Zimerman plays Chopin Sonata Op.35 (1st mov)

[OneTrickPony33]

I imagine this song is heard by twins right in the moment when the mother gives birth to the first child and they are forced to leave the so highly loved brother without knowing of their next meeting in the outside world.

[tierzuchtZentral]

What a Sonata!!! I could hear it till the end of my life.

[89hedgehog]

This is well played but a strange interpretetation... no dynamics. Maybe he didn't like Horowitz's version, for sure he did not like Rach's!

[gek0sft]

The repetition is taken from right point. Chopin's hand-signed manuscript: imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg­/9/94/IMSLP80861-PMLP02363-op_­35_sonata_no_2_autograph.pdf

[thetunr]

@gek0sft

You clearly don't know what you're talking about.

[HemligaHemulen]

My god he haaaas to record his version of this sonata, Zimermans interpretation is absolutely amazing ( Ivo Pogorelichs version is also something else which i really recomend).

[kwastormayt]

donghyek lims interpretation was much better than this, but they deleted it

[CxC2007]

PLease, hear also Pogorelich playing this piece, its as much as wonderfull !!!!!

[davecotuit]

i was very lucky to hear him playboth the 2nd and 3rd sonatas live in concert. i asked him if he had any plans to record these sonatas. he said no. this is almost a tragedy in my view.

needless to say his performances of these sonatas were absolutely fantastic!

[miliona1re]

@davecotuit We must convince him :)

[pinkfloyddwc]

the part 7:00 to the end is so different from any other version i've heard .. i like it!

[Ellevius]

,,,aaah...

[Ennis4Pianos]

It's amazing how he does that as he just sits there facing his audience. You can't even see his hands move.

[4785689]

i have the op.58

[aijirew]

@4785689 I really like to hear him play op.58. I really cannot find it from anywhere. Can you send me one or upload if possible?

Thx a lot

[4785689]

@aijirew i posted it!

[2annagi]

@4785689 please can you post it ?

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

HE is the Chopinist for excellence

[baaboy83]

he is good looking ..

[requiemoliver]

that´s so good! i´like the chopin´s music, is very realistic, other side, other world and other life.

[animumaurarium]

This is indeed Zimerman

[hoganmac]

This isn't Zimerman!

[aijirew]

@hoganmac Why don't you think this is Zimerman??

[CaradhrasAiguo49]

@aijirew: this is exactly his characteristic crystal-clear, precise, sometimes sharp, sound

[janvkimm]

@hoganmac

Oh no??

[dido93]

Hundreds time I've heard this sonata played by the greatest pianists of the 20th century, but under Zimerman's fingers I've the sensation to listen to Op.35 for the first time....

[phil99spy]

the best !!!!!

[TJFNYC212]

Powerful and convincing performance of this difficult sonata. Zimerman is a great pianist!

[brtherjohn]

There's another school of thought about the repeat here. I'm inclined to believe that the edition is faulty and should be observed at measure 5 - and that Zimerman is well aware of the discrepancy. It makes no sense doing it from the very beginning, and very few pianist observe it that way anyway. In fact, still very few play the repeat at all!

[hakunamatata97]

i saw him play this live yesterday! it was impressive and spectacular!!!

[88alan8800]

this is pretty... INCREDIBLE!

[XdeadXheadX]

saw him in cologne some month ago it was just awesome.. didnt hear a single fault :P

[fredericfranc]

I have heard Horowitz do it worse than this, but, nevertheless this is nothing to be proud of, he has no overall convincing concept for the movement at all, and this pianist is supposed to be good in that area, i.e. the "overall conceptions" . On local detail he always sucks big time, so I did not expect much, and, obviously, did not get it.

[umdala]

@fredericfranc My favorite recording of this is by Rachmaninoff - it's eerie and frightening and magnificent all at once. 

[taviona]

Heard him play this piece on Thursday at the Vienna Musikverein.. it was pretty great. Unfortunately, he didn't play an encore, no idea why. Can't have been because of lacking applause.

[wborgstro]

Besides his great mastery of the piano, I love his political stand. Bravo twice.

[lovesGenet]

I completely disagree. This is the first time this movement has really made sense to me.Think of how that sounds with the dev making a big series/mod out of the first two bars aug 6th.i think his sense& philos of Chopin knew this is the way to do it.I have all the supposedly great versions. Godowsky,Rach,Cortot,Horo,Rub .Michelangeli ,Uchida etc. Here I feel Z. has incorrigible taste and sense of structure.The slowing down of those opening measures? These people have access to much we do not.

[yokusienka]

Pardon, je corrige:

à la fin de la prémiere prémiere partie

-> à la fin de la prémiere partie de concert

[yokusienka]

Ce soir-là, j'ai ecouté Zimerman, mais c'était un concert scandaleux !

Ce n'est pas à cause du lui, mais à cause d'auditeurs bêtes.

Ils ont applaudit n'importe quand: soit entre des nutes soit entre

des mouvements. En plus, ils ont commencé à bisser déjà à la fin

de la première première partie.(pauvre pianiste l'a accépté(!))

J'ai ptitié de lui et malgré cela j'espère qu'il reviendra à Paris

bientôt.

(Je suis désolée de mon mauvais français.)

[simccarthy]

@yokusienka Vous parlez du récital à la Salle Pleyel, le 1er mars 2010? Moi aussi, j'y étais, et ce que vous dites est vrai. Heureusement, Monsieur Zimerman a un sens d'humour. Franchement, les auditeurs ont commencé à me taper sur les nerfs... Mais, je pense que c'est le récital le plus passionnant auquel j'ai jamais assisté... Zimerman est LE meilleur interprète de Chopin, en mon opinon. J'espère moi aussi qu'il reviendra...

