Chopin - 7 Polonaises Op. 26, 40, 44, 53, 61 - Vladimir Ashkenazy 

if you're reading this you have very good taste in music!

Within 25 minutes of playing this video, I was able to solve an assignment that had been bothering me for days!

The first Polonaise is very underrated

My lifelong love affair with classical music started with the Polonaise 40 when I was 7! I don’t remember the pianist, who recorded it, I just remember the electric shock, going through my body! Somebody opened the gate into another world, where majestic sounds dominate your senses, feelings and perceptions. Aah, thank you Frederic!

I’m thoroughly satisfied whenever I see a piece composed in e flat minor. Also, the first polonaise is criminally underrated.

Well, I saw just a few commentaries in this video about Op. 61... Definitely underrated

🎧 Викторина по Шопену. Таймкоды: 7:32 - 22. es-moll Op. 26 №2 10:42 - 23. es-moll Op. 26 №2. Раздел Трио 14:56 - 24. A-dur Op. 40 №1 16:37 - 25. A-dur Op. 40 №1. Раздел Трио 19:58 - 26. c-moll Op. 40 №2 24:11 - 27. c-moll Op. 40 №2. Раздел Трио 26:43 - 28. fis-moll Op. 44. Вступление 27:01 - 29. fis-moll Op. 44. Первый Раздел, основная тема 27:39 - 30. fis-moll Op. 44. Первый Раздел, вторая тема (b-moll) 29:44 - 31. fis-moll Op. 44. Раздел Трио, тема "шествия" 31:23 - 32. fis-moll Op. 44. Раздел Трио, тема Мазурки 36:21 - 33. fis-moll Op. 44. Кода

I love the op 44

Personal timestamps: 1:14: Septuplet, RH and LH switched? 17:50 downward descending trills 3:46 Beautiful triplet tosses

Why is polonaise fantasie soooooo underrated it’s my favorite piano piece of all times, you just have to listen enough to understand it (which isn’t easy) and you’ll absolutely be in love

My very first intro to classical music was Chopin’s Polonaise #1 op 40. Thanks to my parents small collection on LPs. Before Beethoven, Mozart and even Tchaikovsky it was Chopin!

Chopin has always been a huge comfort to me in soulful piano music. Beautiful. :)

the middle section of the first polonaise is simply brilliant

every single on of these pieces is fucking amazing

34:34 when the devil sings happy birthday...

The Op. 44 is by far the best polonaise in my opinion.

2:59 , 4:33 , 16:52 , 31:26 , 38:00 , 41:22 , 50:48 , 56:06 in my opinion the best and beautiful melodys/passages of the Chopin polonaises, oviously evry Chopin polonaise is beautiful (in my opinion).

36:45 The main theme played in the bass always gives me chills

The polonaise 26 number 2 is not only a master piece in musical terms but also in a poetical way. The opening bars sound like a volcano which is just about to awake. .. Volcano lava which starts the journey from the bottom to the top. I hope the great Vesuvius near Neaple will continue to be asleep. 😇😇😇

I have never heard something more powerful than this music. Here there is all the dimension of mankind’s soul, depth, obscurity and light.

Ashkenazy was absolutely brilliant! What an incredible virtuoso. His interpretation of the second Polonaise is the very best I've seen so far, and I've seen many. There's something magical about him, he actually feels the sorrow, despair, and expresses it in the wildest and loudest way possible. Exactly as Chopin intended, and exactly as many people try to imitate, but not as greatly as Ashkenazy does. 👏 from Brazil...

Piękna muzyka. Uczta dla duszy i zmysłów. Dziękuję.

Op.40 No.2 hit different this time... it's like a fantasy-polonaise... and I wonder what Chopin was saying with that determined, sorrowful and angry main theme. I always hear something new in Chopin

For me, the one that touches me deepest and gives me the most thrills is, and will always be, the seventh one.

the first one I got maybe 1000 times..... great piece....very essence of Chopin.... I cannot get enough....

Op. 26, No. 1 - 0:00 Op. 26, No. 2 -7:32 Op. 40, No. 1 - 14:56 Op. 40, No. 2 -19:58 Op. 44 - 26:43 Op. 53 - 37:03 Op. 61 - 43:18

Askenazy is one of my favorites for Chopin. I love Chopin. He is great on the Polonaises. For the Nocturnes, Arthur Rubenstein is great also.

Meu pai amava essa Polonaise opus 53... Deu saudade dele! Se foi ha 21 anos!

I can’t imagine it better

Just reading the score makes my fingers ache & teeth hurt...but excellent posting by 144adex because we can HEAR the music unlike so many other posts where the volume is so low...thank you. No one plays Chopin like Ashkenazy, both technically perfect and passionate.

Op 26 No. 2 is too underrated in my opinion. I love it aswell Op. 44 and Op. 53.

middle section of op 44😭😭

I was desesperately searching the name of the incredible Op. 40, No. 2 (I've heard it but I didn't know the name) thank you so much !!! And all thoses soungs of this genius compositor are incredible !!

Polonaise Op. 40 No. 2 always reminded me of Mahler's Piano Quartet in A minor

Polonaise No. 2 was given the nickname "Siberian Revolt". Not sure if factually accurate and named by who or when. But as a child listening to this piece for the first time, I could feel the deep despair and thundering defiance within the piece, especially when Chopin uses the C flat and D natural interval motif to close out any hopeful/optimistic themes that have been brought out to contrast and bring us back to the powerful initial idea a la @13:54. The nickname has stuck with me anyways since, almost a perfect counter piece to the optimistic "Heroic" No. 6

Émerveillée par une telle virtuosité. On croirait que le pianiste a 10 doigts à chaque main ! 😊❤️

that middle section of F# minor is just mighty. I hope to play this one day soon,or start learning.

fantastic!!!!

