Chopin Piano Concerto 2 - Wilhelm Kempff

[A8opi]

thats sooo incredible ! he was great

[superbemaison]

Thanks for uploading this unknown treasure.

YT restriction is more than 10 minutes now ..(:))

[2005Latestarter]

where can I buy this CD? Nothing came out from google search. The annoying coughers ruin the music.

[2005Latestarter]

His playing melts my heart.

[U38066]

On which year was this recorded?? Do you have other two movements?? Thank you for uploading!!!!!!!

[MatthewMcIntyre321]

Absolutely Gorgeous. Chopin in the hands of Kempf is enough to melt the heart.

[insicurafragile]

Dio .. sono quei momenti in cui il mio pensiero cessa e mi sento come se fossi nel Regno di Dio..

[MrCapacitors]

Very good!

[videosflopi]

Chopin, who else would be.

[soami2u]

What a surprise! That one of the most ravishingly beautiful and stunning performances of this movement I have ever heard should be that of Wilhelm Kempff, who I always associated with the Austro-German repertoire (Mozart, Beethoven, etc.) My admiration for Kempff grows with every recorded performance of his that I hear...he was truly a musician extraordinaire.

[gabrielthornmusic]

Absolutely amazing :)

[hartmuthopp]

This just left me speechless, thanks so much for posting..........

[Frankmortimers]

what a beautiful song

[lovesGenet]

I keep coming back to this.woullike to see his programmes.There is a book that has many programmes of the gone.He was a fabulous chopin player. This is beyond belief ! Never see anything but his Beeth in the stores.Must be othe radio .Must find.I cant believe people don't talk about this wonderfuly expressive and fantasically shaded performance.I bet his Skyrabin would surprise.He feels&THINKS!!!

[townsendjean]

What an excellent performance of this beautiful work!

My only regret is that the 1st movement doesnt appear to have been downloaded!

What a shame!

[twiggypeerzingz]

@ThePVGS1 I like to give the benefit of the doubt sometimes. Maybe they enjoy classical music like you and I but just didn't care for that particular piece.

[dussekfan]

Very pretty, best piano concerto I have ever heard in my whole life yaahs. :) I really like these videos that are like slide shows. :D I am gonna play this later. Yes yes I am. XD Well, anyways. Beautiful is probably too weak a word anyways. I don't know much vocabulary.

[politicopol]

magical...Kempff...thank you

[gregshamu]

This piece makes every comment eloquent.

[Screbin]

2:19 mm my favorite part

[tsienni]

Jusqu'aux larmes... Soit-il possible d'assigner une limite au désir d'amour, si timide et libertin, si fragile et robuste, tandis quil pourrait être éteint aussitôt que né...

[tsienni]

Jusqu'aux larmes... Soit-il possible d'assigner une limite au désir d'amour, si timide et libertine, si fragile et robuste, tandis quil pourrait être éteint aussitôt que né...

[politicopol]

absolutely magical...Thank you johngalderton...are we going to get the first mvt...?

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Contrary to widespread, illiterate custom, the word "Classical," when employed in its strictest, epistemological sense, signifies any species of fine-arts composition which coheres with Plato's principles for aesthetics. More recently, all of the development of modern Classical polyphony, from Florence, Italy of the early fifteenth century, through the 1896 Johannes Brahms' composing his "Four Serious Songs," defines a corresponding phase of musical progress to be of a specific Cantor Type.2

[killergirls]

This piece is soooooo ROMANTIC....no words can desribe it. It's like high grade honey coating your soul..making you feel so right and alive. God Bless ya,Chopin. You are one of a kind!

[samkent122]

It is so enjoyable to to read the thoughts, expressions, emotions of those who so deeply feel the power, the strength, the sensitivity and the beauty (just not enough words or the right ones) of strains of music which touch so deeply the soul. Islands we are, but only for the moment...

[giuseppe35789]

perfetto e despressivo

[tfiore22]

I think this is the most beautiful piano concerto ever!!! The melody flows so freely.

[zorgclyde]

Thanks for posting this. I never realized Kempff played Chopin so beautifully (I always associated him with Beethoven). Do you by any chance have the first movement to this as well?

[johngalderton]

Hi, Yes I have the complete concerto. Haven't posted the 1st mvt as it's over youtube's ten minute restriction.

[culturehorse]

@johngalderton ..not any longer, John. I just subed and we are all waiting (; Thx for it.. merry holidays

[47viviane]

@johngalderton : they changed it to at least 15 minutes, some clips last even longer, so maybe you could please PLEASE upload the first movement as well? This is BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you. I didn't know Kempff to play Chopin as well so I'm thrilled!

[newyorkernut3]

If there is a heaven ,Kempff is there.

He died of complications of Parkinson's disease

I work with PD patients , a few are non Western classical musicians

of which I am sure to play Kempff'swork with J.S.

