Best version I've ever heard, I love the tempo he takes in the middle section and it keeps the gorgeous singing style of the main theme...I haven't ever heard such a unified performance of this etude. I'm left speechless
Regarding the breaking of chords, it seems this became a fixture of Paderewski's playing, and virtually his signature trait. He breaks chords in his own music as we here in his recordings of the Minuet and Nocturne. His tone is amazing and completely unique. No other pianist creates that kind of sound. Paderewski claims the greatest influence on him was Anton Rubinstein. It may be that Paderewski had Anton's sound in his ear and carried it forward another generation.
the bit from 0:58 to 1:07 and 3:40 to 3:45 sounds almost identical to parts of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. I wonder if Rachmaninoff was an admirer of Chopin's works. I know I am. This is the best interpretaion I've ever heard of it :)
I like this interpretation a lot, so not objective here, but it has a singing quality and does not get too loud in the bridge section, returns gracefully to the finale. The rubato is well-placed and not excessive to me at least. This music has a repetitious left-hand almost like a drum beat the way it is written, so it's necessary to keep the melody from falling too much in line with the drum beat of the left hand. Nice balance by Paderewski, wish the sound quality were better. --bob
I wondered about this rendition of the piece, and how it compares to the score. Examining the notation in the manuscript, he is playing it very closely to the written notations. There is a lot of rit., rallent, which are different ways to slow down. rit just means slowdown, rallent means hold back the notes. stretto is there, meaning temporarily accelerate. He plays it so you really HEAR these things happening, not just a little but as part of it.
@Chopin1974l why nauseating? You won't tell them, people of the 19th century, the rigth way to interpret their own music, will you? Anyway, they didn't have the chance to read your pedantic opinion, made more than 100 years later, lol...Just listen and learn a little
Best version I've ever heard, I love the tempo he takes in the middle section and it keeps the gorgeous singing style of the main theme...I haven't ever heard such a unified performance of this etude. I'm left speechless
he shows his personality, something rare today
and a beautiful singing tone..
Tylko prawdziwy Polak potrafi tak pięknie zagrać muzykę Chopina : D / Only real Pole can play Chopin's music so beautiful : D
What a great playing!
Regarding the breaking of chords, it seems this became a fixture of Paderewski's playing, and virtually his signature trait. He breaks chords in his own music as we here in his recordings of the Minuet and Nocturne.
His tone is amazing and completely unique. No other pianist creates that kind of sound. Paderewski claims the greatest influence on him was Anton Rubinstein. It may be that Paderewski had Anton's sound in his ear and carried it forward another generation.
@analka1 I'm very happy to know this!!He was wonderful Man,Pianist,Patriot!!Greetings!Thanks for this!!!!!!
@colourcollection Paderewski was a student of Chopin, so it's probably the closest we'll get to hearing Chopin's wishes.
the bit from 0:58 to 1:07 and 3:40 to 3:45 sounds almost identical to parts of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. I wonder if Rachmaninoff was an admirer of Chopin's works. I know I am.
This is the best interpretaion I've ever heard of it :)
Very nice play. Thanks for upload.
La mejor interpretacion que he escuhado hasta ahora, ni horowitz, ni rubinstein , ni alguerich!
he knew how to make the piano 'sing' ,
trademark of the "romantic pianist"
I like this interpretation a lot, so not objective here, but it has a singing quality and does not get too loud in the bridge section, returns gracefully to the finale. The rubato is well-placed and not excessive to me at least. This music has a repetitious left-hand almost like a drum beat the way it is written, so it's necessary to keep the melody from falling too much in line with the drum beat of the left hand. Nice balance by Paderewski, wish the sound quality were better. --bob
I wondered about this rendition of the piece, and how it compares to the score. Examining the notation in the manuscript, he is playing it very closely to the written notations. There is a lot of rit., rallent, which are different ways to slow down. rit just means slowdown, rallent means hold back the notes. stretto is there, meaning temporarily accelerate. He plays it so you really HEAR these things happening, not just a little but as part of it.
"TRUE TRANCE" for me, those noise make past time so imaginable*****
@GoldPaintedDaisies
every good pianist/composer adores Chopin. He left many recordings of Chopin's works
@Chopin1974l
why nauseating? You won't tell them, people of the 19th century, the rigth way to interpret their own music, will you? Anyway, they didn't have the chance to read your pedantic opinion, made more than 100 years later, lol...Just listen and learn a little
I agree 100% with @colourcollection
This is Chopin himself playing!
@Maz9ma
Oh yes, that was a wonderful life.
oh yes
@manymanero Yes!I will take maybe special car to go there ...Greetings
Yes that´s true...however his tune is beautiful...
great and touching phrasing, a real master.
100 times better than Pollini, Baremboim and similar ones
it was ok for them, it was THEIR time and they are all dead . You can't change the past
...gee thanks... I just blew a reem of printer paper ...
it is possible
Paderewski (b. 1860) a student of Chopin?
actually its not
Nonsense!