Whenever I hear or play this piece, there's often a flashback to Pere Lachais Cemetery, where I reverently stand before Chopin's awesome burial place, and experience an adorational peacefulness side by side with a stark oozing of heavy pathos.
@ShipsAreBurned Sure! You can see his foot right at the start and the dampers in this version here /watch?v=mlcjPBLjT0w maybe your teacher wasn't happy with when and/or how you were applying it.
@ShipsAreBurned Chopin was a great fan and avid user of the pedal. And this was composed towards the end of his life, when he really knew what he was doing. With his music, you can generally use it "Ad Lib" most of the time. But be careful not to drench it with too much so that you're blending chords which shouldn't be blended. If you're unsure, look for an edition with the pedal marked in.
@ShipsAreBurned When you are first learning the piano there is a tendency to over use the pedals. Most teachers want their students to first learn the piece without the pedals, to clearly hear each note and each chord. What I used to do was learn it the way my teacher demanded and then play it the way I felt it. This piece is from the romantic era use of the pedal is expected. Play Chopin with your heart, not so much with your brain.
I'm 10 years of age, and this piece will shatter your heart to its depths. It is so intrige-ish. I am so happy that i got the choice to play this. All thanks to my famous piano teacher.
this specific piece is not so difficult to play though it seems so. the treble key is alot easier to play than the bass. Though Sergio does improvise this piece quite well, he makes it more complicated than it seems. Chopin, intentionally created his pieces to be improvised. The only 2 difficult parts of this piece is A. The bass and the chord variations and B. the crescendo. For piano beginners this is a piece that must be learned without a tutor. such a piece sounds complicated though it isn't
@mathetorials i disagree..i think a propor tempo for the song. really captures the brooding angst of the song. makes me think destroyed but ready for revenge o.O any slower and its just sad. not plotting.
Is there any similar easy prelude by Chopin? I am looking for some piece to learn it. I know that Chopin is great componist but lots of preludes is boring for me (my fault). I wish I found some easy and famous piece. I am lazy to learn something difficult, please give me some idea. Thank you!!
Why don't you try some of the Waltzes (Op. 18 and Op. 69 No 1 - 2) those are not too difficult and have familiar melodies. If speed walls aren't an issue for you, you can try to learn the minute waltz (Op. 64 No1). My first chopin piece I learned was the a-minor Waltz (op. 17) hope that helped a bit.
i'm currently learning how to play this, its so much more diffucult then you would expect, not even just what notes are to be played but the emotion and the tempo and all of the works. it's beautiful in the end though, so worth all of the effort.
I've listened to the masters enough to say that this man too is a master. All the nuance, all the emotion! Its there! This song speaks to your soul when it is truly mastered.
This is a beautiful piece. A little faster than I would play it myself (given that the tempo indicator is Largo), but still very well played and this guy is pretty hot to boot, so all in all a dazzling performance. :-)
MrAttPatt, Fantaisie Impromptu is technically Difficult, but one of the most musically obvious pieces Chopin ever wrote. This piece can be interpreted so many ways. And IS extreamly difficult to play without making it sound soooooooo easy. And it's not the easiest piece anyway. And, also OBrien, on the originall manuscrpt chopin notated this wonderful piece on, there were no dynamics. So you can do what the hell you like with it. The publishes put them in. :)
"So hard to play"? Codswallop! It's the easiest piece Chopin (or any other major composer) ever wrote! If you want PROPER hard, try his Fantaisie-Impromptu!
@cyclonus11 me too. im researching all the different pianists who played this and listening in the hopes to find the best one. they are all so different!! which approach are you taking to yours?
@letusbelennon I'm taking a more subdued approach - a lot of performances seem to be way too fast for this piece. Mine is more similar to this one, though not quite as subdued: ef-4Bv5Ng0w (add to end of YouTube link)
To be honest I prefer this interpretation, the way he builds up the tempo into the climax is very similar to how I like to play it, rubato all the way. The version I've heard from Rubinstein (thanks to youtube because I hadn't heard it before) is way too rigid.
You know that something is amazing, when it is over and you are left sitting there staring at the computer screen for a few moments. In awe of what you just watched.
Chopin is incredible. You can look at the notes on the page and say that this piece is simple, but once you play it, you can see how the emotion and feeling is what makes it so difficult. It is anything but easy.
