I feel the older we get the more this music touches us. The bitter sweet of life, things that could had been, things that should not had been, things that possibly had been. Those joy, grief, blood, sweat, tears.
As a kid we were brought to the symphony twice a year. It was magical to me, I know how lucky I was to attend. All kids should be introduced to the classics early in life. It has always stayed with me, I have loved it since then.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
When Menahem Pressler played this Nocturne from Chopin live in Berlin, he was aged 91. You will never find a better interpretation of this emotional piece from Chopin. Menahem Pressler was a real, but silent, World Class Artist. Menahem Pressler, rest in peace.
yes, and that's the one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul, and it is what made Chopin - Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
Mr Horowitz sits at the piano so casually, as if engrossed in something utterly mundane. No theatrics, no extraneous movements. Nothing stands between him and the music. He is the music.
About two years ago, I walked into a church. My town has four churches, some large, some small. This was the smallest one I hadn't been to yet, and for once it was open outside of mass hours. Inside, a man sat at the piano playing Chopin's nocturne. The reverberation through the empty hall echoed so beautifully and made my eyes swim the moment I heard it.
I had a piano instructor back in the 90s who was from Kiev and Horowitz went to the same Kiev Conservatory she went to, she told me how senior recitals are a big deal and they're done in front of a panel of professors who do not show any emotion after your performance. Zero. no clapping, no nodding, nothing. Horowitz finished, they jumped to their feet and applauded for a minute straight. He was that much of a force.
@discepolidiYeshua93 this is spamming. Stop it. This is about music. You will be reported for this kind of obnoxious behaviour. Find a proper venue where you can proselytize all you want.
The closer we get to that last day on earth, on this magical place that consists of bittersweet experiences, the closer we move towards the basics, poetry, philosophical thinking, music. It is a full circle someone might say, we go back to where our soul was guiding us all those years, but career, friends, family, that night out that we had to go out because everyone would attend kept us apart from our nature. And we lived in distance from our own soul for ages.
Wow! That's pretty deep. I'm going to have to contemplate that for a while. In this day and age when everybody is talking but nobody is really saying anything, this actually speaks to me.
i know what you mean, i love how simple and effortless it seems, the delicate cascading of notes from something to nothing. the sound is in the silence. magical.@@cd-zw2tt
@@kennethtalbott2233 "..simple and effortless..' - yes and the paradox is that it's from rigorous practising many hours each day for many days and weeks and years. A true dedication 😊
I noticed an interesting feature: Young pianists often play at a slightly faster pace. As if they are in a hurry, as if they are in a rush, as if they want to splash out expression.Old pianists play moderately, a little slower. They have nowhere to rush, they are not in a hurry to finish the game, it is like a more thoughtful story.
People seem to forget that playing music at the high-level consumes stamina, something that deteriorates with age. Older musicians take time and play as their stamina allows. obviously the depth in their rendering the music comes from their sheer talent and sensitivity. lots of musicians can play well at a mature / less mature age
went to a bladee, ecco, etc concert 2 years ago and every single person had their phone out. was my least favorite concert cause of the crowd. everyone had to show their online friends or record it. was a young crowd.
@h0ll9w that would ruin it for me too, I want to be one with the audience in awe of that which in front, the individual consciousness appreciating itself and the talents of our being collectively. It's a celebration of what being a human connected to love is all about.
It's only a small minority that can appreciate this music and furthermore be touched. Those able to properly play it, an even smaller subset; and those able to compose it, maybe a few dozens in every generation, globally.
The old greats...Horowitz, Pressler, Arturo Rubinstein, even Rachmaninoff, when they played...they became the music... they didn't emote and gesticulate to detract from it...the music was the master, and they served it. A pleasure to watch, and a blessing to hear, a sublime pleasure.
Wonderful to see children, young people in audience listening raptly, respectfully. Gee, no iPhones or texting - what a pleasure to see and to hear this simply beautiful music.
I spent years, and years ashamed about how I could cry so easy to music. Thinking I was some over emotional mess. I've got old I realised, I've just had good musical taste. Absolutely sublime video. Every second. We cry to release everything horrific and ugly. Sometimes our thoughts and actions aren't enough to get us going. Music is the answer. It says more than words ever could.
I can't imagine how Choopin must have felt, what did he experience?, to compose pieces that evoke such deep feelings that one would think one would have after living for a long time to understand them.
