Love listening to him play this piece. Chopin was such an otherwordly composer. Can anyone imagine composing this? I wouldn't even know where to begin.
So often it can be Chopin vs whoever-is-playing. Thankfully there is no battle going on here. Mr. Ohlsson is in complete control of the music-making. And it is beautiful.
That key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...EXTREMELY GREAT ENDING ILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT ONE FOR MY PERFORMANCE!!!!
That key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...
that key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...
that key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...
Interesting. Ohlsson does sometimes sound more like a technician than a musician at times. He doesn't linger very long on too many keys on this one, I've noticed, which sort of diminishes the melody, in my opinion. Not the most convincing interpretation, but good powerful ending! I wonder if this is the first instance where he stopped wearing eye glasses in public performances...
I think that he is too hard and violent, this piecce needs to be softer in touch but with great great power and clarity. Like the versions of Cortot and Idil Biret. and i adore the recordings Arrau made on this piece. Yes he makes it beautiful and great of course, but as i said he is too violent. he is far from the best interpreter of this one
The expressiveness and interpretation is imaginative, fascinating, deeply personal, and dead bang on...all of the time. This...is the greatest interpreter of Chopin. The problem with that e is the same thing I had the other day just before recording for the Cliburn on You Tube. Got it fixed just in time. Small piece needed R&R in action.
I really love that Beethoven Sonata Garrick's playing at Bass Hall Oct. 27. It's absolutely sublime. Number 13. I remember a movie about Glenn Gould. He unwraps his own brand new record in his hotel room and puts it on the phonograph for his first listen. He's listening to #13 when the maid comes in...have you seen it?
I think there must be a broken string or problem with the action on that high E natural. He couldn't possibly have fudged the note that many times and you can see him look at it when he bows after the piece is over. But being a true performer, he dealt with it in a very professional manner. Bravo, Mr. Ohlsson!!
piano majors ought to have a class in performanse styles so they know that in Russia this lst chromatic scale is done in octaves started by maybe anton Rubinstein and that in France less pedal is used and diferently and that Germanans so on and then know the iconoclasts from each country.
I need to stop reading commentary from little sophomores.
@lovesGenet Liszt was the first who recommended using interlocking octaves at the end of this piece (Gollerich, Piano Master Class with Liszt). He also invented this type of passage. This said, it is very effective, but un-Chopinesque, as there is not a single instance of such a passage in any of Chopin's pieces.
BRAVO!! I've heard so many interpretations of this scherzo, and this is definitely the one. This guy is a very noble pianist with great taste. When I was a kid I had an LP of this guy playing all the scherzos, and unfortunately I never paid that much attention to it. I regret this. I want to find that LP now!
Clearly a joy to listen to, but the clear and unobtrusive focus of the camera makes this video doubly joyful. Thanks to whomever brought this to our computers! But mostly, thanks to Garrick!
Mr. Ohlsson has the best sense of the architecture of the music. Add to that his obvious reverence for Chopin, his fearless technique and his complete lack of unnecessary mannerisms, and what we have is a master pianist/musician. And his human qualities are most endearing.
He plays like a nerd.
1Thompsonmusic 1 week ago
dam he broke a string lol!
ThePaulinoContreras 1 week ago
Love listening to him play this piece. Chopin was such an otherwordly composer. Can anyone imagine composing this? I wouldn't even know where to begin.
chodkoel 1 month ago
Only Horowitz is good enough to change Chopin....(Coda octaves)
BlazeKenny 2 months ago
About this work, I also like such an intense thing!
chrismontis 2 months ago
So often it can be Chopin vs whoever-is-playing. Thankfully there is no battle going on here. Mr. Ohlsson is in complete control of the music-making. And it is beautiful.
NoMoosic1 3 months ago
7:39 ...seems to be a hard one....yundi li missed at the same point :)
Gsus665 5 months ago
orrendo, se suonasse così in un concorso adesso lo manderebbero fuori a calci in culo
fuscomblindo 5 months ago
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1Thompsonmusic 7 months ago
Perché ha eseguito nel finale la scala cromatica ascendente con l'ottave alla mano sinistra? Chopin non l'ha scritta così !!! cromat
MrOlogramma 10 months ago
amazing performance!!!!!!!! bravo!
natia56 11 months ago
Eh, I've heard faster interlocking octaves =P
Truly world-class, especially technically... it's not a challenge to him.
AldenHardaway 1 year ago
amazing how he carries on after breaking a string without a second thought...
fledgehog 1 year ago
That key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...EXTREMELY GREAT ENDING ILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT ONE FOR MY PERFORMANCE!!!!
Mikhail2406 1 year ago
That key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...
Mikhail2406 1 year ago
that key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...
Mikhail2406 1 year ago
that key is clearly broken cause it happened again the note came out half dead in 7:04 and 8:10 and i know for a fact he didn't miss any of them... wow you can actually break a Steinway piano string.... AMAZING!!!!! i need to build more muscle...
Mikhail2406 1 year ago
Did he either brake a string, or completely miss the keys when he went to hit the top note at 3:07??
MrSamc94 1 year ago
The last chromatic scale is not normal!! It's incredible cuz he played using his octave.
aijirew 1 year ago
@aijirew
He copied Horowitz
DaPianist 1 year ago 2
OMG his hands are sooooo hairy!! Eewww!! He needs to have them waxed.!