I'm still getting used to using so much rubato as his preludes call for, but this is just perfect. Amazing.
@holypicklesmofo Well if you're so much better, you make a video of this song and show your skills. That, or shut your mouth. This guy is really great.
i've been playing this for a little under a month, and this is very good!! i would suggest using less robato, and starting slower. i think the rubato would work more if it were slower, but VERY GOOD!
@iKeyboard15 I've been playing this for a long time, and I must say that I agree. Starting slower and a little less rubato would be better. And you're right it is overall VERY GOOD indeed.
My friends, please check out the video on TED.com of Benjamin Zander, he does a wonderful speech on how everyone can learn to love and be moved by classical music, and he uses this prelude to convey his inspirational message!
@TeameXquisite12 So true, on paper it looks easy, and the great performers like this make it look easy. But to get across the emotion correctly without the chords sounding lumpy is very difficult.
This is probably one of the easiest pieces to play, but to convey the emotion takes real talent. I would find it very hard to believe this is a grade 4 piece without the dynamics.
@EmikoKujo While it may not be marked on the score, you are traditionally supposed to do that in this piece. Its called "rubato." Rubato in Italian means stolen, as in tempo rubato or "stolen time." Its a speeding up and slowing down so that you in effect steal time from a group of notes and add it to another group of notes. It makes the phrasing more dramatic, otherwise it just sounds like a boring dirge. You would not do play Bach rubato for instance, but its acceptable in romantic music.
Great performance! and good that you actually paid attention to the time signature and played this 2/2 - allabreve, instead of sloooowly like many other videos up here. You took some liberties with the meter sometimes though
Sissco your headline statement is so damn true and overlooked by most listeners ears. These "easy" Preludes played as intended that is what's on the printed page are quite difficult. Your degree of expertise at compressing the keys is just the beginning, the piano itself must respond to your caressing or the work cannot come close to the composers intentions. Large crashing chords, that impress the most are the easiest played and quite often faked in the process. Faking is impossible here!
Sergio is a good pianist but he has to wait about 40 years to do a justice to this piece. It's interesting that this seemingly technically undemanding piece usually is a great stumbling block for many a virtuoso, who can play No.16 with a speed of greased lightning, while reading the morning paper.
Dear pabcap68, If you are not sure what I am saying, please don't hesitate to read it again as many time as you require. And no, last time I looked I was not Martha Argerich
What I like about this guy is that he isn't fake. People abuse Chopin's rubato so badly when they play and make ridiculous faces and start swaying like a palm tree in a hurricane. He played it simply and beautifully with no fake overly-emotional garbage that Chopin hated in his music. Especially in this piece. People play notes like there are 20 fermatas upon it in the name of rubato and emotion and that it's Chopin's style. This piece is supposed to move you, not bore you. And he did it. Bravo!
@1198g Not really... It's espressivo throughout the entire piece. He goes from light to dark too quickly... In my opinion, he somewhat lost the meaning of the piece.
@1Lisztener1 Perhaps you're right, and yes this is one of Chopin's espressivo pieces and I'm definitely NOT saying it shouldn't be played with emotion but I've heard versions were the rubato completely bores the listener because it's been extending the song for far too long and turning the beauty into boredom. It needs to be a good balance and personally I like his style.
I fell in love with this song when I heard it in the notebook. ♡
jessxo99 3 days ago
it's easy to play but so difficult to feel
fakepussy 3 weeks ago 4
how could you dislike this music? I bet whoever did listens to lil wayne and all those losers
PlowableGiant 3 weeks ago
88 people who dislike, 88 people who have shit between their ears.
Brumairevideo 4 weeks ago 4
it may be simple..but there emerges such an atmospheric mood at the same time.. Again and again I am overwhelmed by Chopin!!
