5 dislikes should be shot. they don't even know whats real music is. rafal is simply amazing. his technical perfection and understanding of chopin is uncomparable to anything i heard before. and to excite audience before the ending of the such a long piece is unheard of. rafal did it. epic!! poland should be proud!!
I wonder how you feel when you get to such a level of interpretation that the music just flows and you can sit down and enjoy what you are doing... that aplause in the middle of the final chords is just an example. Magnifique!
An absolutely stunning performance. More than any other winner of the last decades, Blechacz stands in one line with some great winners of the past - Pollini, Argerich, Zimerman. He definitely is one of the most interesting pianists alive! Very intelligent and spontaneous. Great sense of humor, play - and drama!
I just noticed that around 6:27 and 6:28 Blechacz made some mistakes in the arpeggios. It's really a consolation to find that even a first-prize winner of Chopin competition does and will make mistakes, that he is a human nonetheless. My admiration for Blechacz just increased therefore, because he is not a performing robot. Well done Rafal for recovering quickly and not losing your composure!
@WladekK55 easy my man. i meant "he played wrong notes and still got first prize" because i want to tell Musicownnz1997 that i dont care 'bout wrong notes. u know wat i mean? and i totally adore Blechacz, he's EXCELLENT!
@tvb93 My apologies, no offence meant at any point. Midnight oil writing at it's clumsiest. I listened to Martha Argerich interpretation and did not like it so much however Perriah and Mehta were almost identical is speed and dynamics to Rafal's performance. Stick to the score? perhaps. Cheers
@WladekK55 yea! i love his style, his expression, the way he handle the piece! u know? i like him better than Lang Lang, Yundi Li etc.... i mean, Lang and Li are good but i just ... dont like them so much. Just my opinion :D
@tvb93 I suppose one can call it modesty. Quite a few of these very famous musicians are (unfortunately others were) very normal. I can speak Polish and was very pleased hearing his interviews (Rafal has a very strong Polish accent). I met few musicians in my life and people like Lutoslawski, Jukka Pekka Salonen and others were very down to earth. Boris Belkin was a lot of fun, but the best was Jean-Pierre Rampal. Sensational
@ClassicalNNewAgeYo You can't just throw out vague bullshit like "he lacks expression" and expect to be taken seriously. There hasn't been a single note-perfect performance of this concerto by the competition winner. He was musically perfect. The interpretation and virtuosity was at such a high level it actually more than compensated for that huge mistake. Take him out of time and drop him in the competitions Zimmerman, Bunin, Pollini, and Argerich won and the results might have been different.
@demosj Lacks expression?! Would he win a biggest Chopin's competition on the world so convincingly that there was no second prize awarded if he lacked an expression?
@ClassicalNNewAgeYo You obviously didin't hear him performing polonaise/mazurkas or even other pieces than this at all. Heard his Heroique? Find someone perfoming it BETTER. Not to mention that EVERY single pianist makes mistakes - if u watch other pianists' music dvd's and see no mistakes than come here, watch blechacz performing LIVE, spot mistakes and dare to blame him for that, than u are a faggot
Rafal Blechacz shows throughout the concert (and all his other great performances) tranquility, serenity, sobriety, mathematical precision with amazing phrasing, supreme mastery of musical notation, immersed in a face that conveys all that is simple and accurate measure of happiness.
Congratulations Rafal ...!!, because God gave you a talent that goes into the genius of a few.
I am a Pole, and despite the fact that Rafał is my countryman I think that comparison Yundi Li and Rafał should not have happened. In the competition as well as Chopin's most important is the interpretation. We should be proud that we are fortunate to live in an era when we can hear romantic Jundi and "aggressive" Rafał.
@PRSSZYMON1 Do not think it appropriate to share Yundi Li Rafal Blechacz, because they are different concepts of pianists, I would rather they are complementary ...
However I reserve the opinion that Rafal is in a superlative level of expertise, so highlight it as "aggressive" seems incomprehensible.
Rafał Blechacz cudownie,przekonywująco gra, a przy tym jest bardzo skromnym człowiekiem. To prawdziwej artysta godny tytułu laureata I nagrody konkursu chopinowskiego, w przeciwieństwie do tegorocznej zwyciężczyźni. Brawo Rafał!
Blechacz zdecydowanie wyprzedza pozostałych uczestników konkursu XV jak i XVI edycji. Moim zdaniem najlepiej koncert zagrał Wunder, a werdykt jury był nieporozumieniem.
whoever is thinking about wrong notes or right notes for that matter, while listening to this, doesn't understand what music is all about. Especially Chopin music. His ideal use of pedal shows his true genius and art!
"Chopin" performing Chopin! Simply superb, all around!
