Frédéric Chopin // Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (Vadim Chaimovich)

[@daytona-x7b]

wow i heard this on The Most Beautiful Passage From Every Chopin Nocturne video and it made me cry, after listening to so many versions of this nocturne i didnt think any interpretation could still surprise me like that.

[@AUGUSTINEMINH]

Hey you! You are lonely, don't you? You are probably here because you are alone, as only lonely people can listen to this type of pieces over and over again. I wish you the best and just want you to know that you are not alone. Sending virtual hugs 🫂

[@FrederickViner]

The most powerful performance of this work that I've ever heard. The subtle tenor voice that you occasionally bring out in the LH, the beautifully balanced harp-chords in the middle section, the sheer desperation of the reprise...it all brought a tear to my eye!

[@kaypie3112]

Yes Sir. He did a brilliant job in this performance. The doppio section was especially brilliant in that he did an outstanding job of keeping the variated (is that a word?😜) main theme clearly audible while also articulating the left hand triplets extremely well. I see you used this performance in your video on the Chopin nocturnes.

[@ConnorDZG]

I think this is the most dynamic and best-paced interpretation I've heard of this. Amazing.

[@PauloBarreto15041964]

I agree 100 %. I know many interpretations , this one is simply the best.

[@vitaslyvka6722]

Dear Vadim.. Thank you for this gift of your talent for people in this world...What you are doing - it is the highest form of art, mantelpiece. So poor, so honest, so deep...You make some personalities be inspired again, to love again, to feel, to live, to dream....

[@EverTruu]

Wow this performance is on another level. Every note is played with purpose.

[@EkoBeatzProduction]

After hearing 100 different nocturne op. 48, this interpretation nailed it.. Thankyou.

[@2204AG]

The only form in which sorrow and agony can be beautiful is music 💓

[@hstanekovic]

This is a great saying!

[@sivolkhoargen1066]

I play and listened to hundreds recordings of this nocturne for years. I am sure. This is the definitive interpretation. Superb. The Version.

[@franciscosevero9792]

This interpretation brought me the will of retrying to play it again. It is a profound interpretation of the most amazing Chopin nocturn

[@jonathan130]

This performance is not very popular, but it should. I’ve heard like 20 interpretations of this piece and this one is one of the best.

[@luciomartinzavalagallo3005]

Magnífica interpretación. Bello, muy bello. Realmente diferente a todo lo que he escuchado. Muchas gracias.

[@susangi]

I listen to it on replay. Perfection !

[@contessa420]

Criminally underrated

[@gunnarbuster2610]

It is a unique pleasure and privilege to listen to your profound and engaging piano playing. A real balm for the soul. Thank you very much.

[@gwojcieszczuk]

I like the slower than usual tempo at the beginning.

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

Greg W yes, I also liked it!

[@umut1269]

Im so happy to give the 1000th thumbs up to this miraculous interperatation. I feel so lucky to be able to hear it. Thank you!

[@VadimChaimovich]

Thanx, and happy new year to you! 🥂

[@NerfRangetestsmore]

Makes it so easy looking... I wish I could play it some day!

[@cjm081]

My new favorite peformance of this piece.

[@PaPyRene]

I'm learning this Chopin nocturne, and it is your interpretation, among all other versions, that inspires me... thank you so much !

[@saravia1_]

The best interpretation of this nocturne. So much emotions. Others play it too fast or soulless.

[@isd6497]

Best Interpretation I ever heard. With love from Ukraine)

[@mariajacina4207]

Спасибо Вам за воспоминания ! Счастья Вам)

[@leighton-youtube]

ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE, immense clarity, the best I've heard!

[@VadimChaimovich]

Thanks for listening! :-)

[@mikolajochocki2810]

The touch on your fingers is something else. Perfect interpretation

[@landonmatthew]

Absolutely wonderful. Well done.

[@НадеждаВласова-ж5р]

Восхищаюсь глубиной и магнетизмом Вашего таланта. Ваше исполнение оставляет особое ощущение,хочется слушать вновь и вновь. 👏👏👏

[@mr.sophistication2461]

Simply legendary! Absolutely brilliant.