SilverStrape 1 month ago
Wat jammer dat de piano niet is gestemd!
frits020 1 month ago
Whenever I hear or play this piece, there's often a flashback to Pere Lachais Cemetery, where I reverently stand before Chopin's awesome burial place, and experience an adorational peacefulness side by side with a stark oozing of heavy pathos.
palmerplantagenet 1 month ago
I want to paly this on classical guitar
Sanuck176 1 month ago
just wondering, are you supposed to use pedal for this piece? i tried and got yelled at by my teacher
ShipsAreBurned 1 month ago
@ShipsAreBurned Sure! You can see his foot right at the start and the dampers in this version here /watch?v=mlcjPBLjT0w maybe your teacher wasn't happy with when and/or how you were applying it.
iloveredbull 1 month ago
@ShipsAreBurned Chopin was a great fan and avid user of the pedal. And this was composed towards the end of his life, when he really knew what he was doing. With his music, you can generally use it "Ad Lib" most of the time. But be careful not to drench it with too much so that you're blending chords which shouldn't be blended. If you're unsure, look for an edition with the pedal marked in.
Jolteon206 1 month ago
@ShipsAreBurned When you are first learning the piano there is a tendency to over use the pedals. Most teachers want their students to first learn the piece without the pedals, to clearly hear each note and each chord. What I used to do was learn it the way my teacher demanded and then play it the way I felt it. This piece is from the romantic era use of the pedal is expected. Play Chopin with your heart, not so much with your brain.
marymroe 1 month ago
master yest master: D prikrasna
ellement4400 1 month ago
1:11 is amazing......perfectly played. So crisp and overflowing with beautiful and haunting fury!
daytonmlivingston 1 month ago 2
too fast, and that weird arm swaying is bull
tali123omg 2 months ago
This is not efficient to practice, just gets me sad an unwilling to concentrate. Makes me float off like nothing else.
megadodd 3 months ago
Great rubato there!
carlosq 3 months ago
check out channel rsteinberg100 version
rsteinberg100 3 months ago
exit music to a film - radiohead
laus102 4 months ago
This was played perfectly! Bravo!
djrobswift 4 months ago
What a beautifully played rendition of this piece - spot on tempo and feeling wise. Very impressed and moved.
jeannebowyer 4 months ago
got to ted.com and look for a video by benjamin zander
enjoy
lazypoko 4 months ago 2
@chocalateschnitzel There's Beethoven's Op.119 No.1 Bagatelle or the 2nd Mov of Pathetique
cjcarrington97 4 months ago
I'm 10 years of age, and this piece will shatter your heart to its depths. It is so intrige-ish. I am so happy that i got the choice to play this. All thanks to my famous piano teacher.
sunnygurl0838 4 months ago
amo este videooo, alfin música de verdad :D
Laura1S1inc 5 months ago
Wonderful! Beautiful! Played with such feeling!
I am just starting to learn this piece and it will take forever to learn.
1pianowoman 5 months ago
I just learnt Fur Elise and I'm looking for these beauitful songs that I can play. Reply if you want to suggest any?
chocalateschnitzel 5 months ago
Ivo Pogorelich does it far better in my opinion
perezbermuda 5 months ago
Masterfully played.
obrienjohnj 5 months ago in playlist Chopin Prelude
Probably my favorite rendition. Almost perfect.
bartbizon 5 months ago
Very nice. I always enjoyed this piece: the notes are simple, but there is endless room for different interpretations and improvisation.
manifeststunt 5 months ago
this specific piece is not so difficult to play though it seems so. the treble key is alot easier to play than the bass. Though Sergio does improvise this piece quite well, he makes it more complicated than it seems. Chopin, intentionally created his pieces to be improvised. The only 2 difficult parts of this piece is A. The bass and the chord variations and B. the crescendo. For piano beginners this is a piece that must be learned without a tutor. such a piece sounds complicated though it isn't
KoyChannel 6 months ago
This is too beautiful.
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MEMBRA1N 6 months ago
Mentored by Martha Argerich I gather. Definitely a skilled pianist.
robertslistening 6 months ago
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It does help that she lives next door to his parents who are her childhood friends !
chrisuwscpw 3 days ago
If Chopin meant this song to be "vengeful" then the minute waltz should be played at a funeral.
mathetorials 6 months ago
MAGNIFICENT!!!!!!!!!!