@tvb93 and Musicownnz1997.I just love it.Would you please point to the score and these "wrong"notes?Make sure you are going to list the orchestra as well.After all there was a dogdy voila passage in bar 137?? I can't wait for your names to appear in the list of finalist in 2015. There would be first fron NZ?? If I'm wrong at least hurry 1997 and 1993? Wake up and compare the performance from last 3 competitions including 2010 winner and then winge.Close your eyes and listen to Rafal.Think good
@tvb93 and Musicownnz1997. For these that are puritans of the piano classical competitions may I suggest to view and compare the videos of 2000, 2005 and 2010 winners. The problem for you is that Youndi Li and YULIANNA AVDEEVA are already famous and tvb93 and Musicownnz1997 are not. Not to me but. You can't touch Rafal. he's too good and you know it. However, you may try to buy tickets to see any of them if they in OZ
I was searching for a good execution of this wonderful piece and I found it! an absolutely great pianist, his brilliant technique and dynamics are just used to express the emotion - the way it should be - everything's put into the sound (not too much body or face movements), no exaggeration, no "strange" phrasing like even some big names dared do (bad choice, in my opinion) he's just... fantastic!
@bugadotcom: furthermore, do you really think the orchestra, conductor and soloist really care? They do not. They too recognise when greatness has occured and this, sir, was indeed a great performance performed under the stress of judges eyes and intense competition.
@bugadotcom: it has nothing to do with a lack of respect. As an audience you can be so collectively moved by a soloists playing that you spontaneously start applauding as soon as they play their final note. Audiences are not trained monkeys, sir. I've seen the Berlin philharmonic live with soloist, the Chicago symphony with soloist and the new York philharmonic with soloist. Every time the audience could not wait to show it's appreciation.
THere's that first violinst there, ha! She was there when Yundi played this piece back in 2000, come to think of it, Rafal and Yundi play this exactly alike. I'm sure he studied Yundi's videos before playing this.
What a marvelous control over his left hand! AMAZING! :] Even though I sometimes feel he's a little harsh, he manages to make me smile, and cry. GORGEOUS.
@nocturne163 No I don't, but I know people that have discovered him and sponsored for a year when he has won the young pianist competition in Jan Paderewski Manor in Kasna Dolna, Poland. We stayed there for 3 nights; wonderful spot google it. This is Paderewski Museum in principal but they also run concert, master classes (famous polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak is a frequent guest there) workshops etc. Museum is nice.My boys were allowed to play on 100yo piano that belonged to Paderewski. Fun
@nocturne163 Yes, I've no idea where you live, but if you in Europe and have a chance to visit Poland ?......Go to Kasna Dolna. It is so pretty there and so inexpensive. Have fun. Wladek
I just could not stop listening to this wonderful performance in total amazement and admiration!!!
His tone sounds simple, very clear and pure to me, it felt great to listen to his playing because I immediately knew what he intended while I was listening!!!
I cannot really evaluate it because I'm not this knowlegded (I'm in my 10th year piano), but what I totally love is his feeling for the music, these bouncing movements (8:30 - 8:40) - as if he enjoys the music to his fullest!!! Awesome<3
@tacit123 I get the feeling that SOMETHING was doctored, maybe this recording, maybe not. Go listen to his winner's recital (19/21, was it?) and look for the Polonaise in A-flat. The final reprisal of the main theme is played without error. However, the video of him in the preliminaries (from luisguilhermeolbertz) on the same piece contains a very conspicuous mistake. And for some reason, the CD of his winner's recital carries the mistake over when the video somehow doesn't.
@BugaDotCom wow. you think you're smart eh? As long as the performer and orchestra gets its standing ovation. It's all good... Doesn't matter if they start clapping even a minute too early, The performer will be happy. Now stop being a sad dumbass you are and let the audience show its approval.
@justincrzo Dude, I would like to see you saying all those things in person, but that is another question. As for the point in debate, who cares about getting a standing ovation, do you think they don't know they're excellent? Performers who become happy because of claps are bad performers. And if the audience wants to show its approval, then must show respect, both for the orchestra, the soloist and the composer, and that includes letting the music finish until there is complete silence.
Why does the audience has to start screaming during the concert. FUCK OFF PEOPLE, control yourself, silence is music, the piece only ends after we hear the silence!
fredericfranc: again:what is wrong with this performance, i.e. "no music" effect is that he is too confident of his technique, while beingg verry iinexperienced. Chopin, even at 20, as here is instinctively nuanced, and you want to concentrate on every moment of the delivery, being necessarily rather inseccure, whereas this guy is so confident, he is blase. You need another 10 years of playing this concerto, to get away with this kind of attitude .
fredericfranc: again:what is wrong with this performance, i.e. "no music" effect is that he is too confident of his technique, while beingg verry iinexperienced. Chopin, even at 20, as here is instinctively nuanced, and you want to concentrate on every moment of the delivery, being necessarily rather inseccure, whereas this guy is so confident, he is blase. You need another 10 years of playing this concerto, to get away with this kind of attitude .
fredericfranc: again:what is wrong with this performance, i.e. "no music" effect is that he is too confident of his technique, while beingg verry iinexperienced. Chopin, even at 20, as here is instinctively nuanced, and you want to concentrate on every moment of the delivery, being necessarily rather inseccure, whereas this guy is so confident, he is blase. You need another 10 years of playing this concerto, to get away with this kind of attitude .
