Frédéric CHOPIN: Op. 34, No. 2 (Valse Brillante)

[valjeanHK]

Impressive performance!

I like this slow version, a bit the way Barenboim plays it.

[OiledUpFatMan]

This is Chopin played sadly and I'm not referring to the emotional impact of this brilliant waltz. This plods and drags and completely lacks any subtly. Its harsh as hell in parts too.

[Ravanaboy]

Congrats. Would you like a slice of cake?

[Ravanaboy]

Congrats. Would you like a slice of cake?

[EyMeng]

get a piano!!!! sell your house!!!

[saxwheel]

total lack of nuances..

[Anni1smily]

Ich liebe dieses Lied, ist aber sehr schwer, ich habe glaube ich ein halbes jahr gebraucht um es perfekt zu spielen

[spacejohannes]

@Anni1smily Man muss doch nur die ersten zwei Seiten können um dann 90% des Stückes spielen zu können.Danach folgen viele Wiederholungen. Und dann noch der Schluss natürlich. ;)

[Anni1smily]

@spacejohannes Die Noten sind leicht, aber an Betonungen habe ich sehr lange gefeilt.

[spacejohannes]

@Anni1smily Das ist immer der schönste Teil! :) die Musik steht zwischen den Noten !

[spacejohannes]

@Anni1smily Vor allem die Gegenbewegungen durch die linke Hand und die oft schöne Basslinie darf man nicht vergessen und muss da Betonung reinkriegen!

[ed4015]

Chopin rules



[MassHysteria666]

i actually find the starting tempo very fitting for the song...other songs seem to fast, and even if it was originally meant to be played faster than this, this was the pianist's interpretation, and I dreally enjoyed it.

[TheGuyWhoJustShotYou]

this is Chopin! you aren't supposed to play it so rythmicly precise! put some feeling and rubato in it! I almost didn't even recognize it...

[dingcaitlynrules]

not too good. srry cubusdk! i'm being truthful.

[ChopinFlutist]

Awesome! Fantastic interpretation....

[BobkerYa]

Just for the record, Chopin does indicate 60 measures per minute at the start of the piece, which is much faster than this. However, I do enjoy the song much more at this slower tempo, and find it more appropriate.

[stefan29328]

23 musicians are jealous of his clear talent, own up, he intepreted this piece perfectly........

[1123Annonymus]

this is probably the worst version out there. he plays like a robot with no feeling

[caitlyndstar]

@1123Annonymus totally agree with u.

[YetHaterLover]

@1123Annonymus You must be a fucking troll.

[Nancyrocks410]

I was told by a friend who's wonderful at piano that I shouldn't use this version as a model for my own playing.

I'm going to anyways. I've found this to be the most literal version, as I look at my music and listen.

You've found yourself a sort-of student, my friend.

[dennis0mus]

absolutely professionally played...

[sebas237]

que piano es, acaso es la cdp 100?

[DiaryOfAWallflower]

very beautiful interpretation

[Sappyspartan]

Really nicely played. A few notches down on the reverb effect though, please.

[carcass398]

I have to agree with nancyrocks410. I am currently learning this piece for a recital, and it clearly states Lento at the beginning of the piece so all that have complained this performance is too slow are in error. A true musician can put appropriate and emotional interpretations onto a piece while still maintaining the essence that the composer intended. That is exactly what this performer has done, and I commend him for it.

[Nancyrocks410]

So beautiful.. I'm trying to learn this now, it's not easy. Kudos, you've done amazingly.

[777koban]

non c'est pas to slow. C'est pas parce que c'est une valse qu'elle doit être rapide. D'ailleurs sur les partitions c'est écrit largo...Trop vite ça enlèverait la mélancolie et le passionnel typique de chopin

[raamsis]

this is a valse. I dont understand why you play it so slow. Its too slow

[ttslipknotrulez132]

@raamsis its supposed to be its marked lento in the beggining

[Sappyspartan]

@raamsis No, it's actually PERFECT.

[Marievska]

I find your rythm variations are too sudden at times, but good job overall.

[samsael]

Browse my videos, tell me what you think of my work with this valse, guys. All criticisim will be more than wellcome!

[binky3551]

weird

[jamiearoundtheworld]

I wish I could play something this beautiful.

[MrFlammender]

It is an e-piano! This kind of works like it schould be playd on real piano.

