Michelangeli plays Chopin Berceuse Op. 57 D Flat Major

[@dooglassdorenal7875]

I could sleep with this piece, it's so pure and warm, it's like a hug.

[@Wkkbooks]

Worth mentioning that Chopin did not call this piece Berceuse (Cradle Song or Lullaby) That was the publisher's idea. He just called it Variations.

[@imagineMusic731]

The publisher was right!... at least on this one ... ;-)

[@Zeflik84]

Technically, this is a passacaglia

[@thepianocornertpc]

Worth mentioning is the transcendental performance of Michelangeli.

[@Fanfanbalibar]

This is true, it was a piece meant for hisfather (Chopin's father)

[@elias7748]

I think he would hate all the nicknames we have given his pieces

[@benbroverman5150]

One of the greatest pianists of the 20th century IMO.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

@@dariovannozzi There are better ones than ABM. Better piano sound players like A.Rubinstein E.Gilels W.Kempff R.Lupu and the real titans G.Sokolov V.Horowitz M.Pletnev ABM not the greatest never was

[@thomgeo8073]

@@RaineriHakkarainen rubinstein? sokolov? pletnev?😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@kestrel3509]

@Michael Zhu Rubinstein below Michelangeli?? This comment above officer...

[@gspaulsson]

@Michael Zhu Zimerman is the best today. My personal favourite is Dinu Lipatti - the good die young, they say. Cortot. Cassadesus. Richter. Ashkenazy. Barenboim. Argerich. Fleisher. Kissin. Polliini. Grimaud. ....

[@enrique1402]

@Michael Zhu To each its repertoire, dear

[@simonecannelli6043]

it is a gift from the another world.

[@vintagegoldenage]

chopin certainly was

[@ghislainecasaburi5537]

Un pianiste sublime qui a une intériorité exceptionnelle et une immense délicatesse de toucher! Irremplaçable!

[@guidotoninibossi4251]

La più bella esecuzione di questo meraviglioso pezzo.Immenso Michelangeli !!

[@angelobonacci461]

Giustissimo,come tutti i pezzi che ha registrato così 🎉🎉

[@davestahl6676]

I love Chopin, and maybe this one most of all. It's a jewel. I love his bigger works, too, but this one is so lyrical it's hard not to be moved by it. Wonderful playing by Michelangeli

[@AurasSparsas]

This performance is extraterrestrial.

[@jrk9357]

exactly

[@hostlangr]

Hier auch eine gute Interpretation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJzQe3aEhZqDack

[@rintun7407]

Perfectly said

[@erika6651]

👽🎹🎶

[@massimobelibani9983]

I am perfectly agree with you, dear friend!!!

[@polskaftw6807]

Somehow this feels like a mix of Chopin, Satie and Debussy to me. Perfect! :)

[@postmodernrecycler]

Although, Chopin came before them both.

[@punkpoetry]

Postmodern Recycler you don’t say

[@vfrtgyuhv33]

I agree...

[@kararafael]

One of the greatest pianist of all time !

[@gitaasaria5788]

One of my favorite compositions from chopin, and the best interpretation is this one, in my opinion.

[@jrk9357]

The variation beginning at 1:57 is stunning

[@AlyIns838]

It's so beautiful, you can just cry...

[@LordGreystoke]

I cry with you

[@AlyIns838]

Byron Gordon let's just all cry together

[@josephreyes8145]

It is the very definition of exquisite!

[@peteklat]

Stop sniveling and just listen.

[@AlyIns838]

Peter Klatzow this comment is 2 years old so thanks Peter for the feedback

[@paolofranceschi6874]

incredibile, inarrivabile. michelangeli polverizza qualsiasi possibile concorrenza di qualsiasi altro pianista che osi anche solo lontanamente avvicinarsi a questo brano, riuscendo a calibrare ogni nota in un empireo sonoro inarrivabile a chiunque. strepitoso.

[@fulviozanoni8450]

Exécution très décevante. Ecoutez Friedrich Gulda, ou Fulvio Zanoni!

