Ballade in G minor 4:05 Etude in C-sharp minor 14:15 Barcarolle in F-sharp major 19:41 Scherzo in C-sharp minor 28:59 Waltz in A-flat major 36:56 Ballade in F minor 42:17

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

That's very kind, thank you Olivier!

@instantinople3796

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCobbeCollection you should pin this comment.

@rebeccalewis1619

2 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that Pleyel recently went bankrupt. Hard to believe it had such a long history.

@dpetrano

2 жыл бұрын

What's covering the inside of the piano seen at 46:36? Was this piano restrung?

@tteerabeats9116

Жыл бұрын

Honestly great selections

What an experience just touching the keys that Chopin played!

@barejon2733

Жыл бұрын

probably fully restored so nothing chopin had touched

@aryangupta8093

Жыл бұрын

ikr i wish i could have it

@aryangupta8093

Жыл бұрын

@@barejon2733 yes that too is a possibility:(

@Seleuce

Жыл бұрын

@@barejon2733 No, the Pleyel was kept in great condition over the decades, the keys are as original as the hammer and damper felts, every part of that instrument was looked at by Chopin, every key, certainly most pegs when tuning, the lid, the keyboard lid were touched by Chopin.

@olivier8264

9 ай бұрын

@@barejon2733 :: Oh, party pooper!

I can’t believe this video only has 1k views... This is literally history that’s striking our ears! What a disappointment that so few people know about this concert! And what an honor also! I’m listening to this with deep emotion, respect and nostalgia (for something I never lived and wish I had). Thank you so much for giving the whole world the opportunity to listen to what music sounded like back to 1830-50. Forever grateful. From France.

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your very kind comment. Online concerts is our new venture and we hope it will grow and grow. Meanwhile, please feel free to spread the word and do subscribe! Kindest regards

@gabithemagyar

3 жыл бұрын

It probably has to do with KZread algorithms. I watch piano related videos daily and yet today was the first day that this showed up in my suggested videos stream ! In any case, I am subscribing in the hopes that this will lead to more showing up in my stream.

@georgeswinford680

3 жыл бұрын

q

@VerdantHue

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody knows how this piano sounded when it was new. Even though the strings have been replaced, other parts of the piano is still over 170 years old, which could have greatly eroded the sounds they produce today.

@mickizurcher

Жыл бұрын

Or maybe it has mellowed like the Strads

I can’t believe I’m hearing Chopin on his own piano. Best video I’ve seen in awhile!!

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@wedemeyerr

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCobbeCollection and in what fantastic quality!!!!!

@Mike-zz5kz

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@pianosbloxworld4460

2 жыл бұрын

i know! where can we see it? can I play it? (lol, I do want to try it)

@ghaze.c4official

Жыл бұрын

Me too !

As a human to human I can't help you understand just how emotionally incredible to hear as Chopin has saved my life thanks to his music. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH

@elias7748

3 жыл бұрын

So what's your story?

It’s actually crazy to hear Barcarolle from *the piano on which Chopin wrote it.* Thank you so much.

@japiat1520

8 ай бұрын

👍💯🎼🎹🥰🐬

Every note seems to be alive.

Hearing it as if it was Chopin himself playing... Just the way he intended... So beautiful and haunting...!

Your music helped both me and my Dad who recently died of alzheimers disease. I played it on my PC through KZread where he could watch and listen and pretend to play along on the kitchen table. I'm sure that listening to it helped him feel better

@TheCobbeCollection

2 жыл бұрын

Our sincere condolences, Paul, but we are glad that the music provided solace...

@lyndaproper1313

4 ай бұрын

My husband died with alzheimers, and in the last few months of his life, I found that music gave him such great joy. In my husband's case it was Elvis I know, but that was what he needed. It filled something he needed. I would put music on every afternoon and, for him, all was right with the world. I'm glad you found music for your father, too. If you find the right music for the person, it can perform miracles. Actually, you've told me so much about your father, and I've told you so much about my husband without using long descriptions. Nice.

Discovered this video today. Couldn’t describe how much my heart and all of cells are thrilled when hearing Chopin’s own piano and his music being brought back to life. A huge thank you to the Cobbe Collection. ❤❤❤

BEAUTIFUL experience playing on chopin's piano. its every pianists' dream

Full marks to the piano and the pianist whose reproduction of Chopin on Chopin was complete.Thankyou.!

@japiat1520

8 ай бұрын

👍💯🎼🎹🥰🐬

Thank you so much for giving us all the rare opportunity to hear Chopin's music played on his own piano! Exquisite in every way.

