Frédéric Chopin - Marche Funèbre - Funeral March

from Piano Sonata Op.35 No.2 played by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

[@TesselSligting]

I love how Chopin gives everyone some kind of hope in the middle. This piece always gives me shivers. Absolutely love it!

[@andrewkeen24]

agreed.. you are pretty

[@TesselSligting]

***** it's rather sad if you'd ask me.

[@wallacesousa3810]

esa música quando meu avô faleceu toco esa música

[@GetMeThere1]

He gives hope only to remind that hope is hopeless.

[@adler5653]

Tessel Sligting Hopes? The person is already dead. I think it represents the good memories

[@TadRaunch]

Every time I try to hum this song, I always end up morphing it into the Imperial March

[@petardim8930]

what does morphing means

[@GrannyTenderstone]

petar dim it means like it changes up, into something else. You know like those videos where they morph different people's faces sequentially? It's pretty cool. It could even describe how our thought patterns tend to work: you are thinking about one thing and then it goes somewhere else.... and then I can relate it to nonsequitirs, look that up, you start saying one thing and then let it go all over the place LOL.

[@petardim8930]

thanks m8

[@pennypinscher5622]

SAME

[@Bellitoad]

TadRaunch MEEE TOOOO

[@Kyurem97]

6 hour math exam today. This melody was in my head for the last week. Rip.

[@Kyurem97]

+Eligha Jones What? uh..no

[@BigTex9752]

6 Hour Math Exam?,Dam

[@CatLover69420]

It’s been 5 years, how’s the result

[@2pacdurden]

@@CatLover69420 he died during the 4th hour of the exam

[@cheesecakevanila5624]

Id guess you got the Putnam exam, very difficult, lets hope you got what you wanted out of life 5 years after

[@richwicz]

There's nothing like a bright and breezy tune to start the day. : )

[@TheBlizzardcat]

I like the way you think.

[@yurigrek]

The funeral march is apotheosis of life. It begins and ends with sonorous rythm and in the middle gently rolls the life...

[@AndrewBrethourMusic]

For me, the beginning part encompasses the pain and suffering of grief, and the gorgeous, meloncholic middle part encompasses the memories and nostalgia of the past. Goddamn genius, Chopin.

[@andymilstenmusic8520]

I very much agree with you on that, the beginning has a very dark atmosphere usually like what we feel after a tragedy such as death, divorce, etc. as well as the feeling of loneliness! While the middle definitely triggers nostalgia and the feeling of missing the happier times like childhood and when we didn’t have to deal with stress or anything like that! This hits hard because I just started my senior year, and it’s gonna hurt more and more as time goes on like fr!!

[@LordGreystoke]

@@andymilstenmusic8520 Well, it is called a funeral march! Why wouldn't the beginning have a dark atmosphere??

[@paolo.s1756]

Unbelievable Maestro Michelangeli...the control of the sound....nobody can reach him.

[@lizbaker2465]

RIP my pen You survived a month of college preparatory school, you got me through pages of notes and study guides.

[@radinkalappen551]

i can relate

[@williamharrington757]

And now you're done with college ...

[@threevisionsgodpark]

Stupid asinine comment in a place where people are experiencing true loss. Go fuck yourself and learn what real pain is. Asshat

[@brians8907]

Played this for my cat's funeral. RIP, Misty. I love you.

[@richwicz]

Brian S Did it have a coffin and little cat pall-bearers?

[@nadim3200]

RIP

[@pierson9905]

This is the first comment that has ever made me want to cry

[@Politicalfan17]

Rip Misty

[@jamesrogers5277]

You must have had a grand catafalque too, before the sad procession to the catacombs…

[@stefanodurini6345]

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli the best ever player of Chopin, look after his performance on Tube, after hearing his way of playing the other pianist almost disappear, thank you for every note you gave to us. Rest in peace Arturo

[@dorengarcia7925]

Pretty good with Rachmaninoff too.

[@atarax232323]

@@dorengarcia7925 and Horowitz

[@narutofreaxxxx]

How can it be that someone is such a fucking legend like Chopin

[@hansmuller1846]

+Stefan Djusic True talent...

[@ShiroKage009]

Dedication and hard work.

