5 Minutes On... Chopin - Ballade No.1 (G minor) | Daniel Barenboim [subtitulado]

Daniel Barenboim | 5 Minutes On... Chopin - Ballade No.1 (G minor)

►The new album "On My New Piano":

On a Chopin favorite, the Ballade No. 1 in g minor...

Barenboim was inspired to create a new piano after playing Franz Liszt’s restored grand piano during a trip to Siena in September 2011. Struck by the vital differences in sound of an instrument constructed with straight, parallel strings rather than the diagonal crossed ones of a contemporary instrument, he set out to create a brand new instrument that combines the best of the old and the new and offers a real alternative for pianists and music-lovers in the 21st century.

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[Paulmichaelmusic]

Interesting choice of opening music for 5 minutes on Chopin.

[Sergeevoleg]

Please, make it at least 10 minutes. It is very interesting. Thank you.

[erpollock]

I first encountered Daniel Barenboim at the Tel Aviv Mann Hall when he conducted the Israel Philharmonic in Mozart, playing and conducting a piano concerto, which amazed me at 20 (I was 20, he was 28), a young and compelling man, married to Jacqueline du Pre. It was 1972, before the tragic turn their lives took. He then conducted my chorus in the Mozart Requiem. I remember him vividly the first time I saw him play piano and conduct from the piano. How time has transformed him, and me, but I love his introduction to this famous Ballade. And then the dramatic finish! Yes, I have enjoyed this short episode of Chopin's Ballade! It brought back such memories. Earliest memories of performance.

[pengyigu]

Dear maestro, 5 minutes is way too limited for this grand promenade

[patricepimoulle]

Yes i enjoyed... admirable. L'intelligence de M. Barenboim est de donner a la musique une signification concrete accessible a tous. On comprend que l'oeuvre a un sens, mais que ce sens est inaccessible, en quelque sorte "esoterique". Or pour s'elever, on a besoin d'accder a ce sens: merci. Accessoirement, on decouvre que M. Barenboim est aussi un homme de theatre, de telle sorte qu'il apparait la continuite entre la musique et la pensee. Admirable.

[erinlivinghouse]

We need more! 5 minutes is far too little when talking about such grande pieces in the classical repertoire. Please make these 10 minutes.

[bigollameo]

There are many masterclass lecturers and presenters. So many of them talented and well worth of the cost of paying attention to what they have to say.

You can have them. I'll take Daniel Barenboim's commentaries every single time.

[rakeshkrishna]

Why does a chopin ballade video have Beethoven's moonlight sonata at the start??

[LukeFaulkner]

Several years late, but I've enjoyed watching this series of bitesized lectures.

[dotaberturas]

Gracias Daniel por todos tus conocimientos !!!

[AureliaPempenic]

Thank you very much, yes, on the spot...

[absideglu]

YOU dear Máster Daniel Barenboim fullfill any expectation beyond MUSICIANS Knowledge. Thank YOU !

[hunterx]

The piano sound is already enough to make my heart feel the beauty of the song

[josemartin]

Quelle maestria, c est un enchantement, merci monsieur.

[vrbusinessbrokers-mergersacqui]

Daniel, I love how you play this ballade with precision and expression, and with just the right pinch of rubato.

[nevertheless]

Even the great, great Daniel Barenboim is comminicating through youtube. It is very touching. What a gift of technology!

[chazinko]

It's amazing that although Mr. Barenboim speaks and plays in front of a camera, the result is a very comfortable, personal communication to the viewer. Bravo!

[michaeltiva]

love you maestro wishing you health and happiness

[ajengputriningrum]

Please do Ballade No. 4, Sir, it would be wonderful.

[johnbarry]

"Where are we now...?" I love that. Never thought of it that way, thank you for opening my ears sir.