Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B Major (Arthur Rubinstein)

[@daycorecloud8817]

I don't know what emotion I'm feeling, but I'm definetely feeling it.

[@stylin60es]

Me same

[@rom7633]

the feeling i get for most of the Nocturnes is simply, melancholy

[@BruinPhD2009]

It’s Chopin, you get to feel any and all of them because they’re certainly embodied in the music.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I was going to say, it doesn't sound _quite_ like anything I've heard before.

[@mitchellmeyers8261]

I think it's bittersweet

[@DiaVaza]

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 and 2 are great, but I never gave number 3 a listen because I was already satisfied listening to the other two pieces. Big mistake! I end up falling in love with this piece more than the other two. Chopin, you are one great man..

[@kiyashahidi768]

This is very true!!

[@DiaVaza]

Ha ha, glad the mutual opinion exists, my friend. :)

[@IIKKA-P]

You still have 18 more of his nocturnes to discover then! This one is definitely in my favourites, but give a shot also to op 27 no 2 for example :)

[@lukapisacic7707]

Abigail Nadira op 15 is also worth listening

[@lunagardvonbingen]

The rest of the nocturnes have this effect. In fact, every piece of Chopin has this effect. His world is indescribably beautiful.

[@gines6234]

I live in Spain, I promised that I would visit Warsaw someday. Not only visited it, I met my girlfriend, who lives there. Walking around an autumn park I discovered a bench which played this piece. Watching at brown autumn leaves with my girlfriend next to me and listening to this at Chopin's placebirth was some of the best moments of my life. Could not resist to go into tears. Thank you Chopin for this moments. Nowadays, after finishing op 27 no 1 , I'm learning this piece.

[@gines6234]

@enigma have a nice journey, you have a present in life

[@leo32190]

Lol good comedy mate

[@iggykarpov]

I had to do a double-take at the bench that played Chopin. 😂

[@NUrdaneta]

People may say that this is boring but it is actually a music for yourself when there is no one else but yourself, in a moment of silence and tranquility

[@roberacevedo8232]

I must ask: Who the hell has ever called this boring? The people that might say that, don't even know the name Chopin. And the ones who do know Chopin, would never dare to say it.

[@JamesZ32100]

@@roberacevedo8232 Most people only heard of Op 9 no 2, and a small number has heard of no 1, but no 3 is mostly obscured , so that may be the case.

[@roberacevedo8232]

@@JamesZ32100 That's right. There are several peopleb that think they know Chopin and have only heard 2 or 3 pieces by him without much thought. Just like there are others that say that they listen to classical but only know für Elise.

[@JamesZ32100]

@@roberacevedo8232 It's such a shame though, if they like Fur Elise, or some Chopin pieces, they should dive into it more, instead of being a poser lol

[@leemotosuwa]

I cant see anyone calling It boring

[@knagencjusz1958]

youtube needs a "love button"

[@agamaz5650]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@blinkyblinky8770]

I'd definitely press it if there was one

[@sweetiemsp8286]

Knagencjusz 7 years later and there is not one

[@sweetiemsp8286]

Knagencjusz wow if someone reads this reply 7 years from now that's kinda sad like time goes quick. Hit me up

[@sweetiemsp8286]

It's 23:19 sun 3 jan 2021 uk time

[@LukeFaulkner]

How many polyrhthms will you write? Chopin: Yes.

[@Poempedoempoex]

More importantly, how many polyrithms will you properly notate? Chopin: no

[@Stopitpls]

I’m not even going to pretend what that means

[@roberacevedo8232]

@@Stopitpls It just means that the right and left hand are playing in different rithyms. So the notes won't land on top of each other.

[@Stopitpls]

@@roberacevedo8232 OH! Thanks. listening now that makes perfect sense

[@gegeggioge]

So true! Am studying right now and I came here to youtube to see how pianists handle the problem

[@manyworlds123456789]

The best ending of all time. Seriously, Chopin is such a genius!!!

