Anna Fedorova - Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44 (second stage, 2010)

[@dominicvansever]

Exactly how octaves at 1:35 should be played, namely in pounding appassionato a fashion. Many people stroke the keys while playing op. 44 but she makes it sound like a true triumphant polonaise. Bravissima!

[@HSS_yt]

i like KUltyshev's

[@leonardodelyrarodrigues3752]

This song shows all the power of Shigeru kawai 👌.

[@SimonUbsdell]

For sheer power, rhythmic precision and vitality, intelligence of phrasing, variety of colour and glorious lyricism, I'm not sure there have ever been many pianists to match her.

[@feno5383]

See the Horowitz prestation...

[@sagar1992]

@@feno5383 old always doesn't mean great

[@feno5383]

@@sagar1992 Horowitz performance is not great ?

[@DieSeeleruht]

"🧐" 🤭

[@sabrinaschantz]

She is wonderful! beyond words!

[@michaeldillon3659]

yes

[@tomciokor7679]

One of the most beautiful interpretations of this masterpiece I have heard. Goosebumps throughout the performance. IM very impressed.

[@annapavfan4680]

I always find beauty in Anna's playing. She brings so much originality to the table.

[@wilfordwiggins3894]

Excellent timing, emotional, a master of her craft. The best woman pianist in modern times, IMHO

[@permaveg]

You're not alone in that opinion.

[@andremaia1961]

Chopin is certainly very proud of this magnificent interpretation of one of his masterpieces.

[@nataliatokar2411]

Perfect technique which allows such petite lady sound stronger than many of men. Fantastic crescendo which seems having no limits. Wonderful and tasteful middle part. I hate when pianists try to make beautiful music even “more beautiful” falling into bad taste. She just let’s music speak for itself. Bravo!

[@lucianoiovino304]

I love Your comment

[@michalokraska1850]

I love this performance. Both choice of repertuar and emotional approach just perfect

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Already here, in 2010, Anna Fedorova proves her skill, and what will later come is history.

[@i_n_c_r_y_p_t_o]

Such an amazing performance! I loved every second. I worked on this piece for about eight months once. This was masterful.

[@heliusbuczynskichodomaj8440]

Paleta zróżnicowanych odcieni odkrywa bogactwo ukryte w nutach trudno osiągalne dla innych artystów. Brawo brawo genialnie zagrane..

[@TimCizej137]

Polonaise op. 44: It is among top three works of music ever writen. And among top 1000 artifacts ever created.

[@markhedman1884]

I remember hearing this for the first time during the competition in 2010. I was impressed with her playing. I agree with the comments. Just to add- the singing melodic tone, even on the fast octaves; the use of rubato; accelerando toward the climaxes; the full resonant forte sounds without forcing.

[@heliusbuczynskichodomaj8440]

Tak to jest to mistrzostwo jak w sztukach walki niewielka siła, a generuje super moc, tempo rubato wzywanie mistrzowsko, cieniowanie, kontrast dynamiczny, przechodzi to płynnie jakby było naturalne coś oczywistego. Wielki Ukłon i szacunek. 😊

[@markhedman1884]

@@heliusbuczynskichodomaj8440 Thanks for your reply. I listened to it again, conducting with my hand as I listened. On the accompanying left hand she articulates the eighth note and two sixteenth notes, she accelerates toward the first beats, as when she has the running left hand sixteenth notes, and the climaxes of phrasing (which sometimes occur on the second beat of the measure), and will linger and pull like sticky taffy on the longer melodic notes, and slow down a phrase so she can speed up on the next phrase. Very well done.

[@rolflips1366]

Probably the finest hands in the profession. A magnificent example of the french technique a la Alfred Cortot. What wonderful exquisite sound.

[@francoaragosta4285]

Absolutely, but ANNA plays circles around M. Cortot who rarely escaped seeming either decrepit or terribly underrehearsed. ANNA is frankly SUPERB in every regard. Why she didn't win this competition is a mystery. She is an ARTIST of very rare gifts. She communicates, warmth, wisdom, insight, passion, sincerity and absolute MAStERY of whatever material she chooses to perform. I've been listenung to her all afternoon and evening, and can't get enough of her splendid playing.

[@1962mano]

@@francoaragosta4285 You have just expressed my exact thoughts.

[@1962mano]

@@francoaragosta4285 And to think she's only 19 yo here.

[@umegghju]

@Franco Aragosta si dorebbe che ti sia preso una cotta :)

[@TheRonnos]

@@francoaragosta4285 idem dito. She is electrifying, hypnotic. Have to hear everything now. Just discovered her. She is amazing. Big Spirit.

[@MichelDuPaul]

Très belles sonorités, expressivité soutenue. Beaucoup d'allure. Bravo ! Très belle pianiste dans tous les sens.

[@mrbrianmccarthy]

Lovely rendition! This is one of my favorite Chopin pieces and Anna nailed it! .

[@hansdekorver7365]

And at 10.30 after all powerful playing a beautiful calmness.

[@rubenmartin4172]

Esta chica tiene mucha magia

[@tokunagaster]

She cures anything by the colour she creates with this Kawai piano.

[@GB-ek2em]

SHIGERU Kawai... it's not exactly the same !

[@barryisland5942]

Absolutely gorgeous .... and she can play the piano as well.

