Hello, my name is Chopin. Look at what I can do with my fingers! I am going to troll all you future pianists into trying to play this. Some will succeed. Most will not. That is all.
God, I really love 2:00-2:15..such a small part, but some men would have made their entire carreer on it.. But Chopin just throws it in there like it is nothing.. Genius
It's such a beautiful piece that it can resist to some bad interpretations. But why listen to anyone (except maybe Martha Argerich) if you can listen to Rubinstein? I am old enough to have had the privielege of watching Horowitz, Rubinstein and even, Paderewski,( and Jose iturbi, oh my God, I'm really old!). I have always treasured the concerts I attended to listen to this remarkable pianist.
@juiceforjoe Thanks for that, I will definitely try that exercise. I don't have a keyboard in front of me, but I think the only way to do the trills and follow up with the octaves would be with 4-5, which is a weaker combo, but we'll see.
To trill, just practice trilling...the 1-2nd fingers in both hands, trill them equally and quickly for ten seconds, then after the ten seconds switch to your 2-3, and so forth, then do this for 45 minutes or until you feel like your fingers are going to die.
Thank God? Thank human creativity for inventing the piano, thank human creativity for playing on it like this, thank human creativity for keeping chopin alive after his birth
@juiceforjoe Thanks, I can now play the trills better now fortunately.. It's just that I can never hear that second trill very well. I have practiced this piece a lot, but it seems like I need to "start over" and play the hard parts slowly again
NOBODY plays Chopin like Mr. Rubinstein. Any time I hear this ballade by other performers, it just doesn't have the same thoughtful majesty that Rubinstein gives to it. Bravo. The BEST.
Chopin's music is always a duel between the high and low registers, in this piece this contrast is even more poignant. The couterpoint thus created goes beyond poetic beauty. The melody in the middle with the finishing high notes is superb. He recapitulates with base cords that resemble this melodic interlude. If you know piano music only one word applies.Genius.
...this ballade is at least as big a mystery as Stephen Hawking's Big Bang theory, probably more...and Mr.Rubinstein clearly knows what is going on, but for US, all we get is just a hint...and that is all we really deserve...well, I always like the echoes of Chopin's famous ferocity and hysteria...and Chopin WAS probably the most ferocious and hysterical composer EVER...but it is all so gracefully distanced...that is "the Chopin thing so..." too...
Mr Rubinstein was very old during this recording,you can tell by the slower speed of the passages coming down...but at 72,he still had the godly beautiful piano touch.
@sean4496 slower? most ppl play it slower than him... at 72 he could rip appart pieces with his technique... the problem was with his eyes, he started losing sight at an old age......
3:30 is such a moving section. and the rubato couldnt be more perfect at 3:40
i listen to this section literally about 40 times before i move on with the rest. Rubinsteins is the only one with that effect , omg that brilliant effect
Wow. I'm in a course learning about the Romantic era (focusing mostly on the piano music). Honestly, we could probably spend months talking about this ballade and it still wouldn't be enough time...
Rubinstein said that you must play Chopin in a way that always portrays the nobility of the music, in my opinion it takes a pianist like Rubenstein who had nobility in his heart to fully bring to life this most profound statement of just what it means to be truthful and to have an unsheilded heart which feels great pain as well as joy.
@lambomb222 Actually on second thought I feel sorry for you that you cannot understand what I was trying to say. It is shocking to me that you are so proud that your soul has little or no depth. Just try to enjoy this music and keep terrible comments to yourself. Twelve people liked my comment and nobody likes yours. Think about that.
Your are a perfecly wonderful mediocrity your should be proud. I almost forgot, If Chopin meet you he would slap your fagity bitch ass u computer shit talker.
With all due respect, what is with this foul language among classical musicians? It betrays the beauty and finesse of these works, as well as that so obviously present in the minds of those commenting, to use this kind of language. Our job as artists is to make the world more beautiful, not more ugly. With greater wisdom comes also greater responsibility, no? What about trying to make what comes out of one's mouth like a beautiful musical phrase - i.e. to speak, as well as to play, lyrically?
The first work I committed to memory aged 16. Still struggle with some of its complexities aged 80. Great account of an extraordinary piece. Suspect Chopin would have allowed some of the pyrotechnics more air and meaning, particularly in view of the instruments of his time.
@Boskednan Hey:) I can relate- this was the last piece my piano teacher & I worked on before he passed away - I was age 13 - and am now almost 55; (seems like yesterday!) Like you, i still wrestle with many of its intricacies. In all these years, I have not found any single version that I am satisfied with. I have special an affinity for Horowitz's 1968 version - although Rubenstein has never failed to satisfy - no matter what he performed.
I will never understand how people could possibly dislike Rubinstein.... I bet the people that dislike this video wouldn't have the balls to say it to the master's face...
@chopinvalseop42 Rubinstein had one of the most beautiful tones of any pianist of whom I can think, of which this recording of the Ballade # 1 is a perfect example, but compared to Richter, Friedman, Rosenthal, Horowitz, Michelangeli, Cortot, Moiseiwitsch and about a dozen or so other pianists I could name, he lacked the ultimate wild, free imagination, often sounding a little "square;" I have always preferred musicians who sound as if they're composing the piece on the spot, i.e., spontaneous.
