I’m a Japanese high school student.Last month,he came to Niigata,Japan and played this works. I couldn’t leave my seat after he finished playing because I was moved . I hope l can see him and hear his playing again.
I'm incredibly jealous of you :P I've fallen in love with his playing, and wish to see him live one day. However, since I'm in the UK it seems somewhat difficult, so I may have to travel to see him play.
truly one of the greatest! i think his interpretation of this and other ballades during this performance is perfect, i suppose this way chopin wanted his pieces to be played
I don't get why when this Ballade was released, some critics said that it's one of Chopin's less ingenious compositions. I think it's sort of personal, but this Ballade is mad amazing. Maybe it doesn't sound as romantically beautiful as, let's say the 1st or the 4th Ballade, but the whole melody, vibe, and progression are just brilliantly composed, wonderful. The complexity is insane too, anyway. Perfect art creation.
Schumann said that, right? I think it wasn't without some truth cause this is less interesting. But again I think this is what Chopin intended. A boring lie (1st theme, which goes on through the piece) that cover a shocking truth (2nd theme, which builds the piece's climax).
I love the coda in this one, it's really relentless and fully develops the second theme, laying it to rest. The final notes echoing the very first, perhaps longing to travel back in time?
@Ian KimEnding is all in Am but I'd dare say it's atonal and simply scaling down then up the chromatic scale double octaves on the left hand. Right hand is harmonizing dyads in a duplet-rhythmic cadenza. Indeed sounds like a descent into madness.
This is my favourite of Chopin’s ballades. I love all four off them, they each tell their own deep, intimate emotional story. But I like this one a tiny bit more :)
it is truly genuine! this one starts in major key, but throughout all the major part of the piece you have the precise understanding that it is coming to an end in minor key. Of course all of them are perfect in their own way, i usually say that ballades are like a story of a person's lifeline, because the material during each piece is unique and unrepeated, but always reminds of what has been before. Along with them i can remind of other story-like pieces, such as polonaise-fantasie op. 61, which is often called as a 5th ballade, or barcarolle, this pieces also provide similar feeling
@@aliceko4695dude same, literally every single ballade has something that I love. The first ballade’s middle part is amazing, 2nd ballade’s coda is amazing, as well and 3rd and 4th.
same as of other ballades! i often hear this point of view and personally agree with it completely! zimerman's ballades performance is on top of all! the masterpiece
By far the most mature interpretation I've ever seen of this piece. Everyone else seems to jumble the notes together but this man's breathing is second to none and his phrasing is flawless
The Second Ballade is absolutely haunting when it's calm, and very frightening when it's not.. I can't get over how subtle and mellifluous the melody is, yet how the complex harmony beneath it goes from calm to agitated, and keeps building to that insane climax at the end.. Makes it hard to catch your breath
Elijah Asmussen The tempo glides smoothly fast in the preceding phrase to slow and the dynamics are inversely proportional to the tempo in the following phrase that really make the whole series of phrases ebb and flow throughout the entire cadenza. If you focus closely you’ll also notice some shortening of the note length until they reach staccato and then a return to elongation again. He’s really managed to bring out some seriously deep emotional tethers in the music by giving it a relatable character. It’s inviting because it’s noticeably a human character. I really think zimerman does an absolutely fantastic job here. Compare his cadenza with evgeny kissin’s choppy interpretation and you’ll see how it’s choppy tempo changes breaks the immersion of the phrases. They start seeming mechanical.
i wonder if he just had such a powerful musical genius that was ripping itself around within his brain and just needed to come out. luckily for us we can witness it.
I never understand how people can "study", "relax", "sleep" and so on, while listening to Chopin. When I listen to this, my eyes are wide open and my brain is totally awaken, to fall asleep while listening zimerman playing Chopin is somewhat like a disrespect
@@FockeWulfFW200, I guest people just underrated the power of classical music , I mean some of them are relaxing but other Chopin or Tchai just make me wanna move around. And I never listen to classical to sleep.
