@TheSupermaurizio Benedetti Michelangeli non eseguì mai "La Campanella": il video ed il file che circolano sul Web sono bufale clamorose. E' lo stesso discorso relativo all'incisione live del Concerto n°4 per pianoforte ed orchestra di Beethoven per molti anni a lui attribuita nonostante la paternità (in questo caso, "maternità") della registrazione sia legata a Maria Tipo.
@JettePatty Do you think english is the only language? El español, por ejemplo, es la segunda lengua más hablada del mundo después del chino mandarín, que es la primera.
Ques'ultimo molto più presente nello staccato e nella parte finale, appunto il fortissimo ecc..
Sinceramente preferisco (in particolare su questa ballata) l' interpretazione di Zimermann, veramente sentita in tutti i suoi aspetti sia sul p , pp che sul ff nel finale della ballata!
@TheSupermaurizio kissin? ho sentito bene? stai scherzando spero....il pianista dell'auditorium di canicattì è più espressivo....quanto al resto, le interpretazioni non rientrano nei gusti, o si comprendono o non si comprendono. cordiali saluti
La Sand diceva che quando il suo Chopin si siedeva al pianoforte e cominciava ad accarezzarlo sembrava che dalle lunghe dita delle sue mani sprigionasse una melodia che non potesse provenire da lui,ma dall'Assoluto.Questa melodia è stata ed è suonata da tanti pianisti ed ognuno di loro esprime la sua melodia. Questa è quella di Michelangeli.Ma quale sarà stata quella di Chopin?Non potremo mai saperlo!
Ha un tocco di una compostezza e di una nobiltà espressiva incredibile. Esecuzione SEVERISSIMA! Proprio un uomo di altri tempi...a confronto Horowitz, Rubinestein & C sono molto più "moderni" però Benedetti Michelangeli proprio per quel suo modo di suonare "fuori dal tempo" o meglio "al di là del tempo" rimane unico. INIMITABILE!
Ci vogliono le palle per reinterpretare in chiave razionalistica ed in modo così schematico un romantico come Chopin. Michelangeli aveva le palle! Un'interpretazione "didattica" (come del resto tutte quelle di Michelangeli). Un perfezionista puro. Non ce ne sono più come lui. I pianisti di oggi son tutti uguali. Tutti che si sbattono in continuazione a destra e a sinistra distogliendo lo spettatore/ascoltatore dalla musica. Da notare la compostezza del corpo...
Still my favorite modern pianist. What a range, Bach to Debussy. I cannot tell if this is the exact performance on the commercially released DGG recording . The sound on this recording seems thing, but it just may be the difference between a full stereo and the computer and small speakers. Any enlightenment on the recording would be appreciated. Thanks.
questa perfezione è disarmante. Tutto lo sviluppo tematico del tema che si snoda attraverso la partitura è quì reso a vetta dell'Arte suprema. La lettura di Michelangeli lievita lentamente fino a concepirne nota per nota la sua complessità, non una sola nota è gettata lì per caso, la domanda e la risposta che Chopin invita nel tema a leggerne ogni intensa corrispondenza, è quì designata. Non volteggi e rapide diteggiature per sancire virtuosismo trascendentale, ma controllo purissimo.
esistono tanti grandi pianisti ,ABM non deve essere considerato solo un pianista ,è genio allo stato puro e le sue esecuzioni raggiungono delle vette irraggiungibili per tutti gli altri ,evitate confronti con altri pianisti sarebbe ingiusto per loro
@abidoful I didn't find the structure of this particular piece very coherent. I found the intro a bit forced upon the piece and the successive themes and variations lack a direction. The ending too, starting from the fast section, I feel like it's just an add-on that doesn't add much meaning to the whole ballade as a whole. It may be innovative in some respects, but I don't find this composition too appealing. But then it probably wasn't Chopin's intention to appeal to the public anyways.
@movoning I've heard other people complain about the piece not feeling coherent either, or certain passages not making sense as a whole. I'm sure you'd like ballade no. 3 though. I would check out Zimerman's rendition as well. Biret is good too.
For me, throughout this interpretation Benedetti Michelangeli didn't only make music and shared the beauty and the richness of this piece through each single note. In my opinion he transcended his performance to reach what Celibidache would call "the truth" - I would have loved to be part of the live performance. What a pitty that today I couldn't have this feeling with any other pianist!
It's a shame that more Americans aren't familiar with A.B. Michelangeli. I believe he never did a concert tour of the U.S. This interpretation captures the longing and the pathos of this masterpiece...it moves me like no other.
little kids writing on a bathroom wall. Sad. U fools dont know much. Mich 's imagination and sound shining - Rubinstein's vigorous honesty, Geza Anda ,Cortot-.the whole history of music on youtube and monkeys parroting teachers or someth read or worse inanities. Just da world as it has always been.
Completely selfless and good for any time. This playing stands test of time! Today, after 50, or more years, and tomorrow, 100 years from now! A genius is a genius is a genius :) We might like many others, but we'll never dislike ABM.
Despite being much interested in the performances of the great piano virtuosi, I have remained in relative ignorance of this superb artist. I adore this performance and will now listen to as much of his work as possible. One lives,,,and one learns! "Rachmaninif", very many thanks for posting this,,and best wishes.
