Evgeny Kissin plays Chopin prelude op.28 no.16 in Bb (Hades)

[christinendanelian]

swag

[wiesnase8]

schön die linke Hand raugeholt. sehr sauber ...bravo

[camilita361]

Mucho Mejor Martha Argerich :) ♥ Mil Veces Mejor

[ivelosthewilltolive]

Not very good. The left hand is clumsy throughout. And at :35 he loses it momentarily in the right hand too.

[Adolf32]

@ivelosthewilltolive

by your username I can understand why you would say that

[lllllllllllllll88]

Standing O!

Bravo!

[lllllllllllllll88]

He can play anything.  This prelude is relentless! Hades is apropos...

[youcorrupt]

kissin is god.

[aizendarwin]

Argerich's version of this piece is not ugly when you hear it live...trust me...it is for the reason that the video was old...

[pianistconductor]

Of course we're all entitled to our opinions. I think that the right hand is horribly muddled and uneven.

[gunz300]

His left hand dynamics control is otherworldly.

[lucianoallegroni]

increible

[LuDeLuJia]

phenomenal fingerwork

[davidbaker03]

@12345anonymousperson ...Argerich's recording is extremely low quality. She does not play anything ugly. he has a great sound in everything she plays... If her interpretation is not what you consider "pretty"...that is a matter of opinion

[videosuperginko]

Oh... my goodness!!

[lllllllllllllll88]

O O

[PublicLibraryx]

Chopin my god he was a freakin beast D:!

[pianopat]

The ugliest I have heard so far...

[christinendanelian]

@pianopat go fuck yourself

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@pianopat Not ugly at all. 

[videosuperginko]

Dio ti benedica...!

[jjg7]

IMO, argerich has the most effortless performance of this in YTube, particularly in those those LH ocatves

[model23girl23]

bloody dengerous

[otirudam]

Its absolutely very impressive piano performance, but it has always been said that Chopin played his music in a soft tone. shouldnt this piece be played not as a fireworks stunner but as a rapid subdued windy sigh????

[wagneristhebest]

@otirudam what chopin wanted does not apply in a modern age. the bible preaches that homosexual's should be killed, but why don't we do that? its a modern age. on a modern piano, in a modern concert hall, compromise must be gifted. personally i think its much more electric like he played it.

[otirudam]

chopins music is (thank God) very far away from religious discussions, and everybody is entitled to interpret him, in any way they like. But if anybody knows of a pianist that interprets Chopins music in a soft subdued way (as he was supposed to play his own music) please let me know. I would appreciate that very much. Thank you.

[rod3067]

and people think playing clocks from coldplay is cool! HAH!

[kossolas]

Evgeny Kissin = The Shredder of the Piano!

[lifeinmusictv]

Is really hard to believe that Chopin used to play this prelude so fast, I don't think he did and if he did was just to show off. I challenge anybody that's reading this to play this piece really slow and realize the beauty that it is as a composition. Example, play measure 30 and 31, it sounds like a beautiful love song, I wish we could talk to Chopin and ask him how he played this prelude.

[lifeinmusictv]

I really don't get it, why are all these pianists playing this piece so freakin' fast. I play this piece on the piano, my technique is nowhere near any of these pianists, but I have to say that when the piece is played slow the beauty of the composition really sticks out. Played at this speed it sounds like the pianist is on crack cocaine, like a chipmonk. Anyways, I'm not a classical musician so what I'm saying could be nothing but BS, I really think a lot is lost when played so fast.

[yodamvpplayer]

@lifeinmusictv A) It's fine playing it slower and all, but what Chopin did with his music was not only to have it serve that purpose, but to also allow a pianist a more freelance way of practicing, (if you haven't noticed, a lot of his pieces are pretty damn difficult) B) they all play it this fast because it is simply dictated in the music, if it were learned any other way, the pianist wouldn't be performing it, they'd just be enjoying it.

[d11os]

Arrau

[Ray0X0]

@d11os ... Agree with you...

