Zimerman plays Schubert Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1

[lethargicleigh]

i love the sections with the eighth notes against the triplets. wonderful.

[giskills]

wow amazing !

[henrysmith53]

My son, Jonathan Brown is a phenomenal pianist at the Ohio University. However, he is a little anxious about auditioning for the Artist Diploma Program at the Juilliard School of Music. What are your thoughts? Please share at your earliest convenience....

[sullivans1989]

The area around 1:30-1:45 seems unnecessarily vicious.



[polymath7]

"From a report in The Saint James' Chronicle: Died at Spa in the Kingdom of Belgium: The Right Honorable Sir Charles Reginald Lyndon; Knight of the Bath; Member of Parliament; and for many years, His Majesty's Representative at various European Courts. He has left behind him a name which is endeared to all his friends..." 

[qinqinmini]

mir gefällt von 7:08-7:20 soooooooo sehr gut!!! himmlisch!!!

[lossalidoas69]

This man feels the music with his whole body, facial movements from 0:29 to 0:40 reveal this.

[H1dden1s]

@OrangeSodaKing touché

[H1dden1s]

And his beard alone could probably do a decent interpretation

[H1dden1s]

It breaks my heart to have to say this is just better than Brendel's.

As a side note, it's funny to see someone like Zimerman play something basic like this...he probably could do it note-perfect after being woken up at 4am by an air-horn and shot with a tranquilizer

[OrangeSodaKing]

@H1dden1s Basic? My friend, ALL music - whether Alkan's G minor Barcarolle or Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit - is the highest difficulty to play at the highest level.

[sullivans1989]

Is Schubert's music really supposed to have so much freedom in the tempo and rhythms?

[tierzuchtZentral]

Herzchirurg bei der Arbeit

[tierzuchtZentral]

OMG

[Cherrierune]

I love how I have to shorten this piece to 6 minutes...TELL ME.. Do you think it would be as amazing?

cause I'm pissed...so pissed I might play Nocturne instead.

[renato45222]

Zimerman è un pianista squisito. Il suo talento è particolarmente congeniale a Franz Schubert. Karajan lo ha scoperto e gli ha spianato la strada.

[Thov67]

@renato45222

Krystian Zimerman ha stato il premio Chopin 1975, et haveva fatto un concerto con Marta Argerich en 1970.

[Corsackify]

Each notes he plays contains a soul-particle.

[rfdarsie]

@Corsackify "Soul-particle" - I love it!

[EleventeenDollars]

@Corsackify Soul-particle, the 119th element in the periodic table

[maqGd]

People love to say "X people… (and something funny)" in reference to the thumbs down, but it's not funny, I think they know NOTHING about music -.-

[Jmjager1]

@maqGd Everyone knows something about music.

[paulostroff99]

Awesome.TY Sissco for posting.

[pegasus2503]

He plays it so perfectly, I'm trying to do this for a couple of performances and I thought I played it well till I saw this :O

[okr7]

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[Basketakias13]

why is he enjoying it this much?

[fateplus1]

@Basketakias13 wouldn't you?

[Paviocurto77]

No sheet music

[GodGiftedMusician]

Looks like quick thinking might have saved the day at 8:46-8:47, thumbs up if you notice it!

Zimmerman is a great pianist!

[spartandna]

3:43 starts the most beautiful section of a piece Ive ever heard, with 3:56 - 4:07 being the climax

[nyapsta1]

@spartandna you are so, so right. I always thought so! :-)

[nicoejz]

@spartandna I couldn't agree more.

[Tu16]

Played this piece. Beautiful it is.

[victryismin89]

I was actually a page-turner for this piece....it put my Sonatina to shame...

[imightlovethis]

When I first sight read this piece, it took me a good hour to do so, hahaha.

[levicki1]

i thought he was about to fall asleep at the start

[knightpwn]

@levicki1

Ehmm no?

[levicki1]

@knightpwn well obviously he didn't....twat

[leninsoviet1917]

I love how it kicks off with the long atmospheric shot of the chandelier - real riveting cinematography. Also, Zimerman is top

[skaterboi568]

where can i find the a minor

[tangledaddicted]

VERY GOOD performance indeed!! i love his contrast between f and p especially

[danielellarby]

beautiful and passionate piece. 

[KellyKottontail]

I love when he nods

[Tubztele]

clever performance HAHAHA yah his mechanics are a blessing to piano players so dynamic on many different levels....anyways obviously he played this one a lot... made the song come alive and gave it schuberts and his little character great sound quality Quality PIECE of musicianship SCHUBERT how did you make that simple melody so interesting..?