[@fabriziopelli4577]

paolo franceschi michelangeli la fa senz'altro magistralmente ma mai ascoltato cortot?

[@bodiloto]

soltanto Cortot ?!...

[@bodiloto]

+Paolo Franceschi 1 il fanatismo uccide ogni forma d'arte ... 2 durante la mia lunghissima vita avevo sentito più di 100 pianisti ... 3 la metà erano semplicemente meravigliosi come attori e interpreti . 4 Michelangeli era tra di loro ma non era il migliore ... 5 come si può dire chi era il migliore ?!... è semplicemente assurdo .

[@mariopietta5888]

si puo' dire vale anche per i cantanti quello che mi trasmette un artista fa la differenza, non tutti percepiamo le stesse energie

[@fanyutube4015]

Ce qui distingue cette interprétation de la majorité c'est le ton lumineux, léger et joyeux que Michelangeli donne à cette musique. On est loin du ''marchand de sable'' qui nous comble d'un sommeil lourd et engourdi. Ici, la musique prend tout son sens. Merci!

[@domenicogargiulo6218]

È commovente, sognante, dolcissima, le idee sono sublimi, il contrappunto e l'armonia di grande profondità. Dopo aver ascoltato una musica simile si è totalmente appagati. Bravissimo Michelangeli. Sublime Chopin.

[@paulo3564]

Elegance. Magic. Bravissimo. The Best!

[@amielvan1]

I only recently discovered Michelangeli’s playing Chopin. With him the feelings don’t pour out. They are there but they are held back and you have to listen for them and when you find them it is the tension and the excitement. Very different from Rubinstein. I’m in love with Michelangelo’s Chopin (and Rubinstein’s and Arrau’s and Cortot’s and Solomon’s. Each great in his unique way…)

[@andreahighsmith636]

I agree with you in the sense that Claudio Arrau was a genius. A discreet man at the service of music and the composer, far away from "divismo". Maestro Arrau was divine! What a sweet and wonderful sound he got from the keyboard.

[@ronkupers]

As close as it can get to perfection and to Chopin's esprit. Hypnotic.

[@yusufu9]

What a spirit-lifting charge to be able to hear these heavenly sounds ... and to also watch the magical fingers at play ...Thanks so much for sharing!

[@alessandrodelmonte5765]

il Divino Michelangeli, morto ma sempre vivo per chi ama la perfezione della Musica !!

[@notmyworld44]

Countless decades ago this piece was one of my earliest experiences with hearing classical music. So good to hear it again, and especially played by this nearly-forgotten pianist!

[@tonideblasi]

i've listen to a lot of different executions of the Berceuse - yet an incredible masterpiece of music on its own - but the rendition of this specific recording by Benedetti Michelangeli remains unsurpassed, in my opinion - with all the respect the other pianists deserve. Everything must have been perfect on that day, in that space and in that time: the pianist - of course he was :) - his blood pressure, the room temperature, piano position, voltage at microphones, ... And magic happened.

[@raymondgautier7887]

I prefer Perahia.

[@unrestrictedpot3003]

+RAYMOND GAUTIER LMAO

[@benbroverman5150]

His blood pressure? Lol

[@aidanguy2182]

@@benbroverman5150 Yeah he was a perfectionist :p probably an exaggeration though that's why his piano was always perfectly tuned and you barely ever hear him making a mistake.

[@DavidAgdern]

What makes this so great is that it is devoid of easy sentimentality - it is crystalline objectivity.

[@lagunagreg4019]

What you are really saying is that it's a little too objective and not stylistic by any measure.

[@moomoo7437]

@@lagunagreg4019 No. What they are saying is that this performance is sublime. Chopin is elegant, this performance is stylistic in a Chopin-esque way. Subtlety is key.