Wow that was a great performance and that's the first time I've heard the key changes played so clearly and all the arpeggios. Who said 'where's the music'? you cannot be serious?
yea i know whats going on. the mic is too close to the piano, and he's playin the piano louder than he would playing a solo piano piece, because it is a CONCERTO.
I've just bought his new CD with Chopin's both piano concertos and I'm so proud of him that he didn't waste these 4 years after the competition, he is much better than he was then, though he was brilliant. I don't know how to express it so let me say: Rafał Blechacz - the Pianist.
Excellent performance, no exaggerated rythem (too slow or too fast), face expression tells you he's passionate about the piece but then again without being too melodramatic. Like previous before me have already mentioned - Beautiful and colorful indeed. Well deserved the first prize :-)
This was utterly fantastic indeed! It's great to have someone like Rafal in our lifetime -- and he is young. Perhaps, when I'm going to be rich ;) , I will be able to see him live. .....
@floydrharper listen to pogorelich, chicago symphony conducted by abbado; rubenstein, new york phil conducted by walter; perahia, new york phil conducted by mehta; argerich, montreal phil conducted by dutoit; and pollini, new philharmonia conducted by kletzki. no comparison.
@woahmcgee i would agree, although for some reason i was almost offended by Argerich's performance of it, almost resentful. Perehia's performance of this is UNDOUBTABLY the best. it melts in your mouth and is wonderful and delicate and elegant.
@woahmcgee i would agree, although for some reason i was almost offended by Argerich's performance of it, almost resentful. Perehia's performance of this is UNDOUBTedLY the best. it melts in your mouth and is wonderful and delicate and elegant.
6:59 is the best moment in music....So dramatic, and the whole section leading up to it...This concerto is so amazing. Thank you for your post, Sissco.
I'm very frustrate with Blechacz. I think that this interpretation is right, but it's not enough for win the first prize of this important event (The Chopin Competition). He's not criative and your performance is very similar to Krystian Zimerman's recording.
Ok. Very well. I respect this opinion absolutely. Is very well when we can respect the opinion of the others, the world will be much more better. I only said that I prefer someone like Josef Hofmann versus Blechacz. Only this that I said.
but one phenomenon i don't like it ,the audience didn't wait the playing is over than start clapping
AVCHonline 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
if jury have anyone don't give him OVER9000 point
it would be the most evil judgment in the wohle universe
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great ! but yundi li is much better !
A8opi 2 months ago
he also made two mistakes in the second movement, some notes were slipped and he played it too fast..
ArthwrH3nry 2 months ago
Outstanding performance..
but he made a mistake at 6:27
tsk tsk..
g00gleh00 3 months ago
Chopin's music is synonymous with love and life.
firexed 3 months ago
i seriously feel like giving a standing ovation! and how i'd kill to play with a full orchestra like that...
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cjsaktlsrns 5 months ago
Wonderful, brilliant and breathtaking, he is such an amazing artist!!
straycat316 5 months ago
Rafał Blechacz plays Chopin in a very delicate way, such as it should be played. He is really quite a contrast to the winner of the last year!
Sewerynaable 6 months ago
5 dislikes should be shot. they don't even know whats real music is. rafal is simply amazing. his technical perfection and understanding of chopin is uncomparable to anything i heard before. and to excite audience before the ending of the such a long piece is unheard of. rafal did it. epic!! poland should be proud!!
korglove 6 months ago
esta interpretacion solo la supera chopin xd
usuga1 7 months ago
I wonder how you feel when you get to such a level of interpretation that the music just flows and you can sit down and enjoy what you are doing... that aplause in the middle of the final chords is just an example. Magnifique!
sebastianrc 7 months ago
Terrific pianist.
birgitnilsson 7 months ago
Just awful the way the audience clapped before the piece was over. No respect for the composer or piece. SHAME ON THE AUDIENCE FOR CLAPPING THEN.
organboi 7 months ago
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shame on you for not realizing that this was an epic performance.
lalalalolable 7 months ago
Tegoroczna Laureatka bardzo podobała mi się, aż do finału... Gra Rafała Blechacza najbardziej oddaje Polskość w muzyce Chopina
dareksz1 8 months ago
How can you get the video of Chopin playing?
arlongan 8 months ago 10
@arlongan Dude video cameras didn't exist back when Chopin lived. That was a while ago. In fact, Chopin didn't even exist then, it was that long ago.
