Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 - F. Chopin

A classic that I somehow never got around to study.
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[@aprillius_aperire]

Dusk one evening on board ship, crossing the Indian Ocean under the luminous sky. Suddenly the sound of a Chopin waltz came bursting out from the main lounge. I had tried to play it for months without success. That's why I gave up the piano. There wasn't a breath of wind and the music pervaded the whole ship. I stood up as if to go and throw myself into the sea. Then I did weep because I had thought of my Chinese lover, and I was suddenly not sure that I hadn't been in love with him after all, with a love I hadn't been able to see because it had become lost in the tide of events, like water seeping through sand. Thanks to that music, spreading over the sea and filling the calmest night I have ever known, I could see my love for him for the first time. From "The lover " movie

[@sjaakdouma]

Sounds beautiful, thanks for the movie tip ;)

[@pablorubin9638]

Beautiful waltz of Chopin nice performer😊

[@OmnivorousOtter101]

That's one nice sounding digital keyboard

[@johnnylong2023]

its a vst

[@Christian333x]

This has to be my favorite interpretation of this piece. And you play with such clarity too!

[@sjaakdouma]

Greatly appreciated Christian!

[@canalgugi9136]

Ouça Zimermann ou ashkenazy e tire suas conclusoes

[@kobitoergosum]

At last, a piece by this composer that doesn't make me wonder who's chopin onions around here. I like the way you alternate tempo slightly, it underlines the playfulness of this waltz - and yet, Chopin manages to make even a waltz sound slightly serious and grim. Have a prettige jaarwisseling!

[@sjaakdouma]

You just had to end the year on a pun, didn't you. But yes, there's always a dash of Chopin's misery sprinkled on top. GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!

[@kobitoergosum]

@@sjaakdouma Haha, you know it. And I hope you can händel that I'm also starting the new year with a pun. 😁

[@ianscott6680]

​@@sjaakdoumaJ'aime beaucoup....Félicitations... Par contre le piano numérique est un sacrilège...Ça gache presque tout.Des la première note, tout est dit. Quel dommage !!

[@Ferien7]

Very nice. Excellent voicing, pedaling, and use of rubato

[@sjaakdouma]

Many thanks :) appreciate it!

[@Annemarie1960]

Wonderful 🎶🥰🎶, I am waltzing in my living room right now 💃🏻 😘

[@santross3412]

Favorite interpretation on youtube

[@ananddhere4317]

Loving it...❤😊❤

[@david11978]

Excellent and expressive.

[@thomasvandalen7103]

Prachtig! Love Chopin. Mooi.

[@sjaakdouma]

Dankjewel Thomas! Die waltz die jij speelt op je kanaal staat ook nog zeker op mijn wishlist.

[@hannavirtanen7006]

This is a very beautiful way to play this piece! Very romantic❤!

[@sjaakdouma]

Thank you so much Hanna!

[@DeeTeeOfficial17]

I’ll make it out there one of these days

[@wednesdeity]

What is blud waffling about

[@DeeTeeOfficial17]

@@wednesdeityhe has a studio and I’ve been trying to make it out there for a while now but travel is costly

[@nabiiii]

omg this is amazing playing of this piece i love it

[@pianothingsmusic]

This waltz is of intriguing beauty - your performance conveys wonderful feelings 🥹

[@sjaakdouma]

Thank you so much for the encouraging words Cornelia. Means a lot coming from a grandmaster like yourself :)

[@couchdoggo]

this is going in my playlist

[@kjwong4730]

So good.

[@alborzpiano]

Amazing performance indeed

[@RazannJah-fi2hf]

Wow!👏

[@hey-its-a-recon2575]

J'ai adoré ! Je ne sais pas depuis combien de temps tu joues du piano mais tu arrives à bien nuancer tes notes et alterner le tempo :) Je m'abonne !

[@pianoqqq]

아름다운 곡 새해 첫날듣는 쇼팽의 왈츠 너무 나의 기분이 좋아요 Happy new year😊

[@sjaakdouma]

Thanks, you too!

[@DeRanods]

Beautiful! Cound you share how did you record it? That sounds great, I'm using FL studio but the sound ain't clean and beautiful like yours.

[@Theantmang]

prolly through the midi cable straight to pc!

[@sjaakdouma]

Copy-pasted from another comment: ''The audio is recorded on my Steinway M with a set of AKG C414 mics. Because it's a small room I'm unable to record decent camera angles sitting behind my grand. So I just play in sync on my Roland A-88 for aesthetic reasons. How is that for inefficiency?'' That being said, there are great VST's out there of course. Keyscape is one of my favorites.

[@winterheat]

mind telling me which model or Roland it is? Your playings are so nice. Could you play Moonlight 1st, Pathetique 2nd, Etude 10, 3, Waltz 64, 1, 64, 2 in the future?

[@sjaakdouma]

This is a Roland A88, but the sound you hear is my Steinway M (check out my reply on another comment for the exact how and why). I’ll definitely play some of the pieces you mentioned in the future.

[@winterheat]

@@sjaakdouma you mean, you recorded the sound that came from an acoustic Steinway M (a grand piano), and then record the video "in sync" on a Roland A88... first I thought at first it is a Steinway M VST... haha, you really have to be "very in sync"... like I may play Pathetique 2nd, but then every time I play it, it is slightly different kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5e7nZasqMt5p5o as you can tell, I don't know how to use the pedal, so I have pedal stepped down all the time, so the tones seem to overlap each other. I learned from Ritchan: it seems like she used the "release pedal and step on it" process as a "period" or "full stop" of a sentence. So to end the sentence, release and step (on the pedal).

[@sjaakdouma]

@@winterheat Your Pathetique sounds beautiful already. Just pedal each chord change, and I think it's nice to play the accompaniment in the right hand a bit softer than the melody on top. Good job!

[@atakandoganozban]

Roland A-88.

[@winterheat]

@@sjaakdouma the keyboard is 88 keys (Ivory Feel-G keyboard with Escapement) in the specs... is it like a PHA-4 or PHA-50?

[@ArgoBeats]

ⁿᶦᶜᵉ nice *NICE*

[@sjaakdouma]

ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏˢ thanks 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦

[@ArgoBeats]

@@sjaakdouma eheh thank you Sjaak!

[@Qbbak]

저도 이곡을 목표로 연습을 하려고 합니다. 이 영상이 제가 연습하는것에 많은 도움이될것 같습니다. 아름다운 연주 영상 감사합니다. 👍

[@sjaakdouma]

매우 감사합니다! 이 아름다운 작품을 연습해보시길 바랍니다.

[@giulianoliguori9283]

bro can u tell me the name of your keyboard?

[@sjaakdouma]

It's a Roland A88 MK1!

[@davids8262]

it's well played. Thank you.

[@sjaakdouma]

Thank you David!

[@davids8262]

​@@sjaakdoumayes. It would sound even better if u improve the legato in your right hand

[@FredericFChopin]

What keybord is it?

[@sjaakdouma]

I'm playing on a Roland A-88

[@Theseakeys]

which keyborrd is that

[@sjaakdouma]

Short answer: Roland A-88 Long answer: check my reply to DeRanods' comment down below for the nuts and bolts of my recording process!

[@Theseakeys]

@@sjaakdouma legends say i am still finding that comment

[@dinarbable]

Все хорошо, но мне показалось какой-то легкости не хватило?

[@haroldtifel8323]

Bravo!