[@Metadeth1997]

genius

[@quanhittersupreme6738]

pe2chi Chopin also didn't spend time complaining about people swearing on KZbin, mainly because KZbin didn't exist, but also because he wasn't five.

[@Jedz999]

Because he was half-French.

[@maximilianraphael9853]

I would absolutely love to have this played at my funeral.

[@hannastaszak1684]

Arcydzieło, rewelacja ! Chopinie, geniuszu ❤️

[@anastazija8197]

One of the happiest and at the same time saddest pieces ever composed. Exactly how you feel when thinking about a loved person who's no longer there

[@Aegelis]

There's no way you can be older than twenty and not have heard the beginning of this on a cartoon or video game. Kind of difficult to hear how lovely the real piece is with all that cheeky parody added in those situations.

[@RedEyesTops]

saint4God I can't remember hearing it in a game or cartoon.

[@Aegelis]

I stand corrected then :) . Maybe I should've said, "I heard this a lot in Looney Tunes and early computer / console games.

[@scottishcheese13]

Lmao, I found this when I was watching Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and recognized it from the sample in Moar Ghosts n’ Stuff by Deadmau5.

[@jasonjellyfish9480]

Sorry to bother you 6 years after this comment was made, but I think that 0:22 is the start of the Minecraft music disc ward.

[@tacwedie9898]

Even my 7 year old brother Heard it.

[@autumnleaves2766]

Bravissimo Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli ! I am fascinated by this reclusive pianist who was born in January 1920 and died in the summer of 1995. He didn't feel he deserved applause at the end of concerts, he felt it was the composers who deserved the appreciation. He would practise for 8 to 10 hours a day, seeking to perfect his technique and then work on the interpretation. The great French pianist Cortot, hearing Michelangeli play Liszt at a piano competition, said that Michelangeli was a new 20th century Liszt. A perfectionist, Michelangeli was also famous for cancelling concerts, on one occasion it was because of fresh air coming in through a window causing the grand piano to go out of tune. He often had his own grand piano sent around the world with him. Michelangeli was also renowned as a fine teacher, Pollini being one of his pupils. He had more than his fair share of health problems and died aged 75. When a record label he had co-owned went bust in Italy in 1968, the Italian authorities confiscated two of Michelangeli's grand pianos. He never forgave Italy for this and went to live in Switzerland. In his will, he requested that the cause of his death be kept a secret and he does not even have a gravestone in the cemetery where he is buried (in a village called Pura). He had served in the Italian air force during WW2. Late in the war, after Italy had been regained by the Allies, Michelangeli's plane got shot down by the Germans. He claimed that his German captors whipped his hands when they found out he was a pianist, but if this is true then thankfully it did not have long term effects on his playing ability, which had emerged very early in life, he had finished his conservatoire piano studies very early and had also studied violin too. A truly fascinating character and great pianist, he was also a deeply religious man and performed several times in the Vatican.

[@carmenpalu838]

Oggi, venerdì Santo , invito all'ascolto di questa meraviglia musicale, tanto drammatica quanto serena e piena di pace, come descritto nel secondo movimento. È un invito alla speranza che va oltre la morte!

[@romanoarcangeli6445]

grazie dell'invito, valido anche in altri momenti dell'anno liturgico.

[@Markus_Pis]

@@romanoarcangeli6445 Io me l'ascolterei tutti i giorni indipendentemente dalla liturgia!

[@vinodhyawijeratne5647]

Very odd and scary on the beginning and joyful in the middle really a suitable song for funerals no wonder that Chopin is called as the poet of the piano!!!! Great song for me !!!!

[@oceancheung6139]

vinodhya wijeratne it's not exactly scary and joyful, I would say the beginning is deep and the middle is gentle. Furthermore, it is a piece, not a song. Nobody is singing this

[@maximilianenescu9611]

This was played at King Michael of Romania funeral. It was very emotional. I cry when I hear this song. Rest in peace Your Majesty!!

[@halloerde]

The best version I have heard so far. It is often done too quickly. Michelangeli really does make it sound like a funeral march - like a great loss has occurred, The slow crescendo up to 1:14 is amazing. The way he darkens the tone from 1:35 to 1:40 is too. The long middle part, should be a happy memory of the lost loved one. Thanks for posting.

