Chopin - Etude Op.10 N.8 & N.5 (Zimerman)

[tierzuchtZentral]

With Valentina Lisitsa the right hand is much too loud, the left hand is going under, and isn't that dancing, all sounds similar, like a huge cake batter... sense of these Etudes is to learn to use the hands separated and this one should hear by totally different stories which are marvelous told by Zimerman. He even creates more senses, e.g. the setup of tension, several times, and pure beauty in the end- better is NOT possible!! And all this with a gentle tone that immensely pleases the ears...

[tierzuchtZentral]

Op 10 Nr 8 My New LOVE I don't believe it, he makes a beautiful music out of this with the fantastic contrapunkt- this STRUCTURE I DIEEEEEEE this is so modern simply perfect!! It sounds like a piece of opera sometimes with the raising danger all the time... and after that the happy/ lucky hopping sounds again and with the right hand a total independent line of tones...

AND the ENDING like angels harps! How can one be so talented!!! This is gold for the ears!!! Oo__oO

[tierzuchtZentral]

WOW! I've known only the Pollini version for 20 years and Zimerman understands the first Etude totally different- that is like brainwashing- I would say this here is really better and much more logic!!! The voices more parted separately O__O

[Ultrazone91]

@mfm29 a mistake (sorry for the three part comment but my phone

[Ultrazone91]

@mfm29 a video maker making

[Ultrazone91]

@mfm29 exactly! It's actually very weird to see a video maker

[harry21944]

A look at the video and I get an epileptic insult thanks to the stupid camerawork. Perhaps they thought, a rooky behind a great artist will make him even greater.

[G1os89]

looking him in this video nobody would have said that he would grow a beard so much

[wang1bing]

looks like 《growing pains 》’s little ben

[anonymousQ45]

Face shot, fga, face shot, fga....cameraman...have your stuff out by tomorrow morning

[anonymousQ45]

Face shot

[mfm29]

the second etude isn`t op.25 no9, It's op.10 no5

[Edmondemon]

cameraman fuckin sucked...even a kid holding a mobile phone will be far better than him.

[BlazeKenny]

@1Thompsonmusic for hell sake, its not all you have to do

[anonymousQ45]

wowwww its so good to hear Zimmerman play the etudes. ive been listening and studying his interpretations of the Ballades for about a year his sound is incredible

[predoje]

he says that there are not technic, he is lieing...

[MCjai1991]

he's young in this video, but he beats all the other interpretations:)

[Chomikmk]

Jaki młody!

[Adamoslossuperos]

@Chomikmk szok!!

[Stefolina89]

the best

[AndreAx1985]

Excellent, one of the best renditions of op.10 n. 8

[davidofpiano423]

I never realized how small his hands are!

Doesn't slow him down, though. Didn't slow down Claudio Arrau either!

[aznxkigga]

the cameraman needs to learn how to zoom out for god's sake.

[piano299098]

@aznxkigga xaxaxaxaxax

[jlmojica7]

who is this guy he looks just like chopin!

[1donpizarro]

@jlmojica7 Krystian Zimerman ... Why ?

[pianovirtuoso1000]

@jlmojica7 , this man does look kind of like Chopin. He is a great romantic music pianist named Krystian Zimerman!

[MartinaFromPoland]

he plays like it is sooo easyyy ...

ech.

[TwelfthRoot2]

...a little too easy for my liking :-)

[michal1810]

Obviously, opus 10 no 5, not opus 25 no 9

[lizarthopinsky]

wow, no.8 is soo clean.

[pookiehohn]

What a horrible camera man!

[zuckstocker]

i guess he only had telephoto lenses :)

[mynameisandycostello]

Haha, tell me about it...

[musicist001]

Bad camera!

[Oerti2]

Who cares about the video?!

[filfanmarfot]

speechless....... ahhhhhh ! (sigh)

[sgtpeppero]

my god...

[FredilYupigo]

He looks like Blechacz... but no one will ever be better than Zimerman!

[rvn10rvn17]

young zimerman...

[ClickMusicale]

★★★★★ ^_^

[aryolkary]

Now, he had such control at that age...

Truly Zimerman and Sokolov are my 2 favorite pianists alive, their control is supreme (tonal control, dynamics, clarity, etc.). I suggest you search the interviews on google, you'll be amazed at the fact that he carries his own piano with him, and he's his own technician and even changes the keyboard during a concert to change the mechanism and sound! Really, it is a supreme level of perfectionism. Watch his Chopin Ballade No.1, his movements and sound...

[ALoveEternal]

you understand polish then? There is a 3 part interview floating around, but it's subtitled in Japanese -_-

someone has commented that they would translate, so here' to hoping :D

[revilo178]

hahaha, that's exactly what I should call perfectionism. on the other end of the ladder stays Beethoven who just changed the key when he realized that the piano wasn't tuned as he wanted it to ^^

[Volerto90]

bugia

[Volerto90]

zimerman is fantastic but I think Horowitz it is more for his unique technique. However zimerman is exceptional.

[pianoplejer]

HE IS POLISH!:)

[voolare]

extraordinary! Expecially op10. n.8.

What's wrong with th movie director? You can't zoom on the right hand in this etude, unless you know where it's going to go next! And also they screwd up the description before op.10 n.5. But great video, it's a fantastic document of Zimmy's youth!

[Excrey]

He was 19. Now he plays too much better -wrong. He is the best.

[ALoveEternal]

what?

[lamiaviola]

wow!!!! he is a great pianist!!

nice hand

[ndel687]

He's really young here. It's wonderful playing, though. They labeled the black key one as being Op. 25 No. 9 rather than Op. 10 No. 5.

[civilbb]

which is wrong :)

[daniel0212]

i am speechless.

this is THE flawless performance.

there honestly isn't a SINGLE way to criticize this.

unfortunately the camera angle's less than terrible.

[artofattack]

Yeah, Zimerman's really good...

But I'm sure Zimerman now has some critique about his own playing here. :)

[kingdraster]

i agree.... if there is such a thing as flawless, i just heard it he's eff-ing AMAZING! and i like the style he plays both of them in... ive heard of lot of professional pianists play these 2 and their articulation and slurring doesnt sound as natural as his does