MrFullyawesome 6 months ago
i mean slow!
beautiful playing on a beautiful piano. the piano itself is significant.
gertrudebumble6515 6 months ago
i mean slow!
gertrudebumble6515 6 months ago
Too fast
mathetorials 6 months ago
@mathetorials i disagree..i think a propor tempo for the song. really captures the brooding angst of the song. makes me think destroyed but ready for revenge o.O any slower and its just sad. not plotting.
not all sad songs need to be sad.
gertrudebumble6515 6 months ago
I can play this piece and the beauty of it is that you can add your own impressionism to it
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TheRealBlackRefleX 6 months ago
Is there any similar easy prelude by Chopin? I am looking for some piece to learn it. I know that Chopin is great componist but lots of preludes is boring for me (my fault). I wish I found some easy and famous piece. I am lazy to learn something difficult, please give me some idea. Thank you!!
charvi007centrum 6 months ago
@charvi007centrum
Why don't you try some of the Waltzes (Op. 18 and Op. 69 No 1 - 2) those are not too difficult and have familiar melodies. If speed walls aren't an issue for you, you can try to learn the minute waltz (Op. 64 No1). My first chopin piece I learned was the a-minor Waltz (op. 17) hope that helped a bit.
JollyRoger183 6 months ago
This piece is so ridiculously hard to play it correctly. That's why I let other people like this guy play it!
iGookin 6 months ago
makes me cry
adele3322 7 months ago
i'm currently learning how to play this, its so much more diffucult then you would expect, not even just what notes are to be played but the emotion and the tempo and all of the works. it's beautiful in the end though, so worth all of the effort.
crUUw 7 months ago
81 people know nothing about real piano playing!
UltimateProMelody 7 months ago
Sickness breeds aesthetics. happiness is boring. He was born with it and I don't think it's because of George Sand or the war.
61raindrops 7 months ago
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61raindrops 7 months ago
this is so easy to play :|
PianoMan278 7 months ago
@PianoMan278 So are you.
InsertName125 6 months ago
I've listened to the masters enough to say that this man too is a master. All the nuance, all the emotion! Its there! This song speaks to your soul when it is truly mastered.
quigonreturns 7 months ago
This is a beautiful piece. A little faster than I would play it myself (given that the tempo indicator is Largo), but still very well played and this guy is pretty hot to boot, so all in all a dazzling performance. :-)
thetransientlife 7 months ago
this piece will take you 10 minutes to learn, and a lifetime to master
slapmyfunkybass 7 months ago 193
@slapmyfunkybass
this piece is quite easy to play on guitar but the same principle applies lol
kubekowskik 6 months ago
@slapmyfunkybass
actually... I learnt it in 8 monutes
yeosch25i 3 months ago
@yeosch25i Fuck you
QubitVector 1 month ago
@slapmyfunkybass I agree, a right amount of subtleness is the most important challenge, this guy reallly has the feeling for it. Nice scenery, btw
Anthonaeus 1 month ago
@slapmyfunkybass tout à fait
MrMustard13 4 weeks ago
i composed this piece fro Chopin he stole me
athleticrules 7 months ago
@athleticrules Is your name Antonio Carlos Jobim?
InsertName125 6 months ago
oooh im playing this piece, its beautiful..:)
juliannesyyy 7 months ago
how come he still looks like a teenager yet is turning 40 next year...
chrisuwscpw 7 months ago 29
@chrisuwscpw its the music chris, the music....
LifeOfChords 6 months ago
@chrisuwscpw Good Music is the fountain of youth? Something about the spirit, I assume. xD
PhoeFira 1 month ago
@chrisuwscpw the blood of martha agerich is full of mystical power!
darrelf 2 weeks ago
@chrisuwscpw Wtf he's turning 40?! I thought he was like 20!
tjtheplay 1 week ago
@chrisuwscpw It could be an old video. Either way, amazing.
jessxo99 3 days ago
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True, but I saw him live at the Royal Festival Hall a few months ago, and he was just like in the video. Amazing indeed !
chrisuwscpw 3 days ago
Hands went just out of sight during the interesting part...
goodmalto 8 months ago
Lovely touch on the keys. I like how sometimes the fingers sometimes move forward in a Horowitz-like manner but not with all the Horowitz liberties.
guadalupes3rdmix 8 months ago
Where is this place? So beautiful. Tiempos playing also superb.
Rodintube 8 months ago
I agree to the description. I've been playing this for a while already and it's really complicated!!
Sylvscats 8 months ago
now seriously this question is stupid and you are professional piano player but how much time did you spend on this piece?
95sven95 8 months ago
....bravissimo...perfetto!!!