I also admire pianists who are used to play on modern pianos and are brave enough to play on authentic historical instruments, because the touch, the resonance and the sound are different from those that the modern instruments produce. Bravo for the pianist and his beautiful recital. Thanks also for the Cobbe Collection that enable us to enjoy this upload.

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment. Indeed, they require a greater degree of sensitivity and not every musician can connect with them as well as Krzysztof! :) But we try and encourage musicians to come and experience them

@cliveparaschis

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting to know how long a performer has to live with an instrument like this in order to express himself/herself fully.

Absolutely fantastic! Chopin's music deserves to be heard on the instrument it was intended to be played on, sure--but, hearing it on Chopin's own instrument is an incredible treat all on its own.

To me, the mellow sound of this piano replaces the fire we usually hear from modern instruments with a nuanced grandeur which can never be replicated on a modern piano.

This is one of the most magnificent presents we can hear online, we are listening the sound that heard Chopin too when playing his own composition in his own piano! and what a great selection of pieces he chose to play! My sincere gratitude for this, I love it 💜

@japiat1520

8 ай бұрын

💯🎼🎹🥰🐬

Oh my goodness, hearing Chopin's pieces in Chopin's own Piano gave me goosebumps. Even though I only heard and saw it online, it was a fantastic experience. Thank you so much!

We would all do well to just listen and admire the sound this wonderful artist has produced. Quit analyzing what we all know to be Chopin's genius! Just listen! Playing on a period instrument is tough. Stop adjudicating this marvelous performance!

Arcydzieło, rewelacja ! Chopinie, geniuszu ❤️

What a great honour to have heard chopin's pieces being played on his orginal piano! I can clearly hear the beautiful singing quality of the piano. Thank you for your performance

Would you please showcase more of his works on this piano? This young man is magnificent. I'd love to hear him do Nocturnes Op. 9 No.1 and 2 as well as Preludes Op. 28 No. 20 and 24

I enjoyed this recital and Krzysztof Moskalewicz's wonderful playing. Awesome playing

I own an 1874 Pleyel Boudoir grand that I saved from being scrapped over thirty years ago. It was used at the BBC at Alexander Palace( 1920's) . I had to go to Paris to find new pins and have a tuning key made. All very original. The dampers are so very small and light. Lovely soft tone, not modern harsh .

Thank you! I heard so many nuances and had new insights from this amazing concert! Thank you!!

THRILLINGLY GORGEOUS!! It sounds as if Chopin were inprovising the final touches on his works just before writing them down - very spontaneous and pensive! Krzysztof Moskalievicz should have a great career ahead of him!

Thank you for this wonderful performance on this beautiful piano.

thank you greatly to mr Mokalewicz...WONDERFUL playing!!!!

Thank you for the amazing Sound quality!!!!

Thank you very much for letting me experience this Incredible music.. thank you very much for your heart.. hope your channel will grow more

What a treat. Love it.

I'm trying to think of what to say here, and I can't. I'm honestly speechless.

What a amazing programme, well chosen pieces that showcased the full range of the piano

Beautiful...piano love Chopin..

A truly romantic sound. got to see this piano in person a few weeks ago for the first time.

I once had the opportunity to play Giuseppina Strepponi’s piano, which was a moving experience even though it was in terrible shape. A few thoughts: The greatest advantage pianos of this era had was their lightness of touch and (I believe) narrower keys, which makes playing Chopin much easier. In timbre, I believe its low and mid range could be reproduced by a sensitive pianist on a modern Bechstein. It’s the treble range that is truly different: thinner sound, percussive attack, and faster decay. Given that Chopin’s music is above all melodic, and that he adored Bellini and hence great Italian singers, I see no advantage in using this piano rather than a Bechstein or similarly light-actioned modern piano. I know this is not a popular view, but there it is.

Just amazing

So excited to hear this on Chopin”s own instrument. It illuminates so much. Thank you for this.

Very emotional to hear this! Thank you very much!!

What a Pleyel! What a sound! What a collection!

like a window into another world! I loved hearing this.

Many thanks!

Its amazing how pianos have evolved since then. It reminds me of an old saloon piano in sound

Hermoso gracias

I was so shocked that it was for auction where I live. One of the best pianists and composers ever near my home! That's insane. To hear what he heard and to know he composed his best works on a piano a just like this, or this piano itself is so special. wow.

@Seleuce

10 ай бұрын

Chopin, unfortunately, did not compose anything we know from him today on this piano, as he only owned this specific model from 1848 on. He did, however, most likely play his last concert in Paris in Feb 1848 on it and then took it with him to Great Britain where he sold it before his return to Paris.