[@mouradshemais3123]

Rest In Peace my father, Youssef Shaaban. I will live to honor your memory and make the world a better place.

[@sunjh2004]

Still my favorite version. Note how elegantly he's playing, with dignity... nothing like those who show off too much emotions on stage nowadays.

[@jasonlynn1017]

Too bad it is ruined by corporations acting like pigs and shoving ads in the music. This is new. KZbin should be regulated by the FCC and forbidden to shove ads INTO content. Piggies get enough $$$$ from their near Monopoly, Google, the richest company in history. Don't talk freedom: CEOs know only one kind, and it doesn't make room for anyone else.

[@ahoghill54]

What a wonderful performer!

[@Lidjaa]

This is the best version of this piece so far. It's just him and his music, nothing more

[@user-74652]

This song really gives you the feeling of death. You feel like it's all over, and there's nothing you can do about it. The world is going up in flames, and every living thing on earth is dying a slow and sad death, and they are accepting their fate without screaming. This is a very beautiful piece.

[@LionEnthusiast]

Bro, you still there?

[@user-74652]

@@LionEnthusiast It's been 15 years since I made that comment. I would no longer call this piece a "song", but I would still say I stand by the rest of what I said.

[@uncanny_clips]

​@@user-74652what would you call it? How's life since this comment?

[@user-74652]

@@uncanny_clips It's obviously not a song, because there's no singing. It's just a piece of music. Still, I'm not as zealous about this sort of pedantry as I was a few years ago.

[@yes8032]

Wow he’s still here! Probs to that

[@martingoblet9191]

Je reviens toujours à cet interprète, pour sa rigueur, sa sensibilité, sa maîtrise, son jeu qui exclut tout pathos, son art tout classique de la litote. Extraordinaire deuxième partie: la vision du paradis après l'agonie.

[@HAYAOLEONE]

🙄

[@umbertogatti674]

Il est un initié. Il traduit en musique le monde de l esprit

[@TheCreedofAssassinos]

I want this to be played at my funeral. Wait...

[@TheCreedofAssassinos]

Edward Nigma That's my line!

[@squirehaggard4749]

I want this played at my wedding.....

[@nadialiliasanchezlucero1232]

yo podria tocartela a la cancion en tu funeral tengo 11 años y mi familia esta muy orgullosa de mi =)

[@Frank332666]

squire haggard Not sure about that one

[@marshallallensmith]

Become a Soviet Premier and it's a done deal.

[@anngrogan6343]

Love to watch his hands and fingers! They seem like ten swan's down feathers attached to his wrists. His softest notes seem to evaporate into thin air leaving me with an image of the vapor trail of a swan or a jet that has already passed. Somehow this piece in his hands seems at once terribly impressive and somber, and yet terribly wistful and gentle. My favorite kind of piece!

[@7Jackster]

I kept hearing this song in my head while I was taking a final exam. ^-^

[@Daoibhéar]

This song greatly describes the last month and beyond in KZbin.

[@mjthehuman77]

here lies Squidward's hopes and dreams

[@notbusla1444]

+El Paraíso Gamer we all are

[@rafaelsanchezmoreno4497]

+Notbus La Of course XD

[@Bilboswaggins2077]

What a baby

[@moneysigno9342]

so true lol😂

[@epictacowizard5778]

made my day

[@wolframhuttermann7519]

It is a very sad, but very beautiful march.

[@jumpyourbone]

This is too fine. Positively grim and gorgeous.

[@kraisleriana]

grandissima emozione! Dedico questo splendido brano a tutte le persone che ho amato e che non sono più con me! Great emotion! I dedicate this splendid piece to all the people I loved and who are no longer with me!

[@umbertogatti674]

Brava! È giusto e necessario farlo!

[@faridehnaghsh]

This music is so rhythmic with my heart and soul.

[@blueberryboi9426]

RIP Sentry Gun Died a hero defending Badwater Basin I loved that little gun

[@texasred8603]

"spy sappin my sentry"

[@windowsmizu416]

Jude Pelaez I just got scammed yesterday, lost two of my unusuals, they were also my only unusuals.

