Chopin - Nocturne N°20 opus posthume

[54fanni]

ce qu il y a de merveilleux dans chopin c est l infinité d interprétations et de nuances qu on peut imaginer selon l humeur ou le sentiment du jour ou même du moment ...rubato... rythmes flexibles ect....quelle richesse..... on ne s en lasse pas....

[PuntyxlMinipunk13]

Very good !!!! but the pianist is ugly, nevermind haha it don't matter if he's ugly, he plays good...

LOL XD kikoo forever hahahahaha you are all bitches and I think I'd drink too much yay party haha i love weed

[sofficina369]

I have to play this :P HELP :D

[MaisSimples]

Meu amigo mestre disse tudo....

Você só dá sugestão de primeira, Fred! Brigada!

Fantástico vídeo!!!

[fredjmp]

Maravilhoso!! Great video!!

[oplutao]

@fredjmp Vai ao encontro do que temos de mais puro.

Brigado, Fred!

[djmussy18]

my heart melts when i hear this piece....

[bwpm2008]

must be abest piece of the world. from Coimbra(Portugal)

[clwatwood]

absolutely gorgeous!



[sweetariana4u]

Chopin - The poet of piano

[IWannaBelieveAGAIN]

Now THIS is real music.

[90Lyka]

Chopin's work are very very deep...There are always several complex thoughts and emotions presented in only one piece. So it requires the player to handle the complexity well, by doing many appropriate comparations, high or low, slow or fast. It's more than just technique. You can learn this when you were 7 but you might wait until 27 to understand it.

[janejoa]

Wow! this is the most impressive chopin that I've ever heard

[NancySweet100]

i've played this when i was 12:)))

[pierre2412]

His delicate touch is phenomenal. The second time he played that phrase of descending triplet groups, I literally stopped breathing and my heart rose in my chest, as if I was free-falling.

Beautiful.

[blazenizer]

i wish i could listen to this once for the very first time again...

[charlestonmusician]

I've performed this piece, and listened to many versions, and I love everything about this interpretation EXCEPT the super-fast trills... in my opinion, they sound much better when the trills start slow and then accel in pace... it goes along with the light, expressive, and heartfelt style of this piece. It still is a beautiful piece though, and he makes it sound effortless.

[BlueAquaMarina]

Divine piano playing!! Thank you my dear!!

[MyMilay]

very nice, romantic....... lovely

[April1915]

Really impressive quel toucher !

[studiolabs]

Wow, a Chopin rendition with nothing but praise in the comments! This is certainly a first!

Excellent performance, perhaps my favorite version of this piece,

[Pavelrom1992]

SUPER!

[cuoylyf]

GREAT!!!!

[jeaness1]

very beautiful ... *-*

i love chopin ..

[elclaudiotric0l0r]

angelical song

[dalecampbl8]

those trills are the best trills ever

[perdish2]

Could someone please give me the sheet music to this beautful song?

[jeaysm]

@perdish2 Go to imslp dot org and just search for Chopin, it's in there under Nocturne in C-sharp minor, B.49

[ssballs]

@perdish2 Just buy it!

[vickiehill1]

Sounds so sad...and yet so beautiful. Amazing pianist. He's playing a Steinway & SonsI think that Steinway's do have the most beautiful sound & resonance. The longer the soundboard, the better the sound. Grand's are the best.!! Too much piano for me...parlor grand's & baby grand's sound just as amazing. Depends on how they are played also.

[GeoTsili19]

fantastic play...fantastic sound

[giotto3cento]

Petits T.O.C malins mais sympathiques à 2:43 !

(...Ou s'accOrde-t-il encOre un peu pOur Obtenir ce sOn cristallin ?!)

Ma, AbdO ...che gran tOccO !!!

[pcswalnut]

this has been the best version I have ever heard. He produced a heavenly sound. It made me cry!

[FXIX]

How many versions this piece had?