[@Lista17178]

BRAVO!!! BRAVISSIMO!! There is no words to describe!! thank you!

[@ΜιλτιάδηςΒιτσικουνάκης]

Maestro, your interpretation transforms the legend into a ruthless adventure of each listener's soul. I owe you infinite gratitude !!!

[@РоманРоманов-е5ш]

Вадим, гениальная работа. Я уже прослушал раз 30. Спасибо большое за эту запись!

[@jacquelinev1173]

Absolutely unbelievable performance. Goosebumps...First of all is it the best performance of this work I've ever heard. Secondly, please please never change the way you play. Most colleque famous pianists like you do all this dramatic theatral things with their hands, bodies and with their head. It is like an insult to the piano, they make themselves more important than the piano. Thank God you don't do that! You honor the piano by the way you play the piano. The piano and you are one, if that makes sense. PURE ART. You are a LEGEND

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Incredible playing - absolutely MASTERFUL !!!!

[@monikawerner7891]

Great music, great Interpretation!👍👍👍

[@PauloBarreto15041964]

What a magnificent and warm sound that piano has. I am amazed with the interpretation, witch I consider leveled wit the Claudio Arrau's

[@Thiago-px9ev]

Same model of Paul Barton's I think, maybe a bit smaller but Im not sure. Paul's piano is a Feurich 3/4, this one can be a 1/2 or a 3/4 grand.

[@apricotcookie4850]

An intelligent and sensitive performance. Impossible to forget once heard. I felt a sense of your deep love for, and connection with, the music of Chopin, kept sternly under control because to bare more of one's soul is painful. Thank you for sharing your artistry.

[@gandfgandf5826]

What a time to be alive, to be able to experience this.

[@myravanhoff1551]

Brought me tears. SO beautiful!

[@kaypie3112]

Bravo!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 A brilliant interpretation and performance of this amazing work.

[@alifie_nom_nom]

An absolutely ground-shattering, heartbreaking performance. Incredible, no doubt one of my absolute favourite performances of this piece!

[@розамимоза-у9ш]

Цепляет с первых тактов. Браво!

[@shivarahimipiano]

Loved your interpretation of this Chopin Nocturne! Bravo!

[@Ross2505x]

You've made me see this Nocturne in an entirely new light, this is a wonderful interpretation for me! Bravo...

[@KenWangpiano]

Phenomenal interpretation! Bravo

[@julioginerdivenosa2446]

One of the best renderings I've heard! Congratulations!

[@earlpaulich3396]

Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you.

[@aurelien2786]

I just discovered your Chanel. Usually, I only listen to Rubistein's interpretation for the Nocturne Op 48 No 1, but I think I've never heard such a magnificent playing than yours, it became my favourite one. Just incredible, thank you so much

[@richardishikawa2993]

Okay, really nice. This is how I would like to play the piece. Keep up the fine work!

[@AlotusNine]

I’m inlove with how you play this piece! @5:52 Powerful ‘ff’ hit. The ending sounds EPIC. I can’t stop listening to this. You were so clear on the 3 vs 4 rhythms at the end which are very complex! Vadim you are amazing. I am truly impressed. Congratulations on your talent and hours of dedication.

[@mickizurcher]

Thank you! Nicely done. Actually amazing, best I’ve heard. You left the ground!

[@MrBathelemont]

this young guy has a nice home already

[@tonimikael]

Thank you so much for this! This was so wonderful, full of emotion and virtuosity. Great work, Vadim! ❤️

[@PorscheGT-yj2me]

Sounds like luganskys but more colorfully and vibrant. Wonderful interpretation!

[@ByNormal]

Best interpretation I've ever heard of that song. It was a honor to meet your work.

[@Alessandro_da_Rimini]

Wonderful!

[@grasshopper3085]

this is how you play Chopin :)

[@jeglop]

The best, most sensible interpretation of the most heart-felt Chopin's nocturne. This videos is so underscored, probably because it requires life experience and knowledge of Chopin's biography to really appreciate it. The piano, the echo in that hall (I thought at first if was Kochneva's house on Fontanka 41, but it's in Bavaria apparently), the manner of playing, interpretation => magic. Congrats and thanks for this.

[@VadimChaimovich]

Thank you so much!