I was a Soldier for 22 years and pretty hard, but this music will soften the hardest of hearts. I find it absolutely amazing how the music tells a story and a story that you can visualize if you listen with your eyes closed. This comes from someone who never gave classical music a second thought.
Rubinstein is not the best pianist. Even the concept of best pianist does not exist. those guys are only pianists .. a pianist is only a pianist .. no more than a chef or a cook ! craftsmen ... no one is Mozart ! or Arthur Rimbaud, or Dante .. With each generation, there are around 25 pianists who migth be 'for you the best" and it is the system, which made / makes him what you call the best. When someone does not know a field he needs to adopt a starmaniac attitude ... so easy ...
What should your words tell us ? Everyone knows, that musicians playing music are replicating what a composer has created. I do not like the manner of negativ comments. A "best pianist" is mainly a matter of taste and/or preferencees. E.g., no other pianist had a "singing" tone like Rubinstein. What technic concerns, he admitted to be the best "false"-player in the world. But he always showed the music, the melodie, the big picture.
@hd02569 from your comment to my comment, the only sentence I would take is:
A "best pianist" is mainly a matter of taste and/or preferencees. I am not interested by the rest of your comments.
anyway to understand what I am saying, words are not enough, so watch the video Emil von Sauer (1862-1942) Chopin. May be in listening Von Sauer playing the Ballade, you migth feel what I want to express.
A good advice, in french we say only stupid person used "always" and "never" ....
Here is a notably healthy, sensitive performance uncluttered by the commonly-heard mannerisms and exaggerations. The tone he produces is very clean. Though there's plenty of fire in the bravura parts, none are overplayed - how rare! His playing was different from that of many celebrated pianists of his era in that it compellingly presented intrinsic compositional strengths rather than empty showmanship and mannered affectations.
I remember my parents forced me to see him play when I was 7. I was so mad. Then, to pass the time while I was listening to him, I began to imagine all these movies in my head - to go with the music I was hearing. I had to admit, at 7, that it was kinda fun.
I have had a life long affair with the piano. I come nowhere close to playing like he did - but he gave me so much at that young age.
Oh, what I would give to re-live that opportunity!
There are a lot of good pianists. I like Rubinstein too. My favourite from him is the Prelude choral and fugue from César Franck. The No.1. for me is György Cziffra. His technique and musical behaviour is unbeatable!!!
i think rubinstein gave more emotion than Horrowitz on this piece. Rubinstein didn't rush any of the parts and he made it sound very ''light'' while Horrowitz plays it with more ''anger'' or some sort of thing. Still an awesome performance by both pianists
@HeirDizzle Good one! How about at 8:15 where Chopin paraphrases 3rd movement of Beethoven's "Appasionata"? Past, present, future, what Chopin was all about. (Rachmaninoff once remarked at how "modern" Chopin still sounded)
In my opinion, part from 4:30, it's one of the most beautiful parts ever composed. I've heard many great versions. But just no one plays it like Rubinstein... miraculous piece, and it's miraculous played... love it.
I was lucky enough to hear a recital by Rubinstein in Constitution Hall, DC not very long after I arrived in this country from London. It was in the 1950s. I went back to see him afterwards and told him how moved I was by his beautiful rendition of Chopin. He took both my hands in his and looked right in my eyes and said 'did you really think so'. I will never forget that moment and I also think no one plays Chopin the way he did.
@Mapesbury100 no one played - or plays- Chopin the way he did. I grew up in Chicago where he performed in Orchestra Hall many times, and heard him later in New York and Philadelphia. Every time I heard him, I thought "how could I ever forget that sound?"
@Mapesbury100 No one ever did. My youth was in Chicago - Princeton - Philadelphia, New York. I principally heard Rubinstein in Chicago and at every performance I thought " How could I ever forget that sound"? We are both very privileged to have heard him live. Will never forget it.
These recordings always bring back happy memories of my younger years. My elder sister and I often listened to Chopin music played by Rubinstein & Ashkenazy. When I was 12, she took me to a Rubinstein concert - one of the most memorable experiences of my life!
@FFDBNKSR wow lucky that you saw him live, i think rubinstein was truly the greatest chopin interpreter of all time, or at least in my humble opinion.
@Imxtoeknee And your opinion is not humble. I saw him live 13-14 times from my teenage years in Chicago to one of his last performances in Philadelphia in the mid-70s. I stood in line for last minute tickets (on stage) on many occasions, and he was without doubt the standard for interpretation of Chopin for all time to come. But, every time I heard him live, I thought "How could you ever forget that sound?"
Wonderful! he is perfect...Gilels and Horowitz perform with more emotion, they interpret and create more, reaching absolute artistry! We all have preferences :-)
@perfectbeat I like the Horowitz version best, also. Rubinstein is an excellent technician, very subtle, but Horowitz plays Chopin with a flair that Rubinstein lacks.
Probably not but I think Chopin would be really pissed off seeing comments about Justin Bieber under videos with great performances of his most beautiful pieces...