IaxobusJames 2 months ago
The best interpretation of this Piano Concerto...ever =)
HotslutGG 8 months ago
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omg HotShotGG <3 you so much! ur awesome =D
lalalalolable 7 months ago
EPIC!
ArodenPianoWushu93 9 months ago
it's ORGANISMIK !!!....
XD it's Chopin reincarnation... really...
didierraquillet 10 months ago
Four people have severely impaired hearing.
sbking42 11 months ago 9
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now 5 people have severely impaired hearing lol. =p
lalalol1000 6 months ago
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@lalalol1000 5 people are justin bieber fans
rodstartube 4 months ago
I love how the applause starts before the piece is even over.
An2quamaraN 1 year ago 4
You realize he was only 20 years old when he won this competition?!
TunaFishA444 1 year ago 2
fantastico!
insicurafragile 1 year ago
Impecable interpretation, congratulations.
Jogab37 1 year ago
@memoirsj Steinway & Sons
DanielPianoForever 1 year ago
what piano is he playing on?
memoirsj 1 year ago
An absolutely stunning performance. More than any other winner of the last decades, Blechacz stands in one line with some great winners of the past - Pollini, Argerich, Zimerman. He definitely is one of the most interesting pianists alive! Very intelligent and spontaneous. Great sense of humor, play - and drama!
dexterityhunter 1 year ago
He's enjoying it , and that is sadly difficult to find
sebastianrc 1 year ago
this was fantastic!!!!!
ernestoernesternst 1 year ago
I just noticed that around 6:27 and 6:28 Blechacz made some mistakes in the arpeggios. It's really a consolation to find that even a first-prize winner of Chopin competition does and will make mistakes, that he is a human nonetheless. My admiration for Blechacz just increased therefore, because he is not a performing robot. Well done Rafal for recovering quickly and not losing your composure!
BoundEnigma 1 year ago
@BoundEnigma For non musically trained ear i picked on 5th or 6th listening, Rafal did not blinked his eye did he? Unlike this year winner
WladekK55 1 year ago
@WladekK55 easy my man. i meant "he played wrong notes and still got first prize" because i want to tell Musicownnz1997 that i dont care 'bout wrong notes. u know wat i mean? and i totally adore Blechacz, he's EXCELLENT!
tvb93 1 year ago
@tvb93 My apologies, no offence meant at any point. Midnight oil writing at it's clumsiest. I listened to Martha Argerich interpretation and did not like it so much however Perriah and Mehta were almost identical is speed and dynamics to Rafal's performance. Stick to the score? perhaps. Cheers
WladekK55 1 year ago
@WladekK55 yea! i love his style, his expression, the way he handle the piece! u know? i like him better than Lang Lang, Yundi Li etc.... i mean, Lang and Li are good but i just ... dont like them so much. Just my opinion :D
tvb93 1 year ago
@tvb93 I suppose one can call it modesty. Quite a few of these very famous musicians are (unfortunately others were) very normal. I can speak Polish and was very pleased hearing his interviews (Rafal has a very strong Polish accent). I met few musicians in my life and people like Lutoslawski, Jukka Pekka Salonen and others were very down to earth. Boris Belkin was a lot of fun, but the best was Jean-Pierre Rampal. Sensational
WladekK55 1 year ago
god i love the part from 8:40 - 8:48 very touching
Migoicons 1 year ago
This is my favorite 3rd movement.
HiRoTuBeCa 1 year ago
I'm glad i'm still alive---this boy is wonderful!
edro3638 1 year ago
Just love this !!)
nocturne163 1 year ago
excellent, compare to Awdiejeva please :)
100of1000 1 year ago
you guys are overating him imo, he lacks expression + made huge mistake once HUGE.
I m not saying he's bad but he's definately not one of best in our era
ClassicalNNewAgeYo 1 year ago
@ClassicalNNewAgeYo You can't just throw out vague bullshit like "he lacks expression" and expect to be taken seriously. There hasn't been a single note-perfect performance of this concerto by the competition winner. He was musically perfect. The interpretation and virtuosity was at such a high level it actually more than compensated for that huge mistake. Take him out of time and drop him in the competitions Zimmerman, Bunin, Pollini, and Argerich won and the results might have been different.
demosj 1 year ago
@demosj Lacks expression?! Would he win a biggest Chopin's competition on the world so convincingly that there was no second prize awarded if he lacked an expression?