Thanx for uploading this bijou of a recording. It's unique not only because of the technical brilliance rather that incredible and infallable expression and feeling for Chopins music. And how wonderfull to observe his behaviour and marvel about his composure while playing the piano. I could list endless comparative adjective, but in a short term: entheal!
impeccable!! what magnificent restraint, he let's the music speak for itself and doesn't allow it to be a vehicle for his own self indulgence. I like self indulgence but this is simply another class of pianist, Both are wonderful. His touch is always perfect for whatever he is trying to do.
he is great. but i feel he is a little bit cheesy! but thats good for this piece though. I prefer rubinstiens deep tough. his tone is a little to Shallow, this piece has more dimensions. i feel hes not getting to all of them. but its a veryh mezmorizing preformance thoughi love how he crescendos though at certain areas.
@sir1920 I agree with everything you said...but then I find this piece a bit cheesy too. It's been overly played by everyone that there is hardly any stunning factor left in any performance. The structure of this piece honestly makes no sense to me. I don't know what Chopin is trying to say with such a.."piece-wise" composition. As a ballade, I find it incoherent.
omg he plays effortless absolutely ... great technique, great master of the keyboard, but I have to say this performance don't like too much, I prefer Arrau and Zimerman for this beautiful work.
L'interpretazione di Michelangeli è struggente, ma voglio essere sfacciato: preferisco l'interpretazione di Rubinstein. D'altronde, non è bello quel che è bello, ma è bello quel che piace.
This is extraordinarily unusual playing, very consistent, and aristocratic. Makes you think he is a count, at least, or maybe a prince. Maybe he actually was one. Very strange way of hitting the keys and relating to the piano as a machine.
e dove mancherebbe,di grazia,l'interpretazione?Di cosa mancherebbe?No scusate,ognuno dica ciò che vuole,il libertà(ricordadiamo Voltaire),ma bisognerebbe avere la misura e la consapevolezza di ciò che si dice;specie se si discute,amabilmente,di come si interpreta un testo,sia musicale che scritto,e se di mezzo c'è gente come Michelangeli,Richter e company(senza peraltro timori da Ipse Dixit)
Michelangli seems to prefer playing with minimal effort, "distancing" himself from the keys and avoiding leaning into the piano. It looks elegant but does not sound convincing.
I read your comment before watching much of the video and thought it sounded kind of ridiculous, but wow, you're absolutely right. You know, I was reading something about how the way you hit the keys not only affects the volume of the note, but the timbre, as well; pulling back as you push down makes the hammers accelerate at a constant velocity, which gives you a good legato,
where pushing down on them directly, makes the hammers accelerate suddenly so that they bounce, which gives you a more powerful tone, and a better staccato. The way he's sitting, it's got to be a lot harder for him to hit the keys very forcefully. His legato is superb, but the forte just isn't quite enough to send chills down your spine like it should.
where pushing down on them directly, makes the hammers accelerate suddenly so that they bounce, which gives you a more powerful tone, and a better staccato. The way he's sitting, it's got to be a lot harder for him to hit the keys very forcefully. His legato is superb, but the forte just isn't quite enough to send chills down your spine like it should.
@unexploredpaths don't watch then. He is better to listen to. Screw the pianists physical mannerisms(of which ABM was most economical). If you don't hear passion in his Bach-Busoni Chaccone or Gaspard de la Nuit.. He does things that nobody, and i mean nobody, will ever achieve. My greatest inspiration. i could give less than two shits(sorry about the vulgarity) what he looks like when he plays. Close your eyes and listen to both recordings. the very summit of pianism.
Je donnerais ma vie pour être en dessous de ce piano pendant qu´il joue... argh. Mais bon c´est un peu tard peut-être? Le sentiment de Chopin c´est cela, une musique en dehors du temps, une musique qui explique tout, elle dit l´essentiel. Michelangeli est extraordinaire. Je trouve que cet homme est d´une finesse et d´une élégance incontournables.
Unlike what some of the other comments seem to express, I thought this piece was exceedingly well played. I liked how it sounded throughout. I liked it even more than Zimmerman's version. Don't like my comment? Fine. But I am entitled to an opinion, as is the commentor below me.
I don't like the Zimmermann version too much. Well, I never really listened to classical music. But I like the piece. The best version I ever found was of vladimir horowitz, live in Royal Albert Hall(?) ind 80's, but the video now got musicial content.... damn! ;)
i've heard each one of chopin's ballades over 100 times, played by many different people. i put chopin above others and feel that listening to chopin's music has changed me and continues to do so.
i did not enjoy this at all. it's very dry and has unnecessary exaggerations that kill the amazing flow of this piece.
aside from chopin's pieces i enjoy everything else michelangeli played. same deal with horowitz: just kills chopin's music.
I'm totally addicted to this ballade. in my opinion, parts from 1:50 to 2:50 and 7:50 till the end of the coda, are one of the most beautiful sounds ever composed. a true peace of art.
I preffer Arrau`s version, something about the tempo that is brilliant he doesn`t rush like other gifted pianist. I somehow imagine that this version was wrote by Mozart perfectly in technique but perhaps too much, Richter in his own playing type is also very admirable
I don't agree when people critisize Michelangeli of being cold-natured. Chopin shouldn't be played in a sentimentalized way... He plays with admirable balance and taste...