Lol, I remember when I was 12, my first time listening to this piece, in the beginning I thought ok another slow Chopin piece, by the end I was speechless!
Notice how Mr. Rubinstein allows for the separation of notes at the beginning of the 2nd scale at 8:58. Thoughtful definitions like this separate this virtuoso from his peers.
I'm not a massive fan of classical music, usually listen to mainly guitar based music but this piece has opened my eyes, this is my favourite piece of music ever, i think anyone who doesn't like this has got to have something wrong with them!
@bullin7 in case you didn't know there's a ton of classical influenced metal guitar players out there jason becker, paul gilbert, chris broderick, jeff loomis, yngwie malmsteen
@bullin7 If you like this Chopin piece, try Beethoven's "Appasionata" sonata next. There are many others just as great as this one, just have to find them.
My favorite section is 8:02-8:08, especially 8:05-8:08. I've never heard anything like that in music. It is so unique and sounds incredible! And I love how Rubinstein brings that section our more than other pianists.
It's a shame that the piano he was playing on isn't perfectly in tune - that D is ever so slightly off. Would have made this even better.
What strikes me the most in this recording is that he never goes for "technical" effects, always purely musical. Which is why he plays some parts slower than most people do. In a way, he's not playing the piano - he's just playing pure music.
You know, I always wonder if I prefer this beautiful interpretation with fantastic expression or the intensity of the minor parts of Richter. Forever, I'll always consider these two the best interpretations, but which one is better will forever depend on my mood.
@djmixah I think this is a great take on the whole act of listening -- it keeps changing, and you'll never be poor or get old if different readings can fascinate you.
I love Rubinstein, I love Richter for different reasons. Ashkenazy transports me too. And some of the younger players are coming up Chopin incredibly -- Rafal Belchacz is astonishing. How great to have them all.
There are plenty of gifted pianists who can perform this piece confidently and effectively. But in my opinion, only one pianist was able to achieve perfect unity with the music of Frederic Chopin, and that was Rubinstein. Here, this is not simply piano music, but the very testament of Chopin's life, told effortlessly and pristinely by his finest champion.
to all of you wonderful pianists, especially the young ones...THIS IS HOW THIS WONDERFUL PIECE SHOULD BE PLAYED... I am so grateful to the soul who posted this on youtube.
The part beginning at 4:47 is my favorite section of the piece, and of all the recordings of this piece I've heard, no one plays it like Rubinstein does.
@pipeorganloverNJP Have you heard Sviatoslav Richter's rendition. This is personally my favorite among the masters... At roughly 4:30 in his youtube video you may compare. Rubinstein is also one of my favorites along with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Horowitz, Krystian Zimerman, and on the list may travel...Regards
@pipeorganloverNJP, really amazing, can't stop going from 4:30 to 5:00, is this "repeated" somewhere else?! Why do so many people enjoy this specific part :S It truly is amazing
@pipeorganloverNJP, really amazing, can't stop going from 4:30 to 5:00, is this "repeated" somewhere else?! Why do so many people enjoy this specific part :S It truly is amazing
The best of the best. IMO, the greatest Chopinist who ever lived. Love Rubenstein... what a cherub!
tamcocar 3 days ago
What is up with the 13 dislikes? This is so killin'!
HubShaw 4 days ago
Hello, my name is Chopin. Look at what I can do with my fingers! I am going to troll all you future pianists into trying to play this. Some will succeed. Most will not. That is all.
TheVeganDrummer 5 days ago 2
God, I really love 2:00-2:15..such a small part, but some men would have made their entire carreer on it.. But Chopin just throws it in there like it is nothing.. Genius
vxmortal15 1 week ago
l'essenza di chopin non morirà mai..
luca21dt 2 weeks ago
ma chi sono sti 13 cretini che hanno messo "non mi piace" sotto la splendida interpretazione di un pezzo bellissimo come questo? Mah...
Awesome :DDD
PollyLovable 3 weeks ago
It's such a beautiful piece that it can resist to some bad interpretations. But why listen to anyone (except maybe Martha Argerich) if you can listen to Rubinstein? I am old enough to have had the privielege of watching Horowitz, Rubinstein and even, Paderewski,( and Jose iturbi, oh my God, I'm really old!). I have always treasured the concerts I attended to listen to this remarkable pianist.
1935Dora 4 weeks ago
Oh. My. God.
BEAUTIFUL...I love the part around the fourth minute. AAH. I never heard his interpretion.
thejesusfreak919 1 month ago
god is a creation of man
marianomanto 1 month ago
Dislike button too close to Like one...sorry for hitting the wrong one. This is beautiful...!!
dfjm53 1 month ago
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So I'm 15, and I played this for my recital yesterday...could you guys give some feedback on my interpretation? Thanks :)
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thejesusfreak919 1 month ago
I have arrhythmia at 4:37 !