What an emotional rollercoaster, in a good way. Starts with a joyful and beautiful melody, but hints to subtle sadness. Then it just explodes into beautiful chaos, and back to a calm melody, right before breaking into an even more chaotic melody. In the end, it resolves and damn, one of the most beautiful endings I've ever heard. Thank God you made music for all of us to enjoy, chopin. You will be missed.
@Ian Kim pues menuda gira se marcó en el 48 por todo el norte de Europa, Inglaterra con llenos apabuyantes. Ya quisiera ser yo tan tímido. Lo que pasa es que su música le gusta a exhibirla en audiencias pequeñas, no en grandes salas llenas de gente, esa era su preferencia.
My favorite moment in this piece is the climax that happens at 2:39. The build up and release with that powerful chord over that low F flat leaves me breathless every time
100% Credit to Ashish Xiangyi Kumar: th-cam.com/video/KzJYbaAp7eQ/w-d-xo.html If you don't know him, please consider checking him out. I just change the time marking, everything else I put in the quote-unquote is by him. " EXPOSITION 0:02 - Theme 1, F major, a siciliano/pastoral 2:06 - Theme 2, A min or DEVELOPMENT/FALSE REPRISE 3:03 - Theme 1, F major. Looks like a reprise, but - 3:20 - veers off course, into harmonically complex modulatory territory. This section is where the heavy lifting that shifts the entire tonal centre of the work takes place. 5:11 - Theme 2 [In D minor, which is revealed to be a suspension that resolves to A minor. This section substitutes for a reprise proper.] CODA/CLOSING SECTION - 5:53 [References to Themes 1/2] " You can see 3:20 is a big moment there.
I know I'm three years late to this comment but I'd like to point out that 3:20 is the exposition of the final motif of the piece. (6:47) Very beautiful and basically incepts this melody in your head so that when it arrives at the end it feels like a distant memory. At least that's how I interpret it.
The second ballad's coda is full of anger and passion. It feels so cool and beautiful to hear Zimmermann's performance. As always, Zimmermann's ballad performance is the best in the world. Every time I listen to his ballad, I feel bette
I feel when I watch Zimerman that he simply embodies the music and the composer's intentions. His modesty is so beautiful to watch. In fact I listen to this with the images off: which is probably what Zimerman would prefer. Simply spectacular technique in a style he knows so well. Hard to find contemporary Chopin playing to match this.
In my opinion, Chopin's ballades might be the best works in piano literature. Of course there are so many great composers and pieces, there is not definite.
Absolutely right. His ballades are my favorite pieces and are awakaning the most emotions in me. But many other composers are incredibly too. We shouldn't compare them. Everyone had a different style.
for me the same! as everyone say, many other composers are beautiful and we shouldn't compare but this pieces touch my (and not only) heart in a unique way, like no other pieces do
There's no doubt about it. Chopin Ballades, and all his compositions, are multi-layered and three dimensional.. no other pieces for piano come close to achieve this qualities. Seriously, listen to Beethoven,Mozart, Liszt, Debussy pieces and compare to Chopin's. In my opinion Chopin is the greatest composer of them all.
My Chopin ballade journey took literally 5 years. First it was ballade 4, then 1 then 3, now I finally start loving ballade 2. Reminds of magical stories like Shakespeare’s The Tempest or Harry Potter, especially the coda section, sounds like a battle in a magical world
Oh my goodness, I'm absolutely blown away. The ending completely mesmerized me and took my breath away. Absolutely beautiful. So much soul put into this performance.
he touches the keys in such a way where it feels as if your heart is ripping out of your chest. Zimerman is incredibly talented at portraying chopins beautiful composition. absolutely breathtaking; the piece and the player. the sound of every note being pressed sends literal goosebumps down my spine everytime i listen to this ballade, no matter how much i replay.
They all talk about the first, the fourth. Some mentioned the third. But no one I've heard has mentioned the second, so I came to check it out. It's beautiful, and quite underrated in my opinion. I wish people would mention it a bit more.
