Ach, Ignacy Jan Paderewski ... Co za legenda! Jestem starcem i wychowałem się z jego legendarnymi historiami. Jego patriotyzm i muzyka to coś, za co można się kłaniać! Poszanowanie !..
During 1910, Paderewski was touring in the NE New Jersey area. Where there was a large Polish and American/Polish group of people. I am the grand son and great grand son of a few of those people. Proudly, I can say that my grand parents, Anna Syska and Brunyslaw Franek Rajkiewicz, two years before they were married, sang accompaniment to Ignaci Pederewski during one of these concerts. My grandmother sang metzo soprano and my grandfather sang tenor. The event was held in the Paterson, NJ armory. Many years ago, I held the concert program from that event in my hands. My grand parents were American/Poles. Born in Paterson, NJ in the 1880s. I grew up with my grand parents, who were elderly when I was a kid, so I never heard them singing at their prime. Respectfully, Bruce F. Raykiewicz.... Dziekuje
Wow, this is probably the clearest and technically moderated performances of this polonaise I have ever heard. Really amazing. What a hero, what a role model.
I'm Portuguese, living in Lisbon. However, listening to Paderewski we all become Polish. Truly he represents the Soul of the Polish Nation. Just two years later, Germany and Russia invaded Poland. The Nazis and the Social-Fascists, Hitler and Stalin signed the Peace Treaty. And both Armies met and fraternized at a previously agreed line in the center of Poland. Interesting, most people ignore that Poland was invaded by both Dictators. Chopin's Music refletcs Poland's History, Culture and Polish Patriotism -- Namely, his fabulous POLAINAISE. A Cry against the Invasion of Poland -- unfortunately, invaded so many times. Warm Regards, A.
Ну, ваша интерпретация истории характерна для наследников колониализма, конкисты и фашизма Салазара, всё в духе регеббельсизации Европы (раз уж вы не смеете напрямую объявить о регитлеризации).
77 years old!.............I stood up & gave him a standing ovation. He deserved it. An amazing accomplishment as well as being the Prime Minister of Poland. (Where the hell he find time for that???? Thumbs Up to you Paderewski !!!!!!!!!!
musical noblesse, authentic 19th century sonority and understanding of the Polonaise's inherent grandeur in Chopin's conception by an historic artist of that tradition in his later years to boot!
Just take a second to think how close this man was to this music. He performs his country's national composer, who he is born just 11 years after his death. That's how you make art.
Who dared thumbed this down?????? Give him a break, he's an elderly man who was capable of pulling off this difficult piece. Most people can't remember what they ate yesterday. Paddy didn't have dementia here, he was still fine tuned. He did a good job w/ this piece. Deserved a THUMBS UP.
This is a truly great, historical performance (such a shame the first 2-minutes+ was focused on the opening credits of the film in which it appeared!)! Why would anyone waste their attention on a few minutiae in the playing when this great, great man -- this noble genius -- has given so much to the world?! We sure could use another Paderewski on this planet! Bravo!!
To jedyne wykonanie, przy którym można sobie wyobrazić pary majestatycznie kroczące w polonezie. Wielkości Paderewskiego jako Polaka i muzyka nie trzeba udowadniać.
Many years ago, a rancher friend and Paderewski devotee, was able to get his friend, Ted Turner to make a VHS copy of the original 16mm film, “Moonlight Sonata” about IJP. Another 15 years passed and I found a 16mm copy excerpt of this piece from the movie, on eBay! I was the successful bidder and had it transferred onto DVD so it is the crispiest clear copy available in this day and age! Not great clarity or sound, but! It is an amazing piece of history and better quality than IJP’s home movies! Great Statesman and Pianist! BTW, this one and only Paderewski movie was filmed at Denham Film Studios, Buckinghamshire, England on their movie set in England which is why the “audience” (actors) are always the same in any clip of the movie.
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discovered this artist, because i am reading Fats Waller biography. there is a line which says that child Thomas Fats Waller went to listen to Ignacy Paderewski concert. for weeks and weeks the boy could only talk about that piano recital. the great Paderewski had left his mark.
Forget the rough (to modern ears) sound quality - this is great music played masterfully by a true Polish patriot who was influential in the recreation of Poland after WW1 and kept the spirit of Poland alive from 1939 until his death. Ignacy Jan Paderewski 1860-1941.
But Paderewski had horrible problems with his fifth's finger and hands ( don't forget ; he was a politician then and he did not play do much he gave several more routes) he was president and prime minister!!! Great patriot!!!
Jestem dumna, że jestem Polką, skąd właśnie pochodzi Chopin i Paderewski - którego imieniem jest nazwana moja szkoła muzyczna. A ten polonez powoduje za każdym razem ciarki na całym moim ciele. Usłyszałam go w wieku 7 lat i od razu musiałam wiedzieć, co to za mistrz go stworzył.
This is the first version I ever heard of this piece. When I was 6 years old this version was on the soundtrack of one of those old "Chessmaster 2000" games. It's likely what got me into playing piano in the first place. This rendition is better than anyone else's, even Martha Agerich's.
Just think . He was living in the same time space as FRANZ LISZT.... WOW... I wonder if he met him, since they were close in proximity. Paddy would have been about 27 years old when Liszt passed away in 1887. A sublime duo.
