also, this mans rubato is so lovely. the way he just cranks up the speed in some areas and pulls it back in others is great!

Who else experienced this: I was all depressed, I had never heard of this brilliant pianist, I started listening and instantly was mesmerized by his agility, clarity and sensitivity, I got all excited and just as I started scrolling through the comments, someone posts he actually passed away. There goes my 5 minutes of happiness, life just ain't fair! :'(

@gabornyari8867

3 жыл бұрын

He was a genius. Listen him, and your happiness will return :)

@deathkiller3671

3 жыл бұрын

how can you not know who chopin is

@jorgeandrade20

3 жыл бұрын

@@deathkiller3671 Pianist, not Composer.

@deathkiller3671

3 жыл бұрын

@@jorgeandrade20 Well he didn't even play that well, just speeded through everything tbh

@cooper7944

3 жыл бұрын

@@deathkiller3671 your opinion. I think it sounds wonderful

I got this record when I was around 10 and at the time I thought it was pure wizardry. At 55 I still do. I couldn't imagine how anyone could get to these heights. He sure did set some unsurpassable standards in more ways than one.

If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly, but not sacrilegiously. This one is perfect

@karlams600

4 жыл бұрын

2set🙌

@ellieeunyoungko4811

4 жыл бұрын

haha twoset violin😂

@nicolemariaportolage5466

4 жыл бұрын

Amo Chopin 🎶💌🙏

@DrMd-jr3xt

3 жыл бұрын

Piano gaaaang!

@randomcubing7106

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrMd-jr3xt YEAH

Kocsis will be missed.

R.I.P. Zoltán Kocsis he passed away today.

@mr.toiletepaper9692

7 жыл бұрын

yes he is my favorite chopin waltz pianist ! :(

@ZitaMenyhart

7 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Kocsis Zoltán! He was a great pianist.

@SpaghettiToaster

7 жыл бұрын

Marcus Jones no

@brantnuttall

6 жыл бұрын

Thank fuck for that. His playing is just absolutely disgraceful!

@brantnuttall

6 жыл бұрын

I have been fortunate enough to have been taught by some truly amazing teachers including a world leading authority on the interpretation of Chopin and this flies in the face of everything he taught me. And, as Chopin is my favourite composer, it just makes me mad. I'm actually quite a laid back kind of guy.

Amazing artist, very sorry to hear about his death :( RIP Kocsis Zoltán!

@briseboy

Күн бұрын

Oh man! every time i just hear about someone, Domenico, Fred, EVERYBODY, I find out they are dead!

@fannikerekes8206

Күн бұрын

@@briseboy still, we can celebrate their life and artistry by listening to their music 🎶

At first I thought "way too fast" but after a while I changed my mind. These waltzes are brilliantly delivered and I love this performance. Call me a heretic. Fine.

@briseboy

Күн бұрын

The waltz was intentionally breathless as a dance. Take it from a dancer who also performed in social dancing. The waltz, you see, was INTENDED to be danced/played at such a tempo WITH the emotional variations you hear. THIS is why it was regarded as scandalous , especially by the deluded religious. Chopin was a Romantic, who would tease and improvise humorously, and KNEW he pulled tears, laughter, and every emotion. The stories, history, and observations of those who were privileged to live in his presence, exist, and even some of us miserable music students devoured all this, and as i do here, regurgitate it for you puppies.

-Grande Valse Brillante Op.34 No.2 My god, what a sound..

@carycorfu9266

7 жыл бұрын

Well aren't you a little too sure of yourself! :D

@classicalhero7

5 жыл бұрын

He took it back to it's rustic roots.