An2quamaraN 1 year ago
@ClassicalNNewAgeYo Dude, I have to say that HE REALLY IS THE BEST.
aijirew 1 year ago
@ClassicalNNewAgeYo You obviously didin't hear him performing polonaise/mazurkas or even other pieces than this at all. Heard his Heroique? Find someone perfoming it BETTER. Not to mention that EVERY single pianist makes mistakes - if u watch other pianists' music dvd's and see no mistakes than come here, watch blechacz performing LIVE, spot mistakes and dare to blame him for that, than u are a faggot
An2quamaraN 1 year ago
@An2quamaraN Are you a homophobe? Calling someone a faggot in this discussion just because someone doesn't agree with your opinion. How vile.
organboi 7 months ago
Rafal Blechacz shows throughout the concert (and all his other great performances) tranquility, serenity, sobriety, mathematical precision with amazing phrasing, supreme mastery of musical notation, immersed in a face that conveys all that is simple and accurate measure of happiness.
Congratulations Rafal ...!!, because God gave you a talent that goes into the genius of a few.
Marcelo721 1 year ago
Well, I've never heard him in person and I certainly wouldn't make comparisons based on some compressed Youtube video.
floydrharper 1 year ago
I am a Pole, and despite the fact that Rafał is my countryman I think that comparison Yundi Li and Rafał should not have happened. In the competition as well as Chopin's most important is the interpretation. We should be proud that we are fortunate to live in an era when we can hear romantic Jundi and "aggressive" Rafał.
PRSSZYMON1 1 year ago
@PRSSZYMON1 Do not think it appropriate to share Yundi Li Rafal Blechacz, because they are different concepts of pianists, I would rather they are complementary ...
However I reserve the opinion that Rafal is in a superlative level of expertise, so highlight it as "aggressive" seems incomprehensible.
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bilderbergjapan 1 year ago
If anyone doubts that this is the greatest pianist of our time, just listen to the clarity of the runs starting at 6:25; no one else can do that.
SatanPanda 1 year ago
The video is from the Concert of the Winners.
wiola6661 1 year ago
Yes, he has won the competition and got special awards for playing concerto, poloneses and mazurkas.
wiola6661 1 year ago
Rafał Blechacz cudownie,przekonywująco gra, a przy tym jest bardzo skromnym człowiekiem. To prawdziwej artysta godny tytułu laureata I nagrody konkursu chopinowskiego, w przeciwieństwie do tegorocznej zwyciężczyźni. Brawo Rafał!
wiola6661 1 year ago 11
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Zgadzam się!
Laureatka ostatniego konkursu chopinowskiego to była jakaś totalna pomyłka!
apri200 1 year ago
@wiola6661 Trzeba było uważniej słuchać. Wykonanie koncertu przez Awdiejewą było najbardziej zbliżone do Blechacza.
dcmn00 1 year ago
@dcmn00 dobry żart : )
Blechacz zdecydowanie wyprzedza pozostałych uczestników konkursu XV jak i XVI edycji. Moim zdaniem najlepiej koncert zagrał Wunder, a werdykt jury był nieporozumieniem.
gregorian95 1 year ago
@wiola6661
can you translate this comment please? @_@
lalalalolable 7 months ago
whoever is thinking about wrong notes or right notes for that matter, while listening to this, doesn't understand what music is all about. Especially Chopin music. His ideal use of pedal shows his true genius and art!
"Chopin" performing Chopin! Simply superb, all around!
VeraTymochko 1 year ago
oh srry for posting so much, but this piece isn't perfect now that i listened to the whole thing. it's got wrong notes in it from the pianist.
Musicownz1997 1 year ago
@Musicownz1997 it's not 'bout wrong notes, its bout music, my friend!
tvb93 1 year ago
@tvb93 i was wonderin cuz it's a competition that he's playin in right? did he get first?
Musicownz1997 1 year ago
@Musicownz1997 yeah he got first and all the other prizes:))
tvb93 1 year ago
@tvb93 music is about wrong/right notes my friend. a piece with too many wrong notes isn't music. it's noise.
Musicownz1997 1 year ago
@Musicownz1997 yea he played wrong notes and still got first prize :))
tvb93 1 year ago
@tvb93 and Musicownnz1997.I just love it.Would you please point to the score and these "wrong"notes?Make sure you are going to list the orchestra as well.After all there was a dogdy voila passage in bar 137?? I can't wait for your names to appear in the list of finalist in 2015. There would be first fron NZ?? If I'm wrong at least hurry 1997 and 1993? Wake up and compare the performance from last 3 competitions including 2010 winner and then winge.Close your eyes and listen to Rafal.Think good
WladekK55 1 year ago
@tvb93 and Musicownnz1997. For these that are puritans of the piano classical competitions may I suggest to view and compare the videos of 2000, 2005 and 2010 winners. The problem for you is that Youndi Li and YULIANNA AVDEEVA are already famous and tvb93 and Musicownnz1997 are not. Not to me but. You can't touch Rafal. he's too good and you know it. However, you may try to buy tickets to see any of them if they in OZ
WladekK55 1 year ago
oh btw. listen to the recording of lang lang playing this. it's good. just dont look at his facial expressions and his exaggerated movements lol
Musicownz1997 1 year ago
finally! a youtube version that actually is vivace! like all the others are adagio!
