F. CHOPIN (arr. F. Tarrega): Nocturne no. 2, op. 9

One of Chopin‘s most famous works, arranged for guitar by Francisco Tarrega, who also added a fun little cadenza at the end. Played by Valentin Novak on a Vicente Carillo 2021 guitar. Enjoy!
video: Masahiro Nishio
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[@kensison]

When life gets too tough and you think it's impossible, remember this video and how clean he played Nocturne 2 Op. 9 on a guitar.

[@sergiogodoy340]

Not even he can be that clean in his own life

[@GalaxChongloi]

Can't believe he played that clean and pulled that off live. Massive respect and great playing.

[@emilioromero4811]

😂😂😂😮😮😮😊

[@sonzaishinai2307]

It sounds like it was composed for guitar honestly, well done beautiful interpretation

[@hell_o_world101]

Well, Chopin was magician. 😂😂

[@lewisnnadz917]

It was actually. It was written by Frederick Chopin and arranged for guitar by Francisco de Asís Tárrega. Its in the title.

[@bradywalton9830]

Tarrega is only of the greatest guitarists who lived so makes sense

[@diegojimenez15]

So guitars and piano are the most completly instruments for composing music

[@joelpedersen6962]

@@lewisnnadz917 That isn't really correct. It was not composed for the guitar, however the arrangement of the composition made by Francisco was made for the guitar.

[@JW-nq9lc]

Didn’t think guitar could do this piece justice, happy to see I was quite wrong. Incredible job!

[@johnbenbenek6665]

Sound's smooth & textured 🎶

[@lucasramirez2035]

X2

[@SoyluR.Y.]

Every instrument with the capacity of producing the range of said notes is able to be play this song.

[@bmorewisely]

Check out Segovia's performance of Bach's Chaconne for another incredible guitar performance of a masterpiece written for another instrument, the violin.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

I thought only guitar could do this piece justice.

[@scripted44]

Classical guitar is really something

[@cuppntea]

Indeed

[@1994savvas]

It really feels like it plays pieces that should not be possible on it. So amazing

[@loganfruchtman953]

So sleepy

[@TheGreatWhiteMunch]

It always blows my mind when a human being dedicates itself 100% to a very specific thing and masters it. Astonishing!

[@blackpoolram]

Absolutely astounding. Such clarity and resonance.

[@chrisscanlon3717]

No need for mask and he is missing his foot rest! Unacceptable!

[@lourdesmorales9549]

Gran Chopin. Su música en todos los instrumentos musicales

[@kabs1681]

Sitting alone on my bed on a cold and relaxing Christmas night. Accompanied by the warmth of a few pillows, my favorite hoodie, and the heat of the laptop on my lap. Whilst holding a cup of coffee with one hand, the other one clicked on this video. Listening to the arrangement; Ahh, tranquility.

[@franko740]

:)

[@nasanjargalbinderiya8531]

❤❤❤

[@therainman7777]

Sounds lovely, but drinking coffee at night? 😂

[@2pacalypse93]

@@therainman7777 if u mad enjoying some spiritual and creative nocturnal spliffs, dead sure coffee at night.

[@beastinthesky6774]

As a guitarist and a Chopin appreciator: wow, that was wonderful. Thank you for arranging and playing this!

[@the.one37]

man didn't tarrega arrange this

[@beastinthesky6774]

@@the.one37 lol good call thanks

[@marcpatton5207]

I think this piece works best on guitar when you can produce a really clean tone. And I think you nailed it!

[@incognitojon902]

Naaa not at all

[@dann6067]

@@incognitojon902 jealous much?

[@nearo007]

@@dann6067 jealous of what? is just an opinion lol

[@cuppntea]

@@incognitojon902 itll be great if theres a kind of duet between Classical and Piano🤓😊

[@dapperfob6194]

@@dann6067 haha butthurt amateur

[@Willowhealingcenterconcierge]

Let's not forget this was in front of a live audience. Seemingly calm,cool and collected. Just beautifully played.

[@therainman7777]

Incredible professionalism.

[@reconmonkey7]

It's stuff like this that makes me really appreciate classical guitar.