NuovoCurioso 8 months ago
@OBrienAnita have u ever heard of art
davidjamesbaldry 9 months ago
MrAttPatt, Fantaisie Impromptu is technically Difficult, but one of the most musically obvious pieces Chopin ever wrote. This piece can be interpreted so many ways. And IS extreamly difficult to play without making it sound soooooooo easy. And it's not the easiest piece anyway. And, also OBrien, on the originall manuscrpt chopin notated this wonderful piece on, there were no dynamics. So you can do what the hell you like with it. The publishes put them in. :)
terminatesatmorden 9 months ago
I enjoyed your interpretation.
The1980Piano 9 months ago
"So hard to play"? Codswallop! It's the easiest piece Chopin (or any other major composer) ever wrote! If you want PROPER hard, try his Fantaisie-Impromptu!
MrAttPatt 9 months ago
wow. Great pianist.
sad song...:( and beautiful
tal94k 9 months ago
@OBrienAnita deal with it
dasklavierleben 9 months ago
Wow!
VitoGForte 10 months ago
I love your explosive way of playing!
SuhmMusic 10 months ago
Great technique, great sensibility.
This "Suffocation" can be played different way.
I would play it a little bit slower.
But Sergio Tiempo is really great.
FootballArarat73 10 months ago
Well done with this it;s such a nice piece:)
SarahandEmma13 10 months ago
Working on this piece now. :D
cyclonus11 10 months ago
@cyclonus11 me too. im researching all the different pianists who played this and listening in the hopes to find the best one. they are all so different!! which approach are you taking to yours?
letusbelennon 9 months ago
@letusbelennon I'm taking a more subdued approach - a lot of performances seem to be way too fast for this piece. Mine is more similar to this one, though not quite as subdued: ef-4Bv5Ng0w (add to end of YouTube link)
cyclonus11 9 months ago
@cyclonus11 Ah yes, I agree about the speed aspect. it is meant to be played slow--but how slow is the question.
letusbelennon 9 months ago
Bravo
12bar88 10 months ago
Great pianist he is! I am definitely going to learn and practice this piece!
ThePianoguy89 10 months ago
This guy's last name is really "tiempo"? how funny :)
ullerichj 10 months ago
Simply good
bobon47 10 months ago
I like the topic of the video :)
riinu00 10 months ago
@OBrienAnita Sounds great though.
jesus05uk 10 months ago
This is actually pretty decent. Tiempo isn't always my favourite, but I really enjoyed this.
mmoynan 11 months ago
this guy ripped off radiohead!!!!!
talons12345678910 11 months ago 2
this guy ripped off radiohead!!!!!
talons12345678910 11 months ago 2
How old is he?
SuhmMusic 11 months ago
Awful. Listen to Rubinstein!
jayshko 11 months ago
@jayshko I just did. I liked this one more. = \
jimthegreat1012 11 months ago 11
@jayshko
To be honest I prefer this interpretation, the way he builds up the tempo into the climax is very similar to how I like to play it, rubato all the way. The version I've heard from Rubinstein (thanks to youtube because I hadn't heard it before) is way too rigid.
irclysander 10 months ago
You know that something is amazing, when it is over and you are left sitting there staring at the computer screen for a few moments. In awe of what you just watched.
kelsogray 11 months ago
is this the guy from gossip girl?
specter290 11 months ago 2
I want this guy to live at my house..
letusbelennon 11 months ago
Chopin is incredible. You can look at the notes on the page and say that this piece is simple, but once you play it, you can see how the emotion and feeling is what makes it so difficult. It is anything but easy.
I'm still getting used to using so much rubato as his preludes call for, but this is just perfect. Amazing.
beagle4864 11 months ago
it's fantastic!!!! this piece's got so much emotion! excellent work tiempo XD
XDSilviuzza4e 1 year ago
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XDSilviuzza4e 1 year ago
so much emotion into this piece
LittleCD 1 year ago
Deeply wonderful...
vandle99 1 year ago
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holypicklesmofo 1 year ago
@holypicklesmofo Well if you're so much better, you make a video of this song and show your skills. That, or shut your mouth. This guy is really great.
brokenspectre22 1 year ago
Magnifique!!!! Je la cherchais depuis de longs mois!!!
marioncolloux 1 year ago
That's definitely the best prelude in Em I've heard. Beautiful.