Chopin and Ashkenazi Unbeatable! 0p 40 No 1 is unbeatable

i cannot seem to understand why so many people discard op. 61, it is my absolute favorite polanaise

The heroic polonaise number 6 is just magnificent and appeals to anyone

Maravilloso por siempre. Único. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just love the last three polonaises, it makes me dive into the scenes of war, victory and hope. I get emotional whenever I’m listening the slow parts, the middle part of 44 is like when all the good memories came during the cruelty of war, but the whole 61 escalate the feelings from sadness everything to a beautiful hope of the future.

The section in op 53 at 41:03 is sooo pretty. Kinda similar to op 28 no 17.

うちにあるＣＤと同じ音がしてるすごく耳に馴染んでる演奏の仕方で聞いてて楽しくなってくる

This work hs everything in it -- heroism,a mazurka style and barcarolle motion in the middle section and a stirring coda arresting introduction,and dramatic transition from the dreamy, middle section of gaity tl the return of the main theme and last section Only an inspired genius could conceive of this work,the polonaise in F sharp minor number 5,of Chopin

A masterpiece

Cudowna muzyka genialnego Chopina, boskie wykonanie. Dziękuję.

This magnificent be Chopins greatest ever work

Op. 61 is so underrated

The opus 44 has made me swoon often.

Che meraviglia !!!!!!!!!!!!

esto es belleza . En estado puro ...

Nr4 so beauty

Bravíssimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gems.

bravissimo complimenti grandissimo pianista

I loved opus 53 and 61 wonderfull Kisses Thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😘

Thanks!

É, muito bemol, sustenido, mas ainda consigo tocar!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stupendo

does anyone know which piano Ashkenazy played on to produce this glassy like tone or is that a combination with the audio quality of the time?

Op. 40 No. 2 hits different though

Oui, une autre epoque un autre temps toute cette musique habitee par l amour la difficultee d etre mais l art la musique transcende cela cette nostalgie d un amour perdu a tout jamais merde il n y a pas d amour heureux et quand c est Chopin qui l exprime avec ses hauts et ses bas prppre a l ame slave.Bonne journee.

i like the way he plays the polonaise-fantaisie. special as usual when ash plays. the most i like is he is playing it not as fast as many other pros who are just producing a mess of tones in the end...when played a lil bit slower every tone can be brought to accurate clearity and the full brilliance of that peace appears...

🎉Ф.Шопен-душа фортепіано.

Thanks very much for uploading. Just one little thing: it would be nice if the tracks had some time to breathe, esp. that hard opening of Op. 40 no. 1 is quite jarring after Op. 26 no. 2.

Recuerdo de mis 12 años. en la audición con La Militar.

Here is among polonaise many almost unknown SO GOOD like op26:1-2,op 40:2,op71:1 and 3,op posthume gsharpminor

07:32 №2 es-moll op.26 no.2 14:56 №3 A-dur op.40 no.1 37:04 №6 As-dur op.53

The best preformence of polonaise a major

Chopin really didn’t like the key of D Major alone. He has only a couple scores in D Major

It's great to be able to follow the sheet music while listening to this fabulous music. A comment regarding Ashkenazy's playing: I can't hear the difference between "ff" and "fff"! I am sure that he is not the only one not to take Chopin's markings too literally - especially on a modern grand piano. Do we really need to hear these pieces slammed out at triple forte volume? I think the answer here is that pianos in Chopin's time were meeker and produced less volume, and Chopin was dissatisfied with the amount of sound produced (or maybe a bit deaf?).

The most divine miracle among men

¡¡Creatividad celestial del gran Chopin!!

impressive

Op.26の1、不思議な曲だけど大げさな感じが無くてこの中で一番好き。 しかし、アシュケナージ様は弱音が繊細で最高に美しいな。

I love Rachamaninovs Elegy and this Chopin Polonaise

Op.44 is best ！　and… Ashkenazy is my best player！

Op. 40 no. 1 also!!!🎹🎹🎹

Op 26 の　No2 、を弾くと何故か？ある思い出のストーリーを語りたくなるのですが、 私だけかしら・・・（笑）

45:00 Can you hear the birds in the background or do I have hallucinations?

If you play just the beginning of the first Polonaise, you are good!

It's beuty is easily forgotten, in the end don't forget nr5(gloomy), op72 nr1+3, gflat minor posthum

In my opinion the Best polonaise is op. 53

Eu, quero a partitura!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Las guardo.

29:17

Thus polonaise fantasies is magnificent too,and perhaps not given the praise and promotion it deserves

Wonderfull Kisses Thanks 😘😘😘

Op 26 no 2 reminds me of that posthumous G minor polonaise lmao

The Paco Rabanne advert that kicked in three bars into the A major polonaise rather spoilt my bedtime listening unfortunately! If there need to be adverts then in between the pieces would be preferable.

i'm naming my firstborn Opus 53

Ashkenazy is it a mixture? ... kenazy

With Chopin, I have a hard time understanding his logic in calling this or that piece one type or another. Like, what makes all the Polonaises "Polonaises"? Most of the nocturnes have a certain "night time" mood to them. I think maybe the 1st and 4th ballads have a certain dramatic narrative feel to them maybe? The 2nd and 3rd are a bit lighter in character. The form of the 2nd is very different. The Waltzes of course are actually waltzes, so that makes sense. The Mazurkas could just be called waltzes in a lot of cases methinks. The scherzos don't seem to have a unifying element either. 🤷‍♂️

Aw op 40 no 2

19c 낭만주의 - 피아노 음악 쇼팽 - [폴로네이즈]

38:36 Hey it's the Lord Vinheteiro theme!

as for op.26, I've never seen better play than his

Ф.Шопен-"душа фортепіано".