Chopin’s 19 waltzes No.1 op.18 0:01 No.2 op.34-1 4:50 No.3 op.34-2 9:54 No.4 op.34-3 15:26 No.5 op.42 17:33 No.6 op.64-1 21:00 No.7 op.64-2 22:35 No.8 op.64-3 25:37 No.9 op.69-1 28:13 No.10 op.69-2 31:46 No.11 op.70-1 34:37 No.12 op.70-2 36:16 No.13 op.70-3 37:50 No.14 op.posth 40:23 No.15 op.posth 43:13 No.16 op.postn 45:14 No.17 op.posth 46:25 No.18 op.posth 49:07 No.19 op.posth 50:19 (自分用)

@lavendelle_swift

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@user-rx7pt2sk6y

5 жыл бұрын

Oh dear.. 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

@reimakousei793

5 жыл бұрын

Ty

@GAMBAREJIBUN

5 жыл бұрын

日本人見っけ！

@hellokitty8395

5 жыл бұрын

日本人意外とおるやん

One of the best interpretation of Chopin's waltzes. This recording haven't many homemade honey-accents, sugar-like melodies... Chopin's music are full of surprises, vigorous harmonical effects, somietimes a weird left-hand sequences, like Kocsis's performance here. Good job!!!

@zuzannawisniewska4464

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@johnjolo1983

Жыл бұрын

I think he plays it too fast

The interpration is breathtaking...I think that it is the best. Bravo Maestro Kocsis!

21:00 never seen someone play Minute Valse so freaking fast

@nurdvpn

4 жыл бұрын

CreepyRed Somebody's trying to play Minute Waltz in a minute lol

@bust2death

4 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@MM-ue6ve

4 жыл бұрын

BUT HE CAN'T!!!!XDXDXD

@clarayu5409

4 жыл бұрын

@@nurdvpn not as bad as some people trying to play 15 notes a second lol #twoset

@bakuto.1055

4 жыл бұрын

@@clarayu5409 he did it really really clean for that tempo. Applaud for that

Zoltán Kocsis RIP. A great master pianist !

Ah......perfect music for a lazy Monday afternoon here in LA. Thank you for uploading this delight.

"L'adieu" is the perfect title for Op. 69 No. 1. It's so melancholy, so longingly beautiful ... the first time I heard it was in the film "The Others" so I can't help but describe it as haunting, too.

This is, for me, the definitive recording of Chopin's waltzes. Sure, he plays some of them quickly, but it is music to dance to.

@sharonsalisbury7334

Жыл бұрын

I'd have a heart attack trying to keep up with this tempo.

@soozb15

Жыл бұрын

@@sharonsalisbury7334 I'd risk it 😄

R.I.P Zoltán Kocsis. A great pianist. Two years ago, 2016, 6th November, was the day we pledged to honour his playing once and for all. Goodbye, Zoltán Kocsis!

Ugh, his playing his elegant and smooth...I hope to be able to play music so elegantly one day...

@danialadilkhan3867

3 жыл бұрын

same...

Such a beautiful composition.....and with what magnificence,dexterity,rawness and exquisiteness kocsis zoltan played....RIP K.Zoltan.

probably my favorite interpretation of the minute waltz.

Love the ending of Op. 34 No. 1, it gives such a playful vibe, amazing job!

Thanks for the synchronized score!

My condolences for the passing of this great pianist. Such delicacy and brilliance in these Waltzes.

Whenever Franzl didn't feel like teaching the piano, Frederic would don a blond wig and stand in for him. To make his friend laugh, Liszt would then play Chopin's waltzes at breakneck speed, and as such this performance is a triumph.

@none5020

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly hilarious, where did you learn about this?

@pianosbloxworld4460

2 жыл бұрын

Whether Frederic would make Liszt's female students faint is another question. It would be a nice change of pace if they didn't after all....

46:25 Omg I love this waltz, that simple melody is so beautiful

@hansdekorver7365

4 жыл бұрын

Composed 1826 / 1827 , the manuscript being lost during Second World War.

@pepitillop2673

3 жыл бұрын

yes agree is one of most beautiful things i never listened to

I love how the uploader has a tf2 meme profile picture. And then uploads sophisticated music. It's just hard to think of the two going like that. ;D

@theamazingpootisman3022

8 жыл бұрын

+Zac Clark I always thought that there was no one in the world that likes these two things both at the same time.But it seems you do! :D

@zacclark5945

8 жыл бұрын

Lol, your hoovy face goes perfectly with that comment.