[@vasz5311]

I'm sorry engi

[@kapitankapital6580]

what a fantastic pianist!

[@genteche...6104]

of course, it's Michelangeli

[@7TheMrSeven7]

Hey, where did you find that flag? did you make it? Let me know plz.

[@kapitankapital6580]

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[@kapitankapital6580]

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[@kapitankapital6580]

All credit goes to the artist, I did not make this.

[@alexfabri8001]

É impressionante o modo como as músicas de Chopin nos fazem vagar pelo vale dos sentimentos, e inevitavelmente degladiar nossas tristezas.

[@Brace67]

Played by a military band during the funeral cortage of President Kennedy 50 years ago. That music and the beating of the muffled drums is a memory never to be forgotten. So sad and somber and so tragic. This march played as the seven horses pulled the gun cassion bearing his flag draped coffin through the streets of Washington to the grave at Arlington National Cemetary.

[@sunrises3806]

I love waking up in the morning to this tune.

[@Osmoses3362]

I like the way he plays...:-) Clean and gently.;-)

[@marcela9489]

this song has such a big deepness, we can feel real and heavy emotions with it, Chopin made it sound so equilibrated, dark, elegant, beautiful and apic at the same time. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER COMPOSED, and one of the best performances of it as well

[@xxxdarkxxx1714]

Can we all say R. I. P to Chopin and he is also my favourite pianist he is now in a better place called heaven plus he is a legend 😓

[@louiscypher2221]

I find this piece captures it all. It starts with the somber march, evoking the scene of the funeral of the deceased, then a beautiful section evoking the trials and tribulations of the life that has just passed, with its victories and defeats. Then we enter the mid-section, which captures the spirit of the man leaving the body and entering the spirit world into a blissful kind of state, leaving the physical world behind. Finally, we return to the funeral where the mourners gather and the evocation of the man's life. The playing here is precise. I love how the man withdraws his hands in such a controlled manner at the end.

[@TheSoulofPiano]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful, exceptional pianist. Great boost in the air. Excellent continuation. Jean-luc.

[@maelserrano6946]

Je n'etais même pas né quand vous postiez cette vidéo a quelque mois près et je l'écoute depuis longtemps. Merci

[@toastbight]

RIP my great grandfather. He went from Poland, to Canada, then to the USA. Almost dying from the Soviets in the Polish-Soviet war. I miss him.

[@Mauzohank]

Wie lange hab ich gesucht, bis ich zu diesem Video fand. Das ist endlich mal jemand, der´s kann. Ohne Geschisse, Umschweife oder Gedöns. Kult. Rockt. So muss das.^^

[@hanksenpai9125]

play this at my funeral.

[@billoddy5637]

This is what they played at JFK's funeral, but with bagpipes

[@jayozombie5183]

Ill take Moonlight Sonata...

[@manuelbes]

@@billoddy5637 it was also played at Chopin's...

[@geologist5838]

Mine too

[@brandexbrasil2091]

Coffin meme

[@72mahler]

Il modo con il quale esegue il secondo tema è assolutamente straordinario. Penso che il Paradiso sia così. Dolcezza allo stato puro.

[@Blue_Happiness]

"We're all gonna meet the Grim Reaper." Don't be afraid. It's going to hurt at first. But, it will be smooth, as your eyes start to close. You won't feel a thing after. It will be like sleeping. But there's one thing I can't tell you. If there's a Heaven or Hell, or not. But Death on the other hand, we'll be sleeping nice and peaceful.

[@chopper84a]

great composer + great piece + great pianist = wonderful music

[@Taka-Musics-Labo]

He is my piano teacher's teacher. Yes, I'm a grandson pupil of him.

[@mathiasmenu8368]

Le mouvement du milieu est l'une des plus belles choses que j'aie entendue de ma vie.

[@heavyweaponsgaming]

R.I.P. kitty0706, i am listening to this while crying myself to sleep over his death to leukemia. I will miss one of the most ambitious animators of our generation who died so young.

[@Matthew9735]

Didn't he animate mass defect?