[balletzenaida]

@MrFlammender Well, not everybody can afford a piano, my sister learns with a piano in the classes but practices with an electronic piano at home.

[somecowstolecasper]

i love this piece of music one of my recent favs... been learning it on piano and its beaitufil

[Erikachan512]

there's a few rhythmic errors. but i am guessing you are doing that on purpose. nice job overall.

[arlongan]

Ugly and disgusting hand

[thegliphic]

Beautiful!! but your maltreated cuticles are betraying your breathy bravado in the first half by causing to much wind resistance and therefore milli seconds behind the tempo. But your ashen sombre delivery in the second half is a lack luster farce. you should be ashamed of yourself.

other than that .....Bravo!!!!

[Staissie]

they put it in the movie I know who killed me with Linsay Lohan.

[katakotia3]

I think you did a fine job, but I'm no pianist so I might be missing out on things like the comments state. Thanks for this piece.

[omedefirouz]

This is a pretty good, version but there are a couple of things you could improve on.

In the second section, make it nostalgically light-hearted. There's no clear tone or tempo change. Also your keystrokes sound a bit heavy.

But overall, pretty good.

[justinneversleep]

i have to say, you always pick easy music to record

[Drbeck711]

Absolutely Beautiful.

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Ratings for this video (122 total)

Number of likes 111

Number of dislikes 11

[BrianInCminor]

Would anyone care to tell me why youtube is under the impression that all romantic must be played slowly with rubato? If you play at anything over lento you "don't interpret the pice correctly." Funny, I would think someone who plays a more staedy, live tempo of Chopin, say Horowitz, one of the greatest pianist of all time who studied chopin tediously would know a bit more about expressing music than amateurs on the internet do. Some works are to be slow, others, such as this, are not to be.

[Jimmed]

@BrianInCminor: I can't help but agree with you on this one. I genuinely can't stand abuse of rubato in pieces, especially ones so beautiful as this. Also, the overly heavy-handedness of this particular pianist is starting to grate after 2 minutes.

[ginnoveffect]

@BrianInCminor I think Chopin is just glad that people are playing his music.

[Nancyrocks410]

@BrianInCminor If you look at ANY copy of this piece of music, it will say over in the top left "Lento". Therefore, the beginning is, in fact, slow. Do not insult this pianist. I strongly doubt you could do any better. You have compared an amateur to a professional, i.e., Horowitz. Not all of us are prodigies in piano, and something tells me, neither are you. When you can play it exactly as Chopin himself did, then come back and insult.

[oliviasandra]

should really put more feeling into it!!

[happygolucky2000]

too slow, boring

[mamzellebellamy]

Je suis du même avis que les autres. C'est beaucoup trop lent, et ça manque terriblement d'interprétation. C'est fade, voilà.

[Belamus]

apart from the excessively slow tempo, the main problem with this performance is that since you emphasize the third rather than the first beat, your waltz becomes a mazurka. now you have to ask yourself: if Chopin had wanted to write a mazurka, wouldn't he have done so?

[mynameisraina]

lol thanks for all the replies :)

i looked up double sharp and thats exatly what it is :)

thank you!

[PaulusMusicus]

Me gustó mucho!

[mynameisraina]

umm this is a retard question, im a kid leave me alone! XD

lol but i have the music in front of me, since Im learning the piece, and uhhh there like a little x before an F note, what does this mean? thanks :)

[mrman2509]

I think that means "double sharp." If it's an F, it's 2 half steps above it- so it'd be a G.

[grapejuiicex3]

the x is a double sharp. so go up two half steps. from f to f sharp and another half step, G.

the resulting note would be G. (:

[zeldarules3]

to awesomeubermensch, I'm 13 and I actually understood what you said, lol. That's funny.

[KrzysztofStasiuk]

I'ts too slow... among other things...Sorry.

[fistokov]

Magnifique!

[awesomeubermensch]

although the calando is conceivable as a diminuendo it should be a ritardando in the fractional initial shading. all in all, the lifting note on the second eighth and F is a great non legato agitato.

am i right or what? just kidding, i mixed that up from editor notes on pathetique by beethoven.

[gri1992]

I love this version. the author clearly indicates slow in the first part of the work and then picking up speed going, I've heard other versions that starts very fast and thus can not appreciate the work that is very beautiful.