I dont know how other feel about this ballade. I have had enormous joy and satisfaction in learning this piece, thought still struggling with some technical parts. Chopin's ballades, every single one of them is a germ.
I remember studying this in music. Was dedicated to Schumann who apparently had bipolar disorder, so the jarring switch between the calm and violent motifs were to embody the switches in personality Schumann would have had. Chopin is just so unbelievably talented tbvh!!!
This is somehow becoming a favorite Ballade of mine. 1 then 4 and 3 and now this. I love them all, however this one is growing on me like an acquired taste and it is definitely opening my mind.
Все на своем месте. Не превращено в шоу «кто выше быстрее сильнее». Разучивая эту балладу, ориентируюсь на данное исполнение. Для меня золотая середина. Именно так должно звучать это произведение
This piece was adapted to a remix by Hanabi, he did a brilliant job incorporating Chopin's ballad ending into his piece, and modifying it to fit his piece!
Zimerman is great in this piece, however the pedaling choice at the end of the coda I find to be much less effective in this performance. Specifically, the last fortissimo chord (6:36) before the pianissimo repeated A's lead back to the first theme material...I think this chord should be held in the pedal during the pianissimo repeated A's. For me this is a far more radical and powerful dramatic effect than the instant cut off of the sound before the repeated A's. Interestingly, Zimerman does keep this chord in the pedal in his studio recording of the piece. This is also what I see indicated in most scores I have seen.
This ballade is quite underrated but no wonder if you compare to Ballade No 1 or 4. However, here Chopin tries to tell a complete different story full of surprises!
This is a great performance of Chopin's creative genius! To me, the piece is a perfect expression of Chopin's inner struggles. His unrequited love for George Sands and his battle with tuberculosis, among other things, must have been constant sources of misery and despair. Then there were moments (perhaps even hours) when his mind was calm. As one can hear in the piece, the serenity is interrupted by a turmoil, beautiful in its utter horridness. He composed some of the most sublime music that has graced this planet, and this piece, especially when viewed through the lens of this profound soul's life, is no exception.
Someone in 2024?
Yes brother
Ofc
Пускай это красивое число станет годом баллад Шопена !!
OFC
Of course indeed
They had us in the first half not gonna lie
exactly
HAHHA same thought when I first listened to this. Even now that I've heard it tons of times, that drop still makes me jump a lil
Who said you can't have a beat drop in classical music?
not gonna lie
@@porple4430 true
Chopin is just completely out of this world, his ballads are so incredible his sound is so unique, divine
Absolutely. His Scherzos too.
4b Indeed ! He was the sound of Hheaven.
Hayato
The most soothing and stimulating composer. Happy sigh.
Chopin and liszt are both nutcases pianist that writes one of the hardest to play and insanely good pieces
I’m a Japanese high school student.Last month,he came to Niigata,Japan and played this works.
I couldn’t leave my seat after he finished playing because I was moved .
I hope l can see him and hear his playing again.
that's actually cool
you are so lucky
@Reon Connata yes you are CHAMP
@Reon Lights I think He mean his soul fly away but his body couldn't move couse of interpretation
I'm incredibly jealous of you :P I've fallen in love with his playing, and wish to see him live one day. However, since I'm in the UK it seems somewhat difficult, so I may have to travel to see him play.
zimerman is one of the best pianists to ever live.
agree
He won the Chopin competition and got nearly all the best awards
Michael Ashkenazi has UO oguogiuoghg chuckle why
I agree!!!
truly one of the greatest! i think his interpretation of this and other ballades during this performance is perfect, i suppose this way chopin wanted his pieces to be played
I don't get why when this Ballade was released, some critics said that it's one of Chopin's less ingenious compositions. I think it's sort of personal, but this Ballade is mad amazing. Maybe it doesn't sound as romantically beautiful as, let's say the 1st or the 4th Ballade, but the whole melody, vibe, and progression are just brilliantly composed, wonderful. The complexity is insane too, anyway. Perfect art creation.