[@dyamariwan9161]

I can’t imagine how much practice it took to be this perfect , thank you so much for your performance ,I just started learning guitar and i hope someday ill be able to play this elegantly 😊🩶

[@deatheagle1998]

its hard to put it into words, but this piece gives off the feeling of something lost, an emotion or a skill, or a friend long past gone. I listened to this piece when i was feeling low and immediately i was resonating with it. I'm at a point in my life where i have so many opportunities and so much to do, yet i have no idea what to do. i keep having this feeling that i should make something. that i should create music, write a short story or maybe even start a podcast. but when i bring myself to do it, that feeling quickly turns into "what's the point". why do i bother creating this? and i try and answer that question but i always fall short. I'm surrounded by people that have accomplished so much in their life, and who are so much better than me, and I look at them and i ask myself "how am i different?". the answer is, I'm not. i have no special skills. I'm just average in every way and it makes me sad. i want to be better, i need to be better. but I don't know how. and there's no point telling any of this to my friends because, while they are good people, I don't need people telling me "its ok" or "you are special" or shit like that. i just want to become better, and I fear its something that I can only achieve alone. i dunno, just thought i'd vent to the internet while listening to this amazing piece.

[@chrisacres]

You don’t ‘need’ to be better than anyone. Find contentment in what you have. No one else has it. Don’t feel pushed by society to ‘do something’. Do things that make you happy and only because YOU want to do them. Live the life you want to live not the life you feel you should be living based on what your friends and peers are doing. Be happy man.

[@officialkingcash]

gave me chills reading this.. it’s like these words could be written by myself

[@sevabaratchodhri5893]

I get it brother " why should I get better, why try so hard" afterall what's the point of it all, right? The only answer is just another question "why not?!"

[@uba2]

keep searching for something that really jazzes you

[@user-lk8ep6nh1u]

Lmao you wrote all that on a KZbin comment section… what’s fcking loser go out and do life

[@sanderh4600]

Didn't even know a guitar could sound like that, just beautiful.

[@Nation16]

The tone is just... wow. So impressed.

[@caavalca]

i was not expecting to like this as much as i did. chills as soon as he started playing. a very different vibe than the original but equally beautiful

[@t3d0_0]

I remember listening to this as a little kid. It gave me a strange feeling of sadness and happiness at once. I didn't know what it was. Now I know that I was sad because my parents were about to split up, but my childly consciousness wasn't able to really comprehend the situation. Now I live in another country with my mom and younger brother. I only get to see my father in video calls, my brother and I can only travel to him rarely. I've never really talked to someone about it. My father and me both know that we've been missing out on the chance of participating in one another's life. But here I am, trying to be the best version of myself. I'm like this piece of music is to me, sad and happy at the same time...

[@clementinverse]

This piece is known as the « Farewell waltz » Chopin composed it for a girl he loved but her parents didn’t want them to marry because he was poor.

[@internetuser2291]

The dynamics here is Perfect.

[@asmodius666]

as a guitarist myself, fingerstyle scares me. I will never be able to pull of something like this, but I have massive respect to folks such as yourself who have immense dedication and passion to be able to play on a level like this. Beautiful❤

[@Deniz-Piano]

“I will never be able to pull off something like this” not with that mindset!

[@annalyman2616]

Such a highly skilled wonderful interpretation!

[@EbokGamer]

Man, your playing is something all musicians aspire to have and not many can achieve it. Bravo.

[@bmxfreakxyo]

I’m just as amazed that these musicians can remember the whole piece let alone play it.

[@SorenPenrose]

Memorizing is the easy part. We don't play this stuff 24/7 because we are _mildly_ interested in it. Once you have it performance ready, it's pretty much like listening to the perfect interpretation of your favorite songs because there's no point where you wish the performer interpreted something a specific way you want to hear it. Like that cadenza he threw in there. I play Chopin for that very reason sometimes.

[@wolfganghendery8298]

Muscle memory.

[@samiramokarian7959]

@@SorenPenrose honestly as a guy who just stared to learn it like 30 minutes ago I tried sight reading it honestly it wasnt that difficult but memorizing every note is a nightmare

[@Sidguru101]

@@samiramokarian7959 learnt to play 30 minutes ago? Or classical music? If you're talking about learning guitar first time and you managed to sight read than that's a 🧢

[@therainman7777]

@@Sidguru101Obviously he’s not talking about learning guitar for the first time 🤦‍♂️ If he was a total novice he wouldn’t even be able to read the music.