[@Matthew9735]

***** damn :/

[@minkerstin2869]

I hope you guys will read this even thought im two years too late, but kitty was such an awesome animator. I loved his most popular "team fabulous 2" video

[@Hwillijonl]

Arturo does such a magnifiicent job of allowing us to experience the genius that was Chopin. So wonderful.

[@Figga1949]

One of the best interpreters of Chopin.

[@EM-zn2ft]

I have been looking for this song... FOREVER. I finally found it.

[@jebodeiasque]

It wouldn't be a funeral if it didn't have the word fun in it

[@annulrsolformrkelse4023]

lol?

[@waismartialarts1]

+InTheLight Morbid*

[@codypalooza]

just finished learning this piece. proud to say the first piece i have fully learned and memorized. incredible amount of emotion behind it. chopin

[@pascalemahieu9178]

Franchement j'adore. Merci beaucoup.

[@lorenzozava3613]

Quanta energia deve essere stata utilizzata per un simile prodigio pianistico quanta passione dentro queste note e quanto impegno da parte di Michelangeli, il quale sembra essere un tutt'uno con il pianoforte, tant'è che le giunture dei suoi polsi fanno cardine con gli spasmi post caduta ad ogni accordo ch'egli suona. my best compliment Maestro

[@kabj06]

No one actually acknowledges the beauty of the music in the comments. Instead, it's like reading a fucking obituary.

[@josephmiller1224]

Why do you force your obscene language on the rest of us.

[@kabj06]

@@josephmiller1224 *the future is now, old man*

[@HAYAOLEONE]

@@kabj06 stupid little girls online and their comments..

[@Mongo1940]

Played beautifully. This sort of reminds me of what a parent is thinking when their child has died. Sadness and unbearable grief interspersed with lovely memories of their childs life but in the end overwhelming sadness.

[@throsturfannar2318]

Imagine playing this at a funeral

[@juanxu1047]

I am

[@KINgUCHENDU]

Chopin by far my favourite composer. I heard many renditions of funeral march by other artists but none better than chopin. Chopin, mahler, hayden top three in my book

[@adriansanto1033]

my mother taught me how to play she said aim high or don't aim at all so I'll practice it for her funeral.

[@machabeleloka318]

Adrian Santo: You saying that because you deeply love and respect your mother? I’m just curious and intrigued ☺️

[@evilbug555to666]

dAMN SON, THIS MUSIC CAN EVEN MELT A HEART MADE OF STONE. MASTERPIECE.♥♥♥

[@jayozombie5183]

Wish I could make keys dance like that...Bravo sir

[@eva-nq6yh]

I came back to this song and I love it still! 11/3/21

[@mrad237]

I love this song, yet, at the same time, I'm haunted by it. I can appreciate it's beauty, but it's meaning frightens me. I hear this and the hair on the back of my neck stands straight up. I check under the bed and in the closet for the Grim Reaper. I cannot listen to this alone or in the dark. This song succeeds at bringing back my most visceral, childhood fears. I hear this and picture a creepy death song.

[@marazulization]

Never heard a better expression on sadness that this piece of Chopin work, masterly played! Thanks for sharing!

[@Max1715]

In memory of Eddard Stark, the most honorous and rightful lord to the throne of the 7 realms.

[@LucDaigLTU]

Wow... exactly how I hear it in "me cabosa" Perfect interpretation I guess Fred himself would bbe proud !

[@DerLadyGaGaFan]

the imperial march was inspired by this

[@mihaicarstea3085]

I think so too

[@gustavotbf]

Definitely

[@meowmsmacadamia7026]

Not really.

[@manuelbes]

Maybe a bit

[@bhstephe]

Love this one. Oddly enough, it reminds me of driving to the beach.

[@Anne-BrunelleKufwa]

Ça me donne des frissons 😶‍🌫️

[@TheJackHarkness]

I like what he does with the trills... So different than what other players do... I think it really represents the temperament of the piece.

[@nicolasfr3579]

RIP the 3 millions French soldiers dead since 1900.

[@revenueeeeeee]

Yeah RIP frenchys :(

[@rebarbadora]

And before in Invasions? Suck my...

[@keysersose996]

RIP all the soldiers dead for nothing...

