To my humble knowledge, I believe this is the best version I ever heard. Sokolov interprets it with much feeling, is soft, slow, refine and offers moments of joy, peace, great lyricism and melancholy tenderness intermingled with great romanticism which characterize Chopin. Many thanks.

@lawrenceofarabia8456

5 жыл бұрын

To elucidate a chopin waltz would simply be one thing, but the sagocious russian bred sokolov equiponderates his effacassiouslly profound talent in everything he plays.

@Opuskrokus

4 жыл бұрын

@@lawrenceofarabia8456 haha

@vinaychandrasekaran3918

4 жыл бұрын

Tiffany Poon recently released an interpretation that I really love. I suggest you check it out

@lindagonzalezholmann5173

4 жыл бұрын

Vinay Chandrasekaran Thank you, will check it.

@priya_kristelkhan

3 жыл бұрын

If Chopin was still alive to see this performance, he would know his enemy is playing it with raw emotion, passion and love. If you know why I put Solokov as a enemy, then you clearly realize what Chopin has really been through.

it is amazing how even in a "simple" valse the performance can modify so much the depth and beauty of the piece.

Unbelievable. Absolutely breathtaking. Sokolov's Chopin is definitely unmatched.

the most beautiful version of this piece...

...Listening 1 thousand times..

The best version I've ever heard

A simple, short piece which tell more than any complex, long book, than any difficult and long speech. The deepeness of mankind is all here.

The perfect tempo for this marvelous little piece, a tempo that fits the wistfulness enshrined in it .

My piano teacher sent me here and I am so glad she did 🙏🏼 so much emotion and so nuanced 😍

This is absolutely the way this beautiful waltz was meant to be played . It is marked " con mo(l)to rubato " . Slow, then fast at times to contrast . Pianisimo , then Fortisimo for contrast .

Sokolov tells always a story ❣️

Absolutely perfect.

Finally...found the perfect version! :')

the perfect interpretation!!! love it.

Thank you Maestro Sokolov for your expression of Chopin. Marvellous

Beautiful rendition! Chopin would be happy of this interpretation. Many thanks!

The thrills are perfect

Finally someone who understands the beauty of this piece and is capable of performing like it deserves. This one really got me. Thank You

@BytomGirl

8 жыл бұрын

+mir kaa Ditto, it's my favorite waltz but every version was so fast and void of feelings and reflection... this is perfection... without the bravura I so often hear....

The Best piano interprentation I have ever heard. Subtle, emotional, and very technical. Only Gilels can compare to this

Beautiful interpretation. I've heard this piece a thousand times, but never like that... Josh Wright Piano TV sent me!

Thank you Sir Sokolov. Thank you a lot.

That's the amazing thing about chopin even if you play it slow it still sounds beautiful. thank You to Josh Wright. i always wanted to listen to a slow version of these waltz.

Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful. Many pianists try to show off and impress with speed. Sheer speed. And no one can do it with speed than Sokolov. But it's also about expression. Touch. This is where most fail and he excels. Very few pianists who have mastered touch. Thousands of pianists have speed. But it's robotic.

exceptionnel !!! " on danse " ... Quelle sublime musicalité. Merci Maestro SOKOLOV...

Best version I’ve ever listened to.❤

Supreme beautiful performance.

He plays the shit out of this song.

those trills are tight af

I think this is Chopin’s one of the best works :) in waltzes probably the number one, and this is my favorite interpretation, also i love version wich is interpreted in Movie “Desire for love” , and im glad i can play this beautiful piece!

@BytomGirl

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, in a film it is played in the same tempo, melancholy and with yearning... and that is how I like it,

Perfekt, mit all den sehnenden Verzögerungen.

Этот интимный разговор с самим Шопеном!!!Порой мне кажется,что это Шопен,но в теле Соколова!!! Брависсимо,1000 раз брависсимо!!!

@daimneass

7 жыл бұрын

Согласна

So wonderfull ...

I have listened to this for all day!

such beauty

Absolutely shimmering and lovely. Thank you.

beautiful love this piece

Finally the emotions. Not the robotic play.

speechless

I looked and looked and this is the best version by far... so slow and reflective, beautiful.. everybody plays it much to fast...

@limonero65

8 жыл бұрын

totalmente de acuerdo.el mejor pianista .Lang Lang no podría tocar así nunca.

@ardarico

7 жыл бұрын

This execution is technically perfect and very enjoyable. However, this waltz is an "allegretto" one (unless most available sheets are wrong!), not a "slow" one.

@BytomGirl

7 жыл бұрын

Oldville I guess you don't go for expression and feelings just technical terms, too bad , you don't feel Chopin... I do.... and this waltz is supposed to be played slowly, no matter what you call it. It expresses this way all the yearning and melancholy he felt and playing it fast misses the point.