@theamazingpootisman3022

8 жыл бұрын

+Zac Clark Of course it does! :P

@Burntshmallow

8 жыл бұрын

+The Amazing Pootisman Hey, you never know who likes classical music. I mean like, I like the smoky dank may-mays and I can also list 40 something pianistic composers just off the top of my head.

@fitzgeraldvalentine5171

8 жыл бұрын

+Zac Clark that's the spirit!!

sublime, gentle yet energetic,,, rich in texture and subtexture,,

I love these songs forever and ever and ever. Anyone just learning how to play piano, stick with Chopin. He will be good to you forever and always!

Hm, lets watch a movie today. *wants to open Netflix* *stumbels across KZread, clicks on this video* One hour later, I’ve spent my entire Saturday evening listing to Chopin...

@mateuszloniewski

5 жыл бұрын

Corbis Vids Time well spent :)

@pianofortality9585

4 жыл бұрын

*You made the right choice*

@SpaghettiToaster

4 жыл бұрын

Pootis

@gabrielelecter7843

4 жыл бұрын

Just the entirely same situation right here.

@franzliszt7682

4 жыл бұрын

Pootis

Thanks to posting it. Very good. I love so much Chopin's Piano Pieces.

42:50: Wow so pretty, so organisned so... 42:56: AAHHHHHH!

@amj.composer

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO I laughed hahaha

@alexismiller2349

3 жыл бұрын

@@amj.composer wow 3 years ago, brings me back ;)

@aidanguy2182

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexismiller2349 Recently a lot of my older comments have been resurfacing its fun to see them.

@tigerphantom354

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

Nobody plays Chopin's waltzes better. When Kocsis is your first introduction to them and you listen to the others, there is no comparison.

@nicholas72611

8 жыл бұрын

+Agustín Barrios Mangoré Kissin is terrible, I'll pass.

@gijswolfs8915

8 жыл бұрын

Rubinstein does it 1000x better

@ministryofmagic6921

8 жыл бұрын

+Gijs Wolfs I think they are both amazing pianists. The style is only personal taste... their level of playing Chopin is definitely equal.

@DanteDhillon

8 жыл бұрын

+nicholas72611 Kissin is definitely not terrible, if anything, I think I prefer his style of playing to Chopin's Waltzes compared to anyone else.

@totty2524

8 жыл бұрын

It sounds good, but it isn't how the songs are supposed to be played. For example, in the Waltz Op.64 No.2 it clearly states "tempo giusto" in the score, yet the performer fucks around with tempo like nobody's business.

Poland is an amazing and special country blessed with the genius of its many artists. Much respect. Will always have a special place in my heart.

Is it just me who sometimes feel slightly guilty that we are able to hear the posthumous waltzes? I've only performed B.150 and I felt like I was not supposed to share this with others, only play it by myself. Knowing that this waltz was supposed to be burnt, but Fontana (I think it was) chose to keep them and then after 100 years they got published... Just my opinion though. I mean Chopin was such a perfectionist, so likely these were not as bad as what he thought they were.

@pianoplaynight

2 жыл бұрын

Well plenty of amazing posthumous works... Like Mozarts requiem, a whole bunch of Schubert works, and outside of music, the entire works of Franz Kafka.

@nat91307

2 жыл бұрын

chopin doesnt know what he's talking about then, b. 150 is beautiful

AS confirmed by S.Richter the best performer during his days of enough health. Belongs in the top of Chopins -Walzer performers. Let us never forget Zoltan !!

This was always my favourite interpretation of all and every single one of Chopin's Waltzes. Absolute masterpiece. I had that on vinyl and played it so much that the needle went to the other side.

@ItalianMappingBestMapper

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree, I find the faster than normal tempo to be great and also really like the rubato. All the colors fit just right.