GianniBarbarona 1 year ago
Interesting. Ohlsson does sometimes sound more like a technician than a musician at times. He doesn't linger very long on too many keys on this one, I've noticed, which sort of diminishes the melody, in my opinion. Not the most convincing interpretation, but good powerful ending! I wonder if this is the first instance where he stopped wearing eye glasses in public performances...
formerlyaskeptic1 1 year ago
A typical Ohlsson performance - very solid, nothing offensive. Does it dazzle? Not really. Is it nice to listen to? Yup. That's Ohlsson.
classicalalways 1 year ago
he broke a chord lol
shinobi1311991 1 year ago
The Steinway is not good enough to deliver the beauty of Ohlsson's performance to us — the E key is skipping...
f1f1s 1 year ago
im going to see him in ottawa may 5th :) hes playing choopins piano concerto no 2 and a variety of pieces !! :) i cant wait!!
funnybooboo8 1 year ago
phenomenal!!!!
jedijenkeez45 1 year ago
@jedijenkeez45
nice
shinobi1311991 1 year ago
He has quite long fingers, like paul gilbert
hotuser2 2 years ago
@hotuser2 lolz great analogy. I've shook paul's hand they are BIG
SirJamestheIII 1 year ago
@hotuser2
nice...
shinobi1311991 1 year ago
he broke a chord! very interesting video
PrestoPossibile 2 years ago
Did he beat Mitsuko Uchida in the Chopin Competitions?
GianniBarbarona 2 years ago
Well, he won first place.
pipeorganloverNJP 2 years ago
at around 5:30 it sound like the waltz in c# (middle section)
Prepared2Die 2 years ago
I think that he is too hard and violent, this piecce needs to be softer in touch but with great great power and clarity. Like the versions of Cortot and Idil Biret. and i adore the recordings Arrau made on this piece. Yes he makes it beautiful and great of course, but as i said he is too violent. he is far from the best interpreter of this one
TheLanilsson 2 years ago
Cortot had plenty of power and his interpretations were divine,but he lacked clarity in many of his recordings
Source:Art of the piano
Prepared2Die 2 years ago
incredible
riconallariconalla 2 years ago 7
The expressiveness and interpretation is imaginative, fascinating, deeply personal, and dead bang on...all of the time. This...is the greatest interpreter of Chopin. The problem with that e is the same thing I had the other day just before recording for the Cliburn on You Tube. Got it fixed just in time. Small piece needed R&R in action.
wildejag 2 years ago 2
Yes, I agree. I am going to have the pleasure of seeing him live in concert in Philadelphia in January. I can't wait!
mightyquincy109 2 years ago 2
I really love that Beethoven Sonata Garrick's playing at Bass Hall Oct. 27. It's absolutely sublime. Number 13. I remember a movie about Glenn Gould. He unwraps his own brand new record in his hotel room and puts it on the phonograph for his first listen. He's listening to #13 when the maid comes in...have you seen it?
wildejag 2 years ago
I think there must be a broken string or problem with the action on that high E natural. He couldn't possibly have fudged the note that many times and you can see him look at it when he bows after the piece is over. But being a true performer, he dealt with it in a very professional manner. Bravo, Mr. Ohlsson!!
mightyquincy109 2 years ago
piano majors ought to have a class in performanse styles so they know that in Russia this lst chromatic scale is done in octaves started by maybe anton Rubinstein and that in France less pedal is used and diferently and that Germanans so on and then know the iconoclasts from each country.
I need to stop reading commentary from little sophomores.
lovesGenet 2 years ago
@lovesGenet Liszt was the first who recommended using interlocking octaves at the end of this piece (Gollerich, Piano Master Class with Liszt). He also invented this type of passage. This said, it is very effective, but un-Chopinesque, as there is not a single instance of such a passage in any of Chopin's pieces.
88Woland 1 year ago
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88Woland 1 year ago
What's with the double octaves in the chromatic run at the end? Impressive... but not what Chopin wrote.
wots72 2 years ago
Yes, I find that interesting. Purist would certainly balk at this. I think Mr. Ohlsson has earned the privilege of an artistic license.
Frozentoes1 2 years ago
@wots72 Horowitz used to do that too.
lospazio 1 year ago
BRAVO!! I've heard so many interpretations of this scherzo, and this is definitely the one. This guy is a very noble pianist with great taste. When I was a kid I had an LP of this guy playing all the scherzos, and unfortunately I never paid that much attention to it. I regret this. I want to find that LP now!
SEMPRELISZT 2 years ago 2
Clearly a joy to listen to, but the clear and unobtrusive focus of the camera makes this video doubly joyful. Thanks to whomever brought this to our computers! But mostly, thanks to Garrick!
AMC80F 2 years ago 8
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1Thompsonmusic 7 months ago
ha delle mani giganti sto pianista!
aleHIDEA 2 years ago
Mr. Ohlsson has the best sense of the architecture of the music. Add to that his obvious reverence for Chopin, his fearless technique and his complete lack of unnecessary mannerisms, and what we have is a master pianist/musician. And his human qualities are most endearing.
organman52 2 years ago
Beautiful playing. This is a real artist!
Grigor99 2 years ago
Woah. His hands almost look like they're floating. Awesome. Chopin<33
HanabashiKyoko 2 years ago
BRAVOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
rarescores 2 years ago
BRAVO!!!
ldnkid 2 years ago