Schumann said that, right?
I think it wasn't without some truth cause this is less interesting. But again I think this is what Chopin intended. A boring lie (1st theme, which goes on through the piece) that cover a shocking truth (2nd theme, which builds the piece's climax).
@@segmentsAndCurves yes, Schumann said that. I guess so, yeah i think i agree with your statements
Agreed. This ballade is out of this world stunning. Just like the rest of them
I love the coda in this one, it's really relentless and fully develops the second theme, laying it to rest. The final notes echoing the very first, perhaps longing to travel back in time?
But yes, perhaps less interesting thematically as 1 and 4? They have more "moving parts" but it's all subjective.
6:56 I have never heard silence that beautiful before.
5:35 - ending. That is some of the best Chopin I've heard.
just out of curiosity... is surstrommingsson your real last name?
I agree with you on that.
bro that last name is so metal
I imagine a storm in the first time i hear this music.
The coda is my favorite part of this 2nd one
6:05 It's like a descent into complete madness and despair.
@Ian KimEnding is all in Am but I'd dare say it's atonal and simply scaling down then up the chromatic scale double octaves on the left hand. Right hand is harmonizing dyads in a duplet-rhythmic cadenza. Indeed sounds like a descent into madness.
Permaclok Black_Metal *Congratulations!! Not joking, just saying the truth though. It’s brilliant.*
@@video1248 *oh no not you*
Exactly!
This is my favourite of Chopin’s ballades. I love all four off them, they each tell their own deep, intimate emotional story. But I like this one a tiny bit more :)
it is truly genuine! this one starts in major key, but throughout all the major part of the piece you have the precise understanding that it is coming to an end in minor key. Of course all of them are perfect in their own way, i usually say that ballades are like a story of a person's lifeline, because the material during each piece is unique and unrepeated, but always reminds of what has been before. Along with them i can remind of other story-like pieces, such as polonaise-fantasie op. 61, which is often called as a 5th ballade, or barcarolle, this pieces also provide similar feeling
Personally I’m stuck between 4 and 1
Personally I love all four so I cannot choose.
@@aliceko4695 same
@@aliceko4695dude same, literally every single ballade has something that I love. The first ballade’s middle part is amazing, 2nd ballade’s coda is amazing, as well and 3rd and 4th.
This is the best version I've ever heard of ballade no. 2, NO ONE can play the coda like zimerman does.
I love Kissin's too
what about pogorelich at the chopin competition?
Dina gaia Formisano Pogorelich is incomparable!!! His version is crazy, the nec plus ultra!
same as of other ballades! i often hear this point of view and personally agree with it completely! zimerman's ballades performance is on top of all! the masterpiece
That would be true without Artur Rubinstein
One of the saddest and the wisest music masterpieces. It starts with the same notes which it ends. Like life.
Yeah exactly! Although they arr not really the same, the piece begins with the repetition of the c, and end with an a
@@isasimonsen4774 you are right, not exactly the same note, but similar section as it begins with
a lot of chopin starts and ends on similiar if not exact notes. inspiring
That's why it's my fav from his Ballades
Wouldn’t call this sad
By far the most mature interpretation I've ever seen of this piece. Everyone else seems to jumble the notes together but this man's breathing is second to none and his phrasing is flawless
6:11 the left hand part is beautiful
The Second Ballade is absolutely haunting when it's calm, and very frightening when it's not.. I can't get over how subtle and mellifluous the melody is, yet how the complex harmony beneath it goes from calm to agitated, and keeps building to that insane climax at the end.. Makes it hard to catch your breath
TOGETHER AND APART WE DESTROY GUDAL AND KENT
The way that he prolongs the beautifully painful phrase at 6:06
Elijah Asmussen 6:25 the power of piano transcendence
Elijah Asmussen The tempo glides smoothly fast in the preceding phrase to slow and the dynamics are inversely proportional to the tempo in the following phrase that really make the whole series of phrases ebb and flow throughout the entire cadenza. If you focus closely you’ll also notice some shortening of the note length until they reach staccato and then a return to elongation again. He’s really managed to bring out some seriously deep emotional tethers in the music by giving it a relatable character. It’s inviting because it’s noticeably a human character. I really think zimerman does an absolutely fantastic job here. Compare his cadenza with evgeny kissin’s choppy interpretation and you’ll see how it’s choppy tempo changes breaks the immersion of the phrases. They start seeming mechanical.
