Absolutely!

I feel the calmness of the music touches us, we become more composed, appreciate a slow, steady pace instead of the frenzy.

Not the music but the memories that live in music.

I am barely 17 years old, but my eyes get sore from crying when I hear a great performance of Bach, Chopin, Schubert, etc.

As a kid we were brought to the symphony twice a year. It was magical to me, I know how lucky I was to attend. All kids should be introduced to the classics early in life. It has always stayed with me, I have loved it since then.

Not Horowitz

@@maridaude2045 It's Horowitz

The greatest.

​@@maridaude2045 2nd pianist is Horowitz, first is Pressler... he is right

🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊

Great music elevates one's soul

What does she think of the fact Kyiv is supporting the same ppl it was then?

Go somewhere else with your preaching. This is not the place.​@@discepolidiYeshua93

In 1947-48 I had piano lessons at a pre prep in Brighton England by a Mr Horowitz...surely not ?

@@emilioporro you have to google some old pictures and see for yourself.

@discepolidiYeshua93 the rambling of a poor disturbed soul...really sad !

You have painted a beautiful emotive picture.

same with Jesus,your Eyes will swim when you see Him🌐

As the Metropolitan in Moscow said to the Holy Metropolitan in Kviv...I send you THIS with the love of the Saviour.

All beauty reflects the One who created the mind and gifts.​@@kgb691927

sounds like the start to a book 👍

please, listen this nokturn performed by Władysław Szpilman

Wladyslaw Szpilman performance is unsurpassed

With all due respect, WLADYSLAW SZPILMAN PERFORMANCE IS UNSURPASSED!!!!

Superb

91? Now I understand why he needs the score.

Exactly, like Y.Wang e.g. showing off, technically astounding, but lacking in musicality.

@@bob7023You don’t need to say that. I’m Chinese and I’m not bothered by mariapap8962’s comment at all. I just smile and respect him. No need to overact and take it too seriously.

​@@tzenkadianova2892Mariapap is not being racist or misogynistic. He gave his opinion on an artist, and you immediately and smugly decided it was because of race and gender. No one is free from criticism. So please stop fighting this imaginary villain that you created just to appear socially superior, it doesn't help anyone.

Yes, the playing is lovely, but his phrasing is noticeably laboured due to the advanced age. If you can't hear this, you are in denial or lack the musical experience. Pollini was once criticised for being too aggressive and lacking in the musical department, same of Horowitz and many others. Listen with your ears, not your eyes. Yuja's phrasing is far more interesting than this master-class in rheumatism.

@nikb6176 You can wait to make this comment when Yuja Wang is 70/80 years old and having rheumatism (and hopefully not half-naked on stage any more). Ridiculous comparison.

This moment made me cry… Probably this man went through something in his life…

@@user-dc1oq6hz8u Many of us had exactly the same thoughts. I sure did. One of the most unforgettable things i've ever seen.

i was in tears as well lmao

Probably WW2 vet

@@user-nj5vu3yu4r I think he heard Horowitz when he was young.

Wow! That's pretty deep. I'm going to have to contemplate that for a while. In this day and age when everybody is talking but nobody is really saying anything, this actually speaks to me.

@@patrickfreeman8257 people need to hear the sound of silence.

Well said.

Beautifuly said.I maight just add that it is just the flow of presense we only have.

How very very true!!

it's like listening to someone's train of thought go from familiarly dark to unexpectedly happy, and then back again

yep, they are not just notes to be played but how are you going to play them? the magic is in the mind of the soloist.@@cd-zw2tt

Polish composer. Best ever.

i know what you mean, i love how simple and effortless it seems, the delicate cascading of notes from something to nothing. the sound is in the silence. magical.@@cd-zw2tt

@@kennethtalbott2233 "..simple and effortless..' - yes and the paradox is that it's from rigorous practising many hours each day for many days and weeks and years. A true dedication 😊

I see, nice

You can add to that, no coughing, blowing your nose, rifling through your pockets only to drop a number of coins that go rolling down the aisle.

上世紀80年代的表演，當時未有📱 iPhone！😅

Yes, for once no one standing up with their back to the performance taking a selfie to show how cultured they aren’t….

It's because this is Germany People are altogether more respectful and thoughtful

@@johncater7861 wtf are you saying "number of coins that go rolling down the aisle" are you a droid

Second, after Bach. But still amazing.

@@Eyelash85 I am sorry Bach is not even top 5

Listen to a great orchestra playing The Mother Goose Suit by Ravel,it doesn't get better than that.