ArielJonathan 2 months ago
and thank God for humans and thus human creativity
Kurial94 2 months ago
I'm learning this piece right now! I can't wait to play the whole thing:)
MichelleSerenaXo 2 months ago
@juiceforjoe Thanks for that, I will definitely try that exercise. I don't have a keyboard in front of me, but I think the only way to do the trills and follow up with the octaves would be with 4-5, which is a weaker combo, but we'll see.
samtheman264 3 months ago
@juiceforjoe The probably is I can't trill very well for some reason
samtheman264 3 months ago
@samtheman264
To trill, just practice trilling...the 1-2nd fingers in both hands, trill them equally and quickly for ten seconds, then after the ten seconds switch to your 2-3, and so forth, then do this for 45 minutes or until you feel like your fingers are going to die.
thejesusfreak919 1 month ago
@ClassicalMusicPL
Thank God? Thank human creativity for inventing the piano, thank human creativity for playing on it like this, thank human creativity for keeping chopin alive after his birth
dikkemikkedik 3 months ago
@juiceforjoe Thanks, I can now play the trills better now fortunately.. It's just that I can never hear that second trill very well. I have practiced this piece a lot, but it seems like I need to "start over" and play the hard parts slowly again
samtheman264 3 months ago
Chopin + Rubinstein = Magnificent!!
fcg2367 3 months ago
NOBODY plays Chopin like Mr. Rubinstein. Any time I hear this ballade by other performers, it just doesn't have the same thoughtful majesty that Rubinstein gives to it. Bravo. The BEST.
mobeck 3 months ago
i love the final chromatique scales!!!!!!!!! SO GOOD!!!!!
fiorearmwrestler 3 months ago
Does anyone know if the trills right before the octave runs (about halfway thru the piece) are important? Because they usually mess me up
samtheman264 3 months ago
alright there hasn't been any new top comments for a while now, my time to shine!
POOP IN MY PANTS!
Toiletclottingpoop 4 months ago
Chopin's music is always a duel between the high and low registers, in this piece this contrast is even more poignant. The couterpoint thus created goes beyond poetic beauty. The melody in the middle with the finishing high notes is superb. He recapitulates with base cords that resemble this melodic interlude. If you know piano music only one word applies.Genius.
MultiJosefus 5 months ago 4
@MultiJosefus OR you could just say that you like the piece and how it sounds XD
alejandrothefader 4 months ago
goosebumps!!
lovellespice 6 months ago
Nice playing by heart
02tuki 7 months ago
...this ballade is at least as big a mystery as Stephen Hawking's Big Bang theory, probably more...and Mr.Rubinstein clearly knows what is going on, but for US, all we get is just a hint...and that is all we really deserve...well, I always like the echoes of Chopin's famous ferocity and hysteria...and Chopin WAS probably the most ferocious and hysterical composer EVER...but it is all so gracefully distanced...that is "the Chopin thing so..." too...
fredericfranc 7 months ago 2
Thanks for uploading
emiliajje 7 months ago
Thank you for the upload. This is my favorite Chopin played by my favorite pianist. Nothing is better!
sarahistrue 7 months ago 3
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Jonisrock00 7 months ago
Thanks for sharing
twgirl1 7 months ago
So beautiful - the greatest. He reveals his soul in his playing.
Pearlaceous 7 months ago 2
@borisoff22
Can you send me a link to "Rubinstein Teaches the Ballade in G Minor"?
I can't seem to find it.
ThePianistDy 8 months ago
8:16 appasionata 3rd movement phrasing...
dim19f 8 months ago
@dim19f Interesting comparison...
izzyjamm4 8 months ago in playlist Classical Hits
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lovefortheloveoflove 8 months ago
こんな素晴らしいショパンバラードは、これからだれも弾くことはできないと思う。曲全体がまさに物語りであり、素晴らしすぎる！！ピアノの音とその間の取り方のうまさゆえ、天才的な芸術として仕上がっている。奇跡としかいいようがなく、この演奏に比べたら他の方の同曲は聞いていられないくらいになってしまう。それほど深みのある曲想に仕上がっている。言語にできない。
haisan33 8 months ago 2
one of my favorites
minored360 8 months ago
The pianist
901221237694623756 9 months ago 5
Thank God for Chopin
Thank Chopin for Ballade in G minor
Thank Rubinstein for his playing
ClassicalMusicPL 9 months ago 63
@ClassicalMusicPL Or just thank God for everything.
iAlwaysKnowIt 5 months ago
Mr Rubinstein was very old during this recording,you can tell by the slower speed of the passages coming down...but at 72,he still had the godly beautiful piano touch.
sean4496 9 months ago
@sean4496 slower? most ppl play it slower than him... at 72 he could rip appart pieces with his technique... the problem was with his eyes, he started losing sight at an old age......
alejandrothefader 4 months ago
*****
lovefortheloveoflove 9 months ago
I am so happy that I am playing this ballade ^^
ThePianoPlayer93 9 months ago
@ThePianoPlayer93 im really happy too! im almost halfway through it!
sean4496 9 months ago
Best interpretation of Chopin!!!!!
summergirl907 10 months ago
You can almost sing along with his playing.
forgottenbooks 10 months ago
3:30 is such a moving section. and the rubato couldnt be more perfect at 3:40
i listen to this section literally about 40 times before i move on with the rest. Rubinsteins is the only one with that effect , omg that brilliant effect
anonymousQ45 10 months ago
Who played this for the recording?