[@lagunagreg4019]

@@moomoo7437 - subtlety? Please, you don't even know what that means. Michelangeli's Chopin sound just like his Prokofiev, which sounds just like his Brahms which sounds just like his Beethoven. Talk about stylistic differences! Oh my God! They should all sound different, like when Cortot plays them, or Gilels just to begin with. Or when someone like Lipati does Chopin, now there was a real SUBTLE artist who barely made a rubato but gave everything the perfect lilt. Your comments just confirm again that the public has no real taste or discernment, and actually can't hear anything.

[@moomoo7437]

@@lagunagreg4019 What makes you such a great figure of authority? You're just as much of a KZbin comment dweller as anybody else. Go be a snob somewhere else. The classical community already has far too many.

[@lagunagreg4019]

@@moomoo7437 - You are speaking entirely for yourself here. Snob much yourself?

[@DaddysmoothRD]

Rimango senza parole ogni volta che la ascolto.....

[@michaelfuria4257]

Impeccable playing..excellent recording quality..

[@brichter543]

So beautiful. To my (untrained) ear this piece is an extraordinary blend of simplicity (anchored by repetitive left hand) and complexity esp as the song progresses and right hand expands into intriguing harmonics & patterns.

[@vintagegoldenage]

lovely interpretation

[@katrinagraham9811]

The more I see you. The more I am moved by your power. CHOPIN. FOREVER ALIVE. 12th December 2022 Michelangeli is a master and a beautiful performer. Thank you for your grace, integrity and love of the pianoforte. I will always remember you in my world of dreams. Today and always. Lady K x

[@robertomar1923]

le donne vengono da venere gli uomini da marte...Michelangeli da quale f...ta galassia l'hanno mandato qua?....divino...non ci sono parole

[@jrk9357]

sheer beauty above all praise

[@aaronkennedy5387]

Interesting fact that Bill Evans introduced Miles Davis to the beauty of Michelangeli's playing, only read that yesterday!

[@miloskunc26]

Where did you read it? just curious

[@francesconaddeo1491]

We can say that a masterpiece like Kind of Blue was born thanks to Michelangeli ...

[@francesconaddeo1491]

@@miloskunc26 from the autobiography of Miles Davis

[@drrabner47]

Bill Evans wrote a piece based on the Berceuse entitled Peace Piece in 1958

[@PatriaProductions]

Extraordinary experience.

[@JH-tu6xq]

The sound is prefect

[@massimobelibani9983]

Dedico questo capolavoro di Chopin performata da uno dei più grandi pianisti italiani che siano mai esistiti a te Nari che ti voglio bene e ti amo più della mia vita. Grazie Maestro e R.I.P. 💝💝💝💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️😍😘❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💝💝💝💘💘💘💕💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧Per te Narica Q. Un bacio ed un abbraccio forti ed appassionati🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧💝💝💝💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️😍😘💘💘💘❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💝💝💝💘💘💘💕💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💕💘💝💖❤️🙏🙏🙏Massimo

[@vhugo78]

Léger, aérien, juste magnifique

[@kanekokazuko7034]

あまりにも美しい響きに泣きそう‼️本当に素晴らしいピアニスト💙🎶💐素晴らしく演奏の配信ありがとうございました😉👍🎶😃

[@jamesrosenbluth5056]

私も同感です。ご感想ありがとうございました。

[@gildareni6069]

non si può che ascoltarla nella sua sublime esecuzione

[@sadieals]

Absolutely beautiful

[@francescomazzonetto1081]

penso che questa sia musica alla pura essenza

[@cherubello9340]

Credo che Chopin sarebbe rimasto sconvolto da tale lievitazione senza gravità. Transumano è questo.

[@alessandroanglani1343]

Voglio morire con questa melodia dentro di me. E' l'anticamera dell'infinito.

[@jprefect2913]

I’ve always liked this piece. Michelangeli does a superb job (such even control of the left hand, and its repeating base line).

[@massimilianodipaolo2780]

E' così perfetto...Grazie dell'Upload!!!

[@StirlingUnion]

Agreed. The lullaby influence creates the magic associated with this piece.

