Piano Phantom's live performance of Chopin's F minor Nocturne Op.55 no.1

[@deenasmusicbox]

I've never heard this before, but it doesn't make it any less beautiful. 🙂🎹

[@sobiuba386]

awesome

[@mikesokol4565]

He has the same last name as me😱

[@vincedelfi3141]

That’s Sokol!!!

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Chapter by Chapter / Verse by Verse !!!!!!!

[@憤氣탱천]

좋다..

[@wojtekkedzierawski423]

Lipa

[@kenturner9034]

This performance feels patchy and incoherent due to tempo and voicing fluctuations. I don't think the pianist has fully grasped this work. Compare to Virna Kljakovic's 2013 performance if you want to understand what Mr. Sokol is missing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2TUeYJvlrSEj68

[@roninreturns]

I'm not certain how this true and traditional version could be compared to overly-romanticized and interpreted modern equivalents. Horowitz played in a style closer to the intent of the composers as well, and it sounds as they intended.

[@roninreturns]

I did listen to Vima's interpretation you posted, and it simply is not how this song was written, or performed in its day. If you are a pianist, you can immediately tell the difference, and it sounds as Sokol played.

[@kenturner9034]

@@roninreturns If you prefer originalist interpretations, that's fine:. But let's not pretend that an originalist interpretation is intrinsically worth more. The 21st century pianist has access to 150+ years of post-Chopin cultural and technical evolution, and pianos that Chopin could barely have imagined. I personally prefer that the pianist give us their best interpretation using all the tools of modern pianism.