Chopin Ballade No.1 - Paul Barton, FEURICH 218 piano

[@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

That was the clearest most concise performance of that piece I’ve ever heard I think I could hear every single note. It was slower than most others but it was very powerful and I heard things in this performance I’ve never heard of anyone else’s

[@brianhealey5286]

Otherworldly. A most lovely performance. Now near 80 but memories of my childhood lying under my mother's grand Steinway listening to her play Chopin. You are simply masterful in every performance I have listened to on your channel...thank you.

[@freekkraak7836]

Yes: very lovely, and... exactly the same for me! I hear my mother playing...

[@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

What a wonderful memory

[@Dustyholes]

how’s it going big guy?

[@barbs8851]

Hello! I hope you're well!

[@soxnation1000]

I totally agree with the comment of how clear and clean this is compared to other versions...every note can be heard. No excessive rubato. Love this.

[@leonlinton634]

Thanks for all of the tutorials, and now we all get the honour to hear a performance of this amazing work. Than you you so much!

[@PaulBartonPiano]

Thanks, Leon, you are very kind.

[@leonlinton634]

Paul Barton you are more than welcome! I am only 12 but the ballade is my favourite piece and I hope to try it after learning some etudes ( probably op.25 no.2 first, followed by op.25 no.12 and op.25 no.5) Thanks again,for the amazing tutorials and the performance! I can guarantee that your hard, hard work of preparation and performing has not gone to waste, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Dear M. Barton, I've been listening to this Ballade thousands of times ................... the half with my father, playing it so much ... and the rest with Horowitz, Argerich, François, etc, etc .... But you make it different. I don't know how to explain ..... (but is this necessary ?) You are playing these pieces (not only the Ballade, but also Beethoven, Schubert) which are full of pain and anguish as you would "wash" it out of every sorrow and fear .... This is amazing ...... your soul must be very pure to do that work ..... I am deeply impressed ... as to hear a good new (at least) coming from a friendly Angel. (and also because my own life has been a painful repertoire of sufferings and missings, you can perhaps understand why I am particularly moved by your music) (please forgive me for my bad and approximative english , but it is not [as you can see with my name] my native language) Thank you so much with this "new" art to play the piano, and God bless you (but it is already done ...) Respectfully and with kind regards, Fritz.

[@JosephSpadafino]

Listening to this motivates me to continually improve on piano, even if this piece may be out of my reach.

Dear Paul Barton, I found your channel less than a month ago and have been delighted in everything you do. And flabbergasted. And thankful for your immense generosity of publishing these interpretations here. I have the feeling that you are getting better and better even though some years ago you were already as good as most concert pianists I've watched live or listened to on record. I know all Chopin and have had for many years my own favorite interpretations for each of my very well defined 30 favorite works by Chopin. You just accomplished that this Ballade has joined those 30. I have to listen to other performances now, since I can't understand why this wasn't already among them. Thank you! (And I'm looking forward to watch/listen you play Chopin's Berceuse.)

[@PaulBartonPiano]

Hi Luis -- you are very kind to say such encouraging things - I must get out the Berceuse ...

[@AlexanderB.A.Pielsticker]

"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art." (Chopin) And you have been definitely rewarded for your talent of playing the piano!

[@fokkebaarda]

Hi Paul. It is only now that I found this little corner of the internet with so many gems. Your music. Your family. Art in many forms. Nature and your huge friends enjoying your playing. Kindness and pleasure. Countless amazing people. A little girl preparing canvasses and editing video's. A doll house. Amazing, the versatility and quality. Your video's have been on my menu all week, and I look forward to this pleasure of being there with you and your friends for many years to come. Thanks!

[@robertm691]

Paul, I don’t think I I’ve ever heard anyone else play this Ballade as good as you have in this video. Excellent!

[@SeanShannonPianist]

i love how he voices the hidden rh melody in the coda and emphasises the bottom note of the bass. some great playing!

[@thegreenpianist7683]

Finally, we have been waiting for this

[@DavidBoycePiano]

I hope, Mr. Barton, I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that this seems to me to be in every way the audible personification of absolute perfection.....

[@alexbarton6003]

Are we secretly distantly related?

[@PaulBartonPiano]

who knows? ... as you are a dog lover, I'd like to think so.

[@PhillipLWilcher]

It's a very thoughtful and beautifully measured performance, Paul.

[@PaulBartonPiano]

Thanks, Phillip!

[@_ydhdh9340]

Woww! Your presto con fuoco at the end is just amazing!!!

[@daserik1]

Bravo! The best performance I have heard of this piece so far.

[@MaximeRaynal]

Awesome playing !!!! Have a beautiful weekend, Maxime

[@Hgfdd-k3u]

I really love your playing. It’s like every sound is alive and talk to me.

[@DEMONTmx]

Since the first video i saw from you i knew you had an *EXCEPTIONAL TASTE* to create emotion when playing piano, thank you for uploading this piece, it's my favorite one and the one that inspired me to learn piano, your rendition is now my Top 1!

