Thierry de Brunhoff plays Chopin -- Complete Nocturnes
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- Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
0:00 Nocturne no.1 - Op.9 no.1: Bb-minor (1830)
5:48 Nocturne no.2 - Op.9 no.2: Eb-major (1830)
10:30 Nocturne no.3 - Op.9 no.3: B-major (1830)
16:50 Nocturne no.4 - Op.15 no.1: F-major (1830 - 1832)
21:13 Nocturne no.5 - Op.15 no.2: F#-major (1830 - 1832)
24:41 Nocturne no.6 - Op.15 no.3: G-minor (1830 - 1832)
29:46 Nocturne no.7 - Op.27 no.1: C#-minor (1835)
35:03 Nocturne no.8 - Op.27 no.2: Db-major (1835)
41:09 Nocturne no.9 - Op.32 no.1: B-major (1837)
45:58 Nocturne no.10 - Op.32 no.2: Ab-major (1837)
50:55 Nocturne no.11 - Op.37 no.1: G-minor (1838 - 1839)
57:19 Nocturne no.12 - Op.37 no.2: G-major (1838 - 1839)
1:03:00 Nocturne no.13 - Op.48 no.1: C-minor (1841)
1:08:44 Nocturne no.14 - Op.48 no.2: F#-minor (1841)
1:14:51 Nocturne no.15 - Op.55 no.1: F-minor (1842 - 1844)
1:20:25 Nocturne no.16 - Op.55 no.2: Eb-major (1842 - 1844)
1:24:56 Nocturne no.17 - Op.62 no.1: B-major (1846)
1:31:57 Nocturne no.18 - Op.62 no.2: E-major (1846)
1:38:25 Nocturne no.19 - Op.72: E-minor (1827)
1:42:55 Nocturne no.20 - Op.posth: C#-minor (1830)
Thierry de Brunhoff, piano (Bechstein)
Recorded in 1973
In 1974, one year after he made this beautiful and poetic recording of the complete Chopin Nocturnes, the French pianist Thierry de Brunhoff (born in 1934, studied with Alfred Cortot and Edwin Fischer) decided to give up his career to retire and become a monk at the Benedictine Abbey Saint-Benoît d'En-Calcat (pictured on the second photograph), where he lives until this day.
www.encalcat.com/
Wonderful footage of the Abbey:
• Abbaye Saint Benoit d'... - Hudba
I am starting back playing now - 78 years young - I had let my grandchildren have my piano but their interests lay elsewhere now. It is such a delight to learn to play again - mistakes and all. It lifts my soul as does this beautiful music! Thank you!
Bravo sir❤
Parabéns!!
Love it!! Never stop!
Felicitaciones!
¡Maravilloso!!!
Very sensitive. I like it better than many other more famous pianists now. Limpid. Great touch.
I had the great honor and privilege of studying with Thierry de Brunhoff when I was a young student in Paris in the mid-1970s. I would go for my lessons on his "pacquebot" near Neuilly-sur-Seine. I AM SO GRATEFUL for those days. Such wonderful memories that sustain me now.... Touched by greatness that is so inspiring.... I am glad that this CD has been uploaded for the World to be touched by Chopin and this great interpreter of that Music.... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
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What were the best lessons you got from his teachings? Not specifically in piano.
Gracias a usted , Michael Vienes Música, por haber compartido esta hermosa, emotiva y humanista parte de su juventud, de su vida.
En España, hay un refrán que dice :
"Es de bien nacido ser agradecido"
De su texto emana un noble sentimiento de agradecimiento que emociona y " dice mucho de usted ".
I’ll be 64 soon. I plan to by myself a keyboard and try to learn. Think it would be a nice hobby now perhaps. Best, Mark
@@andydogdixon1 I started the guitar at age 70,. and I find it to be a wonderful passtime.
First time I heard Thierry de Brunhoff. He interprets Chopin's music perfectly, as if Chopin is playing through him! Thank You, God, for this pianist..and for Chopin
Amen! I agree!!