[farah73]

HE FINISHED IT IN ONE MINUTE!!!!!!

DAAAAAAAAAANG

he played it better and clearer than Argerich

[Impressionist1]

You can actually hear the rythm and all the notes when you listen Kissin, I haven't heard better versions. It has more dynamics and a clear structure. All the others are like bunch of notes everywhere, drowning in pedal... And Kissin doesn't play even much slower!

[christinendanelian]

@Impressionist1 exactly!!!!!!!!!

[Rislundman]

And that is just what he plays to warm up..

[oas1s2004]

@Rislundman really? I love Kissin but I think Sergio Tiempo has him beat in this one :P maybe the quality of this video makes sergio look better (not that video quality matters, but the sound quality is crap :p)? idk, i think sergios dynamics are amazing. KIssin however, is genius regardless :p

[Rislundman]

@oas1s2004 I just listened to Sergio Tiempo playing this piece and at 0:18 i felt that Sergio lost the force in his left hand, and at 0:30 Sergio didn't have the same strong base feeling that Kissin has in this clip.

.33-.35~ is a part where Sergio's base just fades away due to pedal use, in theese parts I compare him to kissin where i hear a strong hammering sound of the base, which is something I personally like, i'd say that Sergio used too much pedal for MY taste.

But yes, the quality sucks

[richclayderman]

never better than argerich, but he mastered it

[kiesworld86]

best of best ,.....very good...oh my god...

[sidewinderxx]

sokolov

[missglory1]

this is my favorite version of this piece! and of course evgeny kissin is my favorite pianist :)

[MaestroTJS]

I think that was a really awesome performance. Although his speed is just as fast as many others, he doesn't obscure the melody as much as many do. The line remains clear and audible...wonderful.

[dhakhair]

that's a decision your own personality and taste are making. i don't want 'something' more than Chopin intended, and i feel this is it.

[mesho512]

He is great but Claudio Arrau Play it a lot better .

[Waldszenen]

I agree - Arrau's recording is one of the best of this piece.

[rvn10rvn17]

kissin is young and not experienced yet like the master arrau but i think he can be there sometime in the future

[mesho512]

man i don't say i don't like him ... actually i adore Kissin and i think he is the best pianist alive plus he plays the piece amazingly but Claudio plays it faster and this didn't matter to me cause the music isn't about speed but what matters is with an amazing speed Arrau expression was great now Evgeny's expression is very good but at a slower speed (still very fast compare to any living pianist) so i admire Arrau's ability to combine enormous speed with deep expression.

[mesho512]

& kissin isn't young anymore he is in his forties now as i think .. and he actually had made it to the class of greatest pianists on history.

[gcaee]

i think he played better than agrerich and her aprentice.

[farah73]

@gcaee

I just wrote the same thing before i read your comment! :)

we think alike

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@gcaee Of course he did. Argerich may have the technical skill to play this, but she just rushes through it. Yes it's supposed to be fast, but it feels like she's just zipping through it.

[The55555SSSSS]

@OriginalBasaliskos

Don't be stupid !

Both are great.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@The55555SSSSS Of course both are "great," but neither are my favorite.

[mmoynan]

@OriginalBasaliskos I completely agree. Sometimes I feel like her tendency to play quickly (for whatever reason, whether it's showing off or simple impatience or taste) makes her miss the point of certain pieces. She has the ability to ingeniously grasp massive concepts in massive pieces, but in other pieces I feel like she completely misses the bus.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@mmoynan I think I heard her say in an interview once that whenever she played Chopin it never seemed to go the way she wanted it.

[mmoynan]

@OriginalBasaliskos Interesting! It doesn't surprise me. I'm fond of some of her Chopin (the scherzos, of course, polonaise no6, concertos, etc), but others just really turn me off.

[davidbaker03]

@gcaee No... the articulation, clarity, and dynamic control in such fast notes is clearly better in argerich's apprentice

[BenjyTehJet]

That really is VERY SOMETHING. Lovin' it (Y) I love from 38-43 seconds.

[theminx01]

Love it! x