[kkat96]

i like this tempo, actually. you can't appreciate the music as much when it's fast, i think. just my opinion. :)

[Serachfan]

Why do you all think everything is meant to be played exactly as the composer said?? I really love this slower version and this is how I prefer to play it, myself!

Good work Cubus!!

[diegorzynski]

its rrly good but would be better if u had plyaed it on the piano, anyway i rlly enjoyed. i like clear phrases

[mankywank]

Nice but waaay too much reverb.

[ekdus9720]

i played this a year ago and im 11

[gatorno11]

Let me guess... You don't have many friends, do you? (¬_¬)

[ekdus9720]

wtf.. im not piano crazy.. i just enjoy it and.. no.. i have MANY MANY MANY friends.. wtf.. wat do u think of me? that is INSULTING

[gingerfreakinkid]

Oh, freakin' boy. I bet you think you're just so special.

[gingerfreakinkid]

Right. I'm sure you are.

[gingerfreakinkid]

Until you play the Pathetique Sonata, a whole collection of Fugues and Preludes from the Well-Tempered Klavier, and a few Nocturnes by Chopin at age 11, then maybe one of us will be impressed. Sorry. But that's how it works, kiddo.

[ekdus9720]

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[ekdus9720]

yes.. i played the Pathetique Sonata a few months. and a nocturne and a chopin prelude abd i dont know what the hell a well-tempered klavier is-,-;;; and ive only played piano for 3 and a half years

[gingerfreakinkid]

Congrats. Would you like a cookie?

[ekdus9720]

wth is a cookie?

[gingerfreakinkid]

Ugh. Never mind.

[Kittykat134]

This is the piece my piano teacher is making me start next week... wow is it ever beautiful! I hope I can play it nearly that well...

[gingerfreakinkid]

It's actually not a very good interpretation. It's far to slow. It may be marked lento, but it doesn't mean 'slow.'

[JudeOnPiano]

magnifique un de mes morceaux préférés, j'ai mis une semaine a l'apprendre tellement je l'aimais!!

Wonderful, one of my favorites pieces, i take one week to learn it because i loved it.

[furyfur]

digital piano...

mixing on the recording...

well...

and...slow does not mean lento. lento is a feeling.

[NNCwatcher2]

i start a few days ago with this song.

it is very hard.

you play it beautiful

[miliona1re]

A very sad and beautiful valzer

[itscalledfutbol16]

ur playing is too robotic...

[m0une]

Beautiful. I love the way this is filmed. I love music, I love Frédéric Chopin. Il était un très grand artiste.

[callenishss]

needs a bit of chopin rubato too

[jazzmusic4life]

i play this song!!

but this one sounds so beautiful...

i wish i could play like that!!

[themeanstar]

That's a very beautiful version but would deserve a small amount of more speed. Just a little bit.

[callenishss]

Just a big bit

[piercingthedarkness1]

I absolutely loved the tempo on this piece!!

I agree, that this is way closer to "Lento" than most play it. I also think that, when played faster, it is next to impossible to put the correct amount of emotion into it.

I love the passion that comes across in this piece!

[AvidHobbyist]

I like this; the piece says Lento, and you do just that. Its always nice to listen to a new interpretation. Very well played.

[KlassikFan2007]

Great interpreation I liked it very much (just like most of your videos I watched, you are a superb pianist)! Maybe you will like my version too who knows ;-)

[jayarownd]

tempo on this piece was marked Lento- which is actually pretty slow. This version does not sound too slow to me- but it is slower than most play it.

[Lin092]

I like it! And I like the tempo. I think it's not too fast, not too slow.

[cool4fun1]

I'm almost finished learning this song.

A little FYI - this song can sound beautiful played faster too.

[k3Iv1n]

the tempo is meant to be slow, just to let all u guys know

[177c17asty]

yup.. my score says lento. (think lent and solemn)

[raamsis]

Tempo too slow?

[pudunda]

the opening measures are addictive to play i do it every time a pass a piano

[MickMikka]

very nice.

[PETRARCACACACACACACA]

frederic chopin es un gran compositor da mucha sensibilidad y dulsura en sus composiciones es extrordinario =)

[McIntiz]

Frédéric Chopín is a master pianist in 3 music styles:

-Classic

-Jazz

-Polsk Folklöre

[McIntiz]

Jazz is a music based in 3 big composers:

-Chopín

-Béla Bartók

-Claude Debussy

[raamsis]

Jazz is an American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.