Well, as humans on our journey, if you haven't felt emotions, even as painful as these recitals are emulating, then I don't know wether to be happy for you or to feel sad that you haven't been touched by someone in a way that evokes these emotions. This is the true meaning of being human. That we have developed the capacity to feel such energies. Learning to embrace them, the enjoyable and the not so, is the key.
My dad saw Horowitz in concert. I taped a performance on PBS and gave it to him. He had tears flowing down his cheeks. I miss him a lot. He taught me to love music in all it's form.
My condolences. In music there is sadness, joy, and many other emotions. Experiencing the death of somebody close, one's perception of music changes. I have experienced how playing the one and same melody before gave different meanings to me. All the best to you.
In all these, it is palpable the silence these performances create... The feeling of silence means you are truly listening. It's so hard to listen when there's so much noise about. I'm honoured and sad to be born in 1984 - that means I'm not old but just old enough I remember when we had silence and could make space and time to listen to things. This video reminded me of that. Cheers.
Pressler’s performance of this Nocturne is truly divine, showcasing his mastery and deep understanding of Chopin’s music. Interestingly, Władysław Szpilman, the real-life pianist portrayed in The Pianist, played this very piece so beautifully that a German officer decided to spare his life. You can find Szpilman’s rendition on TH-cam-it’s a captivating testament to the power of music and its ability to transcend even the darkest moments in history.
The audience is so enthralled by the pianist. No one is coughing, fiddling about or gawking at their cellphone. I’d love to go back to that era when music brought people to tears because of the beauty of the music.
At 71, I’m certain I would not have been able to be so moved by this achingly beautiful music at, say 25 or even 40. Only life experiences, good and bad, and the passing of time could have prepared me to appreciate this beauty.
Chopin saved so many lives....remembering us that we are here and alive...I, by myself, I am so grateful, without his music....what could have happened to me
@@James-ll3jb Well, you could've at least prefaced your original comment then with "I know Horowitz is playing Schumann here, but..." There's no need to insult somebody on the basis of which country they were born and raised in, of which they have no control.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Horowitz.....pretty much on everybody's top 5 list for greatest pianist of the 20th century. The audience is spellbound. Wish I couldve heard him live. He was alive until I was 23. I missed out.
I don’t know the great maestros, pianoforte history, the geniuses, etc... But this guy Pressler is perhaps the best I have ever heard on piano. His touch, passion, and the soul of Chopin that he summons from the body of work he plays is awe inspiring.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
0:370:410:43 beautiful and beyond...I saw the Pianist movie .and it brings me to tears..this is awesome.being a pianist myself..this is every bit.... perfection
Beautiful music, paintings, sculptures, even beautiful buildings bring tears to our eyes. I think it’s because we feel we are in the presence of something/someone that gives the gift of creating beauty, which also encompasses love, to the performer, composer, etc. I wish shopping malls would play this music and also some of the beautiful arias. I think/hope it would replace some of the hatred and cruelty that seems to be infecting some people today. There is more than enough beauty available to convince people that we are capable of achieving greatness. Even if I cannot produce a masterpiece I am able to appreciate that some people can and we should follow them and not those who produce vulgar, sloppy drivel. If that makes sense.
The brief middle section of the Chopin is played waaaay too fast...like most pianists... Chopin did NOT indicate any increase in tempo at all in his sheet music for this piece....it should be slow and ethereal...sounds so ridiculous at the very fast tempo and RUINS the piece!!!
Chopin was and is, the greatest romantic composer and virtuoso pianist in history!! His music is not comparable to anything else, it's pure, deepest emotion and the genius of composition. The one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul - that is what made Chopin...Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
Pressler opened his heart completely....his Holocaust experiences....we all know those experiences in our families....companionship....all this hope, love, despair...and music that helped us to survive...sent by God...hope and love
During Horowitz's performance, you can visibly see each and every audience member is in their own imaginary world, quietly listening to the music, letting it flow through their minds and soul. Such is the beauty and power of music when presented by someone as legendary as Horowitz.
A few years ago, I was living in Switzerland. I went to a Mikhail Pletnev concert in Montreux and when he started playing Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor, an old man started crying loudly... The hall was large but everyone could hear the sobbing...
Какое счастье, что мы имеем возможность запечатлеть, и слушать музыку великих композиторов и видеть игру таких величайших исполнителей. Люди, берегите, что имеем! Спасибо за прекрасную запись!