@PrestoPossibile God, thank you for someone who understands this genius. Do people REALLY know what it is like to be able to play this way? He is doing things with tone, pedaling and dynamic gradations that are inhuman
i enjoy the horowitz interpretation, but as different as this one is, i still very much enjoy it. you can tell that he understands the piece, and he is expressing it the way he wishes. music at its finest.
zamba00mamba, i totally agree ... I think that Zimerman's interpretation is the best never seen ... Even if i've to admit that michelangeli's is not that bad, except some part when he plays it like a robot, and as you said, he forgets that he's playing music ... What a shame !
If he plays like a robot, what about Pollini execution' s? In some ponits is really vulgar, while Michelangeli has a perfect control of the piano and of the sound' s quality. He is essential in is
Zimmerman makes music but Michaelangeli is indeed to robot like. I took lessons from M-J Sheehan a pianis that studied with Alfred Brendel and Michaelangeli, and apparantely Michaelangeli could not teach him anything.
@wookyval you do not unerstand ABM IMHO. If you think the Bach-Busoni Chaconne and Gaspard de le nuit plus the 2nd movement of the Ravel concerto are robotic?.......i am speechless.
I probably consider Michelangeli the best pianist in XX century.. and his interpretation is such a masterpiece of balance and control.. but for this piece I maybe prefer Horowitz..
Come on, you are a youtube commentator, Michelangeli is one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Your opinion is valuable, but not objective.
The nature of music is subjective, and although we may distinguish the best pianists by their technique (which is still hard to do in an objective way), who hits the right buttons for us is completely contingent on someone's character. A YouTube "commentator's" opinion, I think, can be just as valuable as a professional one.
Saying that he forgets he's playing music was an image to show HOW he's playing ! Of course he doesn't forget he's playing, don't be stupid. I've been practicing the piano for 7 years, and I know what interpretation means. Michelangeli here gave us ONE interpretation - that i didn't like - but there are others ! By saying that, i express my own opinion about it, you have to respect it, that's all.
What nonsense. Each player is different. This one plays it sweetly and does not overemphasise the dramatic passages, which can make it sound a little dull compared with more flamboyant players but he is NOT off tempo.
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Pretty pathectic playing and off tempo, according to Chopin's intention. Mediocre at best and pertentious at worst. Totally souless, as if he is hallucinating. Lang Lang beats him in every inch of musicality and technicality.
It is amazing that idiotic people like you exist. You may not like his interpretation but to say he is off tempo is absolutely f***ing absurb. Maybe you want him to use a click track and quantize the whole think you pathetic moran.
what the hell is up with you people? Lang lang is all I hear nowadays! When did he become good? Better than michelangeli? I absolutely do not htink so!
@flouz2 i agree.... but personally i find maksim worse =/.... he actually delapidates all the pieces he play. while lang lang just doesnt do those pieces justly =/...
Q 2) never... he was never good... just chinese media boosting an already over inflated ego (im chinese =/.... and i know how stupid china's media can be) in fact when lang lang went to america to give peformances. the criticism on his playing went through the roof.
@thejugglenaut91 lang lang is no good at all. totally agreed. it is like they love yuja wang. she is a shit with crazy fingers. she is disgracing the whole classic dynasty. i dont know why they love her. maybe there isnt good one out there now. so she is the better one? but still she performs like shit...she should play in her room. and that is it. no concert ever. well. there is no talent in post modernism.
Extremely well played, every aspect of the piano was greatly stressed in this performance, not just because of how Chopin wrote it, but because of how it was played, I'd very much like to hear this pianist again.
this is definately the most solid interpretation i've seen, but not my favourite. some parts i LOVE, but others i don't like at all. VERY well played though
Kocham....
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@TheSupermaurizio Benedetti Michelangeli non eseguì mai "La Campanella": il video ed il file che circolano sul Web sono bufale clamorose. E' lo stesso discorso relativo all'incisione live del Concerto n°4 per pianoforte ed orchestra di Beethoven per molti anni a lui attribuita nonostante la paternità (in questo caso, "maternità") della registrazione sia legata a Maria Tipo.
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Purtierun 1 week ago
Why the hell are all the comments in italian?
JettePatty 1 month ago
@JettePatty Do you think english is the only language? El español, por ejemplo, es la segunda lengua más hablada del mundo después del chino mandarín, que es la primera.
andalaraja 1 month ago 2
@andalaraja I'm proud that I was able to understand every word of that :D
AnimeHopper 2 weeks ago
bellezza accecante !
CDA101252 1 month ago
@MaremmaSheepdog
Ques'ultimo molto più presente nello staccato e nella parte finale, appunto il fortissimo ecc..
Sinceramente preferisco (in particolare su questa ballata) l' interpretazione di Zimermann, veramente sentita in tutti i suoi aspetti sia sul p , pp che sul ff nel finale della ballata!
TheSupermaurizio 2 months ago
@TheSupermaurizio kissin? ho sentito bene? stai scherzando spero....il pianista dell'auditorium di canicattì è più espressivo....quanto al resto, le interpretazioni non rientrano nei gusti, o si comprendono o non si comprendono. cordiali saluti
MaremmaSheepdog 2 months ago
Bellisimo!
fcg2367 3 months ago
Il Maestro, gli altri tutti fantastici...allievi.