[xXxeveryhingxgirlxXx]

it makes me feel relaxed and complete, one of chopin´s best songs!!!!!!!

[nasimonma]

ooh dis dude palying is wonderful

[aasa63]

kiitos. uskomattoman kaunista chopinia ja upeasti soittava pianisti. thank you!

[nortune20]

TAMT-TOTA I wish I wouldn't listen to this piece...

[albasulmare]

i love this

[roypj]

this should be the last thing every human being hears before it dies, it is absolute

[Rhandahl]

@roypj to correct you, this is what every human being who likes this kind of music would like to hear as the last sounds before their death.. personally I'd want to hear Edvard Griegs Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Op 68: At the cradle.

its all personal, music.

[roypj]

@Rhandahl thats for sure, but everyone should like this kind of music :D

[speaker1920]

@roypj lol actually before chopin died he had an illness and the last song he wrote was this he died 2 days after he wrote this song. but its very sad

[QueSaigon]

A beautiful piece performed by a great artist.

[DodsThe]

Je commence a l'apprendre, ca va pas etre facil, ya du job surtout la main gauche !!! Les déplacements ne sont pas naturels xD

[mrOk333]

I love how the piece ends in C# major, it just brings me to total peace. very beautiful interpretation. thanks for posting!

[mmeissa]

great

[dussekfan]

beautiful. :') How do the triplets? My triplets sound jazzy. I don't want. :P

[mamzellebellamy]

Tout mon corps en tremble, c'est si beau. J'ai hâte de l'apprendre...

[OriginalBasaliskos]

What I love about this nocturne is the left hand, the way it sounds like a harp is accompanying the melody.

[213ZOE]

he plays in a special way,still melancholic but with some power in it too........ it doesnt go like a river... but its still sweet....

[crizzo450]

@EuphoricDan i speak for everyone else when i say your "gay lol"

[justap19]

Wonderful video.

I love Chopin and this Nocturn cis in very beautiful creations

[MrFranknichols]

Remarkable virtuosity combined with emotional depth. What a combination. What a treat.

[MShepherd88]

Parts of this sound a lot like Chopin's 7th nocturne...also in C# minor and hauntingly beautiful

[46yann]

wonderful !! my baby sleeps very well when he listen this

[evalozap]

So beautiful...

[biotyworld]

I LOVE CHOPIN

[sasotube60]

piatto, scolastico e NOIOSO!

[mangoestangos]

So beautiful, it makes me want to cry.

[jaceville]

By far one of the most beautiful of Chopin's nocturnes. He wrote such emotion and beauty into his pieces. Unsurpassed as the greatest of composers, he wrote this one I believe at age 19.The pianist in the video doing a great job with this piece,,but did I hear an 'Esharp' at 4:01 ?....shouldn't that have been a natural E ?  I believe the sharp E occurs in the second last measure. A beautiful performance none the less. Awesome talent.

[bax752]

absolutly true

[donchevmeister]

Ciccolini is such a great artist!!

[cfwpiano]

Wow, beautiful interpretation, thanks for posting!

[Shabalouu]

does anyone have the sheet?

[Marcuys]

yes

[tonisti]

emule....

[rafikHany]

Yes, post your email and I can send to you

[Doug19752533]

@Shabalouu can get it online. Nocturne in C# minor, no. 20. or just get the complete nocturnes

[rusalka270804]

I like some of Chopin melodies but I ve never been a huge fun of him even thought I am Polish. But, that melody is prooving me, I dont know all his poems. This is really amazing melody.

[Doug19752533]

@rusalka270804 many of his nocturnes have very haunting melodies and harmonies like this one. you should listen to his four Ballades as well. Chopin was the true master poet of the piano.

[Loreleify]

I just finished learning this and it's very relaxing...

[tomitstube]

chopin was brilliant. no one can touch his beauty on the piano.

[15079781]

Спасибо! Это прекрасно.