[sabinoalejandropiano]

What a beautiful Impromptu in C,I learned the four pieces from Op90,many years ago,but starting by 2nd,4th,later 3rd and very lately the firstone,discovering how deep and inspired is this masterwork.Thank you Krystian for your great interpretation.Bravo.

[Phil1450]

2:19 Best nod in the business.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

I'm speechless about his playing from 5:46 to 6:07... the melody is so clear, the 16th notes are so smooth, and his left hand is a real like a double-bass...

great Zimerman!

[SDanielJames]

@TwelfthRoot2

I don't know that Chopin was influenced by Schubert. He paid little attention to other composers and claimed to admire only Bach, Mozart, and Bellini, although Hummel was an influence also.

The main similarities really are layered harmonies and lyrical melodies. Both beautiful, but different.

However, I do agree that it's one of music's great tragedies that he died so young. He is said to have been crying out "I still have so much music to give!", or similar, as he lay dying.

[33Jolee]

i was just wondering if Zimerman has his own stuff out there, or does he play just schubert? i really like his playing. he is quite talented

[DanielBurgess19]

Incredible.

Completly 100% scrumtralescent.

[ramilix8]

I like to play it a bit slower two, but I'm no Zimmerman. It's very intense his interpretation.I like the way he builds it.Oh, god, i wish i could play at least like that!

[jetona88]

I love this piece but I personally like to play it a bit slower..

[Anjro0]

Respect the beard

[SuperAfc100]

It's a crime this hasnt had more views!!

[33Jolee]

i really can't stand this guy. watch his eyebrows (insane). i LOVE thids piece, but i listen to it while I'm busy doing something else cu\ this guy is soo distracting

[Jolteon206]

@33Jolee its about the music, not the person who makes it. ;)

[HolMesCatErpillAr]

เล่นดีค่อดๆเลยค่ะ เคลิ้มๆๆ

[kskurh]

does anybody have any suggestions for a piano piece?

[Ohaddo]

But I think Amadeus is a great movie to watch. I have the HD directors cut and it is great.

[GIRIC94]

great interpretation

[69querfahrer]

my father played this when I felled asleep

[hirgons]

@69querfahrer nice

[jorgeluizvilchez1]

Maraviiloso maestro!!! La delixadeza de la interpretación hace que cada nota sean perlas musicales. Gracias

Jorge

[smirnov452]

22 people are trolls!

[spock130961]

@smirnov452  And now 23!

[cellomunchkin]

22 people have got clay in their ears.

[danielellarby]

@cellomunchkin 27

[freentru]

Beautiful...

[superjam18]

THis sounds alot like something that Beethoven would've written

[brazilamaral]

@superjam18 the repeated notes. the cords progressions...

[ampress92]

wow. impromptu is horribly difficult (at the moment I am playing it myself), so I really admire zimerman for playing it so well...

[BassicStorm]

lol every zimermans video got "kenobi" comment :P

[A8opi]

He is the best ! would be nice to see he playing Chopin's fantasie impromptu Op.36

[Musicownz1997]

I love it when we pianists play something really loud and sorta jump in the piano stool :)

[katerinasemionovna]

Zimmerman is the best ever!

[silverscape1]

What is it about the phase at 4:05 that really makes me think of Vienna?

[mdoub]

@silverscape1

the left hand plays tricks there. i was just telling my friend that the measure there reminds me of spielberg Minority Report, the scene at the shopping mall when tom cruise is running and hiding the woman the cops. schubert 8th plays in the background. any resemblance there maybe?

[DaHappyGang]

lol His face at 0:32

[hohohee1]

ORGASMICLY ORGASMIC

[hyperbb87]

oh he plays it soooo beautifully!!!!! and he is soooooo handsome!!!

[skywalker271]

2:44

WHOAH he loves E maj chord

[Seanze329]

@skywalker271 I laughed so hard when I saw that. Pianists get so into their playing sometimes they don't know what they look like.

[mmaow]

just perfect...

[Ianthe22]

but it is soo much less impressive. Very unlike the others.

[Ianthe22]

Never understood why this piece was called impromptu like the rest of them.

[Eleoner]

because this piece was born as an improvisation from shubert like the other ones..

[Eleoner]

because this piece was born as an improvisation from shubert like the other ones...

[rabbittown1900]

私が死んだら姉が小泉首相と逃げるんだ。莫大な借金をどう負債す­るんだろう？。

[sf1859]

I like he played Schubert this style. After listening his music, it let me want to collect his CDs. And want to say Brovo from my heart.

[wildrosebunny]

epic playing!

I am your big fan, Zimerman!

[marcusantonius90]

Fantastic music, fantastic pianist - what more can you ask?