[@SuperRooski]

Absolutely awesome Paul! Love it!

[@pabloscorciaffico1703]

This is special, Paul, very much so. Thank you

[@_werther]

You play beautiful Paul, as always so thankful for hearing you, congratulations and my best wishes for you

[@maryjakartashova9260]

СПАСИБО ЗА МИНУТЫ ВОСХИЩЕНИЯ ВАШИМ ТАЛАНТОМ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@raphaellwsh]

beautifully played, as always, Paul!

[@PaulBartonPiano]

Thanks, Just Music!

[@prathmesh9908]

Wonderfull 👏 made me cry

[@qp7834]

Thank you so much. This was such a clean performance I appreciate all of your videos thank you.

[@dannyvasquezamesquita]

Vengo de escuchar otras interpretaciones porque siempre es bueno pulirse para definir un estilo, pero debo admitir, que, tu interpretación es con la que más me identifico. Me encanta, simplemente no dejo de escucharla. Gracias Paul, me Inspiras cada día a ser pianista, y se que lo conseguiré, tal vez no entiendas pero muchas gracias.

[@agento86]

Bravo, Paul! Happy holidays to you and your family. Keep playing your heart out to the world!

[@TerrenceMurphy-k4i]

The timing and tempo have to very precise to play it the way Chopin intended it. Fortunately, Paul nailed it!

[@peterbrenton410]

Wow. 1st.rate pianist tutor and artist .A great help and inspiration to me as a 2nd study RCM pianist and painter in oils! Also love your affinity with the animals .Thank you Paul

[@OlimaJhon]

Great job Paul, that's one of my favorite pieces of Chopin.

[@freekkraak7836]

Wow, I'm very impressed, bravo!

[@pianodudeler]

Very generous performance and tutorial! Thank You Paul Barton!

[@nitra01]

I swear this guy plays pieces like no other its fucking nuts

[@Ghost-ed2sb]

I only wish one day I can play this I really struggle with the arpeggios :( . Awesome video Paul I love this Song And you play it wonderfully :)

[@Theantmang]

slow and steady so you hands can get that memory muscle, itll take awhile but worth the grind! Hope in the past 4 years youve achieved some great feats

[@kalisudaka]

Play Chopin Polonaise Op.53 please!!

[@lucasm.b.4390]

Jason - Lee That is a brilliant ideia. I love that piece!

[@manuelcastro3382]

YESSSS

[@batuhankaya5837]

Yes exactly

[@burgerderper7140]

Yes!

[@summushieremiasclarkson4700]

Brilliant, as always.

[@Dave-zh2ow]

You are amazing Paul

[@_futur3_298]

YES FINALLY its my most favorite piece ever

[@momoalnajjar]

One of my favourites of Chopin, and a wonderful performance to go with it too!

[@christianvennemann9008]

I'm currently learning this, and that scherzo section is gonna be hell.

[@_ydhdh9340]

Yes 😅 it took me over 2 weeks to learn it

[@rlunger1]

My wonderful brother played this piece. Such human emotion. Where did Chopin come from??? Your great too....love your piano and recordings as well. Ross

[@nowkentapplegate5315]

Lovely clean ubterpretation. Don't know if I would have punchrd that high note at 3:10 quite so hard, it comes across rather abrubtly. Feurich sounds beautiful.

[@cedmelancon]

Just amazing.

[@fl376]

La música echa poesía no habido ninguno con tanto sentimiento con un piano

[@axelcanu9012]

Amazing, as always ! :)

[@indianlines]

Woow! Amazing...... Bravo maestro!!

[@NorbyHofner]

beautiful Napels in last con fuoco section!

[@ivanchungpersonal4524]

Beyond bravo!!!

[@abdulrahmansanosi2048]

Waiting for you to post tutorials on the other ballades

[@brutal5230]

I personally would play it with more pedal, but very good Paul!

[@salihayorga2445]

You can't play this piece ? Or just you prefer with more pedal ?

[@JorgeSantos-uw3gk]

The best performance I’ve seen so far. I finally found one that I really enjoy. Thank you so much, you did an amazing job!

[@rodolfomaghini7543]

Fantastico

[@connerferguson1667]

One reason this song is so emotional and special to me is because it makes me think of The Pianist whenever I hear it...

[@PaulBartonPiano]

It's very understandable

[@faifilitalaga7171]

Just amazing!!!!!

[@gloriaathanasatos5117]

BRAVO!!!❤️💕💕❤️

[@hazemtayara35]

Paul play chopin op.53 ponalisa please

[@ua8132]

Bravo, Paul

[@alcidearttuhaskel250]

I have a Piece request:May you perform Liszt's Trandscendental Etudes for us please!

[@JonHydeMusic]

Top tier playing

[@tobiasschenk5799]

Well played 👏

[@rowanjones1435]

Im very confused by the lack of damper pedal in the beginning...

[@fanyang2365]

Amazing.

