Missing notes? As Arrau said in his biography, that's the right of genius!
Romantic composers were about feeling, not about technical perfection. Arrau recalls Krause, when teaching he didn't care about wrong notes, but about feelings and interpretation.
We have got a lot of mechanical pianists today, but many can touch the deeper parts of your mind like Arrau in the second part of this nocturne.
I've heard like 10 version of this study in depth, IMHO Arrau is the best by far
Must be one of the best performances I've heard of this wonderful "Nocturne" ... Arrau gave us masterful interpretations that can be seen throughout his extensive musical work. As someone said ... "no one plays as Arrau"
Must be one of the best performances I've heard of this wonderful "Nocturne" ... Arrau gave us masterful interpretations that can be seen throughout his extensive musical work. As someone said ... "no one plays as Arrau"
One of the challeges of playing the opening Lento is to keep it moving and singing in spite of the detached melody line and off-the-beat entrances. This performance is really wonderful.
@wagneristhebest: ought to learn to appreciate differing perspectives of approach. As a concert pianist myself I tend to play the opening lento roughly the speed of Arrau, so as to allow the doppio movimento to truly be double speed. The triplets in the doppio should approximate the triplet octaves of the poco piu lento. I think people should stop criticizing others for differing opinions. The differences are what makes the music live. Appreciate people, do not attack.
@wagneristhebest: bravo for standing up for your musical ideas. I have no idea why people feel the need to rush to the defense of Arrau. The beauty of music is that there must be differences in attack otherwise the music loses it's freshness and dies away. Lento simply means slow. There are innumerable ways of playing slow, and ones definition of slow may be different from another. That does not make it wrong. People on here really ouh
the greatest interpreter of Chopin, every note is crystal clear and so tender. Mitsuko Uchida is very close to his style. She is my favorite after maestro Arrau
if you have such deep and reach sound, you can allow yourself to play in such tempo. Technic isn't speed, but first of all - control over sound, rhytm, phrasing, and legato (Arrau, Gieseking, Hofmann... could play theoretically all without pedal)
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no i think u'd find i was simply commenting on the interpretation, which has nothing to do with being a great 'pianist'. i am a concert pianist myself, and i find it greatly insulting that a fucking retard's come along and attempted to shame me. go dick ureself.
Claudio is a great pianist and you fail to acknowledge that and his interpretation of this wonderful and truly amazing piece. You should know better, if you are truely a concert pianist that people like Claudio set benchmarks. So, for a change, lets appreciate this music, and not criticise it, and you my friend, should go and listen to Wagner (Geyer) more often, as it seems Chopin and this beautiful and breath taking interpretation is not your thing.
Yeah, that's right it's slow. but do we know actually which tempo it wasn meant to be played...actually, i think in this interpretation we can feel easily the contrast between the slower part and the fatser one. And it''s the main point, isn't it? very nice nocturne!
wagneristhebest, you fail to see the whole picture yet again. People like you, who only see black and white, make this world a difficult place to live it. In which part of my comment did I say Claudio's Interpretation is the best? Interpretation is something that is different from one person to another. It's relative. Please start to read, attempt to listen, and most importantly think!, before criticizing. Actually nevermind, just go listen to Geyer music.
stop talking absolute and utter bollacks and stop waffling on about every single little part of my comments and how they don't compare with you're thoughts - all i wanted was an explanation for why you thought that his interpretation WAS so good - and stop critizing the use of my name you hypocrite... what sort of crazy mucked up name is 4keram!? jeez.
@tienweihuang yes, its just that there are many intepretations of lento playing, and if you listen to barenboim or brendel or rubenstein, who in my opinion is the greatest chopin intepreter, you will find that they play it considerably faster, so that the vocal line can flow more easily.
@wagneristhebest You have a pretty foul mouth for a concert pianist. I would think someone of that stature would have a sligthly richer vocabulary, you sound more like a kid trying to prove himself to his friend. Stop trolling this thread please.
@wagneristhebest And I would also like to add the following. From glancing over you comments I can see you completely lack character which means you probably play like a robot. If you have any sense in you, ask yourself: "Why do I feel the need to troll on this video." There is absolutely no point in it.
@F00dTube from glancing at my comments... you see i lack character. so therefore i probably play like a robot?
ive played this piece myself, so i hastened to add a dissapointed comment to what i think is an outstandingly good pianist, who works bloody hard as well. is that trolling?
no whats trolling, is denying the person to express their opinion if they feel particulary strongly about something.
@wagneristhebest Next time ALL you have to do is record it how YOU think its supposed to be played, that way you wont look ignorant... "great concertist".
@TheSupernovita wow its amazing how one comment on the tempo has sparked so much hatred. Truly, I must have made a mistake in expressing my opinion here. I'm sorry.
@wagneristhebest As a fellow pianist, may I remind you that speed and flow are not the same thing? a slow piece can still flow very well.