[@stephenn77]

One of the most beautiful! He does this a lot, like in the Fm. Tension and release!

[@ChopinWolf]

This is why I put up the score to songs for which this has not already been done. I think its much more interesting than pictures of pianos or the composers or whatever else people put up.

[@poisonfish2176]

I agree, thank you for this.

[@evantri]

If the whole Chopin Op 9 were played in my funeral, I think I would resurrect from my coffin :D

[@randomcubing7106]

true

[@aliceko4695]

Me too

[@mollybaross]

I heard this today and thought the very same same. I liked my family to listen to this and feel that this was my life.

[@rosspkbg]

You mean your Choffin

[@Stitch87654]

I cannot believe that I have never heard of this gorgeous piece. Its such an elegant and perfect piece... I wonder how is this so much less famous than the other 2 nocturnes in the same opus...

[@Eric-xt3os]

This one is incredibly cute and yet much more complex than the Eb nocturne, both technically and for the listener, especially through the minor b-section. But yeah, this piece could definitely get more love!

[@Rachman01]

this piece breaks my heart every time.. Yet how can you not fall in love with it every time.. Chopin is just cruel in the way he makes you feel.. I have no words.

[@poisonfish2176]

I think he wrote this music to express how he felt.

[@despaiirx5487]

@@poisonfish2176 he did have many struggles throughout his life. With love, work, life In general, money.

[@glenngouldschair390]

he was depressed for like 2/3 of his life

[@lflagr]

One of the most difficult of all the nocturnes (if not the most difficult), but this performance is so effortless and beautiful

[@Zhinarkos]

The right hand has mind of it's own in this piece. I started practicing this today after getting bored playing the two other Op 9 Nocturnes and I gotta say that for this particular piece hand independence practice is a must. It does not mean that you can't play this without a master's hand independence (I certainly don't have one) but it does mean, at least for me, that both hands have to be practiced separately to a t. That's obviously what you might do anyway when practicing any piece, but a fluid and free feeling is what makes this nocturne (and the other two also, actually) such a wonderfully playful and beautiful piece of music.

[@haferbrei7759]

True for any piece with tuplets

[@stolen.teh.tealeafs]

@@haferbrei7759 lmao who the fuck is she talking to? She chats shit hand independence should be good for all pieces never mind some Chopin

[@pablorubin9638]

Nocturnes ,mazurcas ,etudes ,waltz ,everything in Chopin is beautiful

[@Son1hikaye_daha]

I feel like he turns every place he is in into a philosophical movement...

[@joyfulfishman5445]

From 1:35 to 1:55 and then 2:35 to 2:55, maybe the most beautiful music I've ever heard in my life

[@Sam-og6uk]

yep.

[@daisybenoit6608]

this piece is just like our life, with first smooth and fresh start like an infant, then starting to grow in the next level stage of life which the song began to be real hard and just like in the middle of our life we start to think that there are so many stressed and everything so hard. that's where the piano part starting to break the chord but then it got back again with the beautiful ending smoothly and clean. with the magnificent arrangement. when we're getting old we will understand as well, everything that happen will become the things that we've seen before. and we are old enough to understand life and be wise about it. this piece have a perfect and complete aesthetic of life. the perfect ending that show when our time have finish in this world. we surely will realize that we have a wonderful and great life that we've through with remarkable ending. we will realize that this life is a gift. and it's worth to fight for. by the way that's just my opinion i know it's messed up but i hope whoever read this, can understand eventually. and sorry for my english. i'm from indonesia.

[@frankierk9741]

I thought the same thing!

[@lilianadeluca]

Absolutely!

[@poisonfish2176]

Haha I think my life is beautiful now. I am a teen though.

[@santongwong4112]

Out of the three nocturnes in op 9, i found this one the best. And those fast bits are really hard.