The Maestro. The other all fantastic... pupils.
TheZdp1 3 months ago
28 " non mi piace"....la madre dei coglioni è sempre incinta
CDA101252 3 months ago
Man the finger movements are soooooooooooooooooooo smooth. The best presto con fuoco along with Perlemuter and Zimerman...
Elsenrail29 3 months ago
it's fantastic
MrTsikara 4 months ago
La Sand diceva che quando il suo Chopin si siedeva al pianoforte e cominciava ad accarezzarlo sembrava che dalle lunghe dita delle sue mani sprigionasse una melodia che non potesse provenire da lui,ma dall'Assoluto.Questa melodia è stata ed è suonata da tanti pianisti ed ognuno di loro esprime la sua melodia. Questa è quella di Michelangeli.Ma quale sarà stata quella di Chopin?Non potremo mai saperlo!
marzio54 4 months ago
a bocca apertaaaa
danilogiotto 5 months ago
compostezza e smisurata immobilità in un solo pianista.. GIGANTE
ale9164 5 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this video. PRICELESS!!!
aninhey 5 months ago
Ha un tocco di una compostezza e di una nobiltà espressiva incredibile. Esecuzione SEVERISSIMA! Proprio un uomo di altri tempi...a confronto Horowitz, Rubinestein & C sono molto più "moderni" però Benedetti Michelangeli proprio per quel suo modo di suonare "fuori dal tempo" o meglio "al di là del tempo" rimane unico. INIMITABILE!
rothschildna 6 months ago
Ci vogliono le palle per reinterpretare in chiave razionalistica ed in modo così schematico un romantico come Chopin. Michelangeli aveva le palle! Un'interpretazione "didattica" (come del resto tutte quelle di Michelangeli). Un perfezionista puro. Non ce ne sono più come lui. I pianisti di oggi son tutti uguali. Tutti che si sbattono in continuazione a destra e a sinistra distogliendo lo spettatore/ascoltatore dalla musica. Da notare la compostezza del corpo...
rothschildna 6 months ago
His moves are so smooth it doesn't even look he's playing at all.
Terjay 6 months ago
michelangeli has the softest, warmest, smoothest tone i've ever heard
fledgehog 6 months ago
amazing!
I can see his feelings through the music
:)
MrShirotaicho 7 months ago
....grazie ....Michelangeli.....dovresti tornare fra noi!!!
NuovoCurioso 7 months ago
There are so many stories told in thus one ballade
aniikamaus 7 months ago
Preferisco quella di Zimerman, molto più corposa...
antoniogiordano1989 7 months ago
@antoniogiordano1989 si e io preferisco quella di fra cionfoli..
MaremmaSheepdog 2 months ago
@MaremmaSheepdog mi spiace non conosco quella versione magari me la vedo dopo sul tubo
antoniogiordano1989 2 months ago
The best ballade ever. seriously.
Erikk91 8 months ago
DI IMPRESSIONATE BELLEZZA. MICHELANGELI E' UNICO AL MONDO!
micangess 8 months ago
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli è l'incarnazione della Perfezione... probabilmente il miglior interprete di Chopin...
MrAndreafm 8 months ago 3
straordinario..la perfezione assoluta..il più grande interprete del '900.
kngf548 9 months ago 3
Still my favorite modern pianist. What a range, Bach to Debussy. I cannot tell if this is the exact performance on the commercially released DGG recording . The sound on this recording seems thing, but it just may be the difference between a full stereo and the computer and small speakers. Any enlightenment on the recording would be appreciated. Thanks.
GeorgeM1949 9 months ago
questa perfezione è disarmante. Tutto lo sviluppo tematico del tema che si snoda attraverso la partitura è quì reso a vetta dell'Arte suprema. La lettura di Michelangeli lievita lentamente fino a concepirne nota per nota la sua complessità, non una sola nota è gettata lì per caso, la domanda e la risposta che Chopin invita nel tema a leggerne ogni intensa corrispondenza, è quì designata. Non volteggi e rapide diteggiature per sancire virtuosismo trascendentale, ma controllo purissimo.
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I didn´t like. I prefer zimerman playing this song.
miriettee 11 months ago
@miriettee its subjectiv. Tastes are different.
1black1small1moon 10 months ago
@1black1small1moon Absolutely!
miriettee 10 months ago
esistono tanti grandi pianisti ,ABM non deve essere considerato solo un pianista ,è genio allo stato puro e le sue esecuzioni raggiungono delle vette irraggiungibili per tutti gli altri ,evitate confronti con altri pianisti sarebbe ingiusto per loro
CDA101252 11 months ago
@abidoful I didn't find the structure of this particular piece very coherent. I found the intro a bit forced upon the piece and the successive themes and variations lack a direction. The ending too, starting from the fast section, I feel like it's just an add-on that doesn't add much meaning to the whole ballade as a whole. It may be innovative in some respects, but I don't find this composition too appealing. But then it probably wasn't Chopin's intention to appeal to the public anyways.
movoning 11 months ago
@movoning I've heard other people complain about the piece not feeling coherent either, or certain passages not making sense as a whole. I'm sure you'd like ballade no. 3 though. I would check out Zimerman's rendition as well. Biret is good too.
