Chopin Ballade No.2 in F major, Op. 38 / Krystian Zimerman (with Score)

2nd Ballade of the Chopin's 4 Ballades.
Frederic Chopin : Ballade No.2 in F major, Op.38
Performed by Krystian Zimerman

[@melanges1]

this is my favorite of the Ballades, if not my favorite Chopin. This piece tells the story of life. Everything that is in a good story is here - love, heartbreak, epiphany, tragic death, irreparable loss, betrayal....everything. What a masterpiece.

[@argi0774]

It's not really in there. That's just your imagination. The truth is: you have absolutely no clue about what's really in there.

[@Isegawa2001]

​@@argi0774Do enlighten us.

[@argi0774]

@@Isegawa2001 Are you drunk? There is nothing to "enlighten"

[@SniperElite_UK]

@@argi0774let people enjoy the music and the feeling with it. Why always react with out any compassion.. so sour..

[@argi0774]

@@SniperElite_UK Because some weird personal imagination is presented as the truth. That's why.

[@ankurage]

To me this feels like a person trying to hold his cocktail of grief, pain and anger behind a smiling face, there are times those emotions leaking out but somehow the person manages to contain it, while knowing that everytime he tries to do so the emotions grow stronger. Then finally some day he can no longer bear holding them down, letting everything burst out of his chest uncontrollably as he breaks down in tears.

[@smichelin19]

The coda literally relates to this, this is why i want to learn this piece on top of Scherzo no2

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

I'm just imaging a cut to Chopin saying 'So, this is one I wrote for my cat....' :)

[@octopuszombie8744]

I'm gonna be honest that's like this for all 4 of his ballades.

[@MoiAussi18]

Excellent analogy.

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

3:17, 3:39, 3:52, 4:47 4 times of "there it comes" followed by "oh wait, not yet"... Great composing.

[@ruchirrawat8804]

5:56 the emotion in this part is off the charts

[@savakiri5870]

true, it's so energetic and epic

[@enzorodrigo1060]

Chopin is off the charts

[@Populous3Tutorials]

that's the coda chopin was really good a the codas

[@geiannicaballero510]

I listened to this today in commemoration of Chopin's life. His anniversary, October 17, is a date I will remember every year. Rest in eternal peace, great maestro.

[@vhagerty]

Just think of all the masterpieces we missed out on because he died so young.

[@romrom6094]

@@vhagerty A bird dies when it has nothing to sing anymore...

[@jankawiorski]

One of the saddest and the wisest music masterpieces. It starts with the same notes which it ends. Like life.

[@anotherdepressedmusician]

Jan Kawiorski i swear i've seen this comment on another video

[@jankawiorski]

@@anotherdepressedmusician This is my original comment. Full copyright. Maybe elsewhere I wrote the same, there are many very sad music pieces like Chopin Ballade in F major.

[@kingjensen8091]

Strangely enough it ends in A minor. I've never really seen an ending on the major third minor before.

[@arielfuxman8868]

In bereshit, god said to Adam: "From ashes you came, and to ashes you'll return.

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

Didn't you write the same thing on the Nocturne op 32 no 2, which also ends on the same notes in begins with?

[@VladimirStrelchenko]

0:05 - Andantino 2:09 - Presto con fuoco 3:07 - Tempo 1 4:24 - Tempo 1 (2) 5:15 - Presto con fuoco (2) 5:57 - Agitato

[@notLucaZ-b5n]

the coda was kinda tragic and agitated, but... idk the word for it

[@e_hofferson]

This music is perfect for a wedding. For a metal wedding

[@b.quinchana]

Especially 2:10. So calming i felt as if my heart dropped to the ground

[@humbletreee]

Sweetie Quin lol

[@cristiano.7179]

Sweetie Quin lolll

[@RaZorasiangamer]

Es

[@mangakasaide2166]

Ikr was thinking exactly the same thing I wonder what it would be like to listen to this at a wedding

[@MikeyOnKeys]

I’m happy to be learning this, very much an adventure; and definitely not a piece for amateurs. This piece’s first section teaches me to be patient, the second section teaches me to be controlled, the development teaches me to relax and watch the music go, the coda teaches me to let it all out, and to keep going.

[@butterflysoup7699]

5:08 - 5:15 has to be my favorite transition ever

[@cjg8763]

Chopin wrote such amazing music.

[@nicolascaste7928]

Top 5 of the best!

[@zswu31416]

2:09 is not a drop, it's a jumpscare.

