Grimaud plays Chopin's Sonata no.2

[vinnegb]

J'aime cette femme.

[gspaulsson]

It passes my spine-tingling test. If it moves me to hear it, how much more it must move her to play it. Silly comments on youtube from people who expect musicians to be stone-faced.

[serdenarif]

She plays so passionately and calmly at the same time that it is delighting. After listening to her playing this Chopin masterpiece, I am ready to die so that she can play for me at my funeral.

[scotty123123]

Grimaud is incredibly good at the brahms sonatas - I recommend checking them out

[andreaprodan]

Miss Grimaud is a wonderful being. Being wonderful she is entitled to exist. Then again, all she is doing is playing the piano, something SHE and we rather like. She is not fishing for Youtube approval. Let's remember this about most talented musicians.

Merci/Grazie/Thankyou/Gracias etc. etc.

[piuotre]

The second theme(1:44) is played to slow!!!!!!!!! I dont understand why she choose a very slow tempo, neglecting the that the melody is very expressiv. She doesn't change the dynamics during the passage. Sorry to say that, but it sounds very boring

A great pianist......

[TheOptimisticPianist]

@piuotre I disagree, playing it slowly helps with the contrast, some people have murdered it by playing it too fast.

I play it that speed myself.

[bb0ysmiley]

@TheOptimisticPianist : But of course, that might be alittle subjective =)

What I prefere? I don't know yet. Not familiar with the piece, but some day I probably is =) Have only one finished Chopin piece in my reportoire at the moment, but some more is coming soon. Liszt is occupating alot of my time =)

PS. I think she played beutifully. People should think less on "How something is supposed to sound", and a little more on how it sounds =)

[TheOptimisticPianist]

@bb0ysmiley I agree :)

I haven't tackled Liszt yet :P

[carlonrobbins]

@piuotre learn grammar before you comment on music. 

[Escal21]

The very truth is that she makes music the art it's meant to be. Every sound she creates is a finger up to intellectual idiots and frustrated snobs. She is no genius, she is a talented musician and a woman of art and heart. That's the only reason why artists and art lovers love her, and that's more than a sufficient reason.

[Escal21]

Combien de musiciens ratés parmi les commentateurs ? Ou de pas musiciens du tout ? Et de frustrés de l'âme et du cœur ? Et de pauvres cons graves ?

C'est sans importance, au fond, puisque quand leurs carcasses seront pourries, rien ne restera de leurs existences inutiles, et qu'à l'inverse, le talent des artistes est éternel.

[terrygowork]

She acts when she plays. Her feeling looks so fake because it doesnt match the sound.  Even Lang Lang acts better that her

[Escal21]

@terrygowork What do you think you know about feelings? Don't know which school you've been taught in, but certainly not an English school anyway. Or not a good one if any. Not a music school either from what you let out.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@terrygowork Look. Everyone has their own style. A lot of people rubbish Lang Lang, and they shouldn't. It is very clear that Helene and Lang Lang are top line pianists, and you know it.

I notice that you like Sviatolslav Richter. So do I. But he acts far more than Helene does!. I don't see you criticising Richter. You wouldn't dare! That would be sacrilege. :)

I don't personally care what they do, as long as they produce a great sound.

[Moderate21]

all of u love ur paragraph long comments..... lol

[MYRHAH]

je ne suis pas surpris à la lecture des commentaires précédents: s'agissant d'H.G., les opinions sont toujours extrêmes...et exagérées, dans un sens ou dans l'autre. Alors objectivement, je serai donc modéré: l'interprétation est bonne, elle est classique, équilibrée, bien pensée, bien réalisée. Mais sans "signature" particulière, sans dimension spéciale. On ne peut ranger cet extrait parmi les grandes interprétations, celles qui vous surprennent et vous transportent...

[lovesGenet]

Grimaud is real .Get hr in a room and justy SPEAKING her passion and commitment would show all of u lacking. SO musical she was singled out so early. Her playing is full of force ,character never timid more man than most. ANd she has enough sense to play her contemporaries.HOT DAMN if that dont win a peice of heaven all by itself!!!