OriginalBasaliskos 11 months ago
For me, throughout this interpretation Benedetti Michelangeli didn't only make music and shared the beauty and the richness of this piece through each single note. In my opinion he transcended his performance to reach what Celibidache would call "the truth" - I would have loved to be part of the live performance. What a pitty that today I couldn't have this feeling with any other pianist!
Champion1179 1 year ago
By far my favorite. Not least because he keeps the tempo under control and doesn't waste a single note.
Plus, he has amazing style. Look how he brings his hand back under at 8:31 . Quelle finesse!
cdotbois 1 year ago 2
magnifico.chopin ce l'ha nell anima.
michke79 1 year ago
Freddie Mercury tried to copy ABM because of his genius.
tchykovsky 1 year ago
It's a shame that more Americans aren't familiar with A.B. Michelangeli. I believe he never did a concert tour of the U.S. This interpretation captures the longing and the pathos of this masterpiece...it moves me like no other.
beethoven2351 1 year ago 2
little kids writing on a bathroom wall. Sad. U fools dont know much. Mich 's imagination and sound shining - Rubinstein's vigorous honesty, Geza Anda ,Cortot-.the whole history of music on youtube and monkeys parroting teachers or someth read or worse inanities. Just da world as it has always been.
lovesGenet 1 year ago
Completely selfless and good for any time. This playing stands test of time! Today, after 50, or more years, and tomorrow, 100 years from now! A genius is a genius is a genius :) We might like many others, but we'll never dislike ABM.
bottlepiano 1 year ago
not many people play like this anymore. we must keep this tradition alive, of grace and letting the art speak for its self
MrSewwes 1 year ago
wow, I'm gonna play this but I can't tell you how fuc***ing difficult this is!!!
aniikamaus 1 year ago
inarrivabile su chopin.
erflaz 1 year ago
@erflaz
E su Debussy no? A mio modesto parere é uno dei piú grandi pianisti della storia, piú lo si ascolta piú lo si ama...
jonnykam 1 year ago
@jonnykam
si anche su debussy non c'e' storia proprio.
erflaz 1 year ago
this is almost as good as bolet's interpretation, i think.
Leinadi 1 year ago
una boccata di genio!
CDA101252 1 year ago
Questa si che è una vera interpretazione!
Le migliori sono quelle di Zimermann e Michelangeli, Pollini sta proprio fuori!
TheSupermaurizio 1 year ago
@thejugglenaut91 lang lang is unimpressive comparatively.
abacus19828 1 year ago
@iwanalla μοναδική σύνθεση - εκτέλεση , παιζει τοσο ηρεμα εχει ξεπεράσει ολες τις αισθήσεις
rokkos69 1 year ago
There are many great pianists, but you can feel the soul of the piano
only with A B Michelangeli.
Absolutely perfect .............................
neporuk 1 year ago
Despite being much interested in the performances of the great piano virtuosi, I have remained in relative ignorance of this superb artist. I adore this performance and will now listen to as much of his work as possible. One lives,,,and one learns! "Rachmaninif", very many thanks for posting this,,and best wishes.
Ivanhoe2 1 year ago
didn't Martha Argerich study from him at some point?
chutdigadut 1 year ago
@chutdigadut she did..
rvn10rvn17 1 year ago
Thanx for uploading this bijou of a recording. It's unique not only because of the technical brilliance rather that incredible and infallable expression and feeling for Chopins music. And how wonderfull to observe his behaviour and marvel about his composure while playing the piano. I could list endless comparative adjective, but in a short term: entheal!
PungentShell 1 year ago 2
Proprio vero, ci sono i pianisti scarsi, quelli bravi, quelli leggendari. Poi c'è Michelangeli che fa gruppo a sè.
TheSwordsweeper 1 year ago 9
i heard he was such a perfectionist that he never hit a wrong note in a performance before
Imxtoeknee 1 year ago
This interpretation lacks the "chutzpah" of other performers.
mobydex 1 year ago
if i ever did a piano concert, that is exactly how i wanna look.
tarquin161234 1 year ago 30
impeccable!! what magnificent restraint, he let's the music speak for itself and doesn't allow it to be a vehicle for his own self indulgence. I like self indulgence but this is simply another class of pianist, Both are wonderful. His touch is always perfect for whatever he is trying to do.
mtierra 1 year ago
he is great. but i feel he is a little bit cheesy! but thats good for this piece though. I prefer rubinstiens deep tough. his tone is a little to Shallow, this piece has more dimensions. i feel hes not getting to all of them. but its a veryh mezmorizing preformance thoughi love how he crescendos though at certain areas.
sir1920 1 year ago
@sir1920 I agree with everything you said...but then I find this piece a bit cheesy too. It's been overly played by everyone that there is hardly any stunning factor left in any performance. The structure of this piece honestly makes no sense to me. I don't know what Chopin is trying to say with such a.."piece-wise" composition. As a ballade, I find it incoherent.
movoning 1 year ago
omg he plays effortless absolutely ... great technique, great master of the keyboard, but I have to say this performance don't like too much, I prefer Arrau and Zimerman for this beautiful work.
Ray0X0 1 year ago
you can see his romantically personality on his interpretation for this piece , it is truly amazing too see the difference between all the musicans
cdvicious 1 year ago
Absolutely Amazing!!