Thierry de Brunhoff was and remains the greatest Chopin interpreter of all times. He doesn't bring bold rubatos as all other pianists do. This make him 'swinging'. He never overlooks the dance, always behind the scene with Chopin. For infos, he gave up very soon, in the 80's, being a professional pianist to become a monk. Maybe he's reading our lines right now. I studied the harmony at Paris with Loïc Malié, who was a friend of him.
One day, in the classroom, we were talking about great pianists. Horowitz was about coming to play in Paris. Loïc was quite laudatory about him. He asked me my opinion. I was 20, cheeky and answered :
- I dont like him. At all. He really doesn't know how to play Chopin !
- what ? Horowitz ? Not knowing play Chopin ? But what do you know about piano Laurent ? You're a tiny little presumptuous musician that says anything, Horowitz is the greatest living pianist !
At this point I had some pain not crying. My heart was beating so strong. Loïc Malié had been a Messiaen student. It was one life's shame.
- sorry Sir, but I dont like him...
- but who do you like then ?
- er... I dont know if you know him, he's almost unknown with respect to Horowitz... He's called Thierry de Bruhnoff...
I think I bent the head, ready for another 'slap' (Loïc was a lovely, funny, friendly person, generous, available)
- ah, Laurent, I agree with you Thierry de Brunhoff is Chopin reborn...
Gosh ! The bullet just passed close to me !
Thanks for your history, you've made me even more interested in the history of the piano in the world
Wonderful Thierry!
My personal interpretation this nocturnes
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impressive!
and why was he the best chopin interpreter? the answer is that he was one of the genious pianists Alfred Cortot did form. It was Alfred Cortot the uniquz genious piano teacher who formed all that wonderful pianists coming out after the second world war. Cortot also who influenced the moscou conservatory with his lessons of chopin etudes Cortot with his recordings before world war two. Forgotten voluntarily because of his politic engagement. But not forgotten as a genious teacher who influenced all the important pianists after him like Eliane Richepin Clara Haskil Dinu Lipatti even Vladimir Horowitz (who took lecons with him too) and Arthur Rubinstein (who did give lectures in Cortot's School in paris) and the many others I forgot to mention here
Chopin is my go to when i need peace and joy...i'm still able to play his music at 78 ...
His music will live in our hearts forever..
My Chopin nocturnes interpretation
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Maravilhoso!
I feel the same way!
Shoutout to you Diana :)
I too love playing Chopin at the age of 76. Not what I used to be, but still so enjoyable.
I never heard of this pianist but his first notes filled me with a sorrow I had not known I felt. If he did become a monk, I could understand it. He has great sensitivity.
Chopin's the best. The sound seems so familiar. He speaks to something common in us all, I think.
Yes he became a monk. I don't know if he ever played for the human beings again since he leaved the public music scene...
Such a treasured gift, coming upon this site by accident today... I am 70 this year, and have worried all my life that I gave up too easily on my piano studies as a teenager, with barriers arising like financial cost and losing the one teacher who seemed able to facilitate my skills from my soul to my fingers...
But I understand my journey now, thanks to Thierry's exquisite and spiritual rendition of the soul of Chopin. This is how I heard Chopin's compositions in my heart, my soul and my mind, but was not able to study and practise for long enough for it to come out through my fingers anywhere like this.
I can understand why Thierry chose to leave the everyday world after these exquisite recordings. And I thank him from the bottom of my heart for making them, and for you putting them out there for us, where his gift belongs, forever at the pinnacle of the physical expression of his heart and soul, Chopin's heart and soul...a treasure, forever.
I now feel free to return to humbly practising my Chopin, with a joyful soul and a light heart...a very special gift, indeed.
His interpretation moves me in a way I've only experienced when I heard Chopin for the first time as a child. No pianist has done this since.
I believe in you (from Brazil)
He is unique!
Sublime
I have been listening to lots and lots and lots of Chopin, with different pianists, I mean really a lot. But never have I heard such a unique interpretation. So calm, deep, nocturnal I'd say. Perhaps the religious aspect has influenced his musical approach. What a surprise!