AndreasZimmerman 10 months ago
Wow. I'm in a course learning about the Romantic era (focusing mostly on the piano music). Honestly, we could probably spend months talking about this ballade and it still wouldn't be enough time...
keetner 10 months ago
Rubinstein said that you must play Chopin in a way that always portrays the nobility of the music, in my opinion it takes a pianist like Rubenstein who had nobility in his heart to fully bring to life this most profound statement of just what it means to be truthful and to have an unsheilded heart which feels great pain as well as joy.
MrRiversidepiano 11 months ago 13
@MrRiversidepiano haha fuckin fag
lambomb222 1 week ago
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MrRiversidepiano 1 week ago
@lambomb222 Actually on second thought I feel sorry for you that you cannot understand what I was trying to say. It is shocking to me that you are so proud that your soul has little or no depth. Just try to enjoy this music and keep terrible comments to yourself. Twelve people liked my comment and nobody likes yours. Think about that.
Your are a perfecly wonderful mediocrity your should be proud. I almost forgot, If Chopin meet you he would slap your fagity bitch ass u computer shit talker.
MrRiversidepiano 1 week ago
@MrRiversidepiano DAMN that butthurt ?! LMFAO
lambomb222 1 week ago
Rubinstein will always be the best Chopin interpreter.
forgottenbooks 11 months ago
With all due respect, what is with this foul language among classical musicians? It betrays the beauty and finesse of these works, as well as that so obviously present in the minds of those commenting, to use this kind of language. Our job as artists is to make the world more beautiful, not more ugly. With greater wisdom comes also greater responsibility, no? What about trying to make what comes out of one's mouth like a beautiful musical phrase - i.e. to speak, as well as to play, lyrically?
TheWallmk 11 months ago 2
WRONG! Liszt was the best pianist. Bitches didn't faint or throw clothes and jewelry at Rubinstein or Van Cliburn when they played...
p1an0hands 1 year ago
The first work I committed to memory aged 16. Still struggle with some of its complexities aged 80. Great account of an extraordinary piece. Suspect Chopin would have allowed some of the pyrotechnics more air and meaning, particularly in view of the instruments of his time.
Boskednan 1 year ago
@Boskednan Hey:) I can relate- this was the last piece my piano teacher & I worked on before he passed away - I was age 13 - and am now almost 55; (seems like yesterday!) Like you, i still wrestle with many of its intricacies. In all these years, I have not found any single version that I am satisfied with. I have special an affinity for Horowitz's 1968 version - although Rubenstein has never failed to satisfy - no matter what he performed.
Rastaleus2 1 year ago
I will never understand how people could possibly dislike Rubinstein.... I bet the people that dislike this video wouldn't have the balls to say it to the master's face...
chopinvalseop42 1 year ago
@chopinvalseop42 Rubinstein had one of the most beautiful tones of any pianist of whom I can think, of which this recording of the Ballade # 1 is a perfect example, but compared to Richter, Friedman, Rosenthal, Horowitz, Michelangeli, Cortot, Moiseiwitsch and about a dozen or so other pianists I could name, he lacked the ultimate wild, free imagination, often sounding a little "square;" I have always preferred musicians who sound as if they're composing the piece on the spot, i.e., spontaneous.
billyguns2 1 year ago
I was a Soldier for 22 years and pretty hard, but this music will soften the hardest of hearts. I find it absolutely amazing how the music tells a story and a story that you can visualize if you listen with your eyes closed. This comes from someone who never gave classical music a second thought.
smashface31 1 year ago 2
Rubinstein is not the best pianist. Even the concept of best pianist does not exist. those guys are only pianists .. a pianist is only a pianist .. no more than a chef or a cook ! craftsmen ... no one is Mozart ! or Arthur Rimbaud, or Dante .. With each generation, there are around 25 pianists who migth be 'for you the best" and it is the system, which made / makes him what you call the best. When someone does not know a field he needs to adopt a starmaniac attitude ... so easy ...
April1915 1 year ago
@April1915
What should your words tell us ? Everyone knows, that musicians playing music are replicating what a composer has created. I do not like the manner of negativ comments. A "best pianist" is mainly a matter of taste and/or preferencees. E.g., no other pianist had a "singing" tone like Rubinstein. What technic concerns, he admitted to be the best "false"-player in the world. But he always showed the music, the melodie, the big picture.
hd02569 1 year ago 2
@hd02569 from your comment to my comment, the only sentence I would take is:
A "best pianist" is mainly a matter of taste and/or preferencees. I am not interested by the rest of your comments.
anyway to understand what I am saying, words are not enough, so watch the video Emil von Sauer (1862-1942) Chopin. May be in listening Von Sauer playing the Ballade, you migth feel what I want to express.
A good advice, in french we say only stupid person used "always" and "never" ....
April1915 1 year ago
@April1915
Seems, you are one of those people which throw in their judgment as an ultimative form of wisdom.
Well then, I am not interested in your "good" advice, as it represents at least a kind of insult.
May the world become healthy by the French...
hd02569 1 year ago
Brillantissime !