[QuobXx]

I'm learning this for my pianoclass right now :)

[beatrixsnapefan]

@QuobXx me too! :)

[tati9317]

absolutely indescribable beautiful melody

[themremilio]

I thing that Chopin is the best composer for piano. His scores f are poem for the heart and music for ears. For me it's impossible to say in words the heart's emotions' while i'm listening Chopin.

[takhirviolinest]

I thinf you are absolutly right, Chopin it the best composer for piano but Lizst and Rachmaninoff is not badder it's only how to play.

This man play incredible and magnifique.

[Ryash112]

Chopin was good but I can't come to the conclusion he was the best. Opinions vary, but it is hard to decifer who is better out of the many who have composed such great masterpieces over the years.

[takhirviolinest]

Yes, Chopin was to sickly man but when he play on piano he was Tigr and Lion...He'i piece's to sentementalion.

[hajicaesarlol]

i agree with you, but regarding on the piano, most would say its either Chopin or Liszt... as to best composer, most say it was Beethoven due to his deafness..

[Doug19752533]

@hajicaesarlol Chopin was (in my opinion) the best composer for the piano. He composed almost strictly for the piano alone (only 4 works for other instruments but the piano is part of those works too) Liszt is the greatest pianist ever - even his contemporaries said so. Beethoven was a great master composer encompassing a very wide range of forms. but a good ammount of his writing was done before he was totally deaf. its hard to compare one against another because of changing times and styles.

[hajicaesarlol]

true true... However, the two piano geniuses are definitely Chopin and Lizst...

But Im more of a fan of Beethoven fan and I enjoy playing his piano sonata's... perhaps I was biased, I apologise..

It is sad that people now tend to forget them...

[Doug19752533]

oh i agree with you - i love Beethoven and his life story, such stuggle, such an emotional man. its very hard to compare composers from different eras because music was changing so rapidly with new intruments and new techniques. Mozart probably had the best overall musical mind. Chopin had a very unique sense of harmony and melody. i tend to be a fan of the classical era and early romatics. no need to appologise lol.

[EuphoricDan]

Liszt is mediocre compositionally. I don't care how often he changed keys or what chromatic pieces he wrote, most were mediocre (musically) IMO. True they are virtuosic to play, but that doesn't make them good songs.

Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky were much better, compositionally than Liszt. Many of their works are comparable in difficulty, and often more so to Liszt.

*shrug* what can I say, I love Russian romanticism. That said, the same goes for Ravel and Debussy.

[UtaupeEahhh1]

What pieces would you recommend for Scriabin and Mussorgsky? I already love Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Beethoven.

[EuphoricDan]

For Mussorgsky...

Find the piano version of "Pictures At An Exhibition". Ravel orchestrated it, and that version is... well, gay lol. Its like 40 minutes long, so try to find the parts in order. The final movement segment is ridiculous, lol.

As for Scriabin... The piece that sticks out is opus 8, 12. Horowitz owns it:

watch?v=7ClDFmFmr0k

I mean, Scriabin didn't write much bad music. Just YouTube him.

Also try Prokofiev's Opus 2, 1 etude. Freddy Kempff's recording is on YouTube.

[DDRWakaLaka]

@EuphoricDan

Yes, because describing something as LOL GAY will make us take your opinion seriously.

[EuphoricDan]

That's why I described it as "gay lol".

Completely different.

Plenty of jovial fellows have had valid opinions. Your just jealous because Crosby plays for my Penguins and not some mediocre Canadian team.

=)

[amidunet]

Listen to : Liszt : Saint François de paule marchant sur les flots

you will never say that Liszt is mediocre.

and you don't have to say it whatever : what is hard is just to understand what he wanted to tell us , and apparently you didn't understand !

[SwePianoholic]

I like the calmness in this interpretation...

[sasiita]

it's so beautiful it hurts... !

[starry1skiez22]

beautifico! :P

no really.