BonjourBit 1 year ago
If everyone could just watch this once and appreciate it, the world would be a better place.
ececsuf7 1 year ago
i've been playing this for a little under a month, and this is very good!! i would suggest using less robato, and starting slower. i think the rubato would work more if it were slower, but VERY GOOD!
iKeyboard15 1 year ago
@iKeyboard15 I've been playing this for a long time, and I must say that I agree. Starting slower and a little less rubato would be better. And you're right it is overall VERY GOOD indeed.
SuperKapow123 1 year ago
@SuperKapow123 - listen to Sokolov playing this piece....it,s posted by EC1M
beghavd 11 months ago
I am about to play this one now. This is most inspiring interpretation I've heard. So passionate, so moving!!
GabonViper1981 1 year ago
PRETTY
frozenghost233 1 year ago
Im crying right now. really.
misseplayerin 1 year ago 2
AAAAA orgasm
SueRTe15 1 year ago
71 dislikes?? Psshhttt >___> People nowadays don't know to appreciate real music...
xItachisGFx 1 year ago 37
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@xItachisGFx 9 thumbs up? People nowadays don't know how to comment on youtube without saying the same shit in every video.
JimiHindrex 8 months ago
@xItachisGFx well i bet most of them dissliked it because the volume is low
91general 8 months ago
@xItachisGFx america's culture is truly desinegrating.
gertrudebumble6515 6 months ago
@gertrudebumble6515 You do know Chopin is Polish, right?
CaramelMarshmallow 6 months ago
@xItachisGFx I actually think it's about the person playing it, not the song itself, atleast in some cases
labneni 6 months ago
@labneni I agree. A person who doesn't like this kind of music would most likely not be knowledgeable enough to know about this particular piece.
CaramelMarshmallow 6 months ago
@xItachisGFx yes how can you dislike the most moving and profound piece of music in the world!
bradshawvincent 5 months ago
just a perfect piece of music
gugu2890 1 year ago
My friends, please check out the video on TED.com of Benjamin Zander, he does a wonderful speech on how everyone can learn to love and be moved by classical music, and he uses this prelude to convey his inspirational message!
MichaelRHolloway 1 year ago 4
I don't really like his interpretation, but to each his own. A bit faster than Lento methinks...he needs to slow down lol
sschafi1 1 year ago
I am reading this right now, and holy hell is it hard to read!
iamtheonetolive 1 year ago
I play it like an argue ... just listen to that ..
Joint145 1 year ago
Impresionante, la sensibilidad y técnica.
Mil felicitacines
popo09522 1 year ago
Every pianist has his "way" of playing.. I wonder how Chopin played this... How was the "real thing"... It had to be wonderfull..
love4nana707 1 year ago 2
I'm in love!!!
kennyindenwurzeln 1 year ago
I'm supposed to play this for a Grade 4 exam in two weeks and I can't even play it yet...on paper and on videos, I was like...this shit is easy.
Guess what?
I tried it, and it's like the fucking hardest thing to play on the face of the Earth...zzz
TeameXquisite12 1 year ago 2
@TeameXquisite12 So true, on paper it looks easy, and the great performers like this make it look easy. But to get across the emotion correctly without the chords sounding lumpy is very difficult.
Let me know how the exam goes :)
What exam board is it?
LOTRzagorath 1 year ago
@TeameXquisite12
This is probably one of the easiest pieces to play, but to convey the emotion takes real talent. I would find it very hard to believe this is a grade 4 piece without the dynamics.
123conundrum 1 year ago
How much drama, passion in it! Well done!
mnenravitsa 1 year ago
What a great interpretation!!! I love it!!!