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
I heard this on TV in the early 80' s in my early 30's and I wept over his style and beauty. Still the same today. That was a day when the world's society was so much like this. I know "Thy Kingdom come..." will be filled with the tranquility and the joy of heaven on earth. Amen
I remember traumerei being played in song of love the biopic about schumann. It was played several times during the film but when clara played it at the end after roberts mind had broken down and he died the affect on me was devastating. I write music . I have mental illness. I feel this music very deeply.
Lately I see lots of comments on social media about how amazing the latest pop star strumpet who is cavorting about on stage in a sparkly leotard is. About what an amazingly talented song writer she is. And I think to myself, the people making these comments must never have had their lives touched by genuinely beautiful music such as this. It makes me laugh, but it also makes me sad and a little bit upset. Thank God for Beethoven, Chopin and the talented musicians who keep their music alive.
you can enjoy this music without shitting over other people's music, everyone is touched in a different way by different sounds and words. i hope you aren't this ego centric in real life. i love classical, some of my friends love swift. it's going to be ok.
@@DerekFortin-o5t Yeah, but there's certain music that is objectively shit. Of course, people can like it and it can make them 'feel' a certain way, but doesn't justify calling this person 'ego centric'.
Spot on. The pop culture today including it's music is truly void of esoteric beauty. Can you imagine a world where classical music was the most popular music for all ages? Make Classical Music Great Again!
Congratulations for writing the cringiest and most obnoxious comment on this video. (There was a lot of competition in this comment section but this is definitely the most nauseating)
Once again TH-cam has taken me where I never thought to go. I saw the original broadcast of Horowitz in Moscow on CBS and this took me back 46 years in a heartbeat. The man with the tears running down his face has stuck with me all my life.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
In these dark days with wars and fierce fighting music is like Shakespeare said "if music was the food of life play on" Good for the soul Gods gift to us let's enjoy every second of it. Thanks for this upload I feel good🎉
I have never heard Pressler play before. I play this song Chopin Nocturne post hum - he plays it differently than I have ever heard. He is much older, and his use of phrasing and dynamics plus alternate fingering to make it easier on crazy fast passages was staggering to hear. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING was lost on this. It took nothing away because it was so musical. Simply amazing musician!
This must be what music is like in heaven and Chopin heard it in his spirit and played it people on earth! The Lord revealed to me some time ago He is sending music from heaven to earth in this timing! It will be wonderful to hear new heavenly music!
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii
A lovely selection of works and artists. I heard Pressler play the Chopin Nocturne on a few occasions in London and Paris. The limpidity of the runs at the end were just so characteristic of his inimitable technique. I miss him.
I feel the older we get the more this music touches us. The bitter sweet of life, things that could had been, things that should not had been, things that possibly had been. Those joy, grief, blood, sweat, tears.
Absolutely!
I feel the calmness of the music touches us, we become more composed, appreciate a slow, steady pace instead of the frenzy.
Not the music but the memories that live in music.
I am barely 17 years old, but my eyes get sore from crying when I hear a great performance of Bach, Chopin, Schubert, etc.
As a kid we were brought to the symphony twice a year. It was magical to me, I know how lucky I was to attend. All kids should be introduced to the classics early in life. It has always stayed with me, I have loved it since then.
The blind japanese pianist playing his own composition is a true joy for the ears and the soul
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
I completely agree.
What a beautiful piece,so beautifully played.
That was garbage.
@@tomskimcdouglegaming806Shut up please
Who’s here at 1am February 1st working out, listening to this nature/natural music.
When Menahem Pressler played this Nocturne from Chopin live in Berlin, he was aged 91. You will never find a better interpretation of this emotional piece from Chopin. Menahem Pressler was a real, but silent, World Class Artist. Menahem Pressler, rest in peace.
please, listen this nokturn performed by Władysław Szpilman
Wladyslaw Szpilman performance is unsurpassed
With all due respect, WLADYSLAW SZPILMAN PERFORMANCE IS UNSURPASSED!!!!
Superb
91? Now I understand why he needs the score.
Chopin will tear your heart to pieces then gently place the broken pieces back together.
yes, and that's the one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul, and it is what made Chopin - Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
kinda like calculus....
@@NaticzkaKaminskaHenryDolphin taaak nic dodac nic ujac
He brought my pieces back together after tearing them what a feeling!!
Very nicely said
Mr Horowitz sits at the piano so casually, as if engrossed in something utterly mundane. No theatrics, no extraneous movements. Nothing stands between him and the music. He is the music.
Not Horowitz
@@maridaude2045 It's Horowitz
The greatest.