Bach,Mozart and of course Chopin.

[Zonkoko]

He was in love when he composed this. A 17 years old kid. Damn, whatever we'd write, It'd be rubbish compared to such a masterpiece. We're not equals.

[EllyMcCormack]

Pfft... I could do better.

(KIDDING! lol Don't go mental on me.)

[vincekoff]

@Zonkoko

19 years old...

[Zonkoko]

@vincekoff ups you're right, sry. Still young though.

[finerfile]

Thank you, StephenChin1 I am dancing again today

Finerfriend128

[StephenChin1]

What's the use of a sublime treble with little or no bass support?

[99hoolio]

Wonderful playing.

[potirone]

If  you like Kempff in chopin you will like Samson François' Chopin. Nearly the same vision of this masterpiece.

[lyghdha]

He did a truly wonderful recording of the Barcarolle as well...

[beemochobrahms]

I think Chopin is the most lyrical of the composers. That, I think, is his claim as a composer. Not as grand and sublime as Beethoven, nor as intensely clever as Mozart, Chopin is just the most lyrical. His melodies flow through time like velvet!

[chopinandliszt]

I understand what you mean, but I think this "idea" of generalizing the styles of composers like Mozart, Chopin, by saying one is more lyrical than the other can create tones of counterexamples. For example, one could claim that Mozart is more lyrical than Chopin by pointing out the 2nd movement of his 21st piano concerto. Both Chopin and Mozart were masters of lyrical harmonies, melodies, but I think there's no point in saying one is more lyrical than the other. It is very subjective.

[beemochobrahms]

Your reference to the 2nd movement of that concerto is certainly a fine example of Mozart's lyrical side. I will give the example of the slow middle section of Chopin's 'octaves' etude. I don't think any other composer could have thought to write something like that. It is so extremely personal!

[karinamayai]

I totally agree with it, everyone is different in their own way, Mozart's Requiem is a masterpiece, Beethovens Ode to Joy is a masterpiece, so emothional, so great, they all are very lyrical, very and so deep... and they are all a greatest composers!

[killergirls]

brilliant work by Chopin.How DOES he think of such piece to compose?Chopin doesnt sound like any composer, not even a hint of any other composer.Kempff is the most lyrical pianist I've heard.what an amazing world class pianist!

[Rionell]

One of my favorite pieces, wonderful.

[finerfile]

I'm a retired classical dancer and I miss being around live accoustic music so much

[StephenChin1]

A pianist, it is my opinion that music is 'invisible dance' and dance: 'visible music'. Retirement frees one to do so many things. Keep on dancing. It need not be strenuous. Slow, controlled movements and daily creativity will bring out the 'music' that is in you. I too have retired. But I have learned to dance 'my' way. And it has helped me discover many things in piano playing that I had not thought about in my youth.

[finerfile]

A violin teacher arrived across the hall today to teach a young boy there. His instrument had such a rich, luscious sound that carried out into the street and made my heart sing as I toddled off to dinner (not quite dancing yet) on this summer's evening.

[ROUME89]

hei op

[okiou456]

I adore his Chopin.That is what I was looking for.Thanks very much

[kajohada]

ya...wilhelm kempff plays chopin,another surprise!

so much contradictory during the nazi-mob-rule- period so miscellaneous he was as a musician on the piano..

[velcrowoman]

Wilhelm Kempff

Legend

[paulprocopolis]

This really does rank as some of the most poetic and beautiful piano playing I've heard. Words cannot express my admiration.

[quick41]

this piece deserves more attention. thank you for posting this.

[mariadelamor21]

Certainly is absolutely beautiful performance of a spectacular piece of music. Thank you very much.

[mariadelamor21]

!Expressive, Vibrant...!

[fanniandwads]

How marvellous to have found this music on You Tube. So delicate and serene, many thanks.

[takttakiii]

love this piece :)

[cortor3652]

What a drama and unsurpassable touch of tone.

[sclyfies]

every picture i saw of him, his mouth was closed haha

[paulprocopolis]

This is exquisite - I didn't know that Kempff had recorded this work. It sounds like a live performance (perhaps a radio broadcast?) Is the rest of his performance available?

[johngalderton]

It is a live performance dating from 1959 from Prague. I will post the 3rd mvt in a few days, also Kempff live performances of Mozart Cm Concerto from The Hague and Schumann concerto live from Munich.

[paulprocopolis]

Thanks - I await eagerly!

[Lukecash12]

Chopin was the most beautiful writer of all. No one else amounts to his love in my opinion. I wish i could put as much of my love into music, i write and write, but it doesn't have that one element. Some day though. Also, i love kempff. Kempff is one of the most expressive pianists ever.

[CapitalistPolitician]

An absolutely beautiful performance of a spectacular piece of music. Truly excellent. I extend my thankyou to John Galderton for publishing it. Giles