Sa Chen- Chopin Pianoconcerto No.1 Romance-Larghetto

[Chopingirl17]

this is beautiful.......the 1st time I heard it was on "The Truman Show"

[janiegphoto]

Always bring tears to my eyes. Simply beautiful.

[MisterMolloy]

I had the pleasure of meeting Sa Chen at a concert once. Not only is she a brilliant performer, but is a lovely person as well

[CriGui]

Perfection

[passerbypass]

thanks for sharing!

[passerbypass]

I wish I can see her concert in Shenzhen again!

[calahan59]

I dont beleive in God. But when im listennining that kind of music, i say to myself: maybe?

[accelerando5]

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[jc4gavejc]

8:30-8:45 is my favorite part of the song. gah its beautiful.

[whermeling]

@jc4gavejc Just curious, why is that part so beautiful for you?

[daElectronix]

I love Chopin. I mean, seriously, that man was brilliant, best music ever!

It will live forever.

Especially this piece is wonderful, so romantic <3 And I also love the interpretation of Sa Chen, she is, in my eyes, much more talented than Lang Lang.

[SchizophrenicCookies]

The quality is very good for a stage without microphones. The concert dress is also very casual. Must be a rehearsal with music from another recording.

[jc4gavejc]

This is going to replace Op. 72 No.1 as my favorite Chopin piece. no question.

[615454]

Sa Chen is born in China and belongs with Lang Lang to the top two of Chinese pianists.

This video production is made by Clavigram by order of PentaTone, the Record Company

that has released this wonderful CD with the two Chopin piano concertos.

The number is PTC 5186 341.

Dirk van Dijk

[charizianne]

where is she from? what nationality is she? this is a television broadcast for which country's tv station?

[charizianne]

where is she from? what nationality is she? this is a television broadcast for which country's channel?

[greenislandl]

WONDERFUL!

[orangeystrawberry]

I LOVE how she gets so into it :) Beautiful.

[j0hnp4u1]

truman show

[bither26]

soothing to the soul.

[critiquemaster]

@erasedcitizen - Cultural Revolution ended in 1976...... she wasn't even born then!!! Boy you are so stupid. 

[critiquemaster]

Falling in love with Chopin all over again. Thanks.

[erasedcitizen2008]

critqemaster, how old are you?

Go study some history, or google "Cultural Revolution"

[msmusicmarg]

I'm so impressed by her musicality and beautiful tone. She has a great future ahead of her. Too bad the 1st and 3rd movements are not posted!!

[flyawaycrhis5]

even before the her parts begun, you can feel her feeling the music, amazing.

[Vilana2]

This is a beautiful interpretation of Romance - Larghetto by Chopin. Pianist is wonderfully musical, and pressed into a romantic soul of the song.

Congratulations!

Erika.

Prague, Czech Republic.

[Vilana2]

This musical theme is one of the most beautiful thing ever created by anyone in the world. Is absolutely brilliant!

And as someone wrote here already, they should listen to those who flood the world hideous pseudo - pop songs.

Erika.

[OBLIVIOUSavior]

i love watching symphonies. it's such a profound sight to see so many people gather together and build this great architecture of sound. their passions unite and their exhale becomes a song.

it's the story of mankind's power of unity towards one cause. even more beautiful is that appreciators and believers in that sound - fellow dwellers in that great castle constructed in the sky - are found on each side of a trench.

discipline, unity, passion, love and rivalry: the song of Mankind.

[Oliver154678]

Pretty average compared to great pianists like Zimerman

[Kartendorf]

Beautiful

[manu974aimwill]

il y a 4 sourds qui aiment pas on dirait, bandes d'idiots -_-

[ktargows]

Chopin has had the doors of perception cleansed.

[lostpebble]

This is an exceptional performance. I have to say it's right up there with the very best!! It is unfair to compare her with Bella Davidovich who is my personal favorite on this concerto.

[bjoartec]

Beautiful : I love her facial expressions, and her so delicate fingers gently caressing the keyboard, beautiful soul being expressed thru music, the fluent melody is so wonderful, Thanks (-:)

[thepatricksmart]

great!!



[moepet1]

always gets tears in my eyes, beautiful :')

[jesus2319]

simplemente espectacular .... dios porque no fui musico....

[nasser972]

amazing flow of soul cleaning piece of music,this is the antibiotic for the bacterial infection of current music

[PolishAmericanDC]

is she from China?

[chenjingzhu]

@PolishAmericanDC

Yes, she is.

[1989lilytsai]

I'm so touched!

the fluent melody is so wonderful!!!

[catitavanessa23]

ers grandiosa, excelente, felicidades tocas piano muy bien

y esta sonata me encanta

[RICECOOSBAY]

So very beautiful.

[sochackiz]

coś pięknego, Chopin był wielki, żeby tak cudowny utwór skomponować !!!!!!!!

[y0leslie]

THIS is REAL talent.

[jsdoddy]

173 people have good taste :)

[erasedcitizen2008]

Amazing Se Chen! Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!!!

To think just a few short years ago the communists were throwing people like her in front of a firing squad.

[djDiagOnfly]

@erasedcitizen2008 What!? And why the Chinese Communists would do this? I did not know were banned from playing the piano... the schemes cannot do anything then forbidden, they don't care about talent. What a sadness!

[critiquemaster]

@erasedcitizen2008 You are so stupid. There are over 30 million piano students in China. The firing squad would have to be pretty busy and how could they have missed Lang Lang, Yundi Li etc.?

[manitjuh]

Well I'm 16 and I listen to this stuff, and it's definitely way better then the artist from nowadays, cause these artist have talents, Lady Gaga etc. Don't have any talent, except being popular, well I love classic. Who cares, right?