PatToscano 1 year ago
Here is a notably healthy, sensitive performance uncluttered by the commonly-heard mannerisms and exaggerations. The tone he produces is very clean. Though there's plenty of fire in the bravura parts, none are overplayed - how rare! His playing was different from that of many celebrated pianists of his era in that it compellingly presented intrinsic compositional strengths rather than empty showmanship and mannered affectations.
mstalcup 1 year ago 5
@mstalcup I love how you talk!
smashface31 1 year ago
I remember my parents forced me to see him play when I was 7. I was so mad. Then, to pass the time while I was listening to him, I began to imagine all these movies in my head - to go with the music I was hearing. I had to admit, at 7, that it was kinda fun.
I have had a life long affair with the piano. I come nowhere close to playing like he did - but he gave me so much at that young age.
Oh, what I would give to re-live that opportunity!
sujema09 1 year ago
4:47, 7:55 and 9:10 are my favorite section of piece..glorious!!
yorugua97 1 year ago
9:10 is amazing!!
yorugua97 1 year ago
the part starting at 2:00 is my favorite
supajoo11 1 year ago
There are a lot of good pianists. I like Rubinstein too. My favourite from him is the Prelude choral and fugue from César Franck. The No.1. for me is György Cziffra. His technique and musical behaviour is unbeatable!!!
balatonisandor 1 year ago
Rubinstein is the best pianist
MrTsikara 1 year ago
Why Rubinstein rushed in the end? It sounds like other pianist. or it's just my ear?
FXIX 1 year ago
@FXIX Because the score says 'accelerando' soon after the last fff =)
arielrgh 1 year ago
@arielrgh Pianist have their own personality, it sounds better with fewer accelerando to me, I thought Rubinstein like to take his time too :(
Anyways, nothing can go wrong there, maybe it's me like the "slower" ending.
FXIX 1 year ago
@TommyDai1 Actually... the well-known English name is spelt 'Chopin', which I spelt correctly.
sophieisabel18 1 year ago
music like chopin's is like candy... but to find it and enjoy it, you have to throw the wrappers away.
mm4cm4256 1 year ago
2:00-2-15, good part.
RedGhost0 1 year ago
i think rubinstein gave more emotion than Horrowitz on this piece. Rubinstein didn't rush any of the parts and he made it sound very ''light'' while Horrowitz plays it with more ''anger'' or some sort of thing. Still an awesome performance by both pianists
gijshenk2 1 year ago
Great, but.......edge to Horowitz, for drive, drama and technique.
johnnycchops 1 year ago
AWESOME !
InkaJanePotter 1 year ago
awesome 2:00 to 2:30 !!!!
xiwi01 1 year ago
i will kill that 10 people who dislike shopin!!!
MrsAltiste 1 year ago
@MrsAltiste or even people who can't spell chopin's name correctly!
SofiieeWinter 1 year ago
@SofiieeWinter like you, actually is not chopin its Szopen
TommyDai1 1 year ago
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ilikenirvana2 1 year ago
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Chopin you gangster son of a bitch did you really bust a ragtime jam at 8:08??!!!
HeirDizzle 1 year ago 74
@HeirDizzle That has to be my favorite comment. Ever.
theone3 1 year ago
@HeirDizzle Sure did, 70 years before Joplin!
marvinbnaylor 1 year ago
@HeirDizzle
Yep, I think he did...
themillionchildren 1 year ago
@HeirDizzle Good one! How about at 8:15 where Chopin paraphrases 3rd movement of Beethoven's "Appasionata"? Past, present, future, what Chopin was all about. (Rachmaninoff once remarked at how "modern" Chopin still sounded)
Rastaleus2 1 year ago 2
@HeirDizzle lol idk if it's ragtime...i always thought it was the flavor of his polish culture
4hm3dimr4n 1 year ago
@HeirDizzle Have often thought there's some rag in various Chopin pieces. Good catch.
mjcola 10 months ago
@HeirDizzle you win at life
gazzamuso 10 months ago
@HeirDizzle
Actually it's based on Polish folk music
MusicInterpretations 7 months ago
@HeirDizzle no he didn't
organboi 7 months ago
I'd say he's the best
dascao 1 year ago
rubenstein owns. chopin is widely ruined with rubato to my ear, but not here.
kattabrained 1 year ago
In my opinion, part from 4:30, it's one of the most beautiful parts ever composed. I've heard many great versions. But just no one plays it like Rubinstein... miraculous piece, and it's miraculous played... love it.
ClassicalMusicPL 1 year ago
L'unico ..... e per sempre.
VivaRenata 1 year ago
I was lucky enough to hear a recital by Rubinstein in Constitution Hall, DC not very long after I arrived in this country from London. It was in the 1950s. I went back to see him afterwards and told him how moved I was by his beautiful rendition of Chopin. He took both my hands in his and looked right in my eyes and said 'did you really think so'. I will never forget that moment and I also think no one plays Chopin the way he did.
Mapesbury100 1 year ago 54
@Mapesbury100 wow, beautiful memories.... Lucky you.
pmsmorga 1 year ago
@Mapesbury100 What a beautiful and special moment it must be for you!
youyouooxx 11 months ago
@Mapesbury100 no one played - or plays- Chopin the way he did. I grew up in Chicago where he performed in Orchestra Hall many times, and heard him later in New York and Philadelphia. Every time I heard him, I thought "how could I ever forget that sound?"