@gliderfan6196

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItalianMappingBestMapper But you do not feel the faster tempo at the same time, it feels to be just right. It is really relaxed due to the technique of Mr. Kocsis

@ItalianMappingBestMapper

3 жыл бұрын

@@gliderfan6196 Exactly, it carries you forward with vitality but it doesn't feel rushed in the slightest

J'aime Kocsis Zoltan, il interprète si bien Chopin. C'est une mélodie qui me berce, en même temps me passionne. Cette mélodie est aussi mélancolique. J'aime tout simplement 💟

R.I.P. Kocsis Zoltán

Breaking: Zoltán Kocsis is dead. Tremendous loss.

¡Qué preciosura de interpretación de la esencia noble del vals! Regocijo con el nº 3 en concreto. Disfruten del legado de este gran artista.

My favourite performance of minute waltz

Like those waltzes, Kocsis lived his life so fast...I still miss him.

This is pure gold dude, thanks.

Beautiful performance. Thanks

Waltz in E min B.56...the best interpretation I have heard yet! It is not payed enough and is my favourite Chopin waltz! I'm trying to learn it but I can only dream of playing it like that!

@theamazingpootisman3022

9 жыл бұрын

+Wayne Threadgate I can't even play it normally.But plannig to try waltz b.150 and b.44 . They are amazing too!

@jack8n

6 жыл бұрын

the refrain of this one sounds a lot like a minor key version of the refrain from Grande Valse Brilliante Op. 18

Chopin to najpiękniejsza spuścizna dla ludzkości. Dziękuję.

I just admired Zoltan Kocsis.s performance, I think he was a great one.

Awesome really full of energy huge round of applause

Amazing performance some of them its like a hear them first time.

@soozb15

Жыл бұрын

Interesting you say that. Kocsis had this goal: to keep the works fresh and immediate, so the audience felt they were hearing something for the first time. It seems he achieved that goal.

Worth listening to just to get to: Grand Valse Brilliante Op 34, No.2!!! So hauntingly beautiful!💔 And: Waltz, Op 69, No.2!!! So thrillingly poignant💔 Both are deeply moving! Thank you for posting this! ☺️❤️

Chopins waltzes are some of my favorite music

Everyone keeps criticizing Kocsis about playing too fast, too loud, with too much impetus and so on. People are so boring. They have listened to Chopin and they just want to keep listening to the same literal interpretations of the oldies. They still steam in their Rubinsteins and square Ashkenazys. This interpretation is fresh, alive and with surprises. Accentuation of hidden melodies here and there. Taking passages in one breath while others would wait, tie their shoelaces and start again. I'm so glad there are pianists like Kocsis and van Oort taking Chopin in different colours.

@theamazingpootisman3022

8 жыл бұрын

+Archishman Ghosh This is exactly what I think.

@Cuteo05

8 жыл бұрын

+Archishman Ghosh You're totally right dude. I absolutely love Rubinstein, but we must give a chance to all different points of view of Chopin's art...

@jazipc4230

8 жыл бұрын

+Archishman Ghosh Particular mention of 19-Waltz Op.posth. B.150. The tempo is perfect, how a Waltz should be danced to. All the other KZread videos I've seen tend to drag the music.

@roblonsote

8 жыл бұрын

+Archishman Ghosh I think is fun, but it breaks the purpose of a waltz, no one could dance to it but on the other hand no one dances waltz anymore anyway so.

@Archiekunst

8 жыл бұрын

Chopin waltzes are characteristic piano pieces and not for dancing. Only the first 4 waltzes are for dancing. He didn't write waltzes like the viennese did. Huneker (critic) mentions this too.

I'm reading the Chopin biography now by Jeremy Nicholas. A great composer and a great teacher. His music teaches from beyond the grave.

@TheBertil1234

8 жыл бұрын

Chopin would only teach girls i was told .

@KenNickels

8 жыл бұрын

He taught anyone who could afford his price, which was high, the price of a box seat at the opera. He taught a fifteen year old boy who was a real prodigy. But he died mysteriously, Back then people were dying all the time from all kinds of things. Germs. In Beethoven's time women were not allowed to perform in public, but that was changing, in Paris.

@TheBertil1234

8 жыл бұрын

+Ken Nickels But girls was the first of his priorities, and maybe they should pay less than boys !