[Zwangsworkaholic]

@marcusantonius90

you could ask for the possibility to be there and to shake Krystians hand =)

[iroveashe]

I wouldn't underestimate the visual aspect of his playing as just a reaction to the music nor as a show off. I notices how whenever there is some suspended silence or pause he moves a certain way that emphasizes that is indeed a break that is part of the music and not that it's over (as people who haven't heard the piece might be inclined to think and in situations clap at an awkward time).

[gott1rott]

Why does this remind me of the erlkong?

[CharlieMTX]

@gott1rott : maybe because this piece is written in do minor and Erlkönig is written in sol minor (those tonalities are similar)

sorry, I don't speak english very well =/

[BifSlamkovich]

@gott1rott because perhaps it's in C-minor or at 4:45 it adopts the beginning or erlkonig

[FretFreak02]

Still gives me goosebumps

[petcila]

So touched by this Schubert piece... when he plays, it's like everything else in the world needs to stop and listen

[LesStudiosRadioactif]

I like that he doesn't get as into it as some other great pianists *cough* Evgeny Kissin *cough*, but regards the act of playing (at least visually) as a curiosity, like he sometimes doesn't know what his hands are doing. It's almost a British kind of expression taken to the extreme. My teacher is a Brit, and he does a lot of the same things Zimerman does, but not quite as exaggerated. Overall, Zimerman is one of my favorite interpreter of these impromptus, though my teacher's incredible too.

[ConcertoArt]

A great orchestral work of Schubert.

[starsassy]

Murray Perahia's interpretation is much better.

[eaglesonofwill]

To Ohaddo.. I am exactly the same. I have neer heard these impromptu's before nor this pianist. Both are startling: I love it when that happens!

[dhoulkarnain]

Flawless.

[ftballfrk]

this guy is a fking genius

[XxbambambxX]

he plays just amazing.. thats all I can say!

[akfdskalfk]

like his eyebrows

[poussinbjork]

stronger than chock norris

[Angel94angel94]

oh my god.......a thumb up for Mr.Zimerman!

[Z3NON3]

JAJAJAJA ESTE WE ESTA CABRON

[pianoyuan]

Terrific! so touching

[nomadval9]

Amazing...

[dialecticon]

Very pretty, but slightly affected. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was extremely careful with tone quality and attack, but never fell into manierism. Brendel also is altogether more sober. Richter - even more direct and sculpts sound like rock. Does anyone out there know if Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Richter recorder these?

[hohohee1]

fuck

[marcusnguyen123]

no need for the foul language now.

[musicfanof]

3 against 2 at 3:44 ... EEEE it was hard to get that concept straight

[liodhan]

magical...it´s just magical....

=')

[shopindani]

simple amazing and excellent !!!

[fledgehog]

excellent rendition.

[chenzo717]

At 3:44 i just melt! So beautiful...

[richclayderman]

zimerman has a fucking great style for playing...

[unalegeli]

harika

[Ohaddo]

I just have to say this is my favourite piece right now. At first it seams simple and a bit dull. Now, for me, it is better than all the other 3 in the series. Saw this a month ago when Hans Leygraf played it (age 89) he got standing ovation. I wonder why i havent discovered this music before. This is pure magic.

Watch the movie Notturno about Schuberts life. That is also a (movie)masterpiece. thank you...

[nevertheless123]

yeah its amazing to me how he is unique...produced something sounding a bit different from contemporary giants like Beethoven and M. I would say he is closer to B but still different.

[21SOAR]

@nevertheless123 Of course he produced something different, he came from a different time period. That doesn't make him unique, though, the entire Romantic period produced "unique" music from the classical giants. Schubert is actually quite heavily influenced by the "giants" when compared to some other Romantic composers.

[junglejim66]

This is beautiful and the most difficult of the 4. I am working on all 4 and this one is giving me the most trouble. No wonder Schnabel championed Schubert's music. Gorgeous music!!

[MyProfitExpert]

I've played all of them and I thought the second one was harder then this one.... I do remember having a little trouble with it though...

LOL! My 2 year old is listening and paying attention... so cute! :)

[jonah12321]

@Ohaddo im currently working on this piece. believe me, it is no simple or dull piece. lol

the chords can be very difficult, and the biggest difficulty is getting it to flow well wih musicality. but it is a great piece

[Tu16]

@jonah12321 True, same here, almost finished it. Really rewarding when you can play it properly =D

[Kaggypants]

@Ohaddo Not a chance that this is better than number 3...sorry.

[janjohandealgenman]

@Ohaddo

I can't seem to find the movie you've mentioned, you sure it's called notturno?