That said, Arrau does tend to take almost every piece at a slower pace than other pianists, not that everyone has to necessarily like him.
A slow first part just means that when the speed is supposed to be doubled (in the 3rd part) as here, it will actually be a stark contrast. Compare to Rubenstein whose third part is only about 20% faster than the first
I like this recording because in the return of the main melody Arrau keeps "a groove" - something classical pianists have forgotten how to do ( today they have a poor sense of rhythmic pulse).
Missing notes? As Arrau said in his biography, that's the right of genius!
Romantic composers were about feeling, not about technical perfection. Arrau recalls Krause, when teaching he didn't care about wrong notes, but about feelings and interpretation.
We have got a lot of mechanical pianists today, but many can touch the deeper parts of your mind like Arrau in the second part of this nocturne.
I've heard like 10 version of this study in depth, IMHO Arrau is the best by far
ejgallego 3 months ago 5
missing note at 0:16
RicAbapo 6 months ago
missing note at 16:00?
RicAbapo 6 months ago
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grandioso Claudio Arrau !!!
corrchluna 6 months ago
grandioso Claudio Arrau !!!
corrchluna 6 months ago
Must be one of the best performances I've heard of this wonderful "Nocturne" ... Arrau gave us masterful interpretations that can be seen throughout his extensive musical work. As someone said ... "no one plays as Arrau"
Marcelo721 6 months ago
Must be one of the best performances I've heard of this wonderful "Nocturne" ... Arrau gave us masterful interpretations that can be seen throughout his extensive musical work. As someone said ... "no one plays as Arrau"
Marcelo721 6 months ago
One of the challeges of playing the opening Lento is to keep it moving and singing in spite of the detached melody line and off-the-beat entrances. This performance is really wonderful.
JEP177777 6 months ago
magnifique interprétation, mais dommage pour la qualité du son, :s
mis à part le son pas très chouette, la musique et l'interprétation sont géniales.
Feemelinopiano 7 months ago
Der Einzige der mich zum Weinen bringt. Grandios.
1954surya 8 months ago
GREAT CLAUDIO ARRAU FROM CHILE.
His execution is wonderful.
Master of the master in the XX century.
Chile is Land of greats pianist.
Also is Alfredo Perl.
Great Chopin...great Arrau.
LoboEsteparioSS 9 months ago
Гениально! Гениально! Переслушала множество исполнений этого ноктюрна, но, на мой взгляд, Аррау и Рубинштейн - два самых-самых-самых.
MademoiselleSiya 9 months ago
rubinstein or claudio. claudio always win this.
Nebuch 9 months ago
Wagner is the best? Not by a long shot...
paevo2010 10 months ago
@wagneristhebest: ought to learn to appreciate differing perspectives of approach. As a concert pianist myself I tend to play the opening lento roughly the speed of Arrau, so as to allow the doppio movimento to truly be double speed. The triplets in the doppio should approximate the triplet octaves of the poco piu lento. I think people should stop criticizing others for differing opinions. The differences are what makes the music live. Appreciate people, do not attack.
Chopin1974l 11 months ago 2
@wagneristhebest
Chopin1974l 11 months ago
@wagneristhebest: bravo for standing up for your musical ideas. I have no idea why people feel the need to rush to the defense of Arrau. The beauty of music is that there must be differences in attack otherwise the music loses it's freshness and dies away. Lento simply means slow. There are innumerable ways of playing slow, and ones definition of slow may be different from another. That does not make it wrong. People on here really ouh
Chopin1974l 11 months ago
This, this represent all my life, all my soul and my really me,
this, is my vals and my requiem, my all and my nothing
what this represents to me is my sadness,
my almost nothing of joy
my nostalgic
my tears
my cry
and.. will be represents my death
GothellMichaelis 1 year ago
Love Love Love Love Love.
TheSingingCello 1 year ago
Avec reconnaissance intense pour cette gemme précieuse ineffable de beauté !
Interprétation divine ô combien !
xanglat 1 year ago
I play this Nocturne a bit slower, as I feel that Arrau and Lugansky rush it just a tiny bit. My opinion.
shortestgiant 1 year ago
i guess arrau's perfomance of this nocturne is the best on youtube! just great, so hard to play this piece that good
boneborisbone 1 year ago
Arrau is "simply" amazing, he express it with his soul and how i wanted to hear this piece!
RenatoABabka 1 year ago
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marzio54 1 year ago
the greatest interpreter of Chopin, every note is crystal clear and so tender. Mitsuko Uchida is very close to his style. She is my favorite after maestro Arrau
lubovchicherina 1 year ago
Je crois que c'est la meilleure interprétation que j'ai entendue!
C'est tellement touchant, Chopin demande de la finesse, Claudio Arrau est forcément prédéstiné !