@@maridaude2045 2nd pianist is Horowitz, first is Pressler... he is right
🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊
Love the shots of the audience lost in a dream
Great music elevates one's soul
simply entranced... music is truly amazing
i want piano keyboard 88 keys in pune maharashtra india
please give away
So mesmerized indeed…
About two years ago, I walked into a church. My town has four churches, some large, some small. This was the smallest one I hadn't been to yet, and for once it was open outside of mass hours. Inside, a man sat at the piano playing Chopin's nocturne. The reverberation through the empty hall echoed so beautifully and made my eyes swim the moment I heard it.
You have painted a beautiful emotive picture.
As the Metropolitan in Moscow said to the Holy Metropolitan in Kviv...I send you THIS with the love of the Saviour.
All beauty reflects the One who created the mind and gifts.@kgb691927
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
1-4
@kgb691927 ahh man..❣
I had a piano instructor back in the 90s who was from Kiev and Horowitz went to the same Kiev Conservatory she went to, she told me how senior recitals are a big deal and they're done in front of a panel of professors who do not show any emotion after your performance. Zero. no clapping, no nodding, nothing.
Horowitz finished, they jumped to their feet and applauded for a minute straight. He was that much of a force.
Go somewhere else with your preaching. This is not the place.@discepolidiYeshua93
In 1947-48 I had piano lessons at a pre prep in Brighton England by a Mr Horowitz...surely not ?
@@emilioporro you have to google some old pictures and see for yourself.
@discepolidiYeshua93 the rambling of a poor disturbed soul...really sad !
@discepolidiYeshua93 this is spamming. Stop it. This is about music. You will be reported for this kind of obnoxious behaviour. Find a proper venue where you can proselytize all you want.
Un de ces rares moments où l'espèce humaine mérite d'être encore là...
Merci de nous épargner votre verbiage indigent , nihiliste. Et totalement inapproprié..
...
@@cosmojairzinho14 Merci d'avoir confirmé ce que j'ai écrit précédemment
@@Labasedupilier 😄
cosmojairzinho est 100% belge
@@Pesikosse😂😂👍
Me 2025, I am in a blizzard in a log cabin in central Colorado. This is heaven.
Wow! Sounds ❤
I'm staring into the fire in my living room ...in silence..then this plays ....I think I don't deserve to listen to something so beautiful...
I lived through the same blizzard. Same state. Now, the same masterpiece.
The closer we get to that last day on earth, on this magical place that consists of bittersweet experiences, the closer we move towards the basics, poetry, philosophical thinking, music. It is a full circle someone might say, we go back to where our soul was guiding us all those years, but career, friends, family, that night out that we had to go out because everyone would attend kept us apart from our nature. And we lived in distance from our own soul for ages.
Wow! That's pretty deep. I'm going to have to contemplate that for a while. In this day and age when everybody is talking but nobody is really saying anything, this actually speaks to me.
@@patrickfreeman8257 people need to hear the sound of silence.
Well said.
Beautifuly said.I maight just add that it is just the flow of presense we only have.
How very very true!!
Pressler playing Chopin is very touching.
A lot of people know how to play piano, but very few know how to touch a man’s soul with their notes.
💯
This is why the piano was invented; to touch our ears, hearts, and very soul.
the chopin for me all day long, pure magic. stunning.
it's like listening to someone's train of thought go from familiarly dark to unexpectedly happy, and then back again
yep, they are not just notes to be played but how are you going to play them? the magic is in the mind of the soloist.@@cd-zw2tt
Polish composer. Best ever.
i know what you mean, i love how simple and effortless it seems, the delicate cascading of notes from something to nothing. the sound is in the silence. magical.@@cd-zw2tt
@@kennethtalbott2233 "..simple and effortless..' - yes and the paradox is that it's from rigorous practising many hours each day for many days and weeks and years. A true dedication 😊
Menahem Pressler was truly amazing!
I noticed an interesting feature: Young pianists often play at a slightly faster pace. As if they are in a hurry, as if they are in a rush, as if they want to splash out expression.Old pianists play moderately, a little slower. They have nowhere to rush, they are not in a hurry to finish the game, it is like a more thoughtful story.
Good observation
Right, this old man plays too slow but not in a good way. And even more he plays restrained.
@@Ingrafre calm down bro
thats defo aimed
People seem to forget that playing music at the high-level consumes stamina, something that deteriorates with age. Older musicians take time and play as their stamina allows. obviously the depth in their rendering the music comes from their sheer talent and sensitivity. lots of musicians can play well at a mature / less mature age
No phones to be distracted with, everyone paying attention and respect to the music and the interpreter.
went to a bladee, ecco, etc concert 2 years ago and every single person had their phone out. was my least favorite concert cause of the crowd. everyone had to show their online friends or record it. was a young crowd.