I'm also glad that I discovered him here just yesterday. I didn't even know about his existence, but now I'd put him straight to the top-5, because he understands Chopin. All the contemporary pianists I know are all too often just polishing/sugarcoating/perfectioning such music, i.e. reducing it to show-pieces really, often accompanied with facial yoga gymnastics. Thierry doesn't do that, he represents still the good old school of understanding Chopins music how it should be.
From music to meditation... it makes a lot of sense. This man knows.
I’m not a knowledgeable listener - but Thierry de Brunhoff’s playing of Chopin feels to me like he strikes a perfect balance, it hits the sweet spot for me - his playing of Chopin is so lovely to listen to!🧡🧡🧡
The perfect note 🎵 and the perfect chord 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎹are in harmony with one's soul.
I am a knowledgeable listener--- and it feels like the same sweet spot to me.
Discovering Thierry de Brunhoff is like coming upon a rare and beautiful flower. His soul and the soul of Chopin merge as two streams joining to form a river. His beautiful sounds full of poetry, nobility, eloquence, and passion weave a magical web which one is drawn into and consumed by.
I hope he is aware of the appreciation of so many listeners. I can only say thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Good for him to change career path to work as a monk ...as I don't find Thierry de Brunhoff"s presentation reflected the essentials of these pieces of work.
ему нехватает экспрессии, более ярких синкоп, рваного ритма.
@@mauriciofernandez9425
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@@MrSarMax doesn’t lack soul
@@selfmadegod8341 How long does it take you to develop your negative comments about talented pianists, or does it just come spontaneously?
He plays with every fibre of his being. Leaves me breathless. Speechless
Had the same exact impression. Is like to be in a state of meditation.
Agree
While listening to Chopin, I close my eyes and try to imagine how his hands play. But at times I can almost visualize a third hand!
It pass.
Pure magic in these terbulant times of mass hysteria and delusionment.
One of my teachers back in 1968 played the piano beautifully. I knew her as Mrs Lynch and she lived in Seaburn, Sunderland. She gave me my love of Chopin. She also was such a kind, encouraging teacher. She died far too young.
You were so fortunate ! Your teacher was a saint for you ! 🙏
My father played Chopin into his 80s and inspired our love for him and piano music. RIP Dad.
Sinto muito pelo seu pai.
🥺
Nobody care
May your father Rest In Peace.
I had never heard a pianist playing Chopin's poetry until I listened to de Brunhoff!
My personal interpretation this nocturnes
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Аминь аминь
Шалом пусть охраняет сердце ваше воХристе иШалом
"Piano is Chopin. He was the one who best understood the possibilities of singing and the sound universe of the piano", said Thierry de Brunhoff
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_de_Brunhoff)
did he really said that?
source..
So innocent and childlike an approach….simple and yet so sophisticated. This is truly enigmatic playing.
Listening to Thierry de Brunhoff's rendition has allowed me to hear and appreciate Chopin's nocturnes like no other pianists have done before. There's beauty and purpose with every phrase, indeed every note, he plays. There's no forced drama by the pianist, but rather the listener is invited into his world or more precisely his heart. This is a gift of music, and through his music, communion with others. In that sense, listening to Brunhoff for me is more than a musical experience; it's also a spiritual one.
beautiful comment!
To joncaju : You’re so right ! This interpretation is a gift from heaven. I heard practically all the « greatest pianists » of the 20th S. and I think exactly like you, ans I can’t add any word to yours, apart multiply them by a so huge number that it’s impossible to recall it. Thank you for your beautiful words, but I have to leave you to hear again these so beautiful notes !
You are right, I have read few minutes ago, he abandoned public life in 1974 and is a Benedictine Monk, God needs him!
@@aliciaracchini3424 how beautiful!
I believe he is the nephew (?) of the creator of Babar - Jean de Brunhoff.
Exquisite interpretation. Like a butterfly gently dancing on a rose.
To give up your career and all the splendour, that comes with it, to serve your soul, that's what I call humbleness AND grandeur.
I agree!
My Chopin interpretation this nocturnes
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Effhorst.. I would love to hear more of your knowledge in thought's upon Chopin's life. He was a very fascinating musician of history. Just your thought's?