@@SortaPredictable TL;DR version --> Rubato
i wonder what emotional awakening or trauma one would need to go through in order to even imagine composing this yourself truly incredible.
i wonder if he just had such a powerful musical genius that was ripping itself around within his brain and just needed to come out. luckily for us we can witness it.
2:06 i was sleeping😭😭😭
I never understand how people can "study", "relax", "sleep" and so on, while listening to Chopin. When I listen to this, my eyes are wide open and my brain is totally awaken, to fall asleep while listening zimerman playing Chopin is somewhat like a disrespect
@@FockeWulfFW200, I guest people just underrated the power of classical music , I mean some of them are relaxing but other Chopin or Tchai just make me wanna move around. And I never listen to classical to sleep.
@@FockeWulfFW200 I agree
2:38
I just love how it builds up, and the emotions suddenly changed.
Agreed
5:54 is a peak chopin melody that makes me have goosebumps everytime i hear it
CAN LIZ AND JAMES DESTROY GUDAL AND KENT
Yes! It's really scary sometimes. Sometimes angry
What an emotional rollercoaster, in a good way. Starts with a joyful and beautiful melody, but hints to subtle sadness. Then it just explodes into beautiful chaos, and back to a calm melody, right before breaking into an even more chaotic melody. In the end, it resolves and damn, one of the most beautiful endings I've ever heard. Thank God you made music for all of us to enjoy, chopin. You will be missed.
hi
@@BrinaSun hi
I remember when I dedicated this to my good friend Robert, and I called it my dearest work. Ahhh, those were the days.
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i dont think that was the second one.
I always wish this piece was longer. What great expression by Zimerman.
3:16 It's coming n... oh wait.
3:35 There it... oh not yet.
3:50 YOU ARE KILLING ME.
2:05 Ladies and gentlemen, Chopin!
😂😂😂😂
he hadn't got a beard as i know) still similarity is there)
He is so good. He always make me think this is chopin who is playing the piano right now.
Ian Kim wow! You know that?! Where did you find that information?
I don't think he was that shy but he just hated concerts
@Ian Kim pues menuda gira se marcó en el 48 por todo el norte de Europa, Inglaterra con llenos apabuyantes. Ya quisiera ser yo tan tímido.
Lo que pasa es que su música le gusta a exhibirla en audiencias pequeñas, no en grandes salas llenas de gente, esa era su preferencia.
i've been listening to this for 2 minutes And 5 seconds and it's so relaxing !! can't wait to listen to it with my easily scared child
Lmaoo
My favorite moment in this piece is the climax that happens at 2:39. The build up and release with that powerful chord over that low F flat leaves me breathless every time
4:58 - End. Simply amazing
JayTee how a human being sat down and wrote this on paper is unbelievably astonishing. I am nothing :)
2:06 What a beautiful piece of mu-JESUS CHOPIN I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK
You probably mean 2:06?
@@giorgosboultadakis4592 i think he gave the wrong second for make people suprised
@@elijahbaley978 It would make more sense if it was a few seconds prior to the Presto con fuoco part but yeah... :P
@@giorgosboultadakis4592 i think he is just exeggerate it. There is nothing amazing to be excited at all.
@@giorgosboultadakis4592 Yeah my bad
Why ıs nobody talking about that change in tone around 3:20. I mean that is just so painfully beautiful.