VivaRenata 8 months ago 2
@Mapesbury100 No one ever did. My youth was in Chicago - Princeton - Philadelphia, New York. I principally heard Rubinstein in Chicago and at every performance I thought " How could I ever forget that sound"? We are both very privileged to have heard him live. Will never forget it.
VivaRenata 8 months ago
@Mapesbury100 Thank you so much for sharing this.
coffeescup 4 months ago
ces dernières gammes à la fin sont très intéressantes! It's the first time i've ever listened them played like that : un jeu perlé.
chipheo24 1 year ago
These recordings always bring back happy memories of my younger years. My elder sister and I often listened to Chopin music played by Rubinstein & Ashkenazy. When I was 12, she took me to a Rubinstein concert - one of the most memorable experiences of my life!
FFDBNKSR 1 year ago 4
@FFDBNKSR wow lucky that you saw him live, i think rubinstein was truly the greatest chopin interpreter of all time, or at least in my humble opinion.
Imxtoeknee 1 year ago 2
@Imxtoeknee That was in the early 1960's. I remember putting on my best frock for the occasion - in those days we had to dress up to attend concerts.
FFDBNKSR 1 year ago 2
@Imxtoeknee no, the guy from The Pianist was
13loodLust 1 year ago
@Imxtoeknee And your opinion is not humble. I saw him live 13-14 times from my teenage years in Chicago to one of his last performances in Philadelphia in the mid-70s. I stood in line for last minute tickets (on stage) on many occasions, and he was without doubt the standard for interpretation of Chopin for all time to come. But, every time I heard him live, I thought "How could you ever forget that sound?"
VivaRenata 1 year ago
Personally I like his interpretation almost more than Horowitz's, although they're both spectacular.
jasm707 1 year ago
@jasm707
And so it has to be !
I read often the most silly comments....like "the "others" cannot play at all a.s.o.
Some compositions you like playing of a pianist so and so
Other played of another pianist
And there are pianists where you need to go out of the concerthall ( for your health ).....
Greeting,
Jan.
janvkimm 1 year ago
Wonderful! he is perfect...Gilels and Horowitz perform with more emotion, they interpret and create more, reaching absolute artistry! We all have preferences :-)
Bret6464 1 year ago
Nobility and simplicity are Rubinstein's key words... Just perfect ! Congratulations !
Edou467 1 year ago
This one and Zimmerman's are my favorites.
openmindspace 1 year ago
This hits me really deep in my soul. If you have 9+ minutes to spare, please open up your hearts and ears to this amazing piece of music. :-)
HubShaw 1 year ago 6
Horowitz does a beautiful version of this but I am a huge Rubinstein fan :) he did amazing with this piece!
pianoloveandgod 1 year ago
Well done, but I like Horowitz version the best.
perfectbeat 1 year ago
@perfectbeat I like the Horowitz version best, also. Rubinstein is an excellent technician, very subtle, but Horowitz plays Chopin with a flair that Rubinstein lacks.
victormurray1 1 year ago
I´m not sure what is most beautyiful this one part, or the ballade no. 4 opus 52
alucoq 1 year ago
@alucoq
of course this one. even chopin admitted ballade 1 as his greatest work
sinancans 1 year ago
I wonder if Justin Beiber can do that?
FRESHLIVIN27 1 year ago 7
@FRESHLIVIN27 O yeah, he's recorded the complete ballades and improptus under the Isuck label.
maxjamesorgans 1 year ago
@FRESHLIVIN27 of course he can't
MozartK365 1 year ago
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@FRESHLIVIN27
Probably not but I think Chopin would be really pissed off seeing comments about Justin Bieber under videos with great performances of his most beautiful pieces...
ClassicalMusicPL 1 year ago
The hanging note at 0:29 is so haunting. Gives me shudders.
Nanoyjr 1 year ago
Lol, I remember when I was 12, my first time listening to this piece, in the beginning I thought ok another slow Chopin piece, by the end I was speechless!
marisasw 1 year ago
Notice how Mr. Rubinstein allows for the separation of notes at the beginning of the 2nd scale at 8:58. Thoughtful definitions like this separate this virtuoso from his peers.
isaacandmary 1 year ago 2
OMG that hard coda!!!!!!!
dantheman4917 1 year ago
I'm not a massive fan of classical music, usually listen to mainly guitar based music but this piece has opened my eyes, this is my favourite piece of music ever, i think anyone who doesn't like this has got to have something wrong with them!
bullin7 1 year ago 33
@bullin7 If you liked this, try the 4th Ballade and the b- minor & c# minor Scherzos- Chopin was the great harmonist
Bruce88keys 1 year ago
@bullin7 in case you didn't know there's a ton of classical influenced metal guitar players out there jason becker, paul gilbert, chris broderick, jeff loomis, yngwie malmsteen
ltdex400guitarist 10 months ago
@bullin7 If you like this Chopin piece, try Beethoven's "Appasionata" sonata next. There are many others just as great as this one, just have to find them.
starborg9 10 months ago
beautiful
Lester046 1 year ago
depois de escutar essa musica as outras perdem ate a graca
giovinis 1 year ago
My favorite part of this piece, whoever it's played by, is 1:59 to 2:08 It's the heart of it all
magior329 1 year ago
My favorite section is 8:02-8:08, especially 8:05-8:08. I've never heard anything like that in music. It is so unique and sounds incredible! And I love how Rubinstein brings that section our more than other pianists.