I fucking cried. Never heard it like this. Horowitz and Ashkenzy are my Chopin go to's. Neither of them do it like this. I knee jerked in the beginning to complain about what my ears were not used to. Including myself playing this. By the end I was in tears. Fuck! How can you help but just love Paderewski. Such a badass. I'm still crying - like a little bitch. And I'm at work.
I earned a little statuette of him from my music teacher for learning some little tune (not this one !) I saw the hopin memorial in Warsawa in 1959 !!!
Właśnie przeczytałem ilustrowana historię życia Ignacego Paderewskiego. Łza się kręciła słuchając jak dużo zrobił dla Polski. Szkoda, że tak mało o nim się mówi. Czekam na piękny film o jego życiu.
Pouquíssimos intérpretes conseguiram fazer aflorar a alma polonesa nessa peça como o fez Paderewsky, e dentre desses poucos, acho que nenhum o fez como ele.
Liberace's parents wanted him to be a doctor. Paderewski knew his family, and when Liberace was 7, Paderewski told the parents that it would be ok to further Liberace's musical studies. Thus became Liberace. Weird tidbit that learned and led me to find Paderewski.
And that explains the bags under his eyes...where the hell did he find the time to become a concert pianist & Prime Minister of Poland? The man must have never slept for heavens sake. He unified Poland, Chopin would have been so proud. .. Nice video it's a jewel.
This is really wonderful. Paderewski sometimes gets a bad reputation these days, but this performance has a genuine humanity and a remarkable rhythmic backbone. The steadiness of it is very orchestral, and you rarely hear that kind of approach to this piece. Although they are almost never compared, he really reminds me of Kempff, with the combination of rhythmic steadiness and textual freedom.
@@andrzejjabonski7242 Oh absolutely! He tends to get dismissed quite a bit, especially in academic circles. Rubinstein and Arrau expressed their reservations in many places as did others.
Muzyka Szopena w wykonaniu Jana Paderewskiego jednoczy Polonie na całym globie . Bedzie to nastepny utwór którego zamierzam się podjąć już wkrótce . Zainspirowany Dawid z Irlandii.
Funnily enough during his first American tour Paderewski butted heads with the Steinways. The Steinways thought they were making flawless instruments, Paderewski begged to differ and at least initially the company did not take that well :D But finally they reached an agreement and they set up the pianos Paderewski was using during concerts according to his requests. And after these modifications he loved Steinway pianos.
Yes, I recall this temporary conflict. Was it his first tour? I believe for that short hiatus he played the Weber piano.My first concert with orchestra on Long Island, NY in 1956 i played a Weber. I am for years a Steinway Artist, having a mODEL D and a Paderewski-era MAHOGANY O, vintage 1908, enjoying both immenselywith gratitude!
In first part of his memoirs Paderewski mentions two conflicts with Steinway company. First one during his first tour in USA - this was patched up after Steinways modified the piano according to his wishes. The second one was years later from the same reason - Steinway delivered him their "standard" instruments and then Paderewski indeed switched to Weber instruments for 2 years. They did not realise (or perhaps people had more class back then) that in this conflict Paderewski could really badly hurt Steinway with a little piece of easily verifiable information that he horribly injured his finger and quite badly his arm while playing the Steinway. During the first tour one of the service teams didn't know about Paderewski and Steinways agreement and they "reset" the piano to standard settings. The pianist was not aware of this. Still, of course it was not the instrument's fault but Paderewski's himself who was terribly "overplaying" preparing and playing absurd amount of recitals and concerts and ignoring fatigue symptoms and doctors' advice. But - as far as PR goes - if the information that an accomplished pianist severely injured himself while playing the Steinway went public and the public attributed it to the instrument it would be a marketing nightmare for the company. Another manufacturer he praised was Erard and he had a place in his heart for relatively unknown Kerntopf pianos - Kerntopf family tremendously helped him when he was a conservatory student. Great instruments you have Sir! I can't play a thing AT ALL but love piano music and I'm quite interested in pianos. I remember when I discovered during one of the recitals I attended the piano used was the same (of course restored) Steinway instrument on which Halina Czerny Stefańska won Chopin competition in 1949, during the break I was checking out the piano from almost every angle, just waiting for the security to intervene. Luckily they decided I was a harmless idiot who sees the piano for the first time in his life and needs to look at it closely :D
This how a Polonaise shoud be played. Majesric and sollemn, not as today it is played. Today, the pianist think that by playing it fast is the way to denstrate their virtusity, Butvirtuasity can not kill the sentiment
My parents were great music lovers and they bought concerts on films like this one...I never thought that I woudl find it on RU-vid,I was 5 years old when I saw Padereski on this film we had home.I never forgot how espescially great and magnificent Padereski was.I now know I was priviledge to be able to see and hear thet genius musician .No wonder,I never forgot it amd I am 73 years old
Frederic Lamond, a pianist who studied with Liszt, told of a young pianist who played this polonaise for the master. When the pupil came to the octave section, Liszt stopped him, saying, "I don't want to hear how fast you can play. I want to hear the Polish cavalry riding over the graves of the czar's troops!" You can hear Lamond's words on this recording: www.marstonrecords.com/products/lamond
Years ago, there was a "touring" of famous pianists' pianos. They came to Chicago, and I got to play one of his practice pianos, an upright that apparently went with him on train rides. It had a heavy action, similar to a grand; I can't remember what manufacturer (Steinway?).