Musicownz1997 1 year ago
i dont agree hard playing
ly8606 1 year ago
I was searching for a good execution of this wonderful piece and I found it! an absolutely great pianist, his brilliant technique and dynamics are just used to express the emotion - the way it should be - everything's put into the sound (not too much body or face movements), no exaggeration, no "strange" phrasing like even some big names dared do (bad choice, in my opinion) he's just... fantastic!
mirefa17 1 year ago
this needs to get at least million views...
nousernamewhatsoever 1 year ago
@bugadotcom: furthermore, do you really think the orchestra, conductor and soloist really care? They do not. They too recognise when greatness has occured and this, sir, was indeed a great performance performed under the stress of judges eyes and intense competition.
Chopin1974l 1 year ago
@bugadotcom: it has nothing to do with a lack of respect. As an audience you can be so collectively moved by a soloists playing that you spontaneously start applauding as soon as they play their final note. Audiences are not trained monkeys, sir. I've seen the Berlin philharmonic live with soloist, the Chicago symphony with soloist and the new York philharmonic with soloist. Every time the audience could not wait to show it's appreciation.
Chopin1974l 1 year ago
absolutely brilliant
SalQrazy 1 year ago
What a fascinating technique!
Zenethor 1 year ago
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PeachCatHill 1 year ago
该舒缓的地方冲动,该张扬的地方阳萎了....肖邦哥内牛满面!!
PeachCatHill 1 year ago
THere's that first violinst there, ha! She was there when Yundi played this piece back in 2000, come to think of it, Rafal and Yundi play this exactly alike. I'm sure he studied Yundi's videos before playing this.
killingangel707 1 year ago
@killingangel707 no way, yundi's sounds different, like there's less 'rondo'
thesloc 1 year ago
What a marvelous control over his left hand! AMAZING! :] Even though I sometimes feel he's a little harsh, he manages to make me smile, and cry. GORGEOUS.
GothicalSOberhauser 1 year ago
@GothicalSOberhauser lol cry, fucking phaggot
thesloc 1 year ago
@thesloc lol, fuck off, you, insensitive idiot! :]
GothicalSOberhauser 1 year ago
@thesloc Why did you add the "ph"? Is it therefore supposed to be less offensive or petty?
712Stephen 1 year ago
Rafal ftw!!!!!
yohbyo 1 year ago
god where can i get a recording of these performances from the competition?
xyloboi06 1 year ago
wow at 2:20 it's just breathtaking , blows me away !!
this is the most exiting part of Chopins masterpiece , and Rafal did such an amazing performance ,
bravo !!)
nocturne163 1 year ago
@nocturne163
Hi, 2:20 was perferct, but wasn't the finale beyond the human possibility??
Thanks and kind regards
WladekK55 1 year ago
@WladekK55
Yes , this part is getting under my skin ^^!
I absolutely do agree , i'm getting nervous , only by watching it ,
so amazing !!
You're welcome , sorry , do you know Rafal ? Omg ...:)
nocturne163 1 year ago
@nocturne163 No I don't, but I know people that have discovered him and sponsored for a year when he has won the young pianist competition in Jan Paderewski Manor in Kasna Dolna, Poland. We stayed there for 3 nights; wonderful spot google it. This is Paderewski Museum in principal but they also run concert, master classes (famous polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak is a frequent guest there) workshops etc. Museum is nice.My boys were allowed to play on 100yo piano that belonged to Paderewski. Fun
WladekK55 1 year ago
@WladekK55
Ah , this sounds interesting and exiting as well !!
He's a very gifted and talented young artist ^^!
Must be a great museum indeed and wonderful , to play such a famous instrument .
Cheers !
nocturne163 1 year ago
@nocturne163 Yes, I've no idea where you live, but if you in Europe and have a chance to visit Poland ?......Go to Kasna Dolna. It is so pretty there and so inexpensive. Have fun. Wladek
WladekK55 1 year ago
@WladekK55
Hehe , i'm german , you can find this out at my channel...
so Poland isn't that far away , but first i still have an open date with the Chopin museum :)
thanks and greetings
nocturne163 1 year ago
I just could not stop listening to this wonderful performance in total amazement and admiration!!!
His tone sounds simple, very clear and pure to me, it felt great to listen to his playing because I immediately knew what he intended while I was listening!!!
I cannot really evaluate it because I'm not this knowlegded (I'm in my 10th year piano), but what I totally love is his feeling for the music, these bouncing movements (8:30 - 8:40) - as if he enjoys the music to his fullest!!! Awesome<3
AmuriDandelion 1 year ago 10
@AmuriDandelion What the hell are you talking about? what bouncing?
organboi 7 months ago
Bravo!!!