I like tone changing in this peice, those transition is so good.
because everyone cares about the presto con fuoco coda
@@pauldong Yeah, sometimes I come here just for the coda.
100% Credit to Ashish Xiangyi Kumar:
th-cam.com/video/KzJYbaAp7eQ/w-d-xo.html
If you don't know him, please consider checking him out.
I just change the time marking, everything else I put in the quote-unquote is by him.
"
EXPOSITION
0:02 - Theme 1, F major, a siciliano/pastoral
2:06 - Theme 2, A min
or
DEVELOPMENT/FALSE REPRISE
3:03 - Theme 1, F major. Looks like a reprise, but -
3:20 - veers off course, into harmonically complex modulatory territory. This section is where the heavy lifting that shifts the entire tonal centre of the work takes place.
5:11 - Theme 2 [In D minor, which is revealed to be a suspension that resolves to A minor. This section substitutes for a reprise proper.]
CODA/CLOSING SECTION - 5:53 [References to Themes 1/2]
"
You can see 3:20 is a big moment there.
I know I'm three years late to this comment but I'd like to point out that 3:20 is the exposition of the final motif of the piece. (6:47) Very beautiful and basically incepts this melody in your head so that when it arrives at the end it feels like a distant memory. At least that's how I interpret it.
The second ballad's coda is full of anger and passion. It feels so cool and beautiful to hear Zimmermann's performance. As always, Zimmermann's ballad performance is the best in the world. Every time I listen to his ballad, I feel bette
Fredéric, I love all your ballades, but this one is superb. Thank you.
Literally speechless, incredible piece and incredible pianist
I feel when I watch Zimerman that he simply embodies the music and the composer's intentions. His modesty is so beautiful to watch. In fact I listen to this with the images off: which is probably what Zimerman would prefer. Simply spectacular technique in a style he knows so well. Hard to find contemporary Chopin playing to match this.
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David Munro
Doctor David, I agree with everything you have said, Zimmerman plays chopin as organically as it can get.
2:05
Like thunder coming from the azure sky.... I love it!
mc ride loves chopin
The second and fourth ballades as well as Barcarolle are just the most beautiful pieces ever written for the piano.
Chopin's 4th Scherzo, and, The 4th Movement of the B minor Sonata, are in my Liszt 😎
3d scherzo too!
I would argue 1st and 3rd ballads are far more beautiful than the 2nd and 4th
In my opinion, Chopin's ballades might be the best works in piano literature. Of course there are so many great composers and pieces, there is not definite.
Absolutely right. His ballades are my favorite pieces and are awakaning the most emotions in me. But many other composers are incredibly too. We shouldn't compare them. Everyone had a different style.
Louis C. Agreed. I can't really think of much that would surpass the Ballades. Perhaps some Beethoven Sonatas but thats probably it.
for me the same! as everyone say, many other composers are beautiful and we shouldn't compare but this pieces touch my (and not only) heart in a unique way, like no other pieces do
There's no doubt about it. Chopin Ballades, and all his compositions, are multi-layered and three dimensional.. no other pieces for piano come close to achieve this qualities. Seriously, listen to Beethoven,Mozart, Liszt, Debussy pieces and compare to Chopin's. In my opinion Chopin is the greatest composer of them all.
@@Lucmercurius they’re fourth dimensional honestly
My Chopin ballade journey took literally 5 years. First it was ballade 4, then 1 then 3, now I finally start loving ballade 2. Reminds of magical stories like Shakespeare’s The Tempest or Harry Potter, especially the coda section, sounds like a battle in a magical world
That intro is one of the sweetest melodies.
The best 7:13 minutes of music ever played in whole human history, in my opinion.
listen to him play all 4 ballades 😉
2:30-2:44 and 5:35 to the end are my favorite parts.
My favourite parts are 0:01 - 7:13
His performance of the coda is unbelievable in this piece. Best recording I've ever heard, hands down.
CAN INDIANS DESTROY GUDAL AND KENT
Oh my goodness, I'm absolutely blown away. The ending completely mesmerized me and took my breath away. Absolutely beautiful. So much soul put into this performance.