@h0ll9w that would ruin it for me too, I want to be one with the audience in awe of that which in front, the individual consciousness appreciating itself and the talents of our being collectively. It's a celebration of what being a human connected to love is all about.
Ira Hayes and Thorn Tree in the Garden are pretty moving too .
With my 71 years I am just a kid with a crazy dream...
At 6:10 ..the old Russian man with tears in his eyes.......How well I remember this moment as I saw this Horowitz broadcast LIVE some decades ago.
This moment made me cry… Probably this man went through something in his life…
@@РоманСафонов-ъ3х Many of us had exactly the same thoughts. I sure did. One of the most unforgettable things i've ever seen.
i was in tears as well lmao
Probably WW2 vet
@@БубылдаПахомов I think he heard Horowitz when he was young.
The Chopin performance was pure magic
Sometimes the rabbit hole youtube sends you down opens your eyes like never before. Thank you for leading me here tonight.
Amen to that. Here at 2:28am! And can’t stop now. 🐰🕳️
I second yout sentiment. What blessings LORD you reap upon us abumdantly!
I cry because humans are capable of this yet look at us.
The worst is yet to come I fear.
It's only a small minority that can appreciate this music and furthermore be touched. Those able to properly play it, an even smaller subset; and those able to compose it, maybe a few dozens in every generation, globally.
Thankfully not all of us .
free Palestine
@@Vicente480🙏🇵🇸💔😭💔😭 #freepalestine #humanity 💔😭
If this does not bring tears to your eyes, you have no heart. Stunning performances.
These performances makes real the reality that music is an intangible intimacy.
The old greats...Horowitz, Pressler, Arturo Rubinstein, even Rachmaninoff, when they played...they became the music... they didn't emote and gesticulate to detract from it...the music was the master, and they served it. A pleasure to watch, and a blessing to hear, a sublime pleasure.
Well penned..."they served music"👍👌
Don't forget Claudio Arrau
Nor the wonderfull Oscar Peterson
@@patalvarez4432 Yes, Cliburn/Barenboim/Ashkenazy also
Glenn gould!!!
터져나오는 울음
느껴지는대로 쏟아내는 슬픔이 아니라
클래식은
꾹꾹 참고 눌러도
한 두 방울 새어나오는 눈물이다
밀도 높고 격조있는 회한이다
It is healing.
크
Это счастье!!! 10:20
Crying is not only an expression of sadness but also deep emotions triggered by joy and happiness. That's what exactly classical music does to us.
Wonderful to see children, young people in audience listening raptly, respectfully. Gee, no iPhones or texting - what a pleasure to see and to hear this simply beautiful music.
You can add to that, no coughing, blowing your nose, rifling through your pockets only to drop a number of coins that go rolling down the aisle.
上世紀80年代的表演，當時未有📱 iPhone！😅
Yes, for once no one standing up with their back to the performance taking a selfie to show how cultured they aren’t….
It's because this is Germany
People are altogether more respectful and thoughtful
@@johncater7861 wtf are you saying "number of coins that go rolling down the aisle" are you a droid
When I was a kid I never understood people like this. 25 years later, now I know.. we all just want some time and peace in our life
Fryderyk Chopin - a Polish composer, the best of all times!
Thank you for this wonderful performance!
Second, after Bach. But still amazing.
@@Eyelash85 I am sorry Bach is not even top 5
Listen to a great orchestra playing The Mother Goose Suit by Ravel,it doesn't get better than that.
@@TheDirtyLuke Oh, you are so wrong. But...to each their own
@@mrabene87 He is not, and never will be in top 5. Majority of people agree with me on this one, so no, I am not wrong
I spent years, and years ashamed about how I could cry so easy to music. Thinking I was some over emotional mess.
I've got old I realised, I've just had good musical taste.
Absolutely sublime video. Every second.
We cry to release everything horrific and ugly. Sometimes our thoughts and actions aren't enough to get us going. Music is the answer.
It says more than words ever could.
Beautifully written- so true
I can't imagine how Choopin must have felt, what did he experience?, to compose pieces that evoke such deep feelings that one would think one would have after living for a long time to understand them.
Chopin had to leave his homeland (Poland) …
Unimaginable sadness I would presume.