[@darioditrana57]

Eleganza classe compostezza questa la magia della sua musica

[@hsingyi87]

Non trovo parole per descrivere, sentirla è stato come essere trasportato in un sogno 😍

[@gomagoma313]

Sublime.

[@jsnicky43]

Love michelangeli's version of this berceuse

[@pietropertot9249]

un Artista proveniente da un 'altro pianeta!

[@pauliberg3492]

a jewel..as near as perfect could be..

[@andreanoce85]

Che perfezione!

[@brendafairchildbakk9624]

yes, sublime......

[@alessandrodelmonte5765]

Meraviglioso , surreale , divino..

[@willweeverknow]

I wish my parents would have played this piece in ABM's Interpretation to me when I was a child - and I would have had always happy dreams. :-) It's simply the best (pedal, tempo, melodies, everything). I love it.

[@Paul-iv9mt]

Jerome Robins' ballet "The Concert" begins with this lovely berceuse and each dance is after various pieces. It has led me to fall in love with Chopin pieces like this. Some purists don't like "The Concert" but it is a wonderful comic ballet set to Chopin pieces for the piano. The "Mistake Waltz" is incredibly clever dancing and so funny.

[@Paul-iv9mt]

I agree. It is one of my favourites ballets though I thought it strange that the wonderful dance with the umbereiias is not the Raindrop Prelude.

[@Cavillagallery]

A Master at work

[@lynx777]

He is the best

[@giulianabianchi5482]

Non ce ne sarà un altro lontanamente paragonabile ❤

[@wrstrfgh]

absolutely amazing, crystal clear, with the left hand perfectly balancing the right hand, not too much not too little. I make an exception by commenting negative on Lisitsa - I agree with CarborundumKid.

[@andreapraderio8458]

Che eleganza!

[@MrGer2295]

Beautiful ! Thank you for posting !

[@thinice6080]

il problema di crescere ascoltando musica come questa è rendersi conto che quasi nulla nella vita le somiglia. E allora alla musica ci si aggrappa.

[@DaddysmoothRD]

Arturo Benedetto Michelangeli aveva un dono fuori dal normale, tante volte ascolto queste meraviglie e ringrazio il Signore per averci donato questa musica celestiale. Rip Maestro

[@DaddysmoothRD]

E grazie soprattutto a Chopin

[@alineboyd983]

Wonderful playing!!!!!

[@o_ultimo_senju]

Magnífico!

[@postmangibbons]

This explains why God has fallen asleep on us all.

[@not2tees]

If God wakes up, all His dreams disappear . . . dreams such as this universe. I liked your comment . . . dream on, oh divine dreamer.

[@francescoterlizzi1710]

trascendente

[@nadiadesimone9853]

limpidezza cristallina

[@artetnaturevideos6997]

Hello, Thank you very much !!! Best wishes ! Jean-Charles Bourquin

[@dellboy177]

It is fairly epic. Like some sort of lullaby.

[@michellelacroix9489]

Fantastique.

[@mariopietta5888]

when i ear michelangeli i wont play piano like lost in the past, but look my hand and think lok like farmer, but my soul is light

[@사루비아-p7l]

thank you for sharing

[@aniriiver8742]

Гениальный пианист,слушаю тысячу раз и убеждаюсь!Конечно, наш Светик Рихтер тоже!Вот их два,даже великие Софроницкий и Юдина все же чуть им уступают!Глен Гульд хорош в Бахе,Шенберге.

[@andreahighsmith636]

Wonderful! Perfection. Despite the fact that today people say that ABM had a manneristic style. Try to do it better and than we'll talk again...

[@4768cylee]

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[@massimobelibani9983]

I dedicate this Arturo Benedetti - Michelangeli a te che ti amo moltissimo Narica. 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇷🇺💝💝💝💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️💘💘💘😍😘💘💘💘💝💝💝💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️💕💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💘💘💘💝💝💝Massimo.

[@brv1111]

Masterful

[@jean-mariedethier5495]

Au-delà de ce monde, vers l'unité du beau.