@oOpumpkinheadOo

7 жыл бұрын

That boy's name? Albert Einstein.

@kaneqangut

2 жыл бұрын

@@oOpumpkinheadOo 2070 paradigm shift?

Elbűvölő. Koszönöm ezt a csodálatos előadást.

Some of Waltzes are too fast I think but it's Kocsis Zoltán's interpretation !! I love !

@ravelness

2 жыл бұрын

These are not fast it's the correct tempo if you know, the tempo markings have changed over time, which means what our Andante ( at a walking pace) means was actually their marathon.

@taiky8259

2 жыл бұрын

@@ravelness :)

The speed he is using is ungodly. I think I kind of like it.

@TomCatFromMA

5 жыл бұрын

With a dance I think the tempo should stay reasonably consistent. His changes in tempo are terribly annoying. How can one dance to such seeming chaos?

@mralcina8726

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomCatFromMA these waltzes werent written to be danced to, rather to be performed in concerts and such

@spicy7302

3 жыл бұрын

@@aidanguy2182 And yet, it is. His waltzes aren't made for dancing, they are independent pieces of music created only for interpretation. The reason he named them waltzes is because they have waltz elements like the standard waltz accompaniment, 3/4 time etc., but they're *not* made for dancing, that is a fact.

I love his interpretation of op 64 no 2 ! So beautiful !

I have known these so superficial treasures for ages and I can't decide forget them to listen to deeper pièces. Dear master, who learns me everything.

@TempodiPiano

8 жыл бұрын

+Ludwig Van Beethoven The salon temper.

I love the Grande Valse Brilliante Opus 18 ♥♥♥

A perfect recording, probably even better than those of Chopin specialists like Rubinstein or Horowitz. All accents, tempos, microtimes, touches as it has to be, not more, not less.

I think i just found the best video on KZread ever

Életem egyik zenei meghatározója fogta magát és elment... Most mihez kezdjek, amikor olyan jó "haverságban" voltunk? Remélem, Glenn Gould- dal most már együtt játszanak valami Bach kétzongorás versenyművet... Nagyon, nagyon szomorú vagyok. Isten Veled, Zoli!

No. 1 is the best interpretation I've ever heard.

I do love his opus 64, No. 3 in A flat Major. It's light and whimsical.....very nice!

prob best interpretation of op 18 ive heard

i love this so much, every time i write papers for college i listen to this first

Woah. Fresh takes on the score. Some tempos are very quick, but adds liveliness to the piece.

C'est tellement beau ♡.♡

Beautiful :-) ♥♫

17:33 very difficulte but very beautiful

thaks a lot this is wonderful

Magnifico.

it's really nice to hear pianist play the warsaw autograph of op 69 -1

Passei a adolescência ouvindo Chopin por Guiomar Novaes, todos os dias. Toquei algumas peças.

I love this sound so much

@gusztavcsik7711

6 жыл бұрын

Air After b6

Amazing for ever

Superb rendition!

Ever since I heard Valentina Listisa play Op 64 No 2 too fast I thought I would never enjoy this piece unless it were slow. But this guy plays it fast and perfectly.

one of my favorite waltzes.

! nagyON jó verzió / very good versiON :) szép dal / nice sONg ! Meggyőző / cONvincing

Stravinsky's orchestral arrangement of this work is great as well!

Waltz Op.64 No.2 my whole childhood! cry...

Wow I ❤️ this peice!

Waltz Op.posth. B.46 is heavenly, never heard it before!

@Apollys

6 жыл бұрын

Same feeling when I found this video.

I think I just broke an eyeball trying to follow these...👀

Chopin is absolutely unrivaled in the romantic period.

@owennorth4045

Жыл бұрын

Uhhhh Liszt? Brahms? Rach? Tchaikovsky?

@Whatismusic123

Жыл бұрын

@@owennorth4045 none of those rival him, all of them except rachmaninoff are incompetent, and I wouldn't even say rachmaninoff is romantic, I'd rather say he's early modernist.

Great!

astonishing performance

great!