[@tritone246]

sup zongshu lmaoooooo

[@kamilislamov1289]

Yeah that's true

[@angulan]

the codas are the absolute best parts on all ballades, especially this one. 5:55

[@JediMaestr0]

I started learning this piece just for the coda lol, it sounds so cool

[@AsrielKujo]

@@JediMaestr0 coda starts at measure 169... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@JediMaestr0]

@@AsrielKujo yep lol, I started learning bits and pieces of the rest of the piece, but I just love the coda most

[@AsrielKujo]

@@JediMaestr0 i meant... 169

[@vivienhartwig6498]

@@JediMaestr0 the same

[@靖許-w6k]

Thanks for upload this video! The following is just for my school report, please ignore it. 0:05 A 0:47 B 1:10 A 3:07 A 4:23 A 3:40 B’ 4:21 B’ 1:35 closing~a 4:05 closing 5:01 closing 5:15 a 2:33b 5:35 b 6:01 end

[@generichuman_]

7:04 Zimmerman - "fuck you squiggly line, you can't tell me what to do"

[@Rami893ga]

He performed another interpretation where it sounds with an "arpeggio" and double tap on the first note, making the final section sound more melodic and dramatic.

[@Rami893ga]

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[@mai_sann]

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[@calc2323]

*heavy breathing*

[@selvenamarco6741]

Cal C same tho

[@katblackwell]

Same, haha

[@AsrielKujo]

*orgasming*

[@porple4430]

5:38 The lh octaves in the buildup 👌🔥🔥

[@Julian-vn7qu]

My favorite part of the piece

[@re4ltalk_arts794]

LOOOOVE THIS PART, Chopin... what a genius

[@motchie]

The moment the first note played, I immediately cried. Idk why, but this kind of music (classical, in this case early romantic) especially Chopin's piano touch me the most. It's has no words, it doesn't need words.

[@b.quinchana]

I find one of Chopin's pieces to be so nostalgic and I sometimes cry when playing one, and listening to the other.

[@smh1851]

Sweetie Quin Chopins Piano Concerto no.2 2nd Movement is extremely nostalgic for me.

[@kimjh128]

Check out Sung Jin Cho’s interview on No 2. He says the music has already started even before the first note is played. You are just merely picking it up ever so gently. It just flows...

[@yoelrappaport5991]

The piano is crying... Making us cry as well...

[@Whatismusic123]

Becausw you deluded yourself into doing so.

[@katblackwell]

Watching the movie "Breathe In" was only worth for this phenomenal piece of music... I'm glad I found it.

[@Saku.ra.o]

Thank you so much for this! I needed to hear the music's flow and now I can also follow the score while I listen to it. Amazing.

[@camcherta]

This piece is soo underrated but still so amazing

[@saptap387]

well many pianist play in chopin concert haha

[@Quantuwbn]

05:55 The emotion in this part are highly explosive

[@veronekovideos7148]

Complex and so emotional

[@thewoodcollection6261]

6:10 reminds me of Paganini

[@video1248]

*Congratulations! What a masterpiece!!*

[@karencanali9754]

I have been fortunate enough to have learned most of CHOPIN'S MUSIC

[@michaelmccarthy5632]

Dubstep has nothing on this drop! 2:09

[@reszetelek684]

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[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Favourite ballade along with 4

[@moisesnunez7370]

Magnifico,!perfeccion ! Nunca nos cansaremos de elogiar al gran Chopin,,,

[@hannastaszak1684]

Cudowna muzyka genialnego Chopina, boskie wykonanie.

[@thefsrrussiaball2707]

Ballade 1: Sad Ballade 2: Romantic Ballade 3 to the last: To Be Rated

[@rngiscurse]

Aight bud how were they

[@Souls_p_]

what about number 4?

[@roberacevedo8232]

Number #4 by far beats all of the others But I will try to describe them Ballade 1: Light blue. This one is the most romantic because of it's deep feelings behind it. It's a story being told from your perspective, the perspective of the pianist. Ballade 2: This one is tricky. I think of this one as the most evil one. The start dosent tell you where you are until you get the F major chord. Then 2:10 starts and you understand what was behind the mask. Unable to hide what's underneath the mask anymore it stops at 3:20 ( it's like why show major if you already know what's coming) and confesses it's true intentions at 4:08 What fallows is the reality of the situation. Ballade 3: yellow. Basically the story of a mermaid. You hear the ocean, waves etc. There's this sense of adventure and danger. Almost at the end we get the a storm (basically the climax). The conclusion of the ballade is pure joy and sunshine. Ballade 4: Dark blue almost violet. If ballade 1 is a story this is a novel. Wailing, pain, no hope, only darkness. This is done with only the most ingenious counterpoint, structure and piano technique.