[@santongwong4112]

+Ludwig Van Beethoven Those parts are definetly demanding, but I find the agitato part in the middle of the piece harder. It is quite weird and a bit out of place (but who am i to comment on the work of Chopin), and it is quite frustrating because it just doesn't sound right when you could not play it fluently. I am already through the allegretto at the start and the end (not really up to performing standard) and can't wait to finish this piece, though revising for DSE (akin to A-levels in Britain) is taking away much of my practice time.

[@tomd3098]

I prefer No.1 (in B flat minor) myself, but when it comes to this level of beauty and mastery (on the parts of both Chopin and Rubinstein) I'd say it's all subjective :)

[@somdattabasu2113]

I prefer no. 2 though

[@seanstephenson5399]

1:33 is one of the most beautiful piano passages I've ever heard

[@nerrdinho]

It’s even better the next time with the trill ;)

[@Eztoez]

This is my favourite part too. I play it over and over. The last few bars are adorable too.

[@epicsam12345]

I love the auditory illusion created in the first two measures. Two notes are each previewed in sixteenth notes as a chromatic neighboring tone to the previous note before being played again on-beat so as to sound like it has descended in pitch, despite being the same note! It would not surprise me if this was the exact effect Chopin was intending when writting this.

[@stephenn77]

He loves his chromatics!

[@diamonddave7962]

Chopin, thou art the translator for many of us who roam the underground inflicted by gloomy yet beautiful visions of existence. Unable to understand or convey the complexities of our desolate being, you chopin with your majestic compositions shed ethereal light on the underground that so many of us tortured souls inhabit. Thank you dear sir for existing for you live still through your melodies....

[@imme8471]

This piece feels like reassurance, kind of an “I’m going to get through this in the end” sort of feeling

[@divinemortus]

The lightness of Rubinstein's touch here is outstanding. The agitato is sublimely played! What virtuosity. It's so easy to go overboard on this nocturne, the passagework provides much forum for the ostentatious, but it's safe to say Rubinstein resists that...

[@carlrichards49]

For an example of "going overboard", listen to Josef Hofmann's rendition, which is available on KZbin. Technically stunning with almost unbelievable clarity, yet not nearly as satisfying as Rubinstein, whose emotional health makes Hofmann sound neurotic. I admire Hofmann, as do many, but give me Rubinstein for the long haul. Just one man's opinion after hearing both of them for 60 years.

[@ImRefraction]

The attention to each note and the pause/suspension is amazing

[@shireads2954]

The ending brings me to tears every time. It's just gorgeous

[@thomasminot9799]

How can anyone dislike this? To hit the dislike button on this is absolute insanity.

[@lauratsoi22]

I KNOW!! How can someone dislike beautiful music like this.. :/

[@slendy9600]

+lauraT probably because there arent enough "dirty beats" and "bass drops".... god i hate my generation's taste in music (\ _ -

[@KefkaTheDemiGod]

+slendy9600 2edgy4me

[@lorenzopasqualeneri8864]

+Timothy Gomer here in italy, many teenagers listen neomelodic music(the worse shit at world) and say the classical music is shit, but i don't say them nope beacause they won't understand. (if i wrote bad, it is beacause i've studied english for 5 years)

[@jonnylomj7601]

Same here in america man. Best to just ignore it and enjoy it yourself and watch true emotion slowly fade from music

[@RicAbapo]

Why does it make the heart ache? 😭❤️ Opus 9 is such a beautiful set of Nocturnes.

[@hannastaszak1684]

Piękno muzyki Fryderyka Chopina to fenomen graniczący z cudem. Chopin to najpiękniejsza spuścizna dla ludzkości. ♥️

[@jeremyellismusic]

Point of notice for theory and music history fans: the opening passage is basically the most common blues cadence with the diminished triad movement. Play it in a different rhythm and it's a Scott Joplin progression from 1899, which pretty much lead to jazz and the most common blues progressions. Chopin was just that dude, I guess.