[@SethWadeMelancon]

That cadenza you took at the end blew my mind! Superb arrangement and world class playing. As far as I’m concerned, you OWN this piece.

[@melodiejohnston9528]

Brought tears to my eyes. Each note resonated with every fibre of my being and then melted into my soul. Rhapsody, such a pure, pristine performance. Thank you.

[@dosterix6034]

Wow we can really be glad that people like Tarrega existed to bring that magical piano piece to the guitar. I still really love the original piano version but when you hear the piece played like in this example, by an excellent player and with the golden timbre of the guitar, it feels like you are getting the same thoughts you had when you listened to the piece for the first time

[@faradigiorgio6019]

I remember hearing this as a small child. I feel the same sense of awe decades later. Thank you.

[@justicegusting2476]

Very well done. That’s a first for me…hearing Chopin on a guitar…and it didn’t disappoint.

[@kazu934]

Wow, got chills listening to your playing. The tone, the dynamics, the vibrato, the clean playing, it was all there. Thank you for sharing this with the world!

[@FilippoFazio93]

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[@ava-bf8mk]

literally the most mesmerizing guitar performance i’ve ever witnessed

[@AdityaGunawan30]

I keep coming back to this video because this is the best rendition of Nocturne op.9, no.2 on a guitar! Bravo!

[@nickparsons337]

Your adoration of the piece you're playing really shines through in your performance of it. Willfully, masterfully; played. Well done.

[@Lizik]

The semicolon there makes no sense

[@pianoman551000]

I love the additional cadenza beginning at 4:06. It's very original and, yet, stays true to Chopin's thematic statement in the original composition for solo piano. Indeed, he is a very talented musician!!

[@Stainpuke]

The sheet music and inspiration no one could do! The control was epic , Chopin would be very proud!

[@daanvandervliet8929]

Bravo, fantastic playing. wonderful timing. thank you

[@MarceLo-xx9bw]

I watch this at least once a week. It's a great performance. Thank you very much for uploading this beautiful interpretation. Cheers from Argentina!

[@othoncesar215]

Wow! What an arrangement! And it takes a lot of courage to perform this one. Congratulations!

[@aazreaal]

God must be very happy with himself knowing music like this would spring forth from his creations.

[@jklangley9329]

For me (personally) it's more difficult learn a song and play it correctly in a guitar more than a piano, that's why I loved to see a person which can play this piece at perfection without mistakes.

[@allantravers9311]

Totally agree - show me a piano that has all the nuances like vibrato, beautiful round tones over the sound hole, sharp/thin tones near the bridge and of course don't forget note bending and harmonics etc. - SO BEAUTIFULLY PLAYED

[@jponz85]

You guys cant be real lol. Playing piano and playing 6+ notes/chords at the same time will always surpass a guitar that is limited in terms of playing many notes at the same time. Sure it sounds phenomenal, but over a grand piano? Yea, no.

[@Lalaaw]

@@jponz85Guitar is the most versatile musical instrument for me :))

[@ronnibagio6275]

Guitaris can play piano's skill but not pianist cant play guitar cz guitar have a angel finger

[@lorcanmcgrane8379]

@@ronnibagio6275I mean yea of course guitarists can probably play basic piano pieces but when you get to the technically advanced pieces they just wouldn’t be able to unless they’ve put in the thousands of hours of practise. The same goes for the guitar of course, but you can’t make a comparison that pieces are easier to learn on the piano because it all comes down to the piece. There are many pieces that are easier to play on the piano and then many which are much harder. And in my opinion, which may be wrong, the hardest pieces on the piano are significantly more difficult then the most difficult on the guitar. If you look at some of Liszt’s pieces they are inhuman and no matter how much you practise the majority of people will never be able to play them.

[@ahmadnaser8192]

I played this video so I can have something in the background while I read a chapter in a book. All of a sudden the performance was over and I snapped out of a deep reverie and realized that not a single sentence or word was read. Amazing performance! Flawless.