Well, as humans on our journey, if you haven't felt emotions, even as painful as these recitals are emulating, then I don't know wether to be happy for you or to feel sad that you haven't been touched by someone in a way that evokes these emotions. This is the true meaning of being human. That we have developed the capacity to feel such energies. Learning to embrace them, the enjoyable and the not so, is the key.
@@siheard4206 That is the most wholesome thing I've read in a while. Thank you, truly
Like most of us, I imagine he felt like he needed to make some more money.
My dad saw Horowitz in concert. I taped a performance on PBS and gave it to him. He had tears flowing down his cheeks. I miss him a lot. He taught me to love music in all it's form.
You had a great father. He gave you a great gift. I am sorry for your loss. Do you recall when and where he saw Horowitz?
My mother gave me the gift of classical (maybe my brothers could not hear). She had the classical radio station of NZ on all day, every day
My father also gave me the gift of loving these timeless pieces; and his collection of 500+ records. I miss you, Daddy.😢
❤
My Condolences.... sweetheart..
My Son played it in the memory of my Father, after my Father passed away.😢❤️🌹Mr Horowitz touches my heart.🌹
grandkid is a G
@@williamtaittinger4529 truly
sorry for your loss
My condolences.
In music there is sadness, joy, and many other emotions. Experiencing the death of somebody close, one's perception of music changes. I have experienced how playing the one and same melody before gave different meanings to me.
All the best to you.
My condolences
Horowitz is my favourite pianist of all time, a gem of a man!
Pressler played the cycle of life. For everybody to feel.
In all these, it is palpable the silence these performances create... The feeling of silence means you are truly listening. It's so hard to listen when there's so much noise about. I'm honoured and sad to be born in 1984 - that means I'm not old but just old enough I remember when we had silence and could make space and time to listen to things.
This video reminded me of that. Cheers.
Chopin: The apotheosis of humanity.
Danke für die wunderschönen Momente 🫶🏽🙏🏽 Möge es Frieden geben auf der Welt 🌍
That was the most beautiful Chopin C sharp minor Nocturne I’ve ever heard.
Pressler’s performance of this Nocturne is truly divine, showcasing his mastery and deep understanding of Chopin’s music. Interestingly, Władysław Szpilman, the real-life pianist portrayed in The Pianist, played this very piece so beautifully that a German officer decided to spare his life. You can find Szpilman’s rendition on TH-cam-it’s a captivating testament to the power of music and its ability to transcend even the darkest moments in history.
What a beautiful piece from that man who was born blind. You can feel his heart through it.
The audience is so enthralled by the pianist. No one is coughing, fiddling about or gawking at their cellphone. I’d love to go back to that era when music brought people to tears because of the beauty of the music.
Haha, yeah, just as I'm about to reach soul touching Nirvana, some jackass usually coughs and brings me back to Egypt. Lol.
2:58 I love how softly he went up to that higher octave. Made the descent feel ethereal and lofty. What a great interpretation of this piece.
I see, nice
Sir Pressler has what it takes to play this music and, I am sure, A lot of other standards. Sir - You are a precious gem.
Oh my goodness. Being part of the Beax Arts Trio means he can play anything. Much respect to him.
At 71, I’m certain I would not have been able to be so moved by this achingly beautiful music at, say 25 or even 40. Only life experiences, good and bad, and the passing of time could have prepared me to appreciate this beauty.
Interesting when you consider he was only 20 when he wrote it.
The piano music is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
Thank you!!!❤
I could add touching, penetrating, sorrowful but uplifting
Chopin saved so many lives....remembering us that we are here and alive...I, by myself, I am so grateful, without his music....what could have happened to me
No one could channel Chopin like Rubenstein. His recording of the Chopin 1st concerto, 2nd movement, is beyond extraordinary.
He’s playing Schumann
@@mlbhdk06 Irrelevant. I was complimenting the man on his unassailable interpretation of Chopin's 1st. You must be American, ryt?
@@James-ll3jb Well, you could've at least prefaced your original comment then with "I know Horowitz is playing Schumann here, but..."
There's no need to insult somebody on the basis of which country they were born and raised in, of which they have no control.
everything's ok? @@James-ll3jb
@@JohnSmith-cg3cv Why should I if I am talking about Horowitz and Chopin? Lol!
7:08 3 Born Blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii original piece? WOW!
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Horowitz.....pretty much on everybody's top 5 list for greatest pianist of the 20th century. The audience is spellbound. Wish I couldve heard him live. He was alive until I was 23. I missed out.
Pressler is amazing, too.