Plumedore 1 year ago
No one plays like Don Claudio!!!!
lehalbfrancais 2 years ago 8
@lehalbfrancais thats true
capetond 2 years ago
@lehalbfrancais true dat
TadeOuS2 1 year ago
if you have such deep and reach sound, you can allow yourself to play in such tempo. Technic isn't speed, but first of all - control over sound, rhytm, phrasing, and legato (Arrau, Gieseking, Hofmann... could play theoretically all without pedal)
armusik 2 years ago
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incredibly slow at the beggining! my gosh!
wagneristhebest 2 years ago
go listen to wagner thats what you prolly deserve. Claudio is one of the best pianist of all time.
4keram 2 years ago
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no i think u'd find i was simply commenting on the interpretation, which has nothing to do with being a great 'pianist'. i am a concert pianist myself, and i find it greatly insulting that a fucking retard's come along and attempted to shame me. go dick ureself.
wagneristhebest 2 years ago
Claudio is a great pianist and you fail to acknowledge that and his interpretation of this wonderful and truly amazing piece. You should know better, if you are truely a concert pianist that people like Claudio set benchmarks. So, for a change, lets appreciate this music, and not criticise it, and you my friend, should go and listen to Wagner (Geyer) more often, as it seems Chopin and this beautiful and breath taking interpretation is not your thing.
4keram 2 years ago 8
for starters - im not ure bloody freind.
and indeed i would love to hear the reasons for just why claudio's interpretation IS the best - attempt to convince me.
wagneristhebest 2 years ago
Yeah, that's right it's slow. but do we know actually which tempo it wasn meant to be played...actually, i think in this interpretation we can feel easily the contrast between the slower part and the fatser one. And it''s the main point, isn't it? very nice nocturne!
chipheo24 2 years ago
wagneristhebest, you fail to see the whole picture yet again. People like you, who only see black and white, make this world a difficult place to live it. In which part of my comment did I say Claudio's Interpretation is the best? Interpretation is something that is different from one person to another. It's relative. Please start to read, attempt to listen, and most importantly think!, before criticizing. Actually nevermind, just go listen to Geyer music.
This interpretation is most touching!
4keram 2 years ago 3
stop talking absolute and utter bollacks and stop waffling on about every single little part of my comments and how they don't compare with you're thoughts - all i wanted was an explanation for why you thought that his interpretation WAS so good - and stop critizing the use of my name you hypocrite... what sort of crazy mucked up name is 4keram!? jeez.
wagneristhebest 2 years ago
I think it's good as it is.
cirro1 2 years ago
@wagneristhebest Lento, it's mark as Lento, you know what that mean?
tienweihuang 1 year ago
@tienweihuang yes, its just that there are many intepretations of lento playing, and if you listen to barenboim or brendel or rubenstein, who in my opinion is the greatest chopin intepreter, you will find that they play it considerably faster, so that the vocal line can flow more easily.
wagneristhebest 1 year ago
@wagneristhebest You have a pretty foul mouth for a concert pianist. I would think someone of that stature would have a sligthly richer vocabulary, you sound more like a kid trying to prove himself to his friend. Stop trolling this thread please.
F00dTube 1 year ago
@wagneristhebest And I would also like to add the following. From glancing over you comments I can see you completely lack character which means you probably play like a robot. If you have any sense in you, ask yourself: "Why do I feel the need to troll on this video." There is absolutely no point in it.
F00dTube 1 year ago
@F00dTube from glancing at my comments... you see i lack character. so therefore i probably play like a robot?
ive played this piece myself, so i hastened to add a dissapointed comment to what i think is an outstandingly good pianist, who works bloody hard as well. is that trolling?
no whats trolling, is denying the person to express their opinion if they feel particulary strongly about something.
wagneristhebest 1 year ago
@wagneristhebest Next time ALL you have to do is record it how YOU think its supposed to be played, that way you wont look ignorant... "great concertist".
TheSupernovita 11 months ago
@TheSupernovita wow its amazing how one comment on the tempo has sparked so much hatred. Truly, I must have made a mistake in expressing my opinion here. I'm sorry.
wagneristhebest 11 months ago
@wagneristhebest As a fellow pianist, may I remind you that speed and flow are not the same thing? a slow piece can still flow very well.
That said, Arrau does tend to take almost every piece at a slower pace than other pianists, not that everyone has to necessarily like him.
A slow first part just means that when the speed is supposed to be doubled (in the 3rd part) as here, it will actually be a stark contrast. Compare to Rubenstein whose third part is only about 20% faster than the first
kb27787 1 year ago
I like this recording because in the return of the main melody Arrau keeps "a groove" - something classical pianists have forgotten how to do ( today they have a poor sense of rhythmic pulse).
simonsmatthew 2 years ago 2
it's beautifully played.
Deimosxsz 2 years ago
Arrau has to be my favorite Beethoven performer on the piano.
method8721 2 years ago
The sound is too bad for CD track. Is it Copyright protection??
dgaranin 2 years ago
well played :D
boneborisbone 2 years ago