Rest in paradise, sir. Thanks for all the memorable performances you gave.

Maurizio Pollini, his memory will always be a blessing

Dear Maestro, so sad for your departure, your performances will live forever.

I find is hard to fathom that Pollini is gone. I've lived with his playing my entire life - that intelligence, freshness, honesty, straightforwardness, textual fidelity, unfathomable technique, gorgeous sound, and radical modesty. He will be sorely missed!

One of the best loved and inspirational pianist in my life. Thanks Maestro!

Without any doubt the greatest interpretation of Chopin ever, pure genius

Ahhh, Pollini. Incredible playing. Beautiful interpretation of this enchanting piece.

This musical masterpiece has been my soul plaster, my religion, my solace. Thank you and sweet dreams, Maestro!

My life was forever changed after hearing Mr. Pollini perform Mozart's 23rd Piano Concerto and then seeing his immediacy in performance. This is great art - that forever changes lives. God bless you, Mr. Pollini, we are all grateful for your presence in our lives.

The best interpretation of this song I have ever heard. every note sounds like a crystal. So beautiful. And the strength and the touch are used perfectly. Not too light not too strong. Perfect.

Il Maestro Pollini si lascia alle spalle quasi tutti i contemporanei con questa meravigliosa interpretazione di Chopin!

@xeither289

Жыл бұрын

GOD JESUS TOLD US TO LOVE GOD AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER! LET'S NOT DESTROY THIS WORLD! NO WAR!!! БОГ СОЗДАЛ ТАКОЙ ПРЕКРАСНЫЙ МИР! НЕ БУДЕМ РАЗРУШАТЬ МИР! ПОЛЮБИМ БОГА И ВСЕХ ЛЮДЕЙ! НЕТ ВОЙНЕ!

i love that he just strolls up and starts playing. no pretense, no deep artistic sighing, no finger stretches... so fresh.

So many commenters seem blissfully unaware that the tempo Chopin indicated for this piece is actually (despite the "Lento Sostenuto") incredibly fast: 50bpm in half-measure. Pollini is virtually the only pianist who actually plays it approaching the tempo Chopin wrote (even then he's quite a bit slower), so any criticisms of this being too fast, take it up with Fred...

@rigel48

9 жыл бұрын

Gerbil Jim Are you sure that 50bpm is due to Chopin ? Many tempo markings were added by score publishers and not always by the composers themselves.

@themusicalgerbil192

9 жыл бұрын

The tempo was definitely marked by Chopin. You can look up the manuscript.

@rigel48

9 жыл бұрын

Gerbil Jim Several pupils of Chopin said that he played fast. But so fast for a lento sostenuto it leaves perplexed. At 50 the dotted quarter note and for 77 measures of this piece (if we do not take into account the ritenuto of the measure 25 and by playing without rubato) it leads to a duration of 3 min and 5 s! Even Pollini is too slow here (He is rather 35). But yes, Chopin indicated this tempo. However this nocturne is so magical with a much slower tempo.

@themusicalgerbil192

9 жыл бұрын

It is rather odd. We may never know what Chopin was thinking, whether he made a mistake or something. I don't believe in always adhering to the composer's written score but with this nocturne I do think it ought to be played quicker than how most people tend to interpret it.

@jozan9

8 жыл бұрын

+Gerbil Jim Fred... Such intimacy

RIP, Maestro! You brought joy to our lives and your art will be remembered. Thank you!

The first Chopin masterpieces I listenef were ones by Pollini. And through the years, I cant think of anyone playing Chopin's better than him!

@tomalesbay

Жыл бұрын

I like Pollini, too. But Dinu Lipatti's recording of this nocturne is unbelievably gorgeous. I have yet to find anything that touches it.