[@rosendosolesainz5059]

Great Valentin Novak!!!💎🎯👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@farahmay8052]

Just out of this world... I am a Grade 8 pianist from the Associated Board of Music London and swear I could not play this on the piano any better than this... Bravo ❤

[@mightyluv]

My favorite piano piece so beautifully done on guitar. Bravo!

[@jbuell311]

One of my favorite things about Chopin was his tone and volume control while playing. He knew the exact emphasis to put on every note. You replicated this very well. Simply amazing.

[@catherinepastuszek1517]

Simply beautiful! Sounds so natural on the classical guitar.

[@grey-db8uj]

Music is universal, Magnificent performance.

[@ВладимирЧернышев-д2ж]

Работа великолепна !

[@dnuma5852]

the guitar has a sound that really fits for this piece. i actually like this piece for guitar better than for piano

[@caralho5237]

guitar is more cozy than piano

[@davidjackson6835]

That's what Tarrega makes you believe!

[@ObbeViews]

I disagree

[@miquelcanosasanteularia1678]

Rare

[@QuicklyLiquid]

I grew up playing piano and bowed instruments. it's only now as an adult i'm beginning to realise how lush and beautiful the guitar is. this performance struck me in the way i've never been struck through the regular piano arrangements. i still feel i dont have a full grasp on the kinds of sounds a guitar can make, but gosh, am i intrigued. beautiful.

[@scottknapp8984]

Like Albeniz, Chopin translates so well for the guitar. This is a perfect example. Bravo!

[@bernardadamuswieden4290]

Chopin, Polak, który zdobył świat. Dziękuję.

[@bm8584]

Fantástico el arreglo de Francisco Tárrega. Excelente interpretación y grandiosa obra de Chopin. ¡Bravo a los tres!

[@donaldaxel]

The warmth of your tone, Novak, is the most beautiful I have long heard, it's like Segovia luring different colors from the instrument. Tarrega's arrangements are often really cool, really fantasticly to the point - and in this piece I wouldn't have thought it possible, but Tarrega "nailed it", adding fiorituri suited for the guitar, much to the fullfilment of Chopin's intentions. Still, I love the piece on piano as well, if it is a good instrument (with the same ability to color the tones - not all pianos can do that, you need una corde and soft hammers).

[@GiantParfait]

This feels so different from the original. But, in a great way. Thank you so much for letting us hear this wonderful performance. For me the original feels wistful but tragic or bittersweet. I listen to it often. For me this rendition feels more like a conversation, it's nostalgic, like I'm outside in the romantic countryside somewhere, at a small but long standing café or restaurant, sitting at a table by the open window or maybe outside. The sun is setting, the sky is ablaze in color and as the song plays just within my hearing I softly talk with my partner, my beloved, and we hush midway, to simply listen and share the moment. Ah. What a lovely dream.

[@cristianmontesdeoca6846]

Best performance of this wonrderful piece on KZbin. Correct speed, expression and technique. Congrats, you're an amazing guitarrist.

[@bashigoltsoult4148]

Increíble interpretación para guitarra, muy hermoso como suena

[@KillberZomL4D42494]

Beautifully played, well done sir.

[@ordinarykitkat]

Wow, what a beautiful performance. It sounds so nice on guitar, I love it!

[@_o_o_-br4il]

Just hearing this brought happy tears to my eyes. Such talent. You did an amazing job. 💜

[@majdydanaf6479]

Trully amazing! Thank you for sharing your talent with us 👏

[@龙源探索]

Someone had this gifted artist a comb! Absolutely outstanding and beautiful performance. 👍👍

[@recuerdos2457]

👏👏The clarity and the dynamic ❤️💙💕💛💚

[@DocHoliday9224]

He makes that guitar sing. A true musician.

[@eenayeah]

Wow, perfectly played and BRILLIANT audio!

[@jared-michaeltorres474]

I love Chopin. The first time I was introduced to his music was in the video game Eternal Sonata. They created an amazing storyline accompanied by Chopins amazing music.

[@henrydoake6659]

I listen to these on piano all the time. This guitar performance is amazing!

[@j-dub8399]

Breathtaking! I always thought Tarrega had a Chopinesque flair to him but had never heard of this arrangement.