[@realsuperia]

@@roberacevedo8232 Couldn't agree more

[@NotMozart1685]

@@roberacevedo8232 Amazingly accurate descriptions! I can't help but disagree with your choice of colours though😂. I hadn't even realized that I'd subconciously assigned colours until I realized that yours seemed off to me. Obviously, there aren't any 'right' or 'wrong' colours for these ofc😂. To me ballade 1 is electric yellow (mostly), 2 varies from light to deep aqua, 3 is red/blue and 4 is shiny black in the f minor sections and orange in the d flat major sections. I agree that the 4th is by far the best. What's your favorite part? Mine's is from that section leading up to the climax in d flat major section near the end with those rich arpeggios to the start of the coda.

[@lisi.namchevadze]

I love this ballade

[@phantom0222]

love the coda

[@yoelrappaport5991]

I love it when the piano starts crying

[@smichelin19]

6:22 is so underrated

[@yonmusak]

This was the first Ballade I learnt when I was about 14. Beautiful piece

[@antonia-gabrieladogeanu8776]

I can listen to this ballade 100 times a day❤sooo calming and beautiful

[@HenryAnimate]

Turned from a lullaby to metal music

[@savyun7868]

The coda is kind of reminiscent of the water fall etude at 5:17 lol but more tragic. Like water fall of tears

[@MaxxUnending]

You could ballroom dance to this like a fast waltz. Uplifting and soothing. Then the stormy weather comes. And peaceful calm weather again.

[@dzunglong4034]

Chopin basically jump scared like Beethoven in this piece.....

[@generalsmedleybutler340]

0:00 Pfft...this is so easy 2:09 .............................D:

[@smichelin19]

its not too bad, just gotta get used to right fingerings for the descending passage and the ascending sixths

[@CRnk153]

5:38 thats so good thats my favourite moment of the piece

[@AlotusNine]

@6:46 can anyone tell me if Chopin made a complete piece with this theme. I love it, thank tyou

[@kanchanchaudhary1973]

yes it is this piece

[@porple4430]

@@kanchanchaudhary1973 😂😂

[@CelinnaMawar]

@@kanchanchaudhary1973 lol 😅😂

[@fmboykudo]

it's this piece but in A Minor basically

[@pianogus]

Definitely the seed for the entire work.

[@BetonBrutContemporary]

1:47

[@Rinnegan127]

Me: Oh yeah, finally a ballade i can actuallyl play. Min 12:10: Wait a moment.

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

*2:10

[@Chopinwannabe7556]

@@giuseppeagresta1425 Part B isn't the worst thing in the world. It's always the Codas of these Ballades that are nightmares.

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

@@Chopinwannabe7556 that's true

[@Chopinwannabe7556]

@User Delete That's a good point, but I don't think that necessarily disproves what I said.

[@movies4you839]

The beginning sounds like a lullaby 😢

[@akshitsharma8475]

Very nostalgic.

[@superdupersanik]

So underrated 😭

[@AnhKiet678]

sometimes i would just hear this while falling asleep and forget about the jumpscare at 2:09 😭

[@OneGuyWhoIsExisting]

Masterpiece!

[@TheModicaLiszt]

5:57 The third bass octave is an octave higher 🤔

[@DVMFdhonz]

02:08 "Get ready..."

[@ramiroperez4675]

Me gusta mucho esta interpretacion de esta Balada por zimerman

[@vodkat07]

1:30 is a reminder to all concert-goers... take care of your health before a concert.

[@80sMetal24]

It is brilliant, like the other ballades, but the coda really sets it apart as it is about a physical as opposed to emotional struggle. Still one of the most difficult piano pieces in the world, as it requires an interpretative mind, etc.

[@yettitop]

숨소리도 음악..

[@chickonn]

Idk but I like 6:07 for some reason

[@driver9907]

I love the 5:51

[@rusejames7242]

He didn't roll the penultimate chord?

[@songsmadeforyou]

he did not

[@manuelbes]

Depends on recording

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@@manuelbes Also depends on which score you look at. Zimerman was likely not working from this edition.