[justwarren]

Her technique is of the highest order. The musical "decisions" she makes are not to everyone's preferences. Unless you know Chopin, you can not call her interpretation "wrong". For me, at least as far as this piece goes, it works for me. In general, I love about 80% of the stuff she performs. She has very distinct musical sensibilities. Not everyone likes her for that. I do and again, most of the time I find her performances full of emotion, genuine and refreshing!

[givemetime123]

Merci pour cette vidéo, elle joue vraiment bien, c'est très inspiré.... dommage qu'elle arpège les accord à la main gauche dans la première partie.

5*

[lshplayer90]

great improvisation by Ms. Grimaud!

[tomarsupilami]

Encore une fois, dommage pour les artefacts de la vidéo... on fait bien plus attention à l'image qu'à la musique. L'interprétation n'est pas ma préférée, mais elle est loin de me déplaire pour autant.

Si Susan Boyle faisait la même chose, on aurait certainement les critiques inverses ;o)

(troll)

[briank4251]

I wouldn't mind rolling around in the hay with her.

[bigbendewolfe]

She is very talented... Maybe arrogant people who play music with their minds instead of their hearts should change hobbies.

[Escal21]

@bigbendewolfe Well, I agree except that those arrogant people you mention don't play music. They play self-consciousness. And they stink.

[zemonsta]

Thanks for posting this... but what's with the negative comments people? I mean we are all entitled to an opinion; and my opnion is there are people on here with too much time on their hands to look up a piano player they don't appreciate, and then comment why Ms Grimaud's piano playing is imperfect. Personally, I like her style of playing because she plays with real heart felt emotion, which speaks louder than taught techniques. Peace and Love.

[sarykodon]

A bunch of conservatory students just "out of the egg" claiming to know the ONE "right" way to play everything. To be sure that's more obnoxious than the repetion of the grace note. It is however true she can do better than that.

[weltanschaung]

she can't play piano, but shes hot so who cares?

[mdoub]

she is not hot. but she is very pretty. like the girl in braveheart, or "the return of martin guerre."

[gainweighttoday]

you are 14 and you can`t play the piano.

[AngelinaTaylor]

I wonder if she knows what "phrasing" means. And no, not one note phrasing...

[gainweighttoday]

she plays a very long phrase; people dont talk alot a funerals... ord do U?

... She plays the stillness, and doesn`t talk...

[666spyware666]

Strikingly blank and empty, not to say cheap. This cannot be Chopin...

[dinulipat]

Horrible, as always!

[simonburrows7]

You are too hard on yourself

[X52SY]

I'd like to invite watching Nuccio Trotta's performances. An unknown pianist who studied with great pianists as Aldo Ciccolini. I think that's a pianist worth listening in to. Thanks.

[dashatsh]

I don`t actually need to look at someone while I listen to their playing(that`s why I am not such a fan of Lang Lang;),but I wonder,how such primitive (and not even professinonal-no legato,bad pedalling,no fine sounds,and which Chopin is the most full of WRONG TEXT!)playing of this genius,complex music can be loved by anyone...well,I guess however bad something is-someone will like it-that shall be a consolation 4 everyone...

[rikiboum]

Good point. you're right.

[dashatsh]

I am very sorry,but it is very EASY to play like it-just play as primitiv as you can.but look good meanwhila:)

[callenishss]

dude you and grigor may be right but the only reason is that her facial expression is not authentic. from the music tho it is impossible to tell, but only suspect from the blandness

[Grigor99]

In Chopin, the grace notes prior to a trill are always written with an extra "repeated" note, but it is performance practice to NEVER play the repeated note. It is dead wrong.

[callenishss]

how about for franz liszt? like in the middle part of hung rhap six at the end of the "Fa So La Si^b" part?

[chaimgogol]

You are absolutely right. The grace notes are played on the beat, an appoggiatura to the trill, which begins on the auxiliary. Thus there is no repeated note. Not understanding this ruins practically every performance of the Baracarolle, except for Arrau.