Even if I love the 1st Ballade best, I honestly think this one has the best coda... out of any Romantic music.
Both the first and the second's coda are out of this world.
I recommend you to listen to the 4th Ballade
I get goosebumps every time I listen to this
he touches the keys in such a way where it feels as if your heart is ripping out of your chest. Zimerman is incredibly talented at portraying chopins beautiful composition. absolutely breathtaking; the piece and the player. the sound of every note being pressed sends literal goosebumps down my spine everytime i listen to this ballade, no matter how much i replay.
They all talk about the first, the fourth. Some mentioned the third. But no one I've heard has mentioned the second, so I came to check it out.
It's beautiful, and quite underrated in my opinion. I wish people would mention it a bit more.
Keep it underrated so it doesn’t become overplayed ❤
I dont know how other feel about this ballade. I have had enormous joy and satisfaction in learning this piece, thought still struggling with some technical parts. Chopin's ballades, every single one of them is a germ.
a germ
germ…
you mean gem no?? ghghghghg
Not sure which ballade I like the most. This is one is out of this world though. Incredible piece.
No.2 and No.3 constantly battle over my favorite ballade. But all 4 of them are beautiful masterpieces.
I battle between 2 & 3 for my second place, after the first ballade :v
If I had to pick I would probably choose 1 and 2. But both are completely different in context.
@@andrew_li yeah me too
I remember studying this in music. Was dedicated to Schumann who apparently had bipolar disorder, so the jarring switch between the calm and violent motifs were to embody the switches in personality Schumann would have had. Chopin is just so unbelievably talented tbvh!!!
Didn’t Schumann say that this piece is inferior compacted to other works of Chopin or smth like that
Yuja Wang played this at the Gilmore Piano Festival in Kalamazoo on May 8, 2024. The opening made me cry. (And Ms. Wang gave us five encores.!)
Chopin's music is so full and rich, so melodic, so beautiful. It's like he must have literally become the piano when writing his music.
CAN CJ ANDERSEN THE BRONCOS RB DESTROY GUDAL AND KENT
@@patrickwang3070 ok
Chopin would play it like this. Impeccable and expressive. Perfect. The best interpretation of this piece.
I was shookth I thought the song ended at 2:00 but it came back so fast; it was so scary
It's not a song fucking
@@thibautcxurtois1thegoat217 calm down, do it nicely😊
Piece not song
😂😂😂😂😂
Best version I’ve ever heard!
Come here my child, this is HEAVEN!
I can tell why this ballade was dedicated to Schumann
0:00 part I
2:07 part II
3:03 part I'
5:12 part II'
5:54 coda
6:39 ending
This is somehow becoming a favorite Ballade of mine. 1 then 4 and 3 and now this. I love them all, however this one is growing on me like an acquired taste and it is definitely opening my mind.
love this it is wonderful one awesome player thanks for posting
1:34 ~ 1:50 what a beautiful joy 😊😊
Arcydzieło, rewelacja ! Chopinie, geniuszu ❤️
me listening to the codas of the ballades:
wow, beautiful
me playing them:
how can zimerman's hands be so nimble!?
Hahahaha so true
Все на своем месте. Не превращено в шоу «кто выше быстрее сильнее». Разучивая эту балладу, ориентируюсь на данное исполнение. Для меня золотая середина. Именно так должно звучать это произведение
How does this only have 350k views ?!?
Love that last minute!
This is one of those pieces where you cannot put words down on a paper to describe the feeling, but ‘music’ itself.
확실히 발라드 2번은 다른 피아니스트 연주들에서 못느끼는 코다의 깔끔함, 청량감이 대박이네 O.O 너무 좋다 ㄷㄷ
This piece is so incredible. It’s regarded to be much less than I think it truly deserves
BC CHINESE PEOPLE CAN DESTROY GUDAL AND KENT
La mejor interpretación que he oído... no hay otra cómo está!