@@psforrest1 He taught at Indiana University for many years. I've often thought I studied Music at the wrong school.
I don’t know the great maestros, pianoforte history, the geniuses, etc... But this guy Pressler is perhaps the best I have ever heard on piano. His touch, passion, and the soul of Chopin that he summons from the body of work he plays is awe inspiring.
Goodness, that third pianist - what a beautiful, simple, spellbinding piece of music. Brought chills ❤
And he's a blind pianist who composed it, go figure.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Goosebumps listening to this. Beautiful
0:37 0:41 0:43 beautiful and beyond...I saw the Pianist movie .and it brings me to tears..this is awesome.being a pianist myself..this is every bit.... perfection
This beauty envelopes me. I can't control my emotions. Glorious. Thank G-d for these moments of heaven on earth.
Beautiful music, paintings, sculptures, even beautiful buildings bring tears to our eyes. I think it’s because we feel we are in the presence of something/someone that gives the gift of creating beauty, which also encompasses love, to the performer, composer, etc.
I wish shopping malls would play this music and also some of the beautiful arias. I think/hope it would replace some of the hatred and cruelty that seems to be infecting some people today.
There is more than enough beauty available to convince people that we are capable of achieving greatness. Even if I cannot produce a masterpiece I am able to appreciate that some people can and we should follow them and not those who produce vulgar, sloppy drivel.
If that makes sense.
The brief middle section of the Chopin is played waaaay too fast...like most pianists...
Chopin did NOT indicate any increase in tempo at all in his sheet music for this piece....it should be slow and ethereal...sounds so ridiculous at the very fast tempo and RUINS the piece!!!
So beautiful !! Chopin the Monet of music.
A great description.
Although it is much harder to be so emotionally shaken by a Monet painting.
Chopin was and is, the greatest romantic composer and virtuoso pianist in history!! His music is not comparable to anything else, it's pure, deepest emotion and the genius of composition. The one and only, unique Polish sadness, the sadness of the Polish soul - that is what made Chopin...Chopin. His music is brilliant and unique exactly for this reason. Chopin, being Polish, was able to extract the essence of the Polish soul: the Polish complex, forsaken, cursed, brutal history, and at the same time, the nostalgic poetry of Polish lands, and put it into his musical composition.
So you are a patriot
Chopin was a musical genius. his polinaise (spelling i have arthritis) is a love song or a call to war.
it is the soul of the Polish people.
Presslers interpretation of Chopin reached straight into my heart. Breathtaking.
This nocturn of Chopin in C sharp actually drives me in tears and fortunately i am able to play this..... I learned this myself.... !!!
This is distilled sorrow mixed with tears. Beauty has many faces, and pure sadness is one of them.
I love how you can see the gentleman at 0:23 instinctively trying to resist for a milisecond, before surrendering❤
Yesss ❤
Music like this Chopin makes so much sense, makes the world seem in balance.
Nobuyouki Tsujii... so clean and beautiful!💘
Pressler opened his heart completely....his Holocaust experiences....we all know those experiences in our families....companionship....all this hope, love, despair...and music that helped us to survive...sent by God...hope and love
THIS MUSIC TAKES US TO A PLACE OF BEAUTY ❤️
During Horowitz's performance, you can visibly see each and every audience member is in their own imaginary world, quietly listening to the music, letting it flow through their minds and soul. Such is the beauty and power of music when presented by someone as legendary as Horowitz.
Who’s listening to this in 2024. Just marvlis🎵🎼👏
Me in NZ ❤️
De Lisboa Portugal
Me from Mexico City - July 2024
Me from Moscow 😊❤
July 20, 2024; Mississippi with tears in my eyes. 😢
That Chopin nocturne...my God, so tender and so sublime. Perfect music for the rain that just started outside my window.
A few years ago, I was living in Switzerland. I went to a Mikhail Pletnev concert in Montreux and when he started playing Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor, an old man started crying loudly... The hall was large but everyone could hear the sobbing...
1:27 what a great break into a slightly happier mood until it falls back down, excellent writing by chopin
Какое счастье, что мы имеем возможность запечатлеть, и слушать музыку великих композиторов и видеть игру таких величайших исполнителей. Люди, берегите, что имеем! Спасибо за прекрасную запись!
The bow of the Japanese pianist brought tears to my eyes. So sincere. The audience really appreciated him.