[@adityamehra4101]

Very well played sir

[@publicdomainclassicalmusic3961]

Good rendition

[@Rita.Sayuri]

🕊✨✨Thank you ✨

[@simonmartin4599]

I need to know why this version is so lacking. Your original on an upright piano was phenomenal. One of the best and I commented that at the time. I used that version as my reference to review sections I was learning. How did I find this version so cold and heartless? Kind of clean and technical but I really could not get in to it.

[@JustinRoblox]

Pure Fire 🔥

[@andreariccio5060]

Bravo j'adore l'interprétation cette ballade est sans aucun doute ma préférerais ! I Combien de temps avez vous mis pour la joué parfaitement ? ^_^

[@andreariccio5060]

Cursed Rainbow Bon courage alors ! xD surtout à la fin xD

[@Ismaghdill]

Finally!

[@viktorstarkov9172]

Bravo!🎹🎵🎼🎶🎹

[@anthony_bradford]

wild

[@Tangerine__blue]

Nice...

[@mayu09212000]

Bravo!!! Thanks!! my teacher!!!

[@PaulBartonPiano]

Thanks, Mayumi - we've been working on CD 3 today :)

[@mayu09212000]

Paul Barton wow!!! Thanks!!! my teacher, Khwan and Emilie!! I'm so exited to CD3😍 I'm so happy!!

[@LazoIV]

Уважаемый мистер Barton, спустя 5 лет после публикации этого видео, каково Ваше мнение о продукции Feurich? Какое место Вы бы отвели фортепиано от Feurich среди ведущих производителей?

[@jaygooden4801]

Can you do a tutorial for Chopin's Nocturne opus 48 No 2? I would greatly appreciate it

[@pianolifetutorial]

Maravilhoso, muito lindo

[@joshneill7695]

S U P E R B !!!!

[@hereAndThere149]

Superb

[@timhole]

Wow beautiful. How do you memorise all of that? Do you have a video on memorisation?

[@shahmirkhan5373]

Memorisation won't be an issue, so don't worry about it.

[@GiacomoPhilipp92]

bravo!

[@papaileaocampo6907]

Divino

[@Artur_peretz]

genial idolo

[@jaydabliu9112]

Lindo !

[@jc9552]

I’d love to know what exactly those nine people didn’t like.

[@oktamer]

*yea*

[@primeartonline-pianocovers1535]

Your Lie in April, anyone?

[@adityamehra4101]

PrimeArtOnline - Piano Covers Yup

[@blankeyed67]

No.

[@sasha_________]

PrimeArtOnline - Piano Covers Please no...

[@smikkelbeer6352]

👌

[@ВераКурочка-ь1л]

🌹🌹🌹💓

[@seanseow1499]

I’m currently only taking my ABRSM Grade 6. I will be back

[@almightykeys4734]

At 2:45 he plays in octave lower then what is written, and it sounds so cool :) im gonna play it like him.

[@almightykeys4734]

@@matthew3977 yaa :)

[@mischaelsner]

No he doesn't 😅

[@almightykeys4734]

​@@mischaelsnerthat passage he plays sounds a lot different from everyone else compare it. either way its really cool.

[@mischaelsner]

​@@almightykeys4734 well either way it's written like that. But I totally agree with you!

[@republiccooper]

This is my last favourite ballade and I don't know why. Yet everyone seems to love it. 😑😐

[@Brickzot]

welp....Ballade no 4 in F minor is my favourite. I respect your opinion and I'm too buzzed to think of a rebuke, but Chopin's heart and soul speaks loudest in this one, in G minor. If heaven is a thing, this is probly what I'm gonna hear on my way up there

[@RioPradipto]

yeah, mine is 4th too. probably because the 1st is very well known and the 4th one is not that popular.

[@republiccooper]

Donkey Punch Knock-Out I am ashamed to say that I do have favourite works but Chopin: I love the second ballade in F; the polonaise op 71 in F minor; the Barcarolle in F#; the posthumous polonaise in G flat, which was probably not really written by him; the sonata in B minor; the prelude in D major; the nocturne in Eb opus 55 no 2; and waltz op 42 in Ab. I know they are some unusual choices. ☺

[@shivaranjanmenon1543]

I think it's a bit due to the fact that this song featured in an amazing musical Anime,and fans have a lot of emotions attached to this particular piece.

[@Thiago-px9ev]

@@shivaranjanmenon1543 1- Its not a song. 2- Please, dont reduce Chopin's very favorite work to some anime. This PIECE is well-known since Chopin's age. The movie "The Pianist" also introduced many non-classical people to it.

[@juanpablogutierrezblanco3811]

This interpretation it's better than Horowitz

[@silversmith1285]

ANDATE A VEDERE ED ASCOLTARE IL VIDEO DI ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI ,OPPURE RUBINSTEIN,OPPURE HOROWITZ....ALTRO CHE ..LA MEDIOCRITA'..!!!

[@davidemarchi6366]

That piano lacks of soul in my opinion

[@Thiago-px9ev]

I think its Paul that lacked more pedaling... thats a Feurich Vienna 3/4 Grand, great instrument.