Biffer5 1 year ago
grande grande grande grandísimo Michelangeli! qué técnica!!!!
chu71 1 year ago
wow this was amazingggg
i could sit down and watch this alll day long :)
rose7art 1 year ago
No one can play like michelangeli, he can to stop celibidache to play piano ! Perfect sound really one of my favorite pianist for all the time
PsychotikPandora 1 year ago
Grande pianista. Ma non mi è mai piaciuto il suo atteggiamento solenne. Era un esaltato.
giorgioricci 1 year ago 2
@giorgioricci e dai perdoniamolo! :-)
eMyZeTa 1 year ago
@eMyZeTa Mi verrebbe da dire 'solo per questa volta'. Ma mi sa che è scivolato piùdi una volta nellasua vita.
vinconfo 1 year ago
@giorgioricci Dare dell'esaltato a lui....che grave errore..
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Fuck Lang Lang, right in his stupid looking face.
bsd300d 1 year ago 13
@bsd300d
Come on. What has he to do with langlang?
SparklingStarAngel 1 year ago
@SparklingStarAngel Di fronte a questa persona langlang non è nessuno!!!
aleferrarif08 11 months ago
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What? I can't understand you.
SparklingStarAngel 11 months ago
@SparklingStarAngel Simply Aruro Benedetti Michelangeli==Dante of the piano, Lang Lang = a pianist
aleferrarif08 11 months ago 2
watching him play is a visual treat, apart from an audio treat, as all know !!
satyu131089 1 year ago
L'interpretazione di Michelangeli è struggente, ma voglio essere sfacciato: preferisco l'interpretazione di Rubinstein. D'altronde, non è bello quel che è bello, ma è bello quel che piace.
ciaodami 1 year ago
Thank you so much for uploading this video.
It is the best Chopin Ballade No.1 I've ever heard.
So touching!
kzmintea 1 year ago
Excellent.
nycolas1712 1 year ago
This is extraordinarily unusual playing, very consistent, and aristocratic. Makes you think he is a count, at least, or maybe a prince. Maybe he actually was one. Very strange way of hitting the keys and relating to the piano as a machine.
fredericfranc 1 year ago
e dove mancherebbe,di grazia,l'interpretazione?Di cosa mancherebbe?No scusate,ognuno dica ciò che vuole,il libertà(ricordadiamo Voltaire),ma bisognerebbe avere la misura e la consapevolezza di ciò che si dice;specie se si discute,amabilmente,di come si interpreta un testo,sia musicale che scritto,e se di mezzo c'è gente come Michelangeli,Richter e company(senza peraltro timori da Ipse Dixit)
fabiomax83 1 year ago
Great interpretation. Great pianist.
ultracoolhomies 1 year ago
un po più di interpretazione non guasterebbe..troppa tecnica..fin troppa!
juliocesar81 1 year ago
Michelangli seems to prefer playing with minimal effort, "distancing" himself from the keys and avoiding leaning into the piano. It looks elegant but does not sound convincing.
unexploredpaths 1 year ago
@unexploredpaths
I read your comment before watching much of the video and thought it sounded kind of ridiculous, but wow, you're absolutely right. You know, I was reading something about how the way you hit the keys not only affects the volume of the note, but the timbre, as well; pulling back as you push down makes the hammers accelerate at a constant velocity, which gives you a good legato,
T3hL337Sesshy 1 year ago
@T3hL337Sesshy
where pushing down on them directly, makes the hammers accelerate suddenly so that they bounce, which gives you a more powerful tone, and a better staccato. The way he's sitting, it's got to be a lot harder for him to hit the keys very forcefully. His legato is superb, but the forte just isn't quite enough to send chills down your spine like it should.
T3hL337Sesshy 1 year ago
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where pushing down on them directly, makes the hammers accelerate suddenly so that they bounce, which gives you a more powerful tone, and a better staccato. The way he's sitting, it's got to be a lot harder for him to hit the keys very forcefully. His legato is superb, but the forte just isn't quite enough to send chills down your spine like it should.
T3hL337Sesshy 1 year ago
@unexploredpaths don't watch then. He is better to listen to. Screw the pianists physical mannerisms(of which ABM was most economical). If you don't hear passion in his Bach-Busoni Chaccone or Gaspard de la Nuit.. He does things that nobody, and i mean nobody, will ever achieve. My greatest inspiration. i could give less than two shits(sorry about the vulgarity) what he looks like when he plays. Close your eyes and listen to both recordings. the very summit of pianism.
brianCIM 1 year ago 2
Je donnerais ma vie pour être en dessous de ce piano pendant qu´il joue... argh. Mais bon c´est un peu tard peut-être? Le sentiment de Chopin c´est cela, une musique en dehors du temps, une musique qui explique tout, elle dit l´essentiel. Michelangeli est extraordinaire. Je trouve que cet homme est d´une finesse et d´une élégance incontournables.
cristetoile11 1 year ago 2
Unlike what some of the other comments seem to express, I thought this piece was exceedingly well played. I liked how it sounded throughout. I liked it even more than Zimmerman's version. Don't like my comment? Fine. But I am entitled to an opinion, as is the commentor below me.
pipeorganloverNJP 1 year ago 14
@pipeorganloverNJP
I don't like the Zimmermann version too much. Well, I never really listened to classical music. But I like the piece. The best version I ever found was of vladimir horowitz, live in Royal Albert Hall(?) ind 80's, but the video now got musicial content.... damn! ;)
HaasSiggi 5 months ago
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i've heard each one of chopin's ballades over 100 times, played by many different people. i put chopin above others and feel that listening to chopin's music has changed me and continues to do so.