@franktherabbit42

10 ай бұрын

@@Seleuce That's really interesting, thank you. I don't know nearly that much about Chopin. It's still amazing that we can hear what pianos would have sounded like back then. Even if it's just a glimpse.

@Seleuce

10 ай бұрын

@@franktherabbit42 Yes, it's fascinating that we have those instruments! They don't sound like they did when they were new, of course. They would be perfectly in tune and much rounder and clearer when Chopin played them. So, as you say, it's just a glimpse, but still stunning! :)

I’d like to hear the heroic polonaise on it, can’t have a Chopin concert without that masterpiece.

Thank you for posting the video to give me a great feeling

This is really special, glad I stumbled on this video! I do wish the recording was right around the player's ear perspective, I think the stereo image would be nice to hear, great performance! Ciao, ALDO

❤Chopin❤

What a treat this is! So glad I came across this video as I can't believe this is the first time I'm seeing this ❤

@japiat1520

8 ай бұрын

👍💯🎼🎹🥰🐬

Very lovely and beautiful maestro

This was wonderful

Thank you very much for sharing this incredible experience of being able to hear a little of the 19th century sound, especially what Chopin himself heard when composing or performing his music! Exciting! Congratulations to Mr Cobbe for his initiative, and congratulations to the concertist, for his beautiful, competent and sensitive performance! Muito obrigado por compartilhar esta esperiência incrível de poder ouvir um pouco do som do Século XIX, muito especialmente o som que o próprio Chopin ouvia ao compor ou executar suas músicas! Emocionante! Parabéns ao Sr Cobbe pela iniciativa, e parabéns ao jovem concertista, por sua bela, competente e sensível execução!

@elias7748

3 жыл бұрын

There's a big difference in sound if you compare an 1890s piano to an 1840s piano like this one.

That is fantastic...

OMG can't wait to listen to this !

Wonderful video!

magnificent !

It is a wonderful collection. The Cobbe Collection also produces an excellent book which has information; dates, compass etc. for all the instruments in the collection. These instruments were meant to be played and performances by the Cobbe Collection further our knowledge and love of music of the past and how it is still rrelevant today

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul!

A romantic concert vibrating Frederick Chopin's charm Great to witness.❤

@japiat1520

8 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👍🎼🎹❤😃🐬

I keep coming back to this video. Never ever delete it from KZread as it is simply historic! Charge a grand for 15 mins of playing on this and I would happily still pay. But please at all costs, protect this instrument!

As if I have just discovered a Great Continent full of wonders.....I close my eyes, I listen and my mind is numb....

Very elegant sounding

Merveilleux piano et merveilleusement joué

Vielen Dank!! Es ist schön einen "echten" Chopin zu hören. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Nahuel! Very glad you enjoyed

Thank you for a great concert :)

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Great pleasure Amit! :) There will be more to come this year.

I feel transported back in time, like I’m actually hearing some of Chopin’s music how he would have played it!

This was great experience. However as a pianist… I am very grateful for modern concert grands. If Chopin himself could’ve experienced a modern Hamburg Steinway D I can’t imagine the music we’d have to enjoy today.

I was in Las Vegas about 30 years ago and saw Liberace’s piano covered entirely in sequins. I think I prefer this one.

Aaaand now I'm planning a trip to the UK specifically to visit this magical place...

@japiat1520

8 ай бұрын

👍💯🎼🎹🥰🐬

Grazie. Un documento sonoro preziosissimo soprattutto se si pensa che sono rimaste pochissime cose di lui, oltre la sua straordinaria musica intendo. I suoi mobili, i suoi oggetti, i suoi vestiti furono venduti all'asta, la sua stanza a Nohant è stata divisa in due, la sua casa alla Square d'orleans non si visita poiché ci abitera' qualcun'altro. Questo che qui proponete è un dono vero per chi è sulle sue tracce da molto molto tempo

Superb. Exceptional. A pleasure for the senses. The fact to ear and watch the own Chopin's piano enrich the experience. Congratulations.

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@Fryderyk_Franciszek

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCobbeCollection My pleasure.

He composed with such a tone.

So enjoyable, such a clear sound, even if not as rich as modern pianos establish, but direct, nothing in between...

Indeed, there is a great difference between the bass and baritone on the one hand and the mid- and upper registers on the other. It is like playing two instruments at the same time. It explains some of the characteristics of Chopin's compositions. These instruments of mid 19th century had less tension in the strings and the strings were all parallel. Modern pianos have the strings crossed which gives a fuller and more uniform sound.