さすがショパンコンクール優勝の巨匠ですよね。素晴らしい❗ず～っと昔まだCDがない頃ポリーニさんのショパンのエチュードのカセットを買って、テープが擦りきれて音がでなくなるまで聴きまくりました。やっぱり凄いですね。泣きそうです。素晴らしい演奏を有り難うございました。🎶🎶❤️

Good thing people in the youtube comments know more about tempo than a world class pianist.

@aod2392

7 жыл бұрын

Please listen to Maria João Pires. She is superb but it's all down to individual taste.

@29sentz

6 жыл бұрын

It's 20 seconds longer on the Nocturnes CD he did that this version is. Which seems just about right (for Pollini and his faster tempo interpretation anyway). This live version way too fast.

@kinays6623

5 жыл бұрын

Listen to Evgueni Kissin ´s version and let's talk about it after. I haver never listened to this piece played so fast like pollini does. He may be a world class pianist but the tempo doesn't fit at all

@kinigotooniro

5 жыл бұрын

@@kinays6623 Have you ever read the sheet music? just watch the tempo...

@Philigrane5993

5 жыл бұрын

Other world class pianists play that Nocture very slower.

Pollini is the best, when it comes to respecting the score, the intended melody of the composer He is not overwhelming the audience with his own interpretation, like other pianists. Many people will call his music boring, but it is just almost played plain neutral. His level of chrisp melody will never be challenged by anyone. If you want an extravagant interpretation, you are listening to the wrong interpreter.

@user-gu3iy1vl9u

7 жыл бұрын

yes, he is respecting the score and the dynamic markings. but not the music.

@italnsd

7 ай бұрын

@@user-gu3iy1vl9u Thanks for informing us

Such a wonderful, magical interpretation of this particularly beautiful composition. Pollini is one of the greatest pianists of our time. R.I.P Maurizio ( my mentor and friend)

Grazie di tutto Maestro...non ti dimenticheremo

@cristinabusacca6398

2 ай бұрын

Mai ❤

Pollini is my favourite for Chopin, I think. He allows the beauty of the original music to come through- his interpretation is quite subtle. I hate when one is distracted in the middle of a piece by the extreme and dramatic interpretation. Pollini seems to get the balance right, with a lot of emotion but not overdoing it. This is just gentle and lovely, and I could listen to it over and over and over.

Rest In Peace. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.

Wow! When I was in College 30 years ago, this was one of the Chopin Nocturnes I used to listen to all the time. Brings back memories! Thanks!

I love Chopin's nocturnes, they are all so beautiful and emotional

As always, Pollini uses his tremendous technic to fade himself behind Chopin and give the very essence of this music in the most scupulous way. Very close to perfection.

@thierrytheodose9005

3 жыл бұрын

Close to perfection as he has just to slow down (a lot) to express something...

@deusexmachinawl

2 жыл бұрын

@@thierrytheodose9005 can you upload your version?

@TubeOzaurus

Жыл бұрын

​@@deusexmachinawl Can you take out the audience from the concert hall, cause they are not able to "upload" on the stage?... Every hearing person is also a critic. That's their privilege, as the performers have theirs.

@TubeOzaurus

Жыл бұрын

@ Snail Erato Tremendous technic, yes. Actually, the passage following 2:54 is the best technical performance I anywhere heard, surpassing Dinu Lipatti (which I find the best interpret of this jewel piece)... But musicality? Essence of Chopin? You've got it all wrong. He was probably hungry and was in a hurry to get to the backstage where a preferred sandwich awaited him.... Or something like that.

@xeither289

Жыл бұрын

GOD JESUS TOLD US TO LOVE GOD AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER! LET'S NOT DESTROY THIS WORLD! NO WAR!!! БОГ СОЗДАЛ ТАКОЙ ПРЕКРАСНЫЙ МИР! НЕ БУДЕМ РАЗРУШАТЬ МИР! ПОЛЮБИМ БОГА И ВСЕХ ЛЮДЕЙ! НЕТ ВОЙНЕ!!