<33

[BoleroBakurine]

Out of all the other composers i like Chopin the best. His music is really calm and beautiful, but it also holds the emotions of the composer himself. Chopin truly was the "poet of the piano"

[lillix33]

encredibly hard to play like that. with such soul and emotion..

[babczy]

Chopin is the most impressive classical music between tschaikowsky...

[claudiogoldman]

De chorar !

[cearaham]

her obvious passion on her face makes her the most beautiful person in the world.

[TomateFarcie]

The young girl is very good!!! I'm blown away.

Another amazing piece by the Master.

[jbernardobr]

A sovereign piece by Frédéric 'Romantic Supreme' Chopin.

[auti74]

B-R-A-V-O

[angiex0x0x]

omg sooo good

[MetalMilitia150]

guess chinese people do have souls after all :)

[1myday]

speechless...

[MrDexter116]

Chopin always transcends the human emotional spectrum...

[caurola]

A écouter les mains jointes : un pur moment d'évasion au coeur de la Musique de celui dont Georges Sand disait qu'il était "aussi pur qu'une larme ". Merci pour ce post. L'interprétation est sublime..

[philiphotchkiss]

Awesome. Too many pianists play this piece with ought enough contrasts. This performance was both highly expressive and controlled. Loved it!

[TheRegina78]

great perfomance...................

[Catlover4326]

I loved all his songs. He was a great person who was born ahead of his own time.

[ThatRachGirl]

@Catlover4326 Chopin enjoyed great renown as a pianist, teacher, *and* composer. In every respect, his music suited the Romantic period better than he would have liked to admit. So...just curious - how was he born ahead of his own time?

[4968julie]

love this! sooooo relaxing!!

[Bognarfan]

I love this interpretation. Such beautiful feeling, phrasing in it. Really touches my soul.

[legerilu]

With this music I could die -- and wonderful playing!!

[alicetingting2007]

Her playing is so beautiful and touching. Thank you for posting!

[bombic85]

her faces are priceless :D she looks like shes gonna strart crying any moment...

[BalladeMelody]

You should also hear CHRISTOPHE ALVAREZ version of this Romance.

For me, I think it's also very beautiful and interesting !!

[homerboy488]

Wow.

[yellowpaper61]

@homerboy488 wow, indeed.

[deschuedo]

Diese Musik trifft mich so tief das ich nie vor ihrem Ende sterben könnte,aber im Leben berührt sie mich so unendlich das ich nie sterben möchte

[victorehb18]

mm me has dejado estupefacto sin duda eres una gran interprete, para ser tan joven..

ojala sigas por la misma linea

[kkyy1972]

bravo... bang bang come in please....

[CalmAutumn]

So wonderful! I love it, it's so relaxing. When she plays, it's very passionate and it can make me cry.

[FannyEpiney]

Maravilhoso, magnífico............estou sem palavras.

Simplesmente Adoro!

[denooo32]

first of all orchestra is well conducted and played!!!

[axol20]

Sasa, it's very hard to not fall in love with you! Absolute fantastic Chopin, as always.

[leungtracyhk]

Bravo !!

[Keebus87]

Sublime..............

[sQeetz]

awesome

[nyroi]

my tears come out with her performance.

[TributeToMusica]

such a wonderful piece of romantic music

[sweetpotato0123]

thank you Reba (wenwen) for the memories, I will never forget you.  (Isaiah41).

[imlovedbyjesus]

what a wonderful performance... music is the best healer for a broken heart... God bless

[eagles3761]

im learning this concerto right now. you play it verryy beautifully.

[talentedpianogirl]

Splendid, marvelous, fabulous!!!

[curtchow]

Hey! the long lost Song from Splash has been solved!

[sweetpotato0123]

don't forget the Truman Show also!

[Tammi121995]

It`s so Amazing!!!!

[skillbill83]

Chopin despite his short life left an amazing work. I discovered Chopin at 17 (now i´m 25), and it´s like a soul "cleaner" after listening all the junk from todays pseudo-pop artists.

His Nocturnes are all great. Love it.

[nycfemale2008]

completely agree!

[thehushkat]

Definitely.

[manitjuh]

@skillbill83 You're right! I'm 17 too, I love this so music more then anything. <3

[Singlerity]

@skillbill83 Woah! I so hear you with the "soul cleaner". I am now 17 and I discovered Chopin about year ago. When I listen pop music it's like my brain getting on "dum mode" then I switch to one of Chopin's piece and I appreciate it even more because I can feel the difference and it's so huge! Nowadays I have hard time to even consider to listen to the pop music of today.

[foryewon]

such an excellent performance

[mimbrava]

I just saw Sa-Chen this evening at a recital presented by the Chopin Society of Atlanta. I urge anybody reading this to run, don't walk, to get tickets to a concert if she is ever in your area.

[auntiewrinklecream]

Wow! What a performance!

[kieracoco]

one of the best so far!

[concerto35]

JULIE4968: I agree with you. I got goosebumps even before I read your comment. A very moving performance indeed!

[bajajkouhei]

Her performance is very impressed.

[JULIE4968]

this gives me goosebumps on my goosebumps !!

[blueskyJENY]

oh she is so beautiful... i love her rendition...

[opzv3000]

Such rendition is really full of poetic trait and each note is sensibly played with contemplation. There is plenty of exchange between Sa Chen and the conductor. This integrates the orchestra and the soloist in one perfect harmony. Are the 1st & 3rd mvt. also available on video?

[U38066]

the same question!!!!!!!!! Other two mov. please!

[valleli]

Amazing, Sa Chen! Absolutely amazing.

[johndtnl]

Superb videoclip with an amazing artist. Discovery of the year 2008

[axol20]

Sa Chen, you are the best! True poetry