[@yukinasky3334]

Beautiful as always

[@LeRainbow]

incredible. standing ovation.

[@ValmonteCristo]

one of the most original and incredible interpretation I've ever heard of that Nocturne ! At some point it reminded me Samson François' way of playing !! Congrats !

[@ЕвгенийВоропаев-й8б]

спасибо, дорогой музыкант!

[@Mary18Vazquez]

Hermosa melodía de Frederic Chopin. Excelente pianista. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jeanninemailloux2993]

À couper le souffle! Bravo!

[@AlotusNine]

Here I am again this morning listening to this, one year later. I have been working on this piece for 2 months now, (I’m by the ending of section 2 transitioning to last section) and out of all the interpretations I have been watching for inspiration THIS one is still the BEST. Not rushed and has the most contrast. Vadim you are a MASTER of contrast. You are my muse not to mention you are absolutely stunning!🥰💛🥇🏆

[@brocolicb451]

sounds very excellent specially upper sound is so clear and beautiful your hand shape and fingers are suitable for playing the piano thank you for uploading my favorite piece

[@purpleowl2075]

Bravo to you sir - I've watched Es Bahn's compilation 'Who played Chopin's GREATEST musical moment the best? (Nocturne op. 48 no. 1, "doppio movimento")' and you beat all of the musicians by a mile

[@marie-loulevesque3669]

Merci!! Thank You!! Magnific interpretation! Happy to have found your channel :)

[@EverTruu]

I love your sustain pedal control

[@pashkanash1980]

Невероятно Вадим, я прослезился 🥲

[@FedericoGasparUsardi]

Wonderful rendition!!!

[@alessandrococuzza9686]

Bella interpretazione!

[@venti3312]

Hi Vadim, just so you know I started learning this nocturne because of your recording lmao. Using your interpretation as a starting base but will modify it based on my own musical tastes. Amazing performance, IMO it’s the best recording of Op48 no1 out there rivaling and perhaps even surpassing Ashkenazy

[@leandrogaffke3587]

Incrível. Um dos melhores

[@becandid-z7v]

Brilliant - touching delicately, but powerfully the essence of a masterpiece.

[@とくたあっぷる]

初めまして、あなたの演奏が大好きで 毎日聴いています あなたの様に弾ける事が私の目標です

[@GhostShip94]

You can see his fingers find their home in every note he plays.

[@AcousticBruce]

This and Valentina Lisistas performance are top tier!

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

Mr. Chaimovich, I have a deep color and shape association with each note. Surprisingly, (or maybe not so surprisingly) it follows the natural rainbow spectrum, beginning with middle C as red. Higher octavos become pastels, and lower octaves become darker, crimson red tones. My findings (or at the very least my beliefs) are that C, as reddish in tone (warm, flesh, weighty), generates the most personal key; The blood in the veins, but, also of the heart; Like Valentine's Day. And, historically, it is quite obvious that love songs constantly get written in C major. My analysis of C-minor (or any minor key) is the difficult part to me. Certainly, we know that C-minor is harmonically depended on it's Relative-Major, E-flat major (a golden yellow. Almost a full triangle, but more like a megaphone shape to me!). // To put it bluntly, I feel that C minor is the key of desire. Even carnal desires, like lust and greed. The element of red as minor key TURNES love into lust. The secret to C-minor (and this is the hard part for me to say objectively) is that if E-flat major is an awakening, an opening of the eyes to conscious awareness, then the reactive C-minor is the dark, inner-workings of awareness and vision itself. I have thus, explained C-minor to it's E-flat major. The final parade: E-flat MINOR...is giving in to the desire...or to lust. And, of course that is al dependent of F#. Green. Thank you much for bringing your work to us. Your, _Acoustic Rabbit Hole_

[@juliatalk3803]

Very beautiful!!

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

JuliaH indeed!

[@Marcel-Saal]

very very good interpretation, i loved the way how you "pushed" the first note with your middle finger on your right arm:), no teacher in this world would ever tell you to do so, which tells me there is some good self-reflection behind this interpretation, i am far off being able to play this piece, but from my observation the middle part seems to be the most difficult, personally i probably would have seen the middle part a little bit more agressive, because for me it is the "tearing apart" side on a personal level (dealing with inner conflicts, struggle),so the contrast could be more visible, but nonetheless you seem to be a top notch chopin player of our time, and i believe this does not only apply to chopin, thank you for this one !