i did not enjoy this at all. it's very dry and has unnecessary exaggerations that kill the amazing flow of this piece.
aside from chopin's pieces i enjoy everything else michelangeli played. same deal with horowitz: just kills chopin's music.
ibclappin 1 year ago
Michelangeli è il migliore di tutti i tempi
NANCYcoll 1 year ago 3
masterful!
kingjepoy 1 year ago 6
I'm totally addicted to this ballade. in my opinion, parts from 1:50 to 2:50 and 7:50 till the end of the coda, are one of the most beautiful sounds ever composed. a true peace of art.
pmsmorga 1 year ago 4
素晴らしい演奏家だ
eppy1013 2 years ago
彼に否定的な多くのひとは、おそらく巨匠の魂の歌が聞こえていないのだ
nikinikinikita 2 years ago
I preffer Arrau`s version, something about the tempo that is brilliant he doesn`t rush like other gifted pianist. I somehow imagine that this version was wrote by Mozart perfectly in technique but perhaps too much, Richter in his own playing type is also very admirable
yoyinho 2 years ago
Thank you for your preference
:)
ClaudioArrau 2 years ago
I don't agree when people critisize Michelangeli of being cold-natured. Chopin shouldn't be played in a sentimentalized way... He plays with admirable balance and taste...
PrestoPossibile 2 years ago 5
i disagree...
dominicbalabat 2 years ago
@PrestoPossibile God, thank you for someone who understands this genius. Do people REALLY know what it is like to be able to play this way? He is doing things with tone, pedaling and dynamic gradations that are inhuman
brianCIM 1 year ago 2
James-Bond-Style
parule 2 years ago
Wonderfully played. Michelangeli was a wonderful pianist.
HeadCaptain 2 years ago 2
Totally MASTER !!!
elgatosucio 2 years ago 3
I prefer Arrau's performance... I can feel an special sensitivity and passion that I don't feel in other great artists (monsters) of the piano...
However this work is beautiful itself, no matter who performs, it always be one of the most beautiful and emotional pieces for piano ever written.
Ray0X0 2 years ago
I' m italian, but I prefer the chilean' s one...
bender1979 2 years ago
i enjoy the horowitz interpretation, but as different as this one is, i still very much enjoy it. you can tell that he understands the piece, and he is expressing it the way he wishes. music at its finest.
QuentinJammer23 2 years ago 2
nice!
amantdemusique18 2 years ago
i like zimerman more
noeeeeeeeeeee 2 years ago 2
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Really boring play! Horribble!!
maxhansendk 2 years ago
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way lami
MrDesperateArtist 2 years ago
i'm breathless... FANTASTIC !
sezeseze 2 years ago 4
EPIC.
Freedomm1987 2 years ago 2
zamba, what are u saying. the music around minute 2,45 is a kind of magic
marcucin 2 years ago
zamba00mamba, i totally agree ... I think that Zimerman's interpretation is the best never seen ... Even if i've to admit that michelangeli's is not that bad, except some part when he plays it like a robot, and as you said, he forgets that he's playing music ... What a shame !
wookyval 2 years ago
If he plays like a robot, what about Pollini execution' s? In some ponits is really vulgar, while Michelangeli has a perfect control of the piano and of the sound' s quality. He is essential in is
pandae80 2 years ago 2
Zimmerman makes music but Michaelangeli is indeed to robot like. I took lessons from M-J Sheehan a pianis that studied with Alfred Brendel and Michaelangeli, and apparantely Michaelangeli could not teach him anything.
peetnaude 2 years ago
@wookyval you do not unerstand ABM IMHO. If you think the Bach-Busoni Chaconne and Gaspard de le nuit plus the 2nd movement of the Ravel concerto are robotic?.......i am speechless.
brianCIM 1 year ago
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im nt convinced. see around 2.45 he is so concentrated on not hitting a wrong note that he forgets that he is playing music
zamba00mamba 2 years ago
i for this piece *_*
gonzal0999 2 years ago
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best jew song ever
DaBossk 2 years ago
its not a song and its not jewish.perhaps you commented the wrong vid.
Achtelnote 2 years ago
what did i say? youtube decided to erase my comment?
DaBossk 2 years ago
Je préfére l'interprétation de Horowitz pour cette pièce
wariomane 2 years ago
Grandissimo Michelangeli!Interpretazione magnifica e tecnica ottima.
Il più grande pianista del '900!
Gabry950 2 years ago 29
va caca
TipheretV 2 years ago
@Gabry950 sisi bravissimo non si mette in dubbio
però ricordiamoci che del 900 fa parte anche rachmaninoff penso sia quest'ultimo
il migliore..cmq grandissimo michelangeli anche per la sua ricerca nel suono
d1agos 1 year ago
@Gabry950 learn how to spell, its optima!
evenshadow 1 year ago
@Gabry950 bhe diciamo che nel 900 c'è stato anche Rachmaninovv...e martha argerich
ludolxx94 1 year ago
good
ivolknivol 2 years ago
I probably consider Michelangeli the best pianist in XX century.. and his interpretation is such a masterpiece of balance and control.. but for this piece I maybe prefer Horowitz..
hinomusic 2 years ago
zimerman for this piece!!
rvn10rvn17 2 years ago
........
peppersprayinthebutt 2 years ago
I have to agree wid rvn10rvn17 about Zimmerman's interpretation of this piece to be best.
brightstarinthesky 2 years ago
This performance, while technically well done, lacks much spontaneity or intensity.