@ardarico

7 жыл бұрын

You guess wrong, I am sorry. I do play this waltz, not pretending to play it perfectly of course. I like very much Sokolov's interpretation, which is very beautiful and expressive, but not fully respectful of the piano sheet. I would like to know on which basis you state that "this waltz is supposed to be played slowly".

@BytomGirl

7 жыл бұрын

Oldville If you only care about the sheet and not what is in your heart than you never will be a good pianist, sorry.

The almost extinct art of the 20th century pianist lives on through Sokolov.

Perfekt in Technik und Empathie für einen der schönsten Walzer von Chopin.Leichte Ritardandi unterstreichen die Qualität.

Que sensibilidad más aterciopelada, sin caer en la sensiblería. Es una interpretación PERFECTA, tanto técnica, como musical

Exceptional sound!!!! it s perfect here!!!

I just found my favorite pianist ! 🌟

it sounds like human speech ... without words

Bravo maestro! 👏

The best contemporary pianist! Thank you!

See Polish film Chopin, Desire for Love and in it this waltz is played slowly like this one... and that is a perfection.

agree! and one of the very best pieces in A minor. Delightful

one of the most played and ruined Chopin's works finally played as a jewel (like every Chopin's work...)

@user-no3pr8nk6i

9 жыл бұрын

marvellous!!

@l-esprit_de_l-ouest

6 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY WHAT I FELT: the one perfect interpretation.

@iliatsiklauri3868

4 жыл бұрын

yes and yes! its first time i felt a polish soul in this waltz

@micaelabonetti949

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't say it better, so true: a diamond!

@briandang5869

Жыл бұрын

I mean sokolov plays everything well

Какая любовь в каждом звуке, можно слушать бесконечно!!! Спасибо!!!!

I love this song so much its my favorite piano song of all time!!!

@BytomGirl

2 жыл бұрын

I am sorry but this not a song, it's classical composition, songs have words

A jewel...

I liked very much the version Claude Arau is playing, but since I heard Gregory Sokolov I think he is best.

Magnificent! Thank you.

BEST played !!! thx sokolov to enhance chopin

Чудно,как хорош вальс! исполнитель -гениален!

Exquisite

Late Chopin was ❤

SUPER ! SUPER ! SUPER !

Best version ever

Такое впечатление,что он сам через Рояль говорит с самим Шопеном, сколько нежности!!!!!.

@user-eu3bt4ji4k

3 жыл бұрын

Это Шопен говорит с нами с помощью рояля и прекрасного пианиста. Вот она машина времени- это рояль.

PERFECT

Совершенно невероятное по красоте прочтение Шопена! Браво, Маэстро!❤🌹

fantastisk pianist

Precious.

Incredible trinades!

❤ heavenly, 👏 👏 8

He plays some of the trills very long. Very interesting details that i find nice

Gorgeous, Sir !

My favorite interpretation by far. Ashkenazy's interpretation is very good as well.. But no one could play this piece as well as Chopin can.

@paulmetdebbie447

4 жыл бұрын

We will never know.

Волшебник..... Душой играет... Не пальцами..... ❤️🧚

Merci...

With profound melancholy , leave us meditating

Una melodía triste y hermosa,. Sublime que transporta. Y Sokolov una maravillosa interpretación::

Peaceful~

nice playing!

Bella interpretazione

meraviglioso

Toca com a alma! Lindíssimo!

Ах Маэстро! Браво!!!!

Touch of Nocturnes like it should be. Best version ever.

Космос! Как он это делает?...миллион раз Браво!

Sokolov, pianista de sensibilidad sublime

A unique interpretation

Una delle poche interpretazioni meritevole per la sua squisita , piacevole semplicita'

Спасибо за исполнение красивой музыки. Браво!!!!

Awesome technique.

imho Grigory Sokolov is the best Chopin's interpretator among the living. i am not a great fan Chopin's woks ... but i have heard it more than enough ... usually not until the end but ... but Sokolov's performance of music ... without coming off as long as the work sounds

Very nice

0:39 O.o Make it sound like the easiest thing on earth: check

@adolescenterevoltado9008

3 жыл бұрын

It's just arpeggios

@vincent-ataramaniko

3 жыл бұрын

@@adolescenterevoltado9008 ?

@hiradhsk

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Great!

Melancholic and a little bit dramatic - this is how I feel this piece ad this interpretation is the quintessence of these feelings.

Tant de couleurs!

quelle musicalité

This and kissin Op.64 n.2 are the best interpretation of a chopin piece ever

Así lo tocaría Chopin.... estoy segura!

Magico!!!!!!!!!!!

please be so kind and let me know the name of the CD which contains this beautiful waltz of Chopin - thanks Eugenie

@ADGO

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, it's not on CD, it was a radio broadcast.

@eugenie9091

3 жыл бұрын

@@ADGO Thank you for your quick reply