@@TheDirtyLuke Oh, you are so wrong. But...to each their own

@@user-wl7po9pg7r He is not, and never will be in top 5. Majority of people agree with me on this one, so no, I am not wrong

grandkid is a G

@@williamtaittinger4529 truly

sorry for your loss

My condolences. In music there is sadness, joy, and many other emotions. Experiencing the death of somebody close, one's perception of music changes. I have experienced how playing the one and same melody before gave different meanings to me. All the best to you.

My condolences

He’s playing Schumann

@@mlbhdk06 Irrelevant. I was complimenting the man on his unassailable interpretation of Chopin's 1st. You must be American, ryt?

@@James-ll3jb Well, you could've at least prefaced your original comment then with "I know Horowitz is playing Schumann here, but..." There's no need to insult somebody on the basis of which country they were born and raised in, of which they have no control.

everything's ok? ​@@James-ll3jb

@@JohnSmith-cg3cv Why should I if I am talking about Horowitz and Chopin? Lol!

Well penned..."they served music"👍👌

Don't forget Claudio Arrau

Nor the wonderfull Oscar Peterson

@@patalvarez4432 Yes, Cliburn/Barenboim/Ashkenazy also

Oh my goodness. Being part of the Beax Arts Trio means he can play anything. Much respect to him.

you can enjoy this music without shitting over other people's music, everyone is touched in a different way by different sounds and words. i hope you aren't this ego centric in real life. i love classical, some of my friends love swift. it's going to be ok.

@@user-jr2ul6vi3j Yeah, but there's certain music that is objectively shit. Of course, people can like it and it can make them 'feel' a certain way, but doesn't justify calling this person 'ego centric'.

Spot on. The pop culture today including it's music is truly void of esoteric beauty. Can you imagine a world where classical music was the most popular music for all ages? Make Classical Music Great Again!

@@vividly94 He is though

​@@vividly94 wrong

This beauty envelopes me. I can't control my emotions. Glorious. Thank G-d for these moments of heaven on earth.

Beautiful music, paintings, sculptures, even beautiful buildings bring tears to our eyes. I think it’s because we feel we are in the presence of something/someone that gives the gift of creating beauty, which also encompasses love, to the performer, composer, etc. I wish shopping malls would play this music and also some of the beautiful arias. I think/hope it would replace some of the hatred and cruelty that seems to be infecting some people today. There is more than enough beauty available to convince people that we are capable of achieving greatness. Even if I cannot produce a masterpiece I am able to appreciate that some people can and we should follow them and not those who produce vulgar, sloppy drivel. If that makes sense.

So the performer is not allowed to show his/her emotions if he wants?

@@moomin_2000 Been a piano player for 20+ years and sometimes I let my self go so I know what I'm talking about. I get that some piano players like Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder shake their heads because they felt the music inside them. But I've seen so many great artists perform without the need to fake emotions that frankly takes away from the performance itself. Fake tears, Fake Head movements, Fake Facial expressions (as if it were the hardest thing) even their their wardrobe all point out to draw attention towards them and not the music piece itself.

@@rumar4u looooooooooooooool

@@rumar4uvery teue

He said fake ​@@moomin_2000

Pressler is amazing, too.

@@psforrest1 He taught at Indiana University for many years. I've often thought I studied Music at the wrong school.

A great description.

Although it is much harder to be so emotionally shaken by a Monet painting.

Right. One becomes a complete atheist.

@@ahboaz 😅

Amén

Both mean 2..there are 3

@@thepianocornertpcAlso - Pianists. But that's OK, not sure Jkadas2500 is native English speaking.

​@@glennbourque111 is a* native english speaker*

@@s4cha286I stand by my word choice.

Congratulations for writing the cringiest and most obnoxious comment on this video. (There was a lot of competition in this comment section but this is definitely the most nauseating)

And he's a blind pianist who composed it, go figure.

Solely because of the music? Or because things are rough?? 😮

​@@bobloblawlablabla😂

Healing of the heart

También lo hago en mi sala cuando estoy solo , las lágrimas por el placer de que estas notas pasen por mis oídos.

Oh honey ❤❤❤

I started playing the piano after watching this film

❤❤❤.....

quite often I ask myself the same question.

The same reason why some are healthy and the others - ill.

@@Rinrincitosame

Il me semble qu'en chacun de nous réside un ange ET un monstre

Because being evil is part of humanity which we refuse to see

I think that is an assumption on your part. I studied with a renowned Polish teacher (teacher Emanuel Ax and others, and performer in the earlier 20th century) Mieczyslaw Munz. In my score of this, on that second run, he wrote "Slower." Anyway, it's gorgeous as Pressler plays it.

@@psforrest1 Oh- my account of his reason for slowing is certainly an assumption. However, unless it was Chopin himself indicating that those parts be played slower- which he does not- such assumptions, if not openly invited, will naturally follow. Certainly 'gorgeous' is right.

We need that so badly.