*wikipedia

[dauburney]

cubus is my one of my favourite chopin interpreters. he (?) has a good sense of rubato and never rushes a piece, like so many other pianists tend to do.

this is a fantastic rendition of chopin's personal favourite waltz.

it's marked "lento", so it IS supposed to be slow and expressive.

a beautiful, heart-rending performance. well done (again), cubus.

[ScarlettSinS]

the intro is magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RicardoKaka01]

Mee, too. Looks like everyone is learning this peace. I'm at the last part, were the left hand solo comes in.

[Emogirlazy]

merci de nous aider à revivre les morceaux de Chopin, tu joues très bien !

[yeahso0578]

omgg me tooo

im just started this 2 weeks ago

i am in love with it

thanks for posting this vid

its gonna help me alot

my teacher tells me that i should lisen to it when i sleep and lisen to it every day

and when i play it will come out naturaly

[dizzymabuk]

You think that would work on any piece?

[yeahso0578]

trust me it does ofcourse you need to study it but it just comes out specially when memorizing it i just did that in mozart k 332 first mov. sonata i love it and i learnd it really fast but it alsow deppends like for example im learning now impromtu op. 90 n.2 schubert itt is hell because of the speed so it depends on the recording if its to fast it really hard speciallyy in impromptu's and studies but its really good help..good luck :D

[dizzymabuk]

Ah..Thanks:D

[Wh1plesh]

Nice! I'm learning this piece as well (just started less then 24 hours ago =P). Can I advise something to you? This song is a romanic waltz, so make the first beat stronger then the second and third. I really love your pharsing that you put into the piece and the tempo really beings out the emotions in this piece. Just play with the first beat stronger and it's perfect! At the moment, it's sounding outstanding

[diesletje]

I think he prefers it this way :)

and me too

[XoMpIrE]

You guys are a bunch idiots, it's a romantic piece it's never meant to be played fast, or playfully.

Very well done, with much expression unlike some fools I've seen around youtube.

[gracemkbo]

nice play!!

i'm picking a piece of music to be played in a piano competition n

this piece seems to be a gd one!!

i like ur play very much!!

isit ok if i play it a little bit faster so that my performance will not exceed the time limit of 7:00?

[yeahso0578]

if u play it faster it will totally kill the melody the mode and most importantly the romantic part of it

its a waltz

not a samba

[ika2312]

play more playfully, otherwise good, how did you manage to record so purely??

[Justonious]

ouch much to slow for a waltz to me but still very nice

[swtaznx3music101]

im playing this song right now and its a litlte different but i hope i play it beautifully

[Luzerntomorrow]

Chopin was a damn genius. Worship him.

[yeahso0578]

worship god

not a dead composer

:P

^_^

[MisterChef]

worship a dead composer

not a dead god

:P

^_^

[yeahso0578]

:O

omggg

[donnie10855]

This is in "I Know Who Killed Me"

[Pingpong513]

great dynamic

[leobster]

that left hand trill sounds just perfect :)

[karlng888]

Beautiful! :) I have uploaded some of Chopin's piano pieces too.

[cool4fun1]

You play beautifully :) i'm learning it right now...I hope I sound like you :)

[michielxboxer]

amazing, lovely

[nguyenvaness21]

this song makes me wanna cry so much!!!

[Kressara]

i felt the same way!

[nguyenvaness21]

i think that ur playing is my favorite!

i love it.

[luckyjohn19]

My nephew's goal is to play Chopin to a room full of people and make them cry.

You have the touch - well done.

I liked it better than Horowitz' version.

[ebieite]

Someone can be technically perfect but that does not mean much if they do not feel the music, which you do. Thank you for playing.

[exileayahika]

absolutely flawless.

[cindyaluv]

Very nice! I memorized this for a recital recently. I love the piece! I love it taken slowly like this video!

[bjbabeandmore]

Nice work. A little slow in parts for my taste, but the rubato in the 'runs' I really liked... its how I do it =). Nice!

[dougefresh9922]

Well Played :)

A little too much pedal though

[pianoman1974]

exquisitite. chopin as it should be played.

[allwinters]

Beautiful ¡¡¡¡ even when is not a piano...

so romantic .... Bravo ¡¡¡

[theonericardo]

That was beautiful, excellent performance