[drac1605]

mon dieu viens me jouer ce morceau comme elle elle le joue et apres on en reparlera!!!!! c'est celle qui a le mieu réussi a mes yeux et ce n'est pas pour ça que je me permet de critiquer les autres!!!!

il y a vraiment des gens déprouvu d'esprit et de gentilesse c'est pas possible!!

et laisse ceux qui l'aprécie se plonger dans la mélancolie qu'elle fait ressentir a ceux qui l'ecoute!

je suis vraiment déçu par se genre de comportement digne d'un en fant de 5ans

[rikiboum]

Gentillesse ? Mais qu'est-ce qu'on en a à faire de la gentillesse ? Ici, il est question d'une interprétation de Chopin et de rien d'autre. Mais il faudrait faire preuve de gentillesse envers le produit commercial Grimaud, louer sa beauté, ses poses d'hystérique et ses orgasmes simulés ? Ben voyons !

[rikiboum]

Que c'est lourd !!!! Mon dieu on dirait une enclume qui s'abat sur la clavier. Il n'y a aucune poésie, aucune musique, aucun sentiment. Et rien de lié, elle n'a aucune compréhension de l'unité de l'oeuvre. Chaque note est jouée mécaniquement, comme si elle n'appartenait pas à une mélodie. Elle connaît par coeur la partition, mais ne connaît pas la musique. Une grosse bourrine et rien de plus. Voir en comparaison la masterclass de Rubinstein, sur Youtube.

[8nitking8]

Evidemment vous n'approuvez pas l'interprétation de piano du Grimaud de Helene de sa Sonate de Chopin #2. Je suis donc forcé à supposer que vous êtes un beaucoup d'améliorer joueur. Pouvez-vous poster un vidéo de vous jouant le même morceau et nous permettons d'est le juge de cela, aussi ?

[chaimgogol]

What an idiotic comment. So before I can say a building is a piece of crap I have to go build a better one? Get a brain.

[tasteism]

@chaimgogol Wrong, my dear! You need not be a bird to be allowed to say that an elephant can't fly. Got it?!

[argentor16]

mon gros bourin ; ma vieille enclume de crackboum hue...mais rendors toi, vieille chèvre nasillarde, et frustrée du poireau...

et laisse nous aimer ses phrasés dont tu es bien incapable d'imiter l'ombre de la pureté...je suis sure grand abruti devant l'eternel, que tu joues avec deux doigts, genre: index main droite et index main gauche, et ça si tu as deux doigts de coordination, ce qui me semble desepéré vu l'état décrépi de ton demi neuronne .

[rikiboum]

Merci pour le témoignage de vos insultes.

[Impressionist1]

She belongs to one of those pianists who are not doing kitsch like it is done in Chopin,Brahms and so on.Everyone can do kitsch and old people can watch and say "o,so beautiful,she understands Chopin..."if you see what I mean.Unique performance to me!

[Grigor99]

She plays the trills wrong. In Chopin there is NO repeated note prior to the trill-it's only written that way! The middle section sounds pretty monochromatic to me. Each phrase sounds exactly the same and at the same dynamic. What's up with that?

[dashatsh]

she is just not as good as her marketing.never was.

[Grigor99]

Hey dash, you are right about that. She is a very accurate and solid performer, but it's a little too bland for me. Almost like painting by numbers.

[callenishss]

why no repeated note prior to trill? where does it say

[chaimgogol]

Chopin intended his ornaments to be played in the baroque style. The trill begins on the upper auxiliary, so there is no repeated note.

[Grigor99]

The non-repeating of the grace notes is something that a pianist of Grimaud's stature should know. Makes me wonder if pianists like her really have taken the time to really STUDY instead of playing 200 concerts a year!

[chaimgogol]

I hate to disillusion you. The general decline in this kind of knowledge among performers has a lot to do with the fact that the theory and composition requirements have been watered down in many conservatories.

[lyralary]

dans les pianos ça manque de son, les notes sont trop attendues et jouées sans poids, ça manque d'esprit, c'est trop linéaire... Il faut jouer le Tic-Tac-Choc!

[leocoral]

I like it.

[drshah0]

i have just bought chopin's piano sonata no.2 played by Grimoud.i really adore her.I think she is improving and now she is comparable to Pollini.

[christoperfect]

love it love it love it!

[rachmaninoff19]

she is like glenn gould.

[mauriciostarosta]

She is amazing. It's a pitty no one posted the whole Sonata...But thanks anyway. :)

[mauriciostarosta]

She is amazing. It's a pitty no one posted the whole Sonata...But thanks anyway. :)

[sagalat]

Beautiful. Great dynamic range.  Brava!