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
Beautiful music and beautifully played.. Chopin = King
I heard this on TV in the early 80' s in my early 30's and I wept over his style and beauty. Still the same today. That was a day when the world's society was so much like this. I know "Thy Kingdom come..." will be filled with the tranquility and the joy of heaven on earth. Amen
Àmen Amen & Amen ❤
I remember traumerei being played in song of love the biopic about schumann. It was played several times during the film but when clara played it at the end after roberts mind had broken down and he died the affect on me was devastating. I write music . I have mental illness. I feel this music very deeply.
I started playing the piano after watching this film
Lately I see lots of comments on social media about how amazing the latest pop star strumpet who is cavorting about on stage in a sparkly leotard is. About what an amazingly talented song writer she is. And I think to myself, the people making these comments must never have had their lives touched by genuinely beautiful music such as this. It makes me laugh, but it also makes me sad and a little bit upset. Thank God for Beethoven, Chopin and the talented musicians who keep their music alive.
you can enjoy this music without shitting over other people's music, everyone is touched in a different way by different sounds and words. i hope you aren't this ego centric in real life. i love classical, some of my friends love swift. it's going to be ok.
@@DerekFortin-o5t Yeah, but there's certain music that is objectively shit. Of course, people can like it and it can make them 'feel' a certain way, but doesn't justify calling this person 'ego centric'.
Spot on. The pop culture today including it's music is truly void of esoteric beauty. Can you imagine a world where classical music was the most popular music for all ages? Make Classical Music Great Again!
@@vividly94 He is though
@@vividly94 wrong
VERY MOVING AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED!
The second maestro’s touch is so unbelievably good, every note captivates, incredible.
Horowitz (in Moscow 1986) elevates the simplicity of this piece to a divine level.
Balm for the soul - absolutely beautiful
Both pianist are full with music and music! No show, simple but most beatuful sound, touch, phraising!! They are a greatest gift for humanity!
Both mean 2..there are 3
@@thepianocornertpcAlso - Pianists. But that's OK, not sure Jkadas2500 is native English speaking.
@@glennbourque111 is a* native english speaker*
@@s4cha286I stand by my word choice.
Congratulations for writing the cringiest and most obnoxious comment on this video. (There was a lot of competition in this comment section but this is definitely the most nauseating)
Im 56 yo. Glad to have have found this video. The music speaks of my life. We are now separated.
The way the piano can produce sad notes that end up making u feel good is why its the best instrument. Every note is up for interpretation
I always crying when listening to Chopin, there is just so much beautiful sadness in his music❤
Once again TH-cam has taken me where I never thought to go. I saw the original broadcast of Horowitz in Moscow on CBS and this took me back 46 years in a heartbeat. The man with the tears running down his face has stuck with me all my life.
Oh what lovely music. Nobuyuki Tsuji's elegy so wonderful. ❤❤❤❤
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist.
In these dark days with wars and fierce fighting music is like Shakespeare said "if music was the food of life play on"
Good for the soul Gods gift to us let's enjoy every second of it. Thanks for this upload I feel good🎉
I have never heard Pressler play before. I play this song Chopin Nocturne post hum - he plays it differently than I have ever heard. He is much older, and his use of phrasing and dynamics plus alternate fingering to make it easier on crazy fast passages was staggering to hear. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING was lost on this. It took nothing away because it was so musical. Simply amazing musician!
I've never heard someone playing a slow piece as good as Pressler. Unbelievable
The Chopin...I know it well, but I felt like I was hearing for the first time, here.
Horowitz ... come lui nessuno mai🎹
Non ci sono parole per questa belleza.
❤❤❤.....
The piano is a truly beautiful instrument in the right hands.
This must be what music is like in heaven and Chopin heard it in his spirit and played it people on earth! The Lord revealed to me some time ago He is sending music from heaven to earth in this timing! It will be wonderful to hear new heavenly music!
Wow, blind so cannot read music must hold every note in memory and play with so much feeling and skill. You are truly a genius. Thankyou for sharing.
The last one did it for me. Beautiful Beyond words
Powerfull yet so soft....
Touches your heart and soul.
Drops from spirituality falling on our souls! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤
Wow i didn’t know about the blindness of the last pianist he played like an angel ❤❤❤❤❤
The rendition was for the deceased in the 2011 Tsunami in Japan. Indeed he made an unforgettable masterpiece. Glad to see your comment on him. Hats off to Nobuyuki Tsujii
Божественно… вся жизнь перед глазами..
A lovely selection of works and artists. I heard Pressler play the Chopin Nocturne on a few occasions in London and Paris. The limpidity of the runs at the end were just so characteristic of his inimitable technique. I miss him.