[yokusienka]

@simccarthy

Oui, exacetement. Je suis une grande amatrice de la musique de Chopin. J'ai écouté Zymerman quatre fois : deux fois au Japon, une fois en Pologne, une fois (c'est cette fois-ci). Ses concerts, qui j'ai écoutés étaient toujours manifique, donc j'éspère que la qualité de l'auditeur sera amériorée dans sa prochaine concert. C'est vrai qu'il a un très bon sens d'houmour et je crois que c'est la meilleure qualité de Polonais (J'ai habité à Cracovie pendant 10 ans )

[cutemusicdolphin]

Love him!!!!

[Rodflute]

I heard him play this at RFH London yesterday :) Standing ovations.. well-deserved.. it was amazing!

[scafell11]

I was there too! This first movement was unbelievable!

[yokusienka]

Enfin j'ai réussi à acheter un billet. La place n'est pas mal. J'attends 1 Mars inpatiemment.

[sibelius999]

wonderful zimerman!! but...the repetition is not taken from the right point! the repetition must be played from the beginning, and not from the 5th bar!! it's a misprint of the first german edition, 1840.

[thetunr]

Yes, you're right. Very few pianists know that.

see: cfeo org uk/ apps/

[darley3]

@sibelius999 i seriously doubt that zimerman plays anything without a solid knowledge about given piece. So I doubt he does it accidentally. I mean he may just know better.

[deleuzeguattarixxx]

@sibelius999

It is a recent philological discovery by Charles Rosen; this is a 1984 recording!

[michaelpiano1]

@sibelius999 Maybe you are right. But i dont think it metter at all. chopin, might have wanted it to be played like that, but we dont care, because we know that what chopind really wanted is that the idea of the peace, and the story will be shown. the messege has to be delivered, and it is delivered in the same quality even with 4 bars less, and even with a few wrong notes (even if there would be allot of mistakes).

[AlvaroBassSide]

@sibelius999 not his fault ;D

[andrzejsuse10]

@sibelius999 You are not right, take a look into manuscript. There is very clearly marked repetition from the fifth bar.

[deadly990]

@sibelius999 who decided this and when.... not to mention how do THEY know. (the ones that say the beginnings could ALSO be misprints).

[SepiaLatimanus]

@sibelius999 Yeah but it was a mistake on Chopin's part to not take the repeat from the fifth bar :)

[jazzlover06]

Seeing him playing this at Festival Hall in a few weeks :) yay!!!

[Paulo78180]

J'irai le voir jouer cette sonate ainsi que la 3ème à la salle Pleyel le 10 mars prochain ! En attendant j'écoute cette vidéo pour avoir un avant-goût...

[yokusienka]

C'est vrai, qu'il va venir à Paris! C'est super! J'espère qu'il y a encore des billets!

[LLPorduction]

Sinon il ya bruxelles :)

[prodesica]

APOCALITTICO!!!!!

[PhilPhilUSA]

superb reading of this music! which always dominates the player - no matter how great! The enigma of it defies perfection...yet the passion of this playing, especially in the last few pages, stands up well against anything on disc, it seems to me. Pure Zal.

[sosamuera]

Zimerman is a superb pianist. Neverthless this version is a very lower quality compared with Horowitz performance.

[elmundodeastor]

Ese La bemol al final es un armónico que el apagador no llegó a silenciar. No es un error, delen.

[pepemazter]

Amigo, es un La, y lo rozó, seguramente con el Sib, se le resbaló un poco, en fin, nadie es perfecto, sólo me llamó la atención porque fue al final. La interpretación es excelente, brillante, y no es gran cosa. Al menos no fue un error "asqueroso", y le dio un toque bueno al final... No era crítica, era, insisto, porque me llamó la atención que fuera al final. Quizá fue voluntario, porque fue un error muy "perfecto", que sonó bien... En fin...

[DarkLaslot]

ya quisieramos todos tocar como el jaja en fin...de criticos esta lleno el mundo

[grey2199]

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[teccomin]

this does sound like Zimerman's touch

[RomanticNotes]

this is not sound like zimerman.

[thetunr]

Watch your language ihnscinck. I don't remove your comment just to make it clear who's the fool here.

[sgtpeppero]

deception..i knew it.

[pepemazter]

Que maaaaaal.

Equivocarse justo en el último acorde D:!

Eso si que es mala suerte, yo me muero si me pasa eso XD

[DarkLaslot]

quien se ha equivocado? ..omg

[pepemazter]

Omg, Zimermann tal vez?

¿En serio no notan el La de más?

Es sólo un roce, pero con el pedal basta para que se note. Se equivocó, no es gran cosa, pero fue al final.

Mejore el oído pues.

[rubinsteinway]

Doesn't he look just like Mona Lisa?

[Bebkins]

Haha, not to me....but I think he is very handsome and distinguished-looking....that may be because I am Polish as well:)

[Haydenbrooks83]

I don't see the resemblance.

[piano3086]

It isn't Zimerman. There are too many mistakes

[FredilYupigo]

I thought I liked Zimerman before, but this is just awesomeness in a can!

[celpiano2]

Do you have the mp3 for this?

[miliona1re]

divine

[jwang32]

I have a feeling this is from his Salzburg recital. He has been playing this piece for a very long time. I've heard it twice live.

[koralgol5]

Where did you get this? Where was it recorded? How did you get this? I've never heard about Zimerman's op.35 before..

[4785689]

@koralgol5 (Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg - 12 August 1984)

Bach J. S.: Partita No. 1

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 (Waldstein Sonata)

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2

Chopin: Waltz No. 6

Liszt: La lugubre gondola II

Liszt: La Notte

Liszt: Nuages gris