Was he the champion?
ChiefAdministrator 1 year ago
@ChiefAdministrator Sorry.....I've checked the name list, he is the champion.
ChiefAdministrator 1 year ago
@ChiefAdministrator this is the champion !!!
d4ni3lschi4v0 1 year ago
Out of curiosity: do we hear an incorrect arpeggio/broken chord at 6:26/6:27 or is this just a different edition?
tacit123 1 year ago
@tacit123 I get the feeling that SOMETHING was doctored, maybe this recording, maybe not. Go listen to his winner's recital (19/21, was it?) and look for the Polonaise in A-flat. The final reprisal of the main theme is played without error. However, the video of him in the preliminaries (from luisguilhermeolbertz) on the same piece contains a very conspicuous mistake. And for some reason, the CD of his winner's recital carries the mistake over when the video somehow doesn't.
ccccony 1 year ago
@tacit123 No, it's one of his mistakes. :)
vivvpprof 1 year ago
Why does the audience has to start screaming during the concert!? Control yourself, silence is music, the piece only ends after we hear it!
BugaDotCom 1 year ago
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BugaDotCom 1 year ago
@BugaDotCom wow. you think you're smart eh? As long as the performer and orchestra gets its standing ovation. It's all good... Doesn't matter if they start clapping even a minute too early, The performer will be happy. Now stop being a sad dumbass you are and let the audience show its approval.
justincrzo 1 year ago
@justincrzo Dude, I would like to see you saying all those things in person, but that is another question. As for the point in debate, who cares about getting a standing ovation, do you think they don't know they're excellent? Performers who become happy because of claps are bad performers. And if the audience wants to show its approval, then must show respect, both for the orchestra, the soloist and the composer, and that includes letting the music finish until there is complete silence.
BugaDotCom 1 year ago 2
@BugaDotCom exactly spot on its like some degustator will drink wine and say its perfect before he tasts it. Just shallow and lame.
mjufpn 1 year ago
@mjufpn if you could better argue that then your commentary would not be as shallow and lame as mine.
BugaDotCom 1 year ago
Why does the audience has to start screaming during the concert. FUCK OFF PEOPLE, control yourself, silence is music, the piece only ends after we hear the silence!
BugaDotCom 1 year ago
fredericfranc: again:what is wrong with this performance, i.e. "no music" effect is that he is too confident of his technique, while beingg verry iinexperienced. Chopin, even at 20, as here is instinctively nuanced, and you want to concentrate on every moment of the delivery, being necessarily rather inseccure, whereas this guy is so confident, he is blase. You need another 10 years of playing this concerto, to get away with this kind of attitude .
fredericfranc 1 year ago
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fredericfranc: again:what is wrong with this performance, i.e. "no music" effect is that he is too confident of his technique, while beingg verry iinexperienced. Chopin, even at 20, as here is instinctively nuanced, and you want to concentrate on every moment of the delivery, being necessarily rather inseccure, whereas this guy is so confident, he is blase. You need another 10 years of playing this concerto, to get away with this kind of attitude .
fredericfranc 1 year ago
fredericfranc: again:what is wrong with this performance, i.e. "no music" effect is that he is too confident of his technique, while beingg verry iinexperienced. Chopin, even at 20, as here is instinctively nuanced, and you want to concentrate on every moment of the delivery, being necessarily rather inseccure, whereas this guy is so confident, he is blase. You need another 10 years of playing this concerto, to get away with this kind of attitude .
fredericfranc 1 year ago
@fredericfranc agree, and he reli lacks the "legato" that chopin specially owns.
hes not a bad player tho, but i reli dun see the spirit of chopin in it. yundi does better in that.
AllegroDemolish 1 year ago
Wow that was a great performance and that's the first time I've heard the key changes played so clearly and all the arpeggios. Who said 'where's the music'? you cannot be serious?
twangman5 1 year ago
I cry all the time when I watch this video. Yes, he's a genius. Awesome. Fabulous
123karol123123 1 year ago
Come on you guys you cant tell what is going on here. The man hits the keys, but where is the music?
fredericfranc 2 years ago
@fredericfranc: I agree in the sense that I think Yundi Li (for example) delivered a more musical and thoughtful performance than Blechacz.
gc65531941 2 years ago
yea i know whats going on. the mic is too close to the piano, and he's playin the piano louder than he would playing a solo piano piece, because it is a CONCERTO.
wnsbug 1 year ago
Why go through the trouble to fake it at a live concert when hella people can play it legit?