@nickjgunning

Жыл бұрын

Chopin preferred Pleyel Pianos, because he claimed Liszt's Erards had too much of a "ready-made" tone. They didn't produce the sort of power needed for a concert-hall. Chopin generally played in salons in private houses, whereas liszt aimed to 'democratise' music- setting up solo concerts, and turning the piano reflector towards the audience. His pianos had double escapement , full iron frames and overstringing which made them more audible. Chopin's solo concerts were rare, and, I believe, were sometimes difficult to hear.

..to hear Chopin's music on his favourite piano es simply exquisite Hearing this it is easily to hear why her preferred Pleyel; over Erards. Broadwoods, and other pianos of hte day. Such a very well balanced and rich chorus with a profound yet not overwhelming bass as in modern day instruments. Hid music literally sings here. Thank you for this recording.

@japiat1520

8 ай бұрын

👍💯🎼🎹🥰🐬

I feel honored just by watching the video of that piano so I can't imagine how mind blowing it must feel to actually PLAY THAT PIANO! congratulations!

bravo!

dang it why does this only have 54k views? this is chopin's actual pleyel with his own music being played on it!

Now I must play this piano.

I've ceased to enjoy most modern piano recitals unless I've tuned the instrument and I know the pianist is a true musician . . . and coming back to this I'm really enjoying this performance and instrument. Thank you for this wonderful recording.

@kamilo034

2 жыл бұрын

Your ego must be enormous then.

@unequally-tempered

2 жыл бұрын

@@kamilo034 No - that's not the case. There are two problems with many modern performances and one is dependant upon the other. Many pianists don't listen to the music that they are producing. This is partly a problem with the modern tuning which gives no musical clue as to the narrative of the music. The tuning that Chopin would have heard is different from modern tuning and I tune to the old systems of tuning. This rewards both performer and audience in terms of the sound that the pianist is making. Without this many pianists nowadays are interpreting black marks on white paper as automatons, having lost connexion with lyricism. Music is vibrations and specific tuning of such is vitally important.

@mickizurcher

Жыл бұрын

@@kamilo034 he hears what he hears and it is valid to his experience if you were a good player, it’s alright to say yes, I am good

@omgtkseth

5 ай бұрын

Mr gatekeeping PoS thinking he knows what a true musicians sound like. If it is art it is not for everyone.

Yo de solo poner mi mano en esas teclas ya estaría en un mar de lágrimas.

So a couple of years ago we were visiting a small french chateau and the lady owner gave us a tour. In one of the rooms there was a "small" old grand piano, looking at it she said Chopin had played on it. She couldnt play it herself and asked if maybe we played a bit, i did...a bit. But at the time couldnt play Chopin so i tried Beethoven and she loved it saying its been a long time since that piano had been played. Anyway i never really believed Chopin really did play that piano but still its a memory i cherish. Hope he wont be mad i couldn play his work though... I remember that the piano itself was pretty hard to play, very different on the touch and sound from today's piano's. I wonder how the Pleyel played. Listening to it it seems hard work? Anyway, wonderfull video and music, thank you for this

@pianosbloxworld4460

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, Chopin’s ghost won’t chase you if you can’t play it. Maybe if you play it badly, like me.

The old pleyel pianos are almost a different instrument all together.

@JoeLinux2000

3 жыл бұрын

Why do old pianos always sound old?

@Rajsadaye

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeLinux2000 cuz they're old. xD

@guilhermeatanasov8423

3 жыл бұрын

Back then, there wasn't such things as crossed strings. And that is the problem with modern instruments in my point of view. Crossed strings may add volume and etc, but certainly it makes the instrument sound much more "neutral". I had the pleasure of playing an old upright Pleyel (from the late 19th century). Of course it is a much simpler intrument than this Masterpiece on the video, and some fortepianos and harpsichords. The sound is much more complex and rich. And then, there was tuning. Equal temerament wasn't the standard yet.

@elias7748

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeLinux2000 Because they were built different. Just like how cars 70 years ago are different.

@elias7748

3 жыл бұрын

@@guilhermeatanasov8423 I hope you don’t think 1840s pianos sound better than pianos from the 21st century.

A memorable experience. The instrument at this time was quite advanced compared to Mozart's. Its resonance is closer to today's Steinway, Bosendorfer, etc.