[@888dolphine]

The best among all!

[@prinzparsiphal777]

Not from this world. ABM was from Andromeda maybe.

[@martinberridge9173]

Some I knew who studied with ABM said he was, like Marlon Brando, not of this earth.

[@luisalbertocarrasconfrutos5094]

Colosal ❤❤❤❤❤

[@giraddestra]

semplicemente perfetto

[@ilmiochopindiruyshev4316]

Grazie. Ciao :-)

[@DavidAgdern]

Yes it is.

[@chrisblackwell666]

Che bellezza ❤❤❤

[@ildikoheiszam4733]

Gyönyörű!!!

[@esauponce9759]

Simplemente perfecto!

[@vfrtgyuhv33]

말 그대로 달콤한 꿈속을 거니는 듯한 다른 사람 버전은 들어보지 않았지만 이 미켈란젤리 버전이 완벽히 곡에 어울릴 것 같은 느낌

[@natashawang88]

Nice

[@jotapearanha3149]

Excelsior.

[@Viktorvelat95]

Like lullaby? it is lullaby,if le berceuse is translated from french :))

[@lorenzogumier7646]

Absurd comments, better this better that. All pianist mentioned are real titans. At such level of mastery all we can legitimaly express are personal preferences, get over it

[@postmodernrecycler]

Well, damn!

[@lagunagreg4019]

Why is it that M's hand very often don't play together in the slower passages? Can we say "mannered?"

[@mossfitz]

The known descriptions of Chopin's playing say that he played that way. Apparently that's more what 'rubato' meant to him (robbed time) than the changes of speed associated with that term nowadays. He is said to have kept the accompaniment or left hand timing quite steady

[@lagunagreg4019]

@@mossfitz - nobody has performed these works that way since the late 19th century. No serious, trained professional pianist does it today. If you studied at a conservatory anytime in the last century, the habit was beaten out of you and especially if you studied with a major teacher. As far as what people said about Chopin's writing, most of it appears to contradict itself including what people have written about his teaching. It's like trying to approach the historical Jesus. it almost can't be done from written accounts. Except to complain about how his publishers were cheating him, we have precious little from Chopin himself about his ideas about making or writing music. Lastly, Chopin was a fastidious enough composer and copyist that if he wanted the RH to come down after the LH, he would have written it that way.. So was his secretary Fontana who reviewed many of his engraver's copies and proofs for errors.

[@mossfitz]

@@lagunagreg4019 I read 2 historical descriptions by contemporary witnesses of Chopin's playing, and both agreed that he kept quite a steady time and that the rubato consisted in delaying the melody line slightly behind the accompaniment. It is to be assumed that the 2 independent witnesses were reporting what they had observed. I don't think he would have played the lines so long delayed that it be notatable. It would have been a subtle matter of just not being precise and absolutely strict about placing the melody on the accompaniment. I imagine that way of playing would indeed not be to modern taste - I prefer a general expressive flexibility in the tempo myself - but that would possibly have seemed simply wrong until later in the 19th century as such newer styles and taste in expressive performance gradually loosened and became more familiar.

[@asamx23]

hi i subscribed

[@gfweis]

Although sometimes people speak of Michelangeli's coolness or objectivity, I find this performance full of expression, including a treatment of the opening theme that beautifully exploits the potential sadness in the music.

[@sssyntax]

I totally agree, this guy just gets it and plays it perfectly.

[@Thiago-px9ev]

They like to say that about Arrau as well. They know nothing. Lang Lang listeners I guess.

[@danielrenoud-grappin3224]

And now listen to Peace Piece by Bill Evans.....

[@LordGreystoke]

The gold standard

[@groovermctoober4508]

I would even enjoy watching this if there were no sound.

[@АркадийХаритонов-ъ5ц]

наверное самое красивое исполнение этой мелодии но исполнение Соломона эмоционально сильней воздействует.

[@davideparma9918]

dio ti benedica