Valentinecopper2 1 year ago
people were totally clapping before he was even done!!!!!
iLoveUasMuchAsMusic 2 years ago
6:27- 6:44 Pattern similar to one of CHopin's etudes...
paopaomanalansan 2 years ago
Panowie czapeczki z głów. Oto geniusz ;))
ukaszstm 2 years ago
his touch gives the impression that chopin himself would have played it this way
suprehe 2 years ago 8
Magnificently and the beautiful realization of work the congratulations the Blechaczowi
Patryk90able 2 years ago
i bought his album with the chopin piano concertos
i like it, but somehow i like this version so much better
i think it's the effect of actually watching him play, it's so amazing
wnsbug 2 years ago 2
one of the best pianists not just of my generation but perhaps of all time?
suprehe 2 years ago 2
Phenomenal
parule 2 years ago
I've just bought his new CD with Chopin's both piano concertos and I'm so proud of him that he didn't waste these 4 years after the competition, he is much better than he was then, though he was brilliant. I don't know how to express it so let me say: Rafał Blechacz - the Pianist.
ehoro 2 years ago 7
Good to know that his new CD has the piano concerti and that he has improved too! I will buy too!
Cattytea 2 years ago
Blechacz looks like the polish Yundi: Same hairdo....
Great performance. Very exciting
musicforever93 2 years ago 4
Excellent performance, no exaggerated rythem (too slow or too fast), face expression tells you he's passionate about the piece but then again without being too melodramatic. Like previous before me have already mentioned - Beautiful and colorful indeed. Well deserved the first prize :-)
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vitalis3210 2 years ago
Blechacz is the best. Definitely much better than Yundi Li !
kchorom 2 years ago 8
I love how the audience begins applauding before the orchestration is over. You can tell it's a great performance when that happens .
demosj 2 years ago 10
Yes, it also happened when Zimerman won, playing the same concerto!
AZIMUTH595 2 years ago 5
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he's a f**king ROBOT!
josechick 2 years ago
tchaikovsky couldn't afford a seat so he decided to play 1st violin :D (look in the 2nd row)
roosta0013 2 years ago 13
then he must be the only one able to do that in the world..
yenhoho 2 years ago
very good. very colorful!!
anonymousQ45 2 years ago 7
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ROFL, Blechacz is a vegan.
thesloc 2 years ago
...so?
FredilYupigo 2 years ago 6
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So? Look at his bony malnutritioned face.
thesloc 2 years ago
that makes me respect him more if tht is really true
skryabyn 2 years ago 6
yup ROFL
zzzxtreme 2 years ago
AMAZING!
diabola 2 years ago
Brillant!!!!!!!
U38066 2 years ago
This is truly brilliant. What a spectacle! Phenomenal pianist, I admire his talent tremendously!
CDOG111 3 years ago 6
he IS quite good at chopin i must admit
wnsbug 3 years ago 2
Questions of who is the greatest living pianist aside, I've never heard this performed better
floydrharper 3 years ago 40
This was utterly fantastic indeed! It's great to have someone like Rafal in our lifetime -- and he is young. Perhaps, when I'm going to be rich ;) , I will be able to see him live. .....
jackjohn6921 1 year ago
@floydrharper listen to pogorelich, chicago symphony conducted by abbado; rubenstein, new york phil conducted by walter; perahia, new york phil conducted by mehta; argerich, montreal phil conducted by dutoit; and pollini, new philharmonia conducted by kletzki. no comparison.
woahmcgee 1 year ago
@woahmcgee i would agree, although for some reason i was almost offended by Argerich's performance of it, almost resentful. Perehia's performance of this is UNDOUBTABLY the best. it melts in your mouth and is wonderful and delicate and elegant.
chazzithebrit 1 year ago
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@woahmcgee i would agree, although for some reason i was almost offended by Argerich's performance of it, almost resentful. Perehia's performance of this is UNDOUBTedLY the best. it melts in your mouth and is wonderful and delicate and elegant.
chazzithebrit 1 year ago
@woahmcgee
Hi, I wonder if you compare all the circumstances and "age". Another factor is the "first big Competition".
Cheers
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thesloc 3 years ago
I think this piece is sorta for New Year I guess? Wishing good luck and memories of the old years? Maybe I guess~
SIlentPianist47 3 years ago
6:59 is the best moment in music....So dramatic, and the whole section leading up to it...This concerto is so amazing. Thank you for your post, Sissco.
achilless 3 years ago 2
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I'm very frustrate with Blechacz. I think that this interpretation is right, but it's not enough for win the first prize of this important event (The Chopin Competition). He's not criative and your performance is very similar to Krystian Zimerman's recording.
Nevertheless, thank you very much for post.
polskaczech 3 years ago
Really? I personally think this is one of the best ive heard....well, perhaps it's just me but many others seem to think so too
RomanticMusikFan 3 years ago 2
Ok. Very well. I respect this opinion absolutely. Is very well when we can respect the opinion of the others, the world will be much more better. I only said that I prefer someone like Josef Hofmann versus Blechacz. Only this that I said.
polskaczech 3 years ago 3