallasmau]

Zimerman is the best pianist in the world.

[ArmiaGiewont]

@agallasmau polish pianist ;) best wishes from poland ;)

[BassicStorm]

@agallasmau without a doubt

[KadeshLeMort]

@agallasmau No franz liszt was

[agallasmau]

@KadeshLeMort

Well, I don't think you could listen to him. I love Liszt as a composer but I prefer Chopin. Both were excellent pianists, as we can READ in books, but who was better? Its imposible to say, because there is no record. Probably Liszt was, because he had more time. But this is a different question, I was writing about pianists alive. In my opinion it is really difficult to find someone who plays like Zimermann does, nowadays.

[colinthgr8]

@agallasmau Arthur Rubinstein.... I think takes the cake....

[agallasmau]

@colinthgr8 Unfoutunately Rubinstein died on 20th December 1982.