[@manuelbes]

@@flyingpenandpaper6119 I saw somewhere that Chopin couldn't decide for the ending and wrote about four of them, that may be why

[@Rami893ga]

Not in this perfomance

[@notLucaZ-b5n]

love the ending

[@norichan-d8w]

ballade is like a picture of life😮

[@Sherry-kt6fv]

Amazing!wow

[@teodorb.p.composer]

Wonderful, magic and super fast

[@ludziozerneavocado6162]

I FOUND IT YAY

[@shojihishikura87]

ショパンの中でも屈指の名曲

[@高色批]

amazing

[@k-ta251]

He grabs 12 degrees at the last chord (or 13 if he did with left hand)

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Love the G# climax in the B-section

[@Sunnypedia]

thanks👍👍

[@charlottechu4160]

I'm learning this song for my LT exam and competions, but this masterpiece is sooooo difficult for me...... lets see half a year later, what can I have😢(worrying)

[@amrit3197]

KAYKO MADE ME LISTEN THIS!

[@katiecross51]

Bruh

[@amrit3197]

@@katiecross51 lmao

[@xavierrowe8282]

R I P Benny Harvey

[@seydiucan1120]

Bravo

[@MUBERT-t8b]

역시 쇼팽

[@MUBERT-t8b]

Robin Wohner 8AK Uglegårdsskolen 😂😂

[@dmitrosumtsov2314]

bravo ☺️

[@gatesurfer]

Very nice, but I wonder why he didn’t roll the penultimate chord. It’s in the score, and it makes good sense from an artistic standpoint as well.

[@katherineolivaadaro6464]

Is it the urtext edition? Or another one?

[@boernest8930]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...............in this current world of stupidity....brilliance

[@Sternertime]

vampire rising from his coffin out for blood type beat

[@suvdaaenhtuya3301]

Dedicated to R.Schumann...

[@lolsup9817]

Can definitely see why

[@이상호-l5c1z]

This quite sounds like Schumann

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

What a coda!

[@divvy1400yam600]

I think the slur ends in the wrong place in the last bar on line one What is played does NOT correspond to the slur !

[@GUILLOM]

He took some liberties

[@odilondasilvarocha]

Has parts not difficult...but then...demanding themes...as everything in Chopin s music. For the very tallented

[@OneGuyWhoIsExisting]

F major but most parts of the piece are minor

[@smichelin19]

yh i call it ballade in a minor instead because only like less than a quarter of the measures are in f major and everything is mostly in a minor

[@sk-fk7om]

I can only sigh、、、🥺

[@RhodesyYT]

Oh no presto con fuoco

[@alexandradelliou]

83

[@tryphonunzouave8384]

328

[@miguelceballosgomez3360]

833

[@CDChester]

@@miguelceballosgomez3360 42

[@pianogirl3465]

C. D. Chester what

[@GUILLOM]

1729

[@최형배-p1y]

코오.

[@최형배-p1y]

뎁숑?윤인 좋다 도입부ㅠ

[@최형배-p1y]

뎁숑?윤인 뭔말이야 너 퍄노 연습해?

[@Arnoldiepin]

땅콩

[@amriolait]

WSH NON MAIS EH VRMT LE MEC QUI RENIFLE TOUTES LES 3 SEC DANS LA SALLE INSUPPORTABLE HEIN

[@sound-engineer]

Classic music listeners : Great Piece Composers : Oh, I see he used prolonged skipped passing tone.

[@andreauribe6454]

Very dificult i can play the first in FMayor.

[@임태정-u6b]

8도가 1번 4번손가락으로 쳐지는구나...

[@AlkanLove]

なんで溜める演奏しちゃうかなぁ...楽譜通りに弾いてよ

[@pdr770]

הנגינה צריכה להיות מהירה בהרבה וצריך להחות שחרזו לטירוף המלחמה של העם היהודי כמו בבלדה מספר 1 בהתחלה אחרי הרגש הראשון בהתחלה. עם פסנתרן ליטאי.

[@shadowjuan2]

What are you talking about, what madness of the Jewish people? Where does it says it’s a work inspired by that?

[@rain-qb2xv]

psst, come listen to my ballade ~☆

[@joedk-hs7cu]

goofy ahh piece

[@alyr228]

uhhhhhhhhhh...

[@Soul-ho8wj]

Seong-Jin Cho plays it better. This shit be sounding like some robot.

[@poncho1976]

What a weird way he played this piece

[@Lawyer_Morty]

?

[@manuelbes]

Weird?

[@manuelbes]

@@Noah-wv4td what an answer haha

[@roberacevedo8232]

I don't see anything weird, can you please say why you think it's weird?

[@melanges1]

@@Noah-wv4td absolutely correct, this is hands down the best recording of this piece I have heard

[@Anonkontello]

It's ok, but sounds like a bus witht eh a minor section