Liebromeistal 2 years ago 5
Come on, you are a youtube commentator, Michelangeli is one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Your opinion is valuable, but not objective.
elevenwhy 2 years ago 4
The nature of music is subjective, and although we may distinguish the best pianists by their technique (which is still hard to do in an objective way), who hits the right buttons for us is completely contingent on someone's character. A YouTube "commentator's" opinion, I think, can be just as valuable as a professional one.
Hilrond 2 years ago
are you joking??
bluedadone 2 years ago
Certainly not, opinion isn't valuable if you don't know anything about the subject.
Tell me how can you forget about playing music while you playing music?
Wow your comment don't have any sens at all.
Do you even know what interpretation means, of course NOT
DruMmMeuR 2 years ago
Saying that he forgets he's playing music was an image to show HOW he's playing ! Of course he doesn't forget he's playing, don't be stupid. I've been practicing the piano for 7 years, and I know what interpretation means. Michelangeli here gave us ONE interpretation - that i didn't like - but there are others ! By saying that, i express my own opinion about it, you have to respect it, that's all.
wookyval 2 years ago
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don't waste your time with stupid people on here.
daxispiano 2 years ago
Agreed...firmly!
funfor1life 2 years ago
What nonsense. Each player is different. This one plays it sweetly and does not overemphasise the dramatic passages, which can make it sound a little dull compared with more flamboyant players but he is NOT off tempo.
bundleHastings 2 years ago
People play this piece with so much rubato that I doubt there is a set tempo for it anymore.
Haydenbrooks83 2 years ago
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Pretty pathectic playing and off tempo, according to Chopin's intention. Mediocre at best and pertentious at worst. Totally souless, as if he is hallucinating. Lang Lang beats him in every inch of musicality and technicality.
commiemcd 2 years ago
It is amazing that idiotic people like you exist. You may not like his interpretation but to say he is off tempo is absolutely f***ing absurb. Maybe you want him to use a click track and quantize the whole think you pathetic moran.
marcose1994 2 years ago 2
what the hell is up with you people? Lang lang is all I hear nowadays! When did he become good? Better than michelangeli? I absolutely do not htink so!
thejugglenaut91 2 years ago 77
Indeed :D
maddorox 2 years ago
@thejugglenaut91 just like Maksim he's ajoke in history of classical music (Lang Lang i mean)
flouz2 1 year ago
@flouz2 i agree.... but personally i find maksim worse =/.... he actually delapidates all the pieces he play. while lang lang just doesnt do those pieces justly =/...
maddorox 1 year ago
@thejugglenaut91
Q 1) they are delusional
Q 2) never... he was never good... just chinese media boosting an already over inflated ego (im chinese =/.... and i know how stupid china's media can be) in fact when lang lang went to america to give peformances. the criticism on his playing went through the roof.
Q3) no. enough said
Statement 4 ) i agree ^_^
maddorox 1 year ago
@thejugglenaut91 lang lang is no good at all. totally agreed. it is like they love yuja wang. she is a shit with crazy fingers. she is disgracing the whole classic dynasty. i dont know why they love her. maybe there isnt good one out there now. so she is the better one? but still she performs like shit...she should play in her room. and that is it. no concert ever. well. there is no talent in post modernism.
baesuk81 1 year ago
Extremely well played, every aspect of the piano was greatly stressed in this performance, not just because of how Chopin wrote it, but because of how it was played, I'd very much like to hear this pianist again.
EMC089 2 years ago 3
amazing!!!!!!!! wow!!!!!
AnnMarry19 2 years ago 2
I mean.. wow.. brilliant.. where are pianists like him now ?
karakallatore 2 years ago 2
grandissimoo!!!!
amantedipiano 2 years ago 4
veramente impressionante il tocco di michelangeli....a mio avviso il pianista più grande di tutti i tempi!!!!!!
thescagno 2 years ago 6
Again, the original style of Micheliangeli.
puchalaka 2 years ago 6
sempre gostei de suavidade!
mas dessa vez ficou suave demais :S
pouco agressivo.
moklygospel 2 years ago
this is definately the most solid interpretation i've seen, but not my favourite. some parts i LOVE, but others i don't like at all. VERY well played though
220392123 2 years ago
Fantastic!
Fantástico!
Фантастический!
Fantastisch!
Fantastique!
素晴らしい !
hnelsonn0123 2 years ago 2
Fantastic!
Fantástico!
Фантастический!
Fantastisch!
Fantastique!
素晴らしい !
kit8583 2 years ago 2
in some ways i prefer this won to Vladimir horowitz
Qoind 2 years ago
michelangeli è uno dei pochi che sa suonare bene questa ballata...bellissima
dottbd91 2 years ago 4
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He is no good at Chopin. He plays it perfunctorily, without poetry, without heart. He feigns elegance. He plays hard because he is physically bigger.
freeqwerqwer 2 years ago