[@aguilacalva2625]

Wow! I didn't know this guitar arrangement by Tárrega of Chopin's nocturne. Masterful interpretation 👍👏👏

[@polar906]

Wow, playing to perfection a piece of music that it is not even composed for guitar ... and doing it live! Truly amazing! Thank you for sharing it.

[@ILIAD9]

Alright...stop it...that is outstanding guitar playing. Outstanding!

[@collinjow5955]

I bet Chopin has learned the guitar after watching this piece from heaven too. Sublime. You and that mop of hair is lost in your own little world up there on stage. Bravo!

[@david.thomas.108]

This is a virtuoso level masterpiece, enthralled!

[@ZephyrWrites]

I REALLY REALLY LOVE THIS. It inspires me for my creative work like art and writing. thank you for playing so beautifully i'm probably going to listen to this on repeat for the next 5 months!

[@comentarstasincero]

pelo jeito dele pegar no violão, já se nota que é um músico espetacular

[@alexsky88749]

This is just amazing! I never thought that Chopin's music could be transcribed so perfectly on classical guitar.

[@luizabdo5397]

Que maravilha de execução! Parabéns aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷.

[@xijnin]

Just played it with my piano in a huge place, guy, you have my respect, playing in public is really stressful

[@krzysztofkornatowicz9505]

ZNAKOMICIE! CZYSTO, MELODYCZNIE, PIĘKNIE - GRATULACJE!

[@justamanchimp]

I think in the entire history of human kind this is literally THE most beautiful and well composed music ever made, like, literally, hands down, no one has topped it since

[@김정환-y8u]

놀랍고 멋진 연주네요~~브라보~~~!!!💕

[@hathsin9675]

been a while since a piece has brought me to tears. this was nice.

[@manoslibres1899]

Bellisimo e increíblemente llevada a la guitarra felicitaciones!!

[@animefanarts158]

Wow... this is... I just can't put in words how wonderful this is. Such beauty, the sound, that nostalgia inside the melody... Everything was perfectly represented in this... Congratulations for such a magnificent work.

[@emilysilva8472]

Incrível! Me emocionei, lindo demais 🥺❤️

[@senerio2124]

Man the piano is my favorite instrument and always will be, but you sure do make a convincing argument with that guitar.

[@rodrigosuarez586]

This piece hits different and your interpretation of it is beautiful. So great, awesome job 👌

[@rdpsoares]

What an amazing interpretation! That was really beautiful! Thank you

[@Kallum]

I like to listen to and play blues, rock and metal... but this had me quiet and compelled for 6 entire minutes. Well done!

[@Ndk367]

El final es terriblemente impresionante, aplausos de pié genio😭😭😭 la dinamica y dulzura de las ultimas notas gracias

[@rosendosolesainz5059]

WONDERFUL SPANISH GUITAR AND ARRENGEMENT OF TARREGA FROM GENIAL CHOPIN.😍👌👏👏👏👏👏🎼🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎯💎💎💎💎🌒

[@joycewible8816]

The places you took me... I could sit at your feet and hear you play forever. Just stunning 💜

[@mr.goodman3991]

I always saw the guitar as a crude copy of stringed instruments, until i saw this incredible performance. Absolutely beautiful.

[@HominidPetro]

What a beautiful gift to carry these songs inside you to share them with the world...

[@shannonwhitley9139]

I love classical music but most of the time I have it on as back ground while I'm doing other things but you played so beautifully I had to stop and watch your performance thank you

[@AverageServantOfGod]

Odličen video! Od vseh, kar sem jih videl, je bila to najboljša akustična verzija!

[@ManuelTavares]

Fantastic interpretation! BRAVO!

[@rondanorris5504]

Absolutely Beautiful. I came across this video somehow, and happy I stumbled upon it. Bravo, well done monsieur.

[@ignaciorosquete3135]

FABULOUS ………,.👏

[@jaimepadilla1537]

Hermosa y magnífica interpretación en guitarra de esta bella melodía de Frederick Chopin. Felicidades a este excelente guitarrista.

[@andrebezerra1932]

Magnífico, bravissimo 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kenpeters9807]

OUTSTANDING! UNBELIEVABLE!