@@lisaweaver986 I must apologize to you, Lisa, for misleading you, but I was referring to Thierry de Brunhoff, not Chopin. Agreeing of course to Chopin being a genius, having died far too young. De Brunhoff became a benedictine monk with fourty. Having been asked, why, he answered: "It seemed to me that if God existed, then you had to dive in and give everything. To give everything was also to give music, since for me it contained everything since childhood. It was my universe, my breathing, my language, communion with others, the gift of self. God seemed to me to be more than all that or rather to contain all that, to be all that at the same time and at the same time, to wait for us to love Him. I believe that this expectation of God was decisive for me." Humbleness and grandeur...
@@effhorst humility. there is no such word as humbleness
@@janefairfax9226 well, thanks! We both won't die stupid, will we?
What a gift to accidentally discover this incomparable musician! I'm wrapped in lovely vibrations of this music.
Bravo Mr. Thierry de Burnhoff . Bravo. You are a great pianist. Good luck.
Oui, c'est sans conteste la meilleure version des nocturnes de Chopin, parfaitement poétique et nocturne, sans jamais la moindre concession au "brillant" et au faire valoir.
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Elégance très française par un jeu jamais outrancier et sans l'aspect métronomique de son maître Cortot .Thierry de Brunhoff joue ou plutôt incarne Chopin avec ce je ne sais quoi d'âme venue de là-bas , du temps, de l'espace, du divin . C'est tout bonnement UNIQUE et vous envoûte de bout en bout comme un long voyage d'où l'on ne revient pas indemne .
I didn't know who Chopin was until I start listening to Jazz and then Classical. I can listen to Poison, Tupac and then Chopin and appreciate all music. I like different languages in music also. Like Jazz in French is so natural. It was Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Ahmad Jamal who led me to Chopin, Beethoven and Mozart. Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London". PERFECT!
So beautiful!
So glad you are open to new music. Try a little opera. Puccini is a good place to start.
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@@marymunro1142 :Thank You! I know Puccini. I hear his music on various Public stations like WFMT, WCRB and a great Sunday Morning station out of Chattanooga, TN. WSMC I was actually listening to opera yesterday. A_O Classical-Opera on iTunes internet radio.
I've also had " Pink Floyd" in my head for the last 3 days. Don't know why. Maybe a lot of songs. from "The Wall" go with the place I work so well. Ha! Ha!
Sextus, CZcams Nessum Dorme choir flash mob. Fabulous! I always have a playlist going on in my head. I wake u to music in my head and then I have to play it or it becomes an earworm. Like the time I had Ella Fitzgerald singing “How strange the change from major to minor” and that was it. It took me all day to find out that the song was “Every Time We Say Goodbye”. Written by of course Cole Porter.
Brunhoff brings out the ''other worldliness' of Chopin in this beautiful dreamlike recording. Such clarity!
Прекраснейшее, прелестное, вдумчивое, нежное , чистое , до глубины души.
An unexpected meeting with this talented musician tonight took my soul for a ride in space and time. I have put aside what l was doing to listen to the gorgeous tunes coming from the sensitive fingers on the keyboard..amazing experience..thank you for the download.
Balm to the soul! Such a sensitive interpretation he brings.
Thanks God for people like you uploading this kind of magic ❤️
Suoer!!
My personal interpretation this nocturnes
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Absolutely beautiful to hear the nocturnes played, one after the other, by such an outstanding pianist.Thankyou more than I can say.
Thierry is the youngest son of Jean and Cécile de Brunhoff, creators of Babar, King of the Elephants. Cécile was also a classically trained pianist. What a fascinating household that must have been.
I loved Babar when I was a little girl . Thank you for sharing this with us !
Listen to Arthur Rubinstein playing Chopin. I wonder if this current playing is a bit “syrupy”…
Its so wonderful to learn that ( Babar and all is family 😍)..... This interprétation of " nocturnes de Chopin" is really hypnotic , romantic ...love it 🙏🌹 Thierry de brunhoff
I think this wonderful piece is played by Thierry the youngest son
Really? I used to love Babar and was mocked for this, now it's my revenge! how clever kid was I
Chopin..king of piano.