TheMooniak 1 year ago
Youtube needs a loop feature.
anothercrappypianist 1 year ago
@anothercrappypianist type "repeat" in front of the "dot com" in the link and there you go :)
Valtyas 1 year ago
EXCELLENT job! I really enjoyed listening to this, and now I have a great interpreatation to base my own off of. thanks :)
avv2010 1 year ago
Ah the modulation at 1.33 is just beautiful!
nicholasjohngraham 1 year ago
did you vary your timing purposfully? cuz your not supposed to do that
EmikoKujo 1 year ago
@EmikoKujo ithink so. they do tht cuz. they r pro xD. n it gives it a um. hmm. suspense to it? idk somethin like that
0GuitarMax0 1 year ago
@EmikoKujo While it may not be marked on the score, you are traditionally supposed to do that in this piece. Its called "rubato." Rubato in Italian means stolen, as in tempo rubato or "stolen time." Its a speeding up and slowing down so that you in effect steal time from a group of notes and add it to another group of notes. It makes the phrasing more dramatic, otherwise it just sounds like a boring dirge. You would not do play Bach rubato for instance, but its acceptable in romantic music.
Wally773MTG 1 year ago
Great interpretation. Finally someone who understand what "Largo" means!
TheStoropoli 1 year ago
best interpretation I have ever heard, tops even Richter and Horrowitz.
RemovdSande11 1 year ago
fantastic sad song
jrguering 1 year ago
Great performance! and good that you actually paid attention to the time signature and played this 2/2 - allabreve, instead of sloooowly like many other videos up here. You took some liberties with the meter sometimes though
bilditup1 1 year ago
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bilditup1 1 year ago
Awsom perfomance!!
HectorAchilles777 1 year ago
lol ive done that head motion before!
jemokjemok 1 year ago
Sissco your headline statement is so damn true and overlooked by most listeners ears. These "easy" Preludes played as intended that is what's on the printed page are quite difficult. Your degree of expertise at compressing the keys is just the beginning, the piano itself must respond to your caressing or the work cannot come close to the composers intentions. Large crashing chords, that impress the most are the easiest played and quite often faked in the process. Faking is impossible here!
hilocomtoot 1 year ago
amazing!
TheMedieval2323 1 year ago
too fast!! but great jobb :) wonderful love the piece, stunningg
PianoChick1231 1 year ago
this is amazing! it is, as he said, so easy but so hard to play.
Phizzbob 1 year ago
Sergio is a good pianist but he has to wait about 40 years to do a justice to this piece. It's interesting that this seemingly technically undemanding piece usually is a great stumbling block for many a virtuoso, who can play No.16 with a speed of greased lightning, while reading the morning paper.
vova47 1 year ago
@vova47 What are you saying?Are you Martha Argerich or what?
pabcap68 1 year ago
Dear pabcap68, If you are not sure what I am saying, please don't hesitate to read it again as many time as you require. And no, last time I looked I was not Martha Argerich
vova47 1 year ago
@vova47 you pretentious twat.
MusicStudyMan 1 year ago
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vova47 1 year ago
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vova47 1 year ago
@vova47 and that is...that you were nasty and so you removed your comment. Nice one. Very brave. Your parents must be so proud.
MusicStudyMan 1 year ago
it´s raining, and i listen to the raindrops fallin´ on the window
Triviumisi 1 year ago
gorgeous, albeit I actually prefer Jobim :)
TSpike73 1 year ago
First piece of Chopin I ever played. Love it.
Doctor387 1 year ago
What a nice room!
Ally123234 1 year ago
What I like about this guy is that he isn't fake. People abuse Chopin's rubato so badly when they play and make ridiculous faces and start swaying like a palm tree in a hurricane. He played it simply and beautifully with no fake overly-emotional garbage that Chopin hated in his music. Especially in this piece. People play notes like there are 20 fermatas upon it in the name of rubato and emotion and that it's Chopin's style. This piece is supposed to move you, not bore you. And he did it. Bravo!
1198g 1 year ago
@1198g Not really... It's espressivo throughout the entire piece. He goes from light to dark too quickly... In my opinion, he somewhat lost the meaning of the piece.
1Lisztener1 1 year ago
@1Lisztener1 Perhaps you're right, and yes this is one of Chopin's espressivo pieces and I'm definitely NOT saying it shouldn't be played with emotion but I've heard versions were the rubato completely bores the listener because it's been extending the song for far too long and turning the beauty into boredom. It needs to be a good balance and personally I like his style.
1198g 1 year ago
notes are easy but hard to play well
yookoke112 1 year ago
Same music = Suprem NTM : That's my people
trizzeus 1 year ago
mesmerising, didn't breath for 2.11 minutes(!), also great interview on BBC 1 this morning, thank you
MrJeremyDouse 1 year ago