[@rawan3521]

Interesting .

[@IAmTheHound]

One of the most delicately and achingly beautiful pieces ever written.

[@crustyacres952]

Rubenstein's Chopin is so elegant while also being deeply expressive.

[@Kaynos]

This is not music, it's food for the soul.

[@nerrdinho]

Music IS soul food.

[@DSensitize]

You wanted silk, I gave you sweet music. You wanted gold, I gave you my soul. You wanted perfection, I gave you this: Chopin, oh Chopin.

[@gktspnxcrvz]

OP 9 no 1, 2 & 3 is a perfect combination of the nocturnes. After listening and comprehending the no 1 and no 2, then you can really enjoy the beauty of no 3. What a genius Chopin is !

[@JuanfraCro]

Chopin, siempre Chopin! y Rubinstein su mejor intérprete sin dudas. Delicadeza, pasión y elegancia para una obra de romanticismo en su punto máximo

[@ChopinWolf]

Thanks! Rubinstien played many of these less well-known nocturnes beautifully, but not many people listen to them.

[@jeremyellismusic]

This used to be (maybe still is?) my favorite interpretation and the reason I learned it some 20 years ago and now listening again, he barely touches how aggressive the middle section can be, like a pirate battle at sea, but that said... flawless and most inspirational performance by one of the greatest of the greatest.

[@soxnation1000]

Rubinstein brings Chopin to life like no other. Other pianists tend to bring too much of their own interpretation into Chopin's pieces. Rubenstein plays Chopin in such an understated, precise, elegant way, so that Chopin himself can shine through.

[@Eric-xt3os]

Right?! Seems some musicians want to be composers but instead feed that desire with ridiculous "interpretations"

[@lefinlay]

Fairly myopic viewpoint to have on the “romantic” era of classical music. I’m sure Chopin didn’t literally play what was written on paper every time. Liszt for example was a notorious improviser who would have played pieces differently on any given day.

[@pawemoskal4584]

Liberace also can

[@lingyancao3255]

Yes because Rubinstein is the genius of geniuses in the classical music industry

[@HaohanH7BranDy]

My favourite classical piece for now. Playing in my head everyday.

[@pietros.2086]

1:50 chills. Absolutely wonderful.

[@flamigo742]

sik drop m8.

[@Josh17160]

Yes Chopin did lots of 'drops' on his DJ machine didn't he lol

[@jerry_moo]

Oh goodness, the agitato part. I can imagine playing it for the first time would be hard to grasp the sense of the rhythm.

[@jerry_moo]

Good luck on learning it though :)

[@NoNono-fh3rb]

Peter Rabitt Did you get it?

[@delko000]

I know, I never properly got the binary/ternary overlap bit.

[@rngiscurse]

Yup you're quite on the point with that

[@songsmadeforyou]

the part with the moving bassline in b minor?

[@user-xn7uh5ch2z]

Finale of this nocturne is heavenly

[@playercembalo8248]

Rubinstein plays simple and clear but there is enough beauty to make people cry

[@whermeling]

Yes indeed. Although i heard this this nocturne, exactly at this point i was surprised by how romantic the piece (of this nocture) is and how beautifully expressed by Rubinstein. Gosh, i wish i could play it like him. I'lll keep trying :)

[@lauratsoi22]

I have learnt Op. 9 No. 1 & 2 years ago yet I didn't learn this.. Yet interestingly I found this really good and I love this even more than the other two! I wonder why this is much less well known than the other two.. I'm so gonna learn this piece right now it's my first new year resolution

[@lauratsoi22]

Michel Godschalck Thank you! It is a beautiful piece and I will take my time to learn it well

[@Peyton_Urich]

+lauraT I learned this nocturne for a recital last year, it is hard, but so worth it!!! Good luck!!!!

[@billylardner]

Happy 2017! Did you learn it?

[@SeeBlazertime]

Have you learned to play it?