Last one is the simplest yet the one i like the most

Awesome ~♡

Didn’t expect to see the Heavy having uploaded the Chopin’s Waltzes

Thank you Amazing Pootisman

la troisième valse dite "lente" est merveilleusement interprétée.....

welcome back this is not your first time here

The excessive speed of some of these waltzes remind me of the Kentucky Derby race...... And ........They're .........OFF!!! Even Secretariat wouldn't have been able to keep up the speed that I hear in the Minute Waltz!! ;)

@francisperlmutter1146

7 жыл бұрын

Which makes them great for those dumb ballet stretches I used to do. It's kinda like Zumba Chopin

@alejandroruedaromero2546

7 жыл бұрын

Zumba Chopin, this made my year sir. Thanks

@Roescoe

7 жыл бұрын

lol this comment.. It's an actually funny critique instead of all those dull ones I read. I did think some of them could have been slowed a little bit. but then this is the pianists interpretation so it's gonna be the way he wants.

@ffggddss

6 жыл бұрын

I'm closing my eyes and trying to picture the dance floor where waltzing couples are trying their level best to keep up with the breakneck changes of tempo in these. . . :-) Fred .

@erkmergerk4329

6 жыл бұрын

I thought that way at first. But his playing has grown on me (and is far better than what I can do).

Kocsis Zoltan is the best in waltz ..

I'm a great admirer of the late Zoltan Kocsis mainly because he pretty much owned Bartok's highly demanding music. Whether he was a great Chopin waltzes interpreter I am less sure. These performances are brilliant, original, and sometimes provoking, but I can't help finding him impossibly rushed, to the point of being indifferent, in many places. His idiosyncrasies sometimes work well and sometimes don't. To be fair there are many great moments also. It's a mixed bag in my humble opinion. He doesn't seem to have recorded any Chopin apart from the Waltzes, which I find surprising. I had thought the Etudes would have been a more likely candidate.

@TomCatFromMA

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not an aficionado but I do love Chopin. A waltz is a dance. This performer's insanely rushed passages don't seem to me to be how Chopin would have wanted them played. The dancers would be going nuts trying to keep up and then be hit with unpredictable slow-downs at times. I'm incredulous. Too erratic and unpredictable. Just because you can play something fast doesn't mean that you should.

@happypiano4810

4 жыл бұрын

On the contrary, Chopin stressed to his publishers that neither his waltzes, nor his mazurkas were meant for dancing. Sure, he plays with a little bit too much rubato here and there, or he plays a little too fast on some of the pieces, which Chopin may not have approved of, I still think that Chopin would have appreciated most of these.

@pleasecontactme4274

3 жыл бұрын

@@happypiano4810 yeah the fact that most of chopin's waltzes would just ruin the mood of the dance(XD everyone would get gloomy, wouldn't they lol) so in that sense i completely agree with you that these were fine. In fact, i'd even say I found a lot of them to be the best on youtube.

@pleasecontactme4274

3 жыл бұрын

@@TomCatFromMA no one can dance to a lot of them even if they were played slower lol, i.e. there would naturally be more focus on the pianist than the dancers lol also if one were to dance to that for some reason beyond me, it's actually very much possible with the rubato...although yes it would differ from the traditional waltz where everything seems to be the same all throughtout.

@pleasecontactme4274

3 жыл бұрын

hmm well, from what I've read of the other comments, the general opinion is that it's rushed yet still somewhat good. My opinion, however, is that this style just makes *most*(not all, the last few waltzes did feel rushed at parts, which I don't exactly mind, but the waltz in a minor tho lol) of them sound really nice! I doubt Chopin would want it to be played like that, but who cares, a pianist can have as much freedom as they want...and Zoltan, as you know, has a peculiar interpretation and style so it would feel more forced to him at slower tempi. Also to me, I've never liked recordings of Chopin's waltzes as much as I did listening to these...one might say the emotions got ruined but to me, the musicality and emotions were retained, and even more at certain parts. (now ofc consider waltz in a min posth out of whatever i said XD)

15:55 One of the most beautiful melodic moments of Chopin!