[@heavyweaponsgaming]

RIP the 3 billions French soldiers deserted since 1900

[@nicolasfr3579]

lol funny boy ;)

[@KingHarlaus1]

The funeral march is a Polish march that the Polish military plays when mourning the dead. Polish history was very bloody from 1795-1989, this march is very special to us Polish people, please do not use this march in a disrespectful way. :)

[@talynhastime9343]

+KingHarlaus1 People can use music however they want. People use Mozart's Requiem for the most ridiculous of things, after all. No one would have known that if you hadn't said it, and I don't think many people would ever entertain your request if they did.

[@rcs5573]

+KingHarlaus1 Kurwa kurwa

[@captaincrunch7126]

+KingHarlaus1 This is the internet, where assholes run rampant and without consequence. You just baited yourself if anything

[@mrbrandolese]

The ability by Michelangeli to re create every musical score remains insuperable

[@Metadeth1997]

4:00 - 4:47 so beautiful ;(

[@jayozombie5183]

I always come back to this one.. its so beautiful and tragic, Chopin plays it better than anybody. Watch his fingers walk the keys..

[@RayMysteryo]

R.I.P Frederyk Chopin who died probably from tuberculosis

[@ZombieDrogado96]

:c

[@skylexender]

+RayMysteryo probably...

[@RayMysteryo]

whats funny is that you go to his wiki page and (ctrl + f) the word "probably" ... you will see

[@RayMysteryo]

Logan Glauner i cant tell if thats a good thing or a bad thing .. the boy chopin went out guns blazing

[@rozaanuarbekova9070]

What a wonderful I feel all my soul fullfiled by Chopin..

[@a.c.7748]

Que maravilha de música, meu Deus! ♥

[@ThePianoguy89]

I love this piece. My former piano professor would not allow to play this piece at my college's annual Spring Concert/Art Exhibition. He said this piece is too long and somber for an upbeat program. I really wanted to play this, but I am playing Chopin's Raindrop Prelude. I really love dark pieces. I am not depressed, but I just have a thing for dark piano pieces and sad songs.

[@danielash8982]

do you have the sheet music ?

[@andreacroci7741]

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli is a genius! Too bad this recording is too low, it's one of the best versions ever.

[@wilberts.cubero3629]

+Andrea Croci You can always raise the volume ;) lol

[@HAYAOLEONE]

You know a better version?

[@umbertogatti674]

It is not question of too low volume. It is the correct way of playing. Magic and deeply spiritual

[@papadevatoymiguel]

the feeling of loss is captured here in a way nobody can. chopin really knows how.

[@pierremathieu9340]

Grandiose.

[@christianvennemann9008]

I'll be playing this in my head as I go back to work tomorrow after being on vacation for two weeks. 😩😩

[@luisalfonsoangulozambrano]

me encanta meditear con esta cancion

[@Allzumenschliches44]

Chopin the best piano composer of all time, everything he created is fantastic!

[@kennysantiago3834]

Rip dade - filthy Frank

[@RicoLoadedVI]

He's in dimension 8 with lord chin chin now

[@valenxiiaga]

Kenny Santiago Rip Filthy Frank

[@kaba1996]

RIP him

[@edibidihok]

I like the way he takes his hands off the piano at the end.... just melancholic!

[@GeoGamesTV]

Finally justice for the 96 who died in the Hillsborough disaster.

[@cactusjack6050]

Just the most fantastic musician, the feeling just blows me away.

[@SheenylHassan]

Does any one think this piece as a happy song rather than a sad song?

[@grandbluepianistofthesky9469]

Sheenyl Hassan Maybe the middle section is more positive than the rest.

[@ludovitkramar7088]

I dont really hear it being sad, but definitelly not happy

[@KieraQ0323]

Death isn't completely sad. So it makes sense that neither would this song be. The song conveys a sense of nostalgia, nostalgia for the good times when you were together.

[@IchiteM]

Especially the high notes. I remember my close ones find happiness in those tunes when its played on my last march.

[@bsd300d]

This is exactly how a man should present himself when playing Chopin. Dignity, respect, and a killer stach!!

[@v.t.o.l.friedchicken6973]

JET FUEL CAN"T MELT DANK MEMES! DEM DANK MEMES WILL NEVER DIE!