[mannerz1990]

This is the best version of tis piece I have heard, and I've heard a few

[jeffery7466]

absolutely beautiful

[donchevmeister]

He makes me forget that the piano uses hammers to produce the sound.. This man posses one of the most beautiful piano sounds of our days...one of the most beautiful piano sounds ever..

[MusicMan20061210]

There's no disadvantage in the piano using hammers to produce the sound.

In fact, it is a very efficient method which has been used for a very long time and produces a beautiful sound.

[invertedchords]

@donchevmeister how can you tell the piano sound of a piano that you can't hear?; 'Chopin's piano sound' is down to his piano, since there's no piano of his in the recording how can you tell? I'm just being pedantic haha

[laosuwan]

@donchevmeister  thanks mom

[r4mos]

WONDERFULL! No need more comments

[MaszaMadafaka]

W takich chwilach, wśród tych pięknych muz jestem bardzo dumny że jestem Polakiem!!!

[garrbarr]

i think claudio arrau leon's verson sounds a bit better. but thats just my opinion:)

[Ray0X0]

No me gusta entrar a comparar a artistas del piano, pero concuerdo contigo... yo prefiero la versión de Claudio Arrau, quizás por su rubato, para mí, el más bonito entre los grandes maestros del piano.

[Libelloule13]

Tellement magnifique que cela m'en donne des frissons.

[pordoklani1]

the piano is out of tune i guess at 0:50

[bookmadabs]

Wow, simply epic......... Thanks for postin', this piece makes me want to cry, it's that beautiful!

[tragelafos]

Does enybody have an idea how many years one must play the piano until he decides to lern this piece;

[bbfan77]

took me 7 to 8 years... heh... and I still make mistakes at that last really fast bit...

but I'm only 16... maybe it would take less to somebody older? (but since I don't know how old are you, I can't really say anything useful for your situation... )

[Eurotrippin]

not really. i started playing at 5 and i played it at 14, but not because i couldn't, i just didn't came across it before

[bbfan77]

hm... I see... you must be talented , it's a hard piece...

[Doug19752533]

im 35 and have played since i was 7. i avoided Chopin because of the emotional nature of his works. one must reall be mature as an adult and musician to really understand and bring out the nuances in his music rather then playing it at a young age and it tends to sound mechanical. even Chopins simple (technically) works are very hard because of the atmosphere of the works. this is an easy piece to play, but hard to interperet.

[hunndositarou]

美しい、

ピアノは弾けないし、音楽の知識もありませんが感動しました。

[Charlotte9999]

いいコメントだわ~!

[EuphoricDan]

Whether or not the music calls for it I personally like for harmonies to be carried until the next set is played. He has several second breaks at the beginning that are not the way I would play this...

That said this man is quite gifted and as far as I am aware he is certainly the best performer of this on youtube.

Love this...

I would implement slightly more rubato and carry the harmonies all the way through. Certainly the difference there is in opinion not the talent of the artist.

Bravo!

[noncicredo200]

incredible

[seledynova]

He can feel slavic soul

[XQlusiveProductions]

Can't believe Chopin only got 39 years old. It's a pity.

This is the best recording I've heard so far. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to request this to be played at my funeral ;)

[MikoKikoJo]

this guy is the fucking master!

[tato4527]

yo se que muchos no piensan igual, pero, después de oir genialidades de esta magnitud me convenzo aún más de que Fréderic Chopin es el mejor compositor para piano que ha existido... ningun otro transmite los sentimientos a este nivel, ninguno...

[hitokirijorge1]

pues tal vez deberias de verlo de esta manera cada musico ha tenido su tiempo no podemos comparar a chopin con mozart ,lizt rachmaninoff, schubert etc todos tienen su pro y contra asi que no podemos deicr que alguno es el mejor

[BORJAXV]

muy bien me a gustado mucho tu interpretación

[TheCariclea]

hear and play this nocturne since weeks. cant stop it cause im fallen in love and because of that i could play that piece so soft and warm like never before. this morning he left me,i think for ever....this feeling is so sad and deep like this music,now i have tears in my eyes....