[@luizamsalgado]

Beuatiful as it can get, a wonderful interpretation. Inteligence and poetry. The tempi are amazing and so are too the dinamic contrasts (crescendos, etc.). Everything come right in the right moment. Great Anna Fedorova ! PS. IMHO the recording quality here is bettter than her rendition in the Concertgebow Hall, more 'adequate' thus doing more justice to her interpretation

[@feno5383]

Wonderful performance. Great pianist

[@nelsonbarlocco5367]

Exquisita Anna. Gracias!!!!!

[@مؤنسدوسدوسدوسمساك]

Anna/You are a player, not like you, play, not with fingers only, but with your heart and soul.

[@clements7145]

Best Polonaise ever heard

[@feno5383]

Fantastique interprétation

[@m.moonsz]

Even more beautiful when this is played on steinway

[@arnovenanciodepaula4511]

...belíssimo! ...não há mais nada o que dizer! ...

[@daphnegeorgaki]

Amazing 👏 😯

[@mariatereza5110]

Maravilhosa interpretacao!!!

[@70drgnienserca]

Congratulations! Gratulacje!

[@Massimo.Bianchi]

Bravissima, hai un suono vero!

[@WENKTUBEWRC]

Bravo Anna Fedorova, Agradecido por agraciar com seu talento, Baruch H'Shem !!!!!!!

[@manuelgasse]

So powerful.

[@speccolo]

La bellezza di questo capolavoro non si può dire a parole...

[@markhedman1884]

Regarding the section beginning at 3:06. I like how she interprets this part. It sounds like she is playing a crescendo to a forte, and then a few bars later when it returns there is a diminuendo (which is marked in the score). She is maintaining forward motion toward the first beat of the measure throughout, slightly rushing toward the first beat. The playing is unfussy, without agogic accents, or pounding. There is a grand sweep of gradual buildup and then departure (like a parade?). This section is repetitive, and I feel when I listen to other performances that the piece bogs down at this point, but she maintains the momentum.

[@mariaceciliamaringonidecar904]

Herzlichen Dank!

[@marcorotondi7613]

Potenza, controllo, classe, da vendere! Impareggiabile!

[@ewa92648]

Chwyta za serce .

[@farshaji7195]

Beautiful

[@Dogaradodia]

Très belle performance du piano!

[@jointedhearts6547]

a living passion...!

[@orhantorunn]

incredible.

[@richardarcher3435]

Very good but ... sorry I have a but ... at times too much sustain pedal I think. For example around 3:40. Don't know what Chopin's markings are but for me that needs to be much more staccato.

[@Sonoio-tz9hb]

it's a personal choice I believe

[@KegPatcha]

The Forest of Piano brought me here

[@alexarroyopianist]

KegPatcha hahaha me too!

[@mariatereza5110]

Maria Tereza Aguiar J de Fora MG Excelente interprete som que emociona!!!

[@kawanmimon3081]

ممتاز جدا عزف رائع جدا احسنت ياانا

[@polina1693]

Гениально!!!

[@aalb1970]

A very fine interpretation.

[@TonyGuyda]

One Chopin piece I constantly played in the early days of my WDC years predicting freedom. Now, I play this opus to plead for our AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!

[@jeffreyhughes8185]

Bravo

[@marcoantoniocampos8068]

Anna Fedorova embellece Ukrania y el mundo con su bella figura, y claro, sus manos maravillosas en el piano. Es un encanto cuando la entrevistan. Hay varias entrevistas en You Tube. Valen la pena verlas para entender cómo explica su formación y su personalidad.

[@seoul-c5d]

3:06

[@roosevelt1933]

Chopin done right!!

[@leisurecomments8176]

Avdeeva plays it with greater clarity and truer to Polonaise form but Federova plays it with much more brilliant drama. In the end, I prefer Federova on this piece.

[@marekniewola1097]

It was a strange Chopin competition in Warsaw in 2010. According to partially deaf jury Ingolf Wunder didn't win the competition and Anna Fedorova didn't even qualified for the third stage of this competition. Unfortunately !

[@leonardodelyrarodrigues3752]

Shigeru Kawai 👌

[@vicentalberola6458]

Anna, quin goig sentir la musica a través de les teues mans sobre un piano- Arriba a les neurones més primitives del nostre cervell. gràcies.

[@ThomasMotter88]

awesome

[@lukillav10]

I guess the firsts bars were inspired by the piano sonata Op.10 n°5 in C minor by Beethoven

[@danielhankes6879]

The third movement?

[@michaeldillon3659]

beutfull xx

[@안드로-s3u]

현상황과 맞물려 들으니 우크라이나의 불굴의 정신이 느껴집니다. 환상적이고 감동적인 연주👍

[@yongmao6823]

8:23 Ooops! Move on!

[@javascriptkiddie2718]

💪💪💪

[@gianmariaselleri5080]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@alimouayed5607]

wow

[@WENKTUBEWRC]

🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@robertlee3756]

Sounds pretty good for a piano that's not a Steinway

[@jinfenglyu4637]

想看费姐的大脚丫子😍

[@slimdugger99]

This interpretation pales when compared to versions recorded by Horowitz or Rubinstein. Totally out of her depth, she looks much better than she plays.

[@marksmith3947]

This sounds too loud to my ear,. There should be more dynamic contrast. She can really play, no question ;however I don't like the result much

[@dominiquemorelli1606]

N'est-elle pas extraordinaire ?

[@peter5.056]

Too much pedal.

[@heliusbuczynskichodomaj8440]

Niekoniecznie... 😅

[@polina1693]

4:41