WOW ...thank you ...what a TREAT to listen to chopin that way...the instrument he himself played and HEARD his own music with... it brings out something distinctive...: The registers indeed have timbres of their own...but the individual notes are MORE speaking than subsequent giant pianos ....the highest notes not as "brilliant" as today s sounding a bit like UPRIGHT grandpianos...at least to my ear...that grew up with a KOLSKI large upright from the 1920 s when my late mom was a teen...but today , though in disrepair STILL has that unforgettalbe belllike but LONG sound...the bottom notes have a BITe OF their own but always present and full...in chopins instrument..

Wonderful! I've a Pleyel model F 1930. This piano has a second sounboard over the strings? Or instead it's only an acrilic protection? Thanks!

I'm here because of Orlando González! Saludos afectuosos desde Aguascalientes, México!

@TheCobbeCollection

4 жыл бұрын

Delighted to have you here! Hope you enjoyed the concert - more to come

@makytondr8607

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, hello there! I’ve seen you over at Wim’s channel, Authentic Sound.

@thomashughes4859

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCobbeCollection Thank you very much!

@thomashughes4859

3 жыл бұрын

@@makytondr8607 Warm greetings to you. 🤗

And again: a video that is supposed to highlight the beauty of Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin and what does the comment section turn into? A snob-fest arguing about who played it better. People waste so much time arguing about subjective things like taste, even arguing that their taste and opinion is somehow objectively better. Horrowitz this, Rubestein that, Arrau there, Lang Lang, Lisitsa and many other more or less known pianists. That's the beauty of physics and the real world: you can subjectively interpret it with whatever manner you like but it objectively stays being reality, no matter how snobby, ignorant and bigoted one's own perception of it is. Thanks for the upload, it is interesting to hear Chopin's compositions on a piano of his era.

Beautiful performance and sound. Haunting. You can feel Mr Moskalewicz become the music. Is this performance available on CD? Or even a DVD?

@TheCobbeCollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind comment. Krzysztof's performance isn't available on a CD but we do have a CD recording on Chopin's Pleyel piano of a performance by Sam Haywood www.ebay.co.uk/str/cobbecollection

40:28 Why got a big plate cover the top of string? What is the purpose?

Muito provavelmente as cordas são modernas. Estou achando o som muito bom para um piano de 1840 , posso estar enganado. Estupendo a oportunidade de ver e ouvir isso.

I saw Chopins upright Pleijel in the monastery where he lived with George Sand high on Majorca and wished I could have heard it played. Now I have heard the grand version and wish I could hear his work exclusively on this glorious instrument . I prefer it to the albeit magnificent Steinway and congratulations to this superb pianist.

@butwhatwouldiknow

25 күн бұрын

That Pleyel in Valldemossa ended up being not a lot of use to Chopin because it arrived weeks after they did, was held up in customs and not delivered to him until the second half of January 1839. Until then he had to put up with a poor local instrument. By early March 1839 they were back in Marseille so he probably got about 5-6 weeks use out of it, much of which time he was very ill. It got sold on his departure fo defray expenses it seems. It’s pity the bad piano is not also in display because in some ways that would be just as interesting. As to how the Pleyel sounds now: probably nothing like when it was new. I wonder if he tuned it himself when it did arrive…

Is it true that Chopin's or Pleyel Pianos in general had narrower keys compared to todays standard size?

I was searching for one of my own recordings and whilst writing an email KZread auto-advanced to this. What a joy! Which temperament is being used for the tuning?

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! It is closer to equal but with a hint of Vallotti, our tuner says :)

@unequally-tempered

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCobbeCollection That's great. It's good to hear departure from ET spreading. It's something I've been pioneering for over a decade. One can be more adventurous than Vallotti though and these instruments will take stronger flavour. The right temperaments can make the instruments sing even more and give them greater resonance.

It's a moving performance though I think the audio capture doesn't seem to do the instruments enough justice.

Cobbe Collection, could you please give the number of the piano ?

Do you have to pay for tickets or something to come see the cobbe collection? or is it even possible to come see them? I would love to

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the collection is at Hatchlands, National Trust, and open to public (when it's allowed and, hopefully, soon!). For opening times best to check their website... www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hatchlands-park

Wonderful sound. Do we know whether the sound that this piano has today (which sounds old to us) is very different to the sound it had when it was brand new ? When did piano started to sound as the brand new of today ?

@TheCobbeCollection

3 жыл бұрын

The sound today is probably the nearest there is to how it sounded originally. Some people would say modern piano sound began in the 1960s

@mcrucifix

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much indeed.

Are the keys on this piano narrower than those on a modern piano?

Is it true that Chopin's piano keys were slightly narrower than the keys of a modern piano?