[2rasih3h]

one of chopin's most beautiful nocturnes

[mariokonrad]

this way this song has to be played! beautiful =)

[1ddbb1]

one of the deepest nocturnes but indeed very playable and easy... why beauty plays should be hard?

[raquelnog06]

ciccolini is great great great great

[revilo178]

Chopin is

(ok, Ciccolini too^^)

[ernika22]

I have tears in my eyes...

[sharkfriend]

and smily's in my ears...;-*)

[ernika22]

Im courious to see this "smiles in your ears..." :P

Anyway, lucky you! You have "happy ears" ;)

[tibbyxqno]

best version indeed ...it`s in The pianist movie love it

[nikvamp]

ole ole

[tato4527]

la genialidad de Chopin nunca dejará de impresionarnos... bravísimoo!!!

[colorcodememo]

this is actually the best version of this song

[hiomioman]

I think that was the worst interpretation I have ever heard

[JoyCeLy4ev]

you just jealous about him only,mother fucker

[Schwiiiiiizer]

wunderschöne musik. davon kann man nicht genug haben...

bei "der pianist" ist das ja auch das hauptstück. kann ich allen empfehlen ;)

[chabesal]

Hermoso!

[Ilona1966]

Maravilloso.

[0982955319]

cool

[theot337]

je veulent s'engager dans des relations avec le pianiste dans cette vidéo

[obsessiverunner]

incroyable

[Llyolika]

imho THE BEST interpretation of this excellent nocturne.

[mathteacher1729]

If there is a better version, I have not heard it. This is positively sublime.

[emrecangir]

c'est incroyable je nai pas entendu la music comme ça

[modramafoyomama]

this is almost as good as T-Pain's "Chopped and Screwed." almost.

[wwii4lyfe]

Trés bien, merci pour cette bon interprétation...fantastique!

[smeda310]

Il faut écouter son interprétation de Satie ( surtout les gnossiennes... ) c'est génial!

[rudgel]

Merci, j'adore Satie aussi et je ne les joue certainement pas aussi bien que lui, mais j'ai de l'espoir.

[rudgel]

Mon interprétation préférée pour le moment de ce chopin

[carochioNiNo111]

mis respetos para el genio chopin

[clubindahol]

gran classe!

[Pianda]

Why didn´t you write date and circumstances of this performance?

One cannot cut away the concrete history of cultural events!

Ciccolini sounds so good. Most other players play this piece so hard. After having heard "wnaenni" on youtube I only like the softer versions, he is the only? famous pianist that plays this mellifluous.

Listen to "wnaenni" - he has 2 versions from cis-moll: one is absolutely gorgeous!

[vivavandamme]

extraordinario

[edinson259]

50 mil estrellas!!!! 50 start's

[mymusiclifepiano]

muy buena excelentes matices de 6 estrellas

[kitttyke]

Vov... Now I learn that nocturne, It's very very very hard. :(

[Pianda]

look for wnaenni; it sounds even better than Cicc. AND you have perfect view on his hands.

Perhaps you tell us whether you agree that wnaenni has the best version of this nocturne on youtube (he loaded 2vers.) Did you get along with the piece?

[kitttyke]

I looked for wnaenni, and listened it, but i think, this version is better. I think wnaenni plays it too fast. But his version is very good and great! I get along, but i'm not the end yet.

[leydemurphy]

Esta pieza en cuanto a los tiempos tiene mucho de Arrau...

[tariqwahl]

My favourite piece.

[TeAeRdNa]

My favourite piece of Chopin, this is a really brilliant interpreteation. Bravo!

[ucandoit245]

the best (period)

[SilenceIsNotDefeat]

excellent julien

[networksteam]

magnifico...interpretazione splendida...grazie