I think I just became a fan of Chopin....yep
Frédéric Chopin yoo i’m your air conditioner
@Frédéric Chopin why did I read this with palpatine's voice
I guess you watched too much meme
Imagine not being a Chopin fan
christ that chord at 2:39 is a doomsday god like heaven sound
one of my friends just said ballade 2 fits me and honestly idek what to say anymore. what am i, a harbringer of chaos?
no, but judging by your pfp and clearly made-up story it appears you want to be a harBINGER of chaos
Thanks for posting!!
This piece was adapted to a remix by Hanabi, he did a brilliant job incorporating Chopin's ballad ending into his piece, and modifying it to fit his piece!
Hey! Thank you so much for the shoutout! I'll be uploading the piece to my TH-cam channel soon so be on the lookout for it!
Now I’m in love with this ballade!
Does it occasionally come to your mind in it's passionate inner contents ?
Il più grande pianista mai esistito.
My favorite coda of the four ballades
Zimerman is great in this piece, however the pedaling choice at the end of the coda I find to be much less effective in this performance. Specifically, the last fortissimo chord (6:36) before the pianissimo repeated A's lead back to the first theme material...I think this chord should be held in the pedal during the pianissimo repeated A's. For me this is a far more radical and powerful dramatic effect than the instant cut off of the sound before the repeated A's. Interestingly, Zimerman does keep this chord in the pedal in his studio recording of the piece. This is also what I see indicated in most scores I have seen.
It was surprising to me too... but he did keep the music interesting after it (despite that pedal choice) imo :)
fire philosopher can you name any other pianist who has done what you pointed out
@@marshan1226 seong-jin cho
sHOw uS a vIDEo oF yOU pLAyIng iT
@@marshan1226 Ha, I'm quite late on this, but yes, Arthur Rubinstein is another who has used this pedaling.
Hands down the best interpretation on TH-cam
This ballade is quite underrated but no wonder if you compare to Ballade No 1 or 4. However, here Chopin tries to tell a complete different story full of surprises!
Yess my favorite video comeback 🙏🏻😇
6:36 He does that occasionally, I've seen him do the same thing in his fourth ballade right before the coda
What a rendition and composition
Chopin and Zimmerman are one fantastic pairing.
Happy birthday, Maestro
6:36 I felt his arm...
This is sooo good.
01:05 I melt with this specific chord
Luam Cortez yeah, that 9th with the third in the rh is gorgeous, it delays the resolution just right
It's essentially an Fsus2
@@asrlsog F SUS 😳😳😳
Piękno muzyki Fryderyka Szopena to fenomen graniczący z cudem. Dzieło stuleci i symbol naszego narodu.
Everyone when they heard this price for the first time: Had me in the first 2 minute ngl.
Wow, he's so good!
Most exciting part for me: 6:06
Um poeta da alma interpretado por um grande artista!
It's back!
This is a great performance of Chopin's creative genius! To me, the piece is a perfect expression of Chopin's inner struggles. His unrequited love for George Sands and his battle with tuberculosis, among other things, must have been constant sources of misery and despair. Then there were moments (perhaps even hours) when his mind was calm. As one can hear in the piece, the serenity is interrupted by a turmoil, beautiful in its utter horridness. He composed some of the most sublime music that has graced this planet, and this piece, especially when viewed through the lens of this profound soul's life, is no exception.
Over and Over...repeat...this IS a Great Sword Thrust of Excellence...The dynamic control is Superb !!!
HOW CAN BRIAN SCHAD DESTROY GUDAL AND KENT
J'adore Chopin,c'est ma ballade préférée,d'une exquise harmonie et époustouflante vélocité....une oeuvre sublime.
C'est vrai qu'elle est sublime mais personnellement je préfère la ballade no 1
@@nathanpb4971moi aussi, mais pas de beaucoup ! La première est par défaut supérieure je dirais, elle est plus simple à trouver belle
How can something so peaciful turned into violence...