[@agamaz5650]

i find the second nocturne slightly boring

[@S0ulB]

Played by a genius. Listening to this performance is such a relief.

[@maxscott94]

The two dislikes must be people that can't figure out how to play the left hand portion

[@babyskunkcat]

What

[@stolen.teh.tealeafs]

@@babyskunkcat I know the left hands the easier bit ngl

[@thomasj219]

Thank you A Real Pain for showing what music is.

[@enumoni2252]

Something supernatural is happening at 1:42 the "fz" measure. That f# with the f natural together is so beautiful.

[@noahsankaranarayanan7325]

Enumoni Yeah it’s so beautiful. The f# and f form a major7 interval together

[@cyza-y4z]

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard, there is no doubt that I will play it for half of the year. 💕

[@ImBosmann]

overshadowed and underated, lets not let this piece be forgotten again.

[@artemis_studios6555]

The jumpscare, dude. I'm just trying to do my homework.

[@jari6430]

Hauntingly beautiful💕so much emotion!

[@trung.nguyen.t]

This is so much less famous and harder to learn than no.1 and 2, but i gradually realize it deserves to stand besides the other two masterpieces.

[@HaohanH7BranDy]

What I felt: On a pleasant night he looked out the window at the lightly lit treetops, and heard people laughing and dancing in the distant bar, what a scherzando night. Then it rained... and everything recovered but changed. He saw hope in the damp streets and shimmering light.

[@jojowisa1270]

3:30 the mushroom trip ends and he remembers hes a 19th century composer

[@Vida-Erudita]

Chopin compôs os noturnos mais belos, é meu compositor favorito.

[@karolpawlowski5368]

Sir Fryderyk Chopin is the pride of Poland! The whole country is very proud of him! 🇵🇱

[@BANHMIZON]

0:59 is delightful!

[@lauglau9273]

Milford Cubicle He plays scales like jewels!

[@MDkid1]

They are regarded by musicologists and scholars as some of the best pieces of music ever written for the piano, so you're assessment is accurate. I agree with you!

[@jasonlucas2561]

This is a piece that you can easily fall in love with.

[@anagram80100]

I can't help but love this piece

[@MarcAmengual]

0:49 to 1:05, tears to my eyes, so beautiful

[@brian9440]

Ok ok.

[@MarcAmengual]

@@brian9440 you meet a fool everyday

[@brian9440]

@@MarcAmengual So?

[@MarcAmengual]

@@brian9440 you are that fool. Don't reply please, I don't want to argue with you in the presence of this beautiful piece.

[@mariadacosta2085]

Pra mim o mais lindo de todos os noturnos de Chopin!!!!! Amo demais 💓

[@OreriyoSan]

1:35 i never heard such beautiful music :)

[@jorgeamade]

I totally agree I always repeat that part

[@rockngatorade7863]

Sounds modern but beautiful

[@emir_yardimci]

2:40 ;)

[@evantri]

The ending. Awwww. Any girls' heart should melt LOL

[@LavaMLG]

My masculine man heart melted into pieces bruh

[@randomcubing7106]

This is criminally underrated

[@christopherricoccvccg4716]

Is one of the best Chopin’s nocturnes

[@vsu3866]

Pocos pianistas hay que toquen tan hermoso los Nocturnos de Chopin como Arthur Rubinstein❤

[@child7of7christ]

Beautiful.

[@lavendelle_swift]

I really love this Nocturne, feels like an operatic aria in a style of Vincenzo Bellini.

[@opa301]

how can music be so beautiful? Chopin is brilliant, and Rubinstein is pure genius.

[@chambresdhotesaudeladutemp5452]

Chopin is a pure genuis and Rubinstein is brilliant !

[@agamaz5650]

Chopin is a fucking god

[@a-trainstudios2360]

Us mere mortals cannot compete with the immortal music of Chopin. It is too touching, too lovely, too beautiful for us. And yet, we are able to reconcile and understand and retrospect. I am touched.