I've never heard such clean and seamless pedalling in all my life! I love pollini! and chopin too :D what fantastic and musical playing

He sits down and starts playing within 1.5 seconds! What confidence!

@MaScalo4508

Жыл бұрын

Respect 😎

ascolto e riascolto continuamente questo brano e questa interpretazione. Per quanto mi riguarda la ritengo la più affascinante e riesce a dare delle emozioni incredibili. come ho detto alle mie figlie , se il paradiso esiste allora è probabile che ci si deve sentire come ci sente ascoltando questo brano

impresionante la versión. Descansa en paz Maurizio.

Grazie Maestro. Mi rimane la sua immensità e la sua discografia per rivivere le mille emozioni che le sue interpretazioni mi hanno dato. Buon viaggio. Arrivederci tra non molto, lassù.

RIP. Grandissimo Maestro!

Finally we heard a superb interpretation with the right tempo

@_Xavier73_

3 жыл бұрын

His interpretation is very good but I think Idil Biret's is better.

Pollini hat die Gabe jedes Stück so zu spielen ... als würde man es das erste Mal hören.... von Stockhausen, Webern, Beethoven zu Chopin... was für ein unprätentioser Genius... ... sprachlos....

Grazie Maestro❤

Rest in peace, maestro ❤

@angelabrazzolotto2401

2 ай бұрын

Grazie per la sua musica marstro

...Un grande pianista, UNICO !!

@francescavoci3799

10 жыл бұрын

Concordo con te Arthur....molto bello e affascinante nonche' unico. Ciao!!

@arthurcaltabiano5873

10 жыл бұрын

Buongiorno Francesca:Pollini e Chopin...sono la mia passione...Ciao! Un bacio !!

@francescavoci3799

10 жыл бұрын

Anche a me piacciono molto...abbiamo la stessa passione x questi artisti. Un bacio anche da me. Ciao!

@arthurcaltabiano5873

10 жыл бұрын

Brava Francesca,non poteva essere diversamente conoscendo ormai la tua sensibilita'.....Un forte abbraccio !!

@arthurcaltabiano5873

9 жыл бұрын

Francesca Voci ...Un forte abbraccio !

I'm Proud I can Find This On You Tube. Still the Greatest Artist's of the year 1978

Grazie allo straordinario talento del Maestro Pollini Chopin risorge....

omg this is sooo beautiful. Pollini and Chopin have just emotionally touched me BIG time

In questa versione Pollini "sente" di piu' secondo me quello che sta suonando grazie anche all'esperienza di tutta una vita.Qui si slancia di piu',c'e' piu' passione,piu' profondita',e' piu' "vissuto" insomma.Questo notturno e' un capolavoro assoluto ,ritorna diverse volte il travaglio interiore di Chopin e poi di nuovo la pace come se Egli cercasse di acquietarlo ma tornasse sempre a galla.Un livello di poesia musicale straordinario.

@xeither289

Жыл бұрын

GOD JESUS TOLD US TO LOVE GOD AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER! LET'S NOT DESTROY THIS WORLD! NO WAR!!! БОГ СОЗДАЛ ТАКОЙ ПРЕКРАСНЫЙ МИР! НЕ БУДЕМ РАЗРУШАТЬ МИР! ПОЛЮБИМ БОГА И ВСЕХ ЛЮДЕЙ! НЕТ ВОЙНЕ!

@italnsd

7 ай бұрын

@@xeither289 Who?

Csodálatos s zenèd örömmel tölti el a szívem minha a lelkem húrjain játszanàn. Szívèlyes üdvözlet Magyarországból❤

semplicemente fantastico, se chiudi gli occhi ti senti trasportato da questa meraviglia di musica e dall'interpretazione di uno dei più perfetti pianisti. Grazie Maestro

I like his piano performances and interpretations better than everyone else. I love how wise and talented he is. He knows what needs to be done all along. his music makes sense, it's real; not just playing notes and shoving dynamics heartlessly. I just heard of him a couple of days ago! On KZread! I didn't even know who he was. I still don't, I need to research this guy. I heard Etude op. 10 n°4 in C sharp minor on KZread and I LOVED it, then wondered who played it, and it said "Polini" so I was wondering what else he played, and came here to this one, which I loved as well. That guy is a genius in interpreting music, I don't even need to hear more pieces to figure that out.