TwelfthRoot2 1 year ago 3
It's a shame that the piano he was playing on isn't perfectly in tune - that D is ever so slightly off. Would have made this even better.
What strikes me the most in this recording is that he never goes for "technical" effects, always purely musical. Which is why he plays some parts slower than most people do. In a way, he's not playing the piano - he's just playing pure music.
RobinLSL 1 year ago
So smooth, so polished, so perfect. Thank you.
PrincessUnicorn69 1 year ago
Rubinstein is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best interpretor of Chopin's work.
astrozombie9703 1 year ago 3
@astrozombie9703
Yes, but only on pieces that Lipatti did not play.
FlashyCat2008 1 year ago
horowitz and rubinstein they are the best pianists of 20th century
szymth 1 year ago 8
@szymth sono pienamente d'accordo.
aleferrarif08 1 year ago
@szymth
In your opinion.
FlashyCat2008 1 year ago
@FlashyCat2008
obviously I believe many many people share it
szymth 1 year ago
@szymth That's your opinion. I prefer Sviatoslav Richter to those two.
Ruimanuk 1 year ago
His performance is a monument of piano playing. The nobility of his song is outstanding!! I love his dignity.
r562580 1 year ago 2
You know, I always wonder if I prefer this beautiful interpretation with fantastic expression or the intensity of the minor parts of Richter. Forever, I'll always consider these two the best interpretations, but which one is better will forever depend on my mood.
djmixah 1 year ago
@djmixah I think this is a great take on the whole act of listening -- it keeps changing, and you'll never be poor or get old if different readings can fascinate you.
I love Rubinstein, I love Richter for different reasons. Ashkenazy transports me too. And some of the younger players are coming up Chopin incredibly -- Rafal Belchacz is astonishing. How great to have them all.
Thanks for posting this performance, crackapolo.
manthasagittarius 1 year ago 3
@manthasagittarius
what a clear, informed and well written comment; especially, "you'll never be poor or get old if different readings can fascinate you".
The insight and phrasing of your entire comment could only come from a lifetime of dedication, experience and thoughtful reflection.
Thank you.
jpstenino 1 year ago
There are plenty of gifted pianists who can perform this piece confidently and effectively. But in my opinion, only one pianist was able to achieve perfect unity with the music of Frederic Chopin, and that was Rubinstein. Here, this is not simply piano music, but the very testament of Chopin's life, told effortlessly and pristinely by his finest champion.
davidjb100 1 year ago
impressive performance
I love this interpretation
ultex00 1 year ago
i used to hear this being practiced on the floor above me in class at college...so i bought this album. such beauty by chopin and artur!
deserteacher 1 year ago
exactly jmvitier... artur was a master
desertskies1965 1 year ago
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jmvitiermusiclover 1 year ago
to all of you wonderful pianists, especially the young ones...THIS IS HOW THIS WONDERFUL PIECE SHOULD BE PLAYED... I am so grateful to the soul who posted this on youtube.
make music and BE HAPPY...
jmvitiermusiclover 1 year ago 7
The part beginning at 4:47 is my favorite section of the piece, and of all the recordings of this piece I've heard, no one plays it like Rubinstein does.
pipeorganloverNJP 1 year ago 58
@pipeorganloverNJP I know... that part gives me chills!
sejkhan 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP >> the pianist soundtrack version is a little very similiar but a little better in timming
shadowcrawlerfox 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP
Yes... that's probably one of the most beautiful fragments in all of Chopin music.
ClassicalMusicPL 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP Have you heard Sviatoslav Richter's rendition. This is personally my favorite among the masters... At roughly 4:30 in his youtube video you may compare. Rubinstein is also one of my favorites along with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Horowitz, Krystian Zimerman, and on the list may travel...Regards
jeffatross 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP I agree. Something about that moment and the section that continues just seems, revolutionary or something. It's just amazing.
ericjaames 1 year ago 2
@pipeorganloverNJP, really amazing, can't stop going from 4:30 to 5:00, is this "repeated" somewhere else?! Why do so many people enjoy this specific part :S It truly is amazing
JoaoMarquesCosta 1 year ago
@JoaoMarquesCosta
Because it's music which you you just can't be insensible of... so damn beautiful. It's no repeated anywere. And good. it's unique!
ClassicalMusicPL 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP, really amazing, can't stop going from 4:30 to 5:00, is this "repeated" somewhere else?! Why do so many people enjoy this specific part :S It truly is amazing
JoaoMarquesCosta 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP I prefer it at around 4:00, and I like also the recording palyed by Michelangeli
mcoccinelli 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP mine too....best tune ever IMHO...