[@gomezfrancisco4577]

The most beautiful and expressive nocturne

[@Anything-v2w]

So beautiful😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️😩😩😩

[@teddysears703]

Beloved Chopin, what a genius composer.

[@ivoagar1119]

Just imagine how difficult it must have been to learn a piece like this properly before the internet was around

[@tonytonychopper999]

Ivo Agar with sheet music

[@vivvpprof]

Lol, how's the Internet helping in learning music? Surely you don't attempt to copy a complex piece like that just from listening to it? That'd be crazy-hard.

[@alexanastas4459]

This is strangely hypnotic

[@tarikeld11]

Alex Anastas The beginning, isnt it :)

[@avb20540]

WHOA!! I've never heard this one before! I love finding new pieces.

[@pablorubin9638]

Is beautiful Chopin

[@delko000]

such beautiful finish

[@simonkawasaki4229]

Was always my favorite nocturne. I envision an outside stroll amidst the setting sun. And some say Chopin is not subtle.

[@poisonfish2176]

My little brother always stereotypes Chopin music and being very fast and virtuosic moving up and down the piano 😂🙏 just got to smile at the innocent ignorance of the little one 🙂

[@meetdiamond]

this stuff soothes my soul.

[@kigimeguru1953]

Looking at and listening to the music, I have a feeling this nocturne is the fusion of the preceding opp 9 nocturnes. Of course, a gorgeous fusion

[@kienha5087]

12 years ago ? Crazy I hope this chanel still going

[@jacobjaram5755]

Another underrated banger from the past!.

[@profesorpug5551]

Last two bars (Adagio) contains the 95 % of the whole magic.

[@cornheep2811]

Most underrated chopin nocturne

[@tingchen3114]

Not really

[@cornheep2811]

@@tingchen3114 it's my opinion only. What's yours?

[@Tn089-b6g]

« Underrated » means something is better than it is rated, nothing to do with popularity. This piece is not underrated, it’s a great piece. It’s just not that popular. But then again Chopin is the most popular Romantic composer so even his less popular pieces are more popular than say Schumann most popular ones

[@cornheep2811]

@@Tn089-b6g okay

[@whermeling]

Aside from all the fuzz about popularity of pieces...let's not forget the music itself. Forget where you are, what you do, take this moment, listen, and enjoy.

[@brenconno1]

Thanks for posting and for the link to scores. Greetings from Istanbul.

[@loungevie]

The best of Chopin.

[@JordanMedina]

The little riff at 5:30 is so gorgeous.

[@matthobb]

At 1:55 the whole build up crescendo to the con forza cascade is exquisite. Replayed 20times and still not satisfied

[@gaston6800]

this is heaven

[@jackmaitland8496]

favourite Nocturne :)

[@aeflash]

No. 2 in Op. 9 is practically Chopin's Für Elise. No. 1 is also very well known.

[@lalat.8445]

Je n'aurais jamais cru aimer autant un compositeur de piano! Surtout que j'ai plus tendance à écouter du rock ou du punk (des trucs un peu hard pour les oreilles, des fois...^^). Mais c'est tellement beau, que je met le rock de côté rien que pour écouter ça!

[@sdivine13]

Speak American

[@lalat.8445]

***** do you know that Chopin is french... --'

[@gwenyetter163]

+Lala T. actually, he's polish :)

[@lalat.8445]

Gwen Yetter oh sorry! I'm sure you know more than me! X)

[@lalat.8445]

Gwen Yetter But he died in Paris ^^ does it count?

[@minaolenmarkus]

Just beautiful! Greetings from Estonia!

[@nobutternotes]

I personally prefer, though it is hard to decide, Op. 62 No. 1. This is still an amazing piece of art. Chopin is the undeniable best.

[@your.local.genius7852]

This is really useful to listen to. I'm performing this piece for a competition. Thanks

[@neon9601]

How did the competition go?