Oh Mo. You are the best of the rest. You changed my whole life when I heard you play the "Appassionata" in LA. In the audience was another person I did not know. Got to know that person months later. We realized we were there at the same time when your playing made us all see pink & green feathers fly down from the sky. No, we were not drunk. It was the music. PS You did not write it, but you sure can play it.

RIP, Maurizio. Will always remember you.

It's precisely the unexpected, the feeling of never having quite heard it that way before that keeps musiclistening alive. What a great great great performance!

Grazie di tutta la bellezza che ci hai regalato, o sommo Maestro... Ora suona da lassù, tra gli Angeli..... ❤❤❤

Ruhe in Frieden

no me canso de escuchar esta interpretacion una y otra vez, es simplemente hermosa... Gracias maestro Pollini ¡

.... 1960.... ascoltando Maurizio Pollini, suonare Chopin Scrivevo a..... e, per 60 anni la nostra musica!! meravigliosi ricordi Era , disco 45 giri che ho tutt'ora.!!!

Rest in peace, Maestro.

Ahaaa Beautiful ! Pure magic ! Thanks for uploading. Pollini and Michelangeli are my 2 favourite Chopin performers ever !

@cicir423

4 жыл бұрын

Pollini studied with Michelangeli. Temperaments are so similar and I love them both. They state the music very simply and let the piece evolve naturally. There is also an underlying melancholy and even a bit of anxiety that keeps the sound so human and the emotions so real, not manipulated.

Art is long，life is short🙏

私は音楽によって、人々は言葉の壁や人種・宗教・政治の壁を越えて心を豊かにしてくれる、そして世界が平和になると信じています。 あなたの音楽は安らぎとうるおいを与えてくれました。 今、世界は平和とは言えませんが、天国からこの世界を眺めながらゆっくりとピアノを奏でてください。 いままで良い音楽をありがとう！

3:03 to that resolve is so beautiful. I can listen to it a thousand times and not get bored.

Chopin, my favourite. When played by good pianists, it is a wonder , Thank you, ♥️🎹♥️

I'm going to see him in Prague in June:) Can't wait.

@jazminrociobaravalle7193

7 жыл бұрын

how nice!!!!!!

@NoahJohnson1810

7 жыл бұрын

How was it?

@peterbohdanko

7 жыл бұрын

He didn't show due to health issues :( however Charles Hamelin was invited to perform instead. He is incredible.

@NoahJohnson1810

7 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Yeah I was kind of wondering how Pollini's health would hold up. Still C.hamelin is sweet

How can you possibly say that he doesn't feel the music? Look at his face! It shows such emotions. Even if one couldn't hear the music, one could say -just by looking at his face- that it is a masterpiece, played by a master.

@atiana27

Жыл бұрын

He channels Frederic Chopin he feels the music he’s amazing!🎹

I agree. Perfect tempo, perfect sentiment... It's so beautiful chilled, i could hear it all evening

Gracias 😀 por dejarnos este mágico. Legado. ❤️😍

Les mots me manquent pour dire l'admiration éperdue que j'éprouve envers ce morceau de Chopin, comme à l'égard de son interprète, Maurizio Pollini, qui le joue avec tant de grâce! Merci encore de nous faire entendre une si magnifique musique!

Это волшебный ноктюрн в филигранном исполнении! Тысячу раз браво!

@xeither289

Жыл бұрын

GOD JESUS TOLD US TO LOVE GOD AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER! LET'S NOT DESTROY THIS WORLD! NO WAR!!! БОГ СОЗДАЛ ТАКОЙ ПРЕКРАСНЫЙ МИР! НЕ БУДЕМ РАЗРУШАТЬ МИР! ПОЛЮБИМ БОГА И ВСЕХ ЛЮДЕЙ! НЕТ ВОЙНЕ!