[@аолровкре]

It's interesting though that Chopin himself marked the second half "sotto voce", and e.g. the wikipedia article about "sotto voce" says this: "In music, sotto voce ('"under the voice"') is a dramatic lowering of the vocal or instrumental volume - not necessarily pianissimo, but a definitely hushed tonal quality. Examples of sotto voce include ... The second part of Chopin's Nocturne in C minor, Op 48 No 1, which is marked sotto voce e sostenuto; this is used to "hold back the drama and keep us in suspense".

[@Marcel-Saal]

@@аолровкре doppio movimento: agitato at least the sheet tells me, you can look the translation up for yourself, but i can´t see a "sotto voce" instruction written here

[@аолровкре]

@@Marcel-Saal indeed. But he also wrote "pp" near agitato, and after 2 crescendi that follow much later he wants us to reach only one f and then two ff at the very end. In my view he wanted this to be very restrained and intense rather than some kind of bombastic drama a la Liszt. But I am not a musician myself only a hobby pianist :D

[@Marcel-Saal]

​@@аолровкре i don´t like the Liszt style either, i would play it more like (if i could) a little rebellion, imagine you want to be close to a woman (for example), but it is impossible (of whatever reason), it tears you apart, in this kind of emotion

[@kaypie3112]

@@Marcel-Saal my sheet music if this piece clearly states “sotto voce” at the beginning of the middle section.

[@andreagozzi9090]

Ogni singola nota è un sussulto un'emozione

[@HansenTamayo-rf8dx]

Great interpretation ❤

[@AUGUSTINEMINH]

4:45 I sub instantly gud job bro

[@hansdekorver7365]

"Feurich ", somewhat unknown , but beautiful sound . Or maybe just beautifully played.

[@TitoVicVGC]

Bravo!!!

[@_benk]

This for me is how the piece should be played, you can tell from the opening few bars that the the slower tempo really works to emphasise the emotions here

[@xelatouzasoage2093]

Eres maravilloso😍

[@ВиталийГуревич-ш1ц]

Очень похоже на Рудольфа Керера. Так же честно и проникновенно. Никто не пошел по этой дороге с таким совершенством . Браво!!

[@VadimChaimovich]

Спасибо. Мне довелось его знать лично ... много лет назад. Потрясающий мастер.

[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

Bravo 🎹👏👏👏🎹

[@ianmcgettigan03]

My favorite interpretation. Even surpasses the mighty Seong Jin Cho. While his interpretation is great, this moves me far more. I much prefer the slower, agonizing almost, beginning. I love how it all slowly develops into the powerful ending section. I had no idea this piece could be so beautiful until I heard your interpretation-well done. This is very underrated and you deserve far more recognition.

[@elizabethavolck7784]

Listen to valentina lisitsa play this. The last movement here is too slow, not as chopin wrote the music

[@ml4119]

Brilliant!

[@zech9913]

Amazing

[@gixelz]

one of the few perfomances where the doppio movimiento section is actually double

[@johndlin88]

almost perfect now !

[@a.feuerstein9512]

1:25 This is called Eargasm.

[@Music_for_all__]

Какой классный канал. Пианист играет очень хорошо, заслушался. Интересно какое образование у музыканта?

[@NIK.Classical]

This is my new favourite rendition ❤

Nice sound and dynamics :-) What is Your audip setup for recording ? Mics placement.

[@VadimChaimovich]

If I remember correctly, it was done with 2 pairs of Neumann condenser mics, KM 184 and TLM 103, but don't remember the exact placement, unfortunately.

[@ardaydnn6155]

This is a wonderful, shining performance ! Will there a album that contains of all of the nocturnes ?

[@VadimChaimovich]

Thank you. Not yet, but some day, definitely. So far I have recorded about a half of the Nocturnes.

[@ardaydnn6155]

thankss ❤​@@VadimChaimovich

[@HansenTamayo-rf8dx]

Nice rubato ❤