[Ohaddo]

@janjohandealgenman

In my version it was Notturno... 2 movies:

1. Love Has Lied

2. Winter Journey

Udo Samel plays Schubert

search for - Mit meinen heißen Tränen - on IMDB

[keetner]

@Ohaddo

I hope the movie isn't anything like Amadeus though :P

[Ohaddo]

@keetner not even close :)

[TwelfthRoot2]

Schubert is one of my favorite composers. It saddens me to know he died at 31. It just makes you wonder what else he could have written that we will never hear. You can tell that Schubert's music influenced Chopin (and Alkan). It's so beautiful.

[musicfanof]

same with tchai... the best die young i swear

[muspri]

hahahahahahahahaha

[ManchUtd500]

I think these were recorded in Vienna, in the early 80's.

[ragtimesamtime]

im sorry, does ANYONE know where all these Zimerman videos were performed?? Because the owner of all the vids isnt telling me :(

[ManchUtd500]

I still don't understand how this is so underplayed.

[Schubert958]

Oops, I wanted to give you a thumbs up...

Great piece

[IsySkizzy]

Masterpiece..

[PhilipLu3]

no. 3 is warmer, but this piece seems broader and grander. Like how a sonata compares to a minuet.

[squiddycat]

I'm studying this piece for my exam this semester. I love it, but I seem to enjoy no.3 more!

[ben3580]

it's all about number 3

[justap19]

Grałam !

Piękny utwór. Na studiach...

[IViolentiAmorosi]

è un grande!

Ma sono innamorato di come lo suona barenboim! BIG ZIM, OR OBI-WAN!! CIAOO

[Iannaccone88]

Potresti pubblicarlo??? Sono curioso di sentirlo fatto da lui...

[emeishun]

ES OBI WAN! :l

[Quelquuna]

Et puis j'adore cet impromptu...

[Quelquuna]

Non seulement c'est très beau et terriblement émouvant , mais en plus, il a vraiment la classe !

[94dianamaria]

wonderful!

[iroveashe]

I don't know how, but at 8:42 he makes the piano almost sound like a cello, almost like a single prolonged note rather than repeated.

[ForemanVeiss]

Beatiful...

[beethomozart]

Composed in 1827, these 4 impromptus are the perfect model of Schubert´s master at his favorite instrument, the piano, the melodic vein typical of this genius is present here too.

[Alessandro32m]

zimerman is master obi-wan kenobi(:

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@Alessandro32m

hahahaha

[ilikehaku1100]

@Alessandro32m He is also Chuck Norris.

[denidowi]

@Alessandro32m Truly a genius!

[BalletCava]

@Alessandro32m Love your comment! I totally agree! Love them both.

[johannaflut]

muy buena interpretacion, hay mucha claridad.

[IrenkaKaspar]

I like this - I like the drama. I've never really been very familiar with Schubert; I can appreciate him sometimes, he pleases me, but I prefer the poetry of Chopin. Someone reccomended Schubert as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic Era, so I'm trying to get acquainted. So far I'm not really getting it, but I think once I get to know Schubert I might hopefully understand him better.

[musiciansports]

it is very true. I have played op. 90 no. 2 and 4 and now I am working on no. 1. His pieces are so magnificent and inspiring, especially after you can get the notes correctly and get more comfortable with the music.

[INTERNETVID]

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[220392123]

I love schubert!

[Hardwyck]

Amazing range of tone. Not just dynamics; like Rubinstein he can make the piano sound as if it has stops.

[jtrillosilverio]

bueno, creo que no es necesario que se mueva mucho: se toca con las manos y el cuerpo no tiene que ver con la expresion; aun asi parece saber la cancion en forma automatica y no como deberia darle la debida expresion para que suene musica

[Pottsie2008]

I'm sorry. Every time, he overdoes it. At time I can appreciate the interpretation, but then he drives too far. I can understand the support base, but it's simply a bit too much for my tastes.

[220392123]

i sort of know what you mean, he needs to be more simplistic and not so over dramatic. thats weird as in the other 3 impromptus of D899, he play them really simplistic which really works.

[Largo64]

The drama is precisely why I like this performance so well. I have a recording of Alfred Brendel playing these impromptus. Brendel is very good, but to my taste at least, Zimerman's playing is more nuanced, more. . . poetic. Just a matter of taste, of course.

[Brahmsain]

Fully agree.

P.S: I don't like his playing at all. Something is wrong about this approch to Schubert

[musiciansports]

I am sorry but you have a few problems man

[JiRocket]

Movement not only in your hands and your feet, but through your body, creates the power to further express what is felt.

[444aaajj]

is he really humming along? @ 3:17