Beautiful music by Chopin, with Maurizio Pollini, 👍🎹🎶❤️

Maestro Pollini. No one plays Chopin better. He is greatly missed.

2:57 is so cool.

@Philigrane5993

5 жыл бұрын

The knees of the woman in the background ?

I implore you to listen Dinu Lipatti. His version of this Chopin nocturne, to me, is the most heavenly version I have heard. He even ad libs in a couple of spots that send me and other listeners to the moon. But alas, each to his own!

@luizaugustomeirellessalgad5996

8 жыл бұрын

+Mpompadour I agree with you fully ! Lipatti was unbelievable, and in Nocturnes Bollet. BRs

@azulpiano

8 жыл бұрын

siiiiii maravilloso lipatti... me gusta POLLINI, AUNQUE NO SE PORQUE ESTE NOCTURNO LO HIZO TAN RAPIDO !!! DABA LA IMPRESION QUE ESTABA APURADO PARA IR AL BAÑO DESCOMPUESTO... FALTO DELICADEZA Y EXPRESION, IGUAL UN GENIO POLLINI.LO PERDONO.

One of the best interpretation of any Chopin´s piece I´ve ever listened. Perfect

Chopin's music just slays me... this is such masterful interpretation... such variation... and passion...

@xeither289

Жыл бұрын

GOD JESUS TOLD US TO LOVE GOD AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER! LET'S NOT DESTROY THIS WORLD! NO WAR!!! БОГ СОЗДАЛ ТАКОЙ ПРЕКРАСНЫЙ МИР! НЕ БУДЕМ РАЗРУШАТЬ МИР! ПОЛЮБИМ БОГА И ВСЕХ ЛЮДЕЙ! НЕТ ВОЙНЕ!

Wspaniala muzyka.GENIALNY MUZYK.😍😍😍😋😍😍😍😍😍😍

Who can say Pollini is cold after hearing this? Surely the most masterly player around today.

Absolutely incredible. I forgot about this nocturne and stumbling upon this beautiful performance of it made my night. Hats off to Pollini.

Thank you Joynes for posting this. I believe that I had seen this before; that there's hardly a one like Maurizio Pollini who could bring this out with such style and grace...

The best one in the world...also as a human being

I remember playing this at music school! I still play today and have recently written a homage to Chopin. Please have a listen if you have the time - I would love to hear your thoughts!

@flyingscot1521

6 жыл бұрын

Links?

When you've heard it the slow "beautiful" way so many times, its actually refreshing to hear it done differently.

Great recording.Thanks KZread for making this available for those of us who live in countries where we do not have access to such concert recordings.

Does anyone know about the score? Ive have one "published" by Leschetizky, where he follows, for example, in bar 13 a ritard followed by a tempo, and in bar 28 he plays the Bb note an octave higher and embellishes the phrases--and considering what follows I think it makes sense. But every other score I have of this nocturne (I have 6 others) none of them show this, and all the "big" players today play these -this "tamer" version.I thought it may have to do with earlier and later French and German editions, but can't find any info.

Maravilhoso !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grazie,Grazie, maestro. Che tu possa riposare in pace.💐Dal Giappone.

Wow! I never heard this piece played so fast! I love it! I am surprised by how much I love hearing it played so rapidly!

This is the perfect music to sip a fine whiskey to and forget there is a world around you and just contemplate. No word needs to be said. Beethoven and Mozart's music fills me with joy, yet Chopin fills me with contemplation....

LO CIERTO ES QUE SI BIEN PARECIERA ESTAR MUY RAPIDO, EN REALIDAD ESA ES LA VELOCIDAD CORRECTA. CUESTION DE GUSTOS, ES MAS LINDO ESCUCHARLO MAS LENTO, PAUSADO, EN DETALLE, PERO POLLINI LO EJECUTA A LA VELOCIDAD QUE EL PROPIO CHOPIN ESTABLECIÓ...

This is by far the fastest interpretation of this nocturne I have ever heard. Still he manages to intermediate all the feelings this beautiful nocturne has to give. Thanks for the upload!

Interpretazione assurda, immensa! Grande! Complimenti a chi ha postato il video

he understands Chopin, so few do

I find his playing of this piece very beautiful and touching. Do all pianists must sound the same? same tempo, same dynamics, same colors ? Thank God not! it would make my listening quite boring and predictable. Music is written, but it only becomes alive when played with soul.

Excellent performance, yet another reminder that even though Chopin passed away at just 39, he left the world with possibly the most beautiful music ever written for piano.

Faccia buon viaggio signor Pollini. Lei era un genio.

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@angelinema4330

9 жыл бұрын

267 and counting, mobile YT doesn't let me see the likes because there're too many SWAG

@josephlucianosr.5941

6 жыл бұрын

:)

Gotta love these armchair experts who think they know more about tempo than a world-class pianist who won the 1960 International *CHOPIN* Piano Competition.

With this composition Chopin brought a piece of heaven to earth. Brilliant as the stars...

何と美しい音でしょう🎵第一音からゾクッと 身体中に染み渡るソフトで芯のある音、感性豊かな曲想、最高ノテクニック、強弱を至って自然体で弾かれる姿は音楽の精が舞い降りて来たかと思える程の 、いや将にボリーニ自身が音楽の精ですね🎵

Whoa, hold your horses! Where's he going in such a hurry?!

@valerietu5799

9 жыл бұрын

Ellaova That's the tempo Chopin wrote it in.

@56conn6h

6 жыл бұрын

Please do submit a recording of your performance

too fast...

@jozan9

9 жыл бұрын

It's the right tempo, novice.

@madelena1234

9 жыл бұрын

You do not understand a single thing. You are a beginner.

@drislife285

9 жыл бұрын

madelena1234 exactly. Rookies nowdays

@GiangioBangio

6 жыл бұрын

I can't believe that someone could say that this execution isn't perfect.

So beautiful.what a wonderful rendering of this soulful piece.

Lo ascoltai alla Scala, primi anni '90. trovammo due posti tra le prime file, fu un concerto bellissimo e memorabile. Un trionfo. Indimenticabile serata. RIP. grande maestro!!

He still sounds bored out of his mind.

@izraul1

9 жыл бұрын

lol.. exactly what I thought. Not that he isn't great. But that fire you hear in someone like, Evgeny Kissin, makes the difference. That intensity seems missing in many today. At least for me.

@jsphotos

9 жыл бұрын

izraul1 Don't mistake passion with physical intensity. Pollini plays with the heart.

@danielstein2349

9 жыл бұрын

jsphotos He sure does, I can see that. It's still not that great. Sharp strikes where there need not be. You could hear twenty other people play this piece the same way. Minus the sharp strikes

@jsphotos

9 жыл бұрын

Cadaver Thief "It's still not that great"? I just love how amateurs come into these forums with their uppity, mostly self-prepossessing anonymous reviews of phenomenal, world-class artists that they're not even worthy of kissing the foot of. Get a clue!

@danielstein2349

9 жыл бұрын

jsphotos ha yea. Amateur. Your profile disagrees with your comment. Maybe your clue of great artists are incredibly limited. I'm sorry. For you, of course. How much you know about classical music, well..... limited. Otherwise, you would see more than your "uppity" view of my comment

i think he plays too fast

Ho sentito questo notturno tante volte... L'interpretazione di Pollini mi fa sognare più delle altre! Mitico

Pollini is a great master of Chopin. No one of his criticans can play like he can do. To play Chopin is not only a question of technice perfection. It's necessary to understand Chopin. And he did!