Brought peace and pain relief to entire re- hab facility Malaei adumah Israel.
⚘Thank you
He plays with so much feeling. Beautiful.
This is real "authentic sound"- so wonedrful, naturally phrased, heart-touching sond- Chopin live....
All this music and how he plays is just wonderful. No way to escape, one must sit down, listen, embrace and believe. And feel gratitude to have another unforgettable piece of human being.
я особо не слушаю пианистов но этот человек покорил мое сердце и душу
I don’t think he would care if he was playing for one person or a thousand. Or no one at all. He’s in his own world. The nuance. Elegantly beautiful. Thank you for posting.
Well said.
That's exactly what I was thinking. It's gorgeous and everything else does just not exist.
Agree, well said
Chopin is the own world!
I think that is his privacy. Let’s allow him his space.
Как много прекрасного у нас на земле !Вот это,разве не чудо?! Слушаешь...и всё, всё уходит на задний план ,в тень...Только ты...и эти звуки...Погружаешься и растворяешься в них...Пусть музыка умиротворяет ,успокаивает, будит любовь и тепло в душе,очищает и лечит...
В самом деле! Всё так: не будь на земле такой музыки и она (земля) была бы совсем другой.
А музыка эта, как и настоящая поэзия - это Дар Божий!
Потому что Бог есть Любовь!
@@DedushkaAltsgeymer Смерку к низу Я слушаю музыку, подводит меня к концу дня.
Смеркается .. Я слушаю музыку .. день завершается ..
Bela sabedoria! Obrigada
Wonderful, I hear him for the first time in my life, oh what a pitty! He plays with his whole soul and his whole heard. I think, Chopin would love his interpretation. For me the best Chopin Interpret ever. Thank you for that wonderful minutes.
In 1974, he retired as a monk to the En-Calcat abbey, France and became a Benedictin Monk, brother Thierry Jean
@@francinesicard464 Quelle histoire!
@@francinesicard464 Je viens de lire que ses parents ont créé Babar :)
@@francinesicard464 What a wonderful thing to do.
I agree. His interpretation is so soft and characteristic. Much gets revealed from his soul and belief, how he sees the world it should be like. I continuously return back to this video. That is a piece of … and can just not complete this sentence. Is there any word for that?
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?” ----- Tennessee Williams.
Ist vollkommen recht!
Everyday...
the present moment has never passed
@@kaijumedia8566 True, but not for our perception...
@@knigoboz ,
This is it. The best interpretation of Nocturne Op 9 No 2 for me.
So much tenderness in this piano-playing.Admirable pianist!!
Fantastic pianist!
My personal interpretation this nocturnes
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You couldn’t describe it better…just one word: tenderness. It really takes to a dreamy stage…
Wow he embodies chopin in perfection!
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Absolutely magnificent. My mother used to play Chopin. She also taught piano. I was fortunate to grow up hearing this music filling up our house.
Wow You're So lucky to have that playing live in your home , I'd give anything to learn his music .
@@guyrivers1143 Thank you so much, Guy. I am very blessed. There is a wonderful Piano Teacher on CZcams. His name is Paul Barton. You may be drawn to check him out. He plays beautifully and teaches too :)
good mother..
@@CMeaganMichael thank you Megan cool liston xoxo
I agree!
My personal interpretation this nocturnes
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Attracted by the very beginning of the first bar, so tender
Thierry de Brunhoff transporte avec lui chaque auditeur. Il joue merveilleusement avec énormément de sensibilité. C'est vraiment touchant. MERCI.
Thank you so much Pianopera for this marvellous pianist Mr. De Brunhoff, its really a revelation..!
I m just a music lover not professional at all, but I think it is the most beautiful Chopin I v heard
No words to describe this rendition of Chopin’s Nocturnes. Sooooooo beautiful!!
2/8/2021 so happy to have found this post. my mother was a concert pianist and Chopin was one of her real favorites. she would practice late into the night and as a child i would fall asleep to these nocturnes. thank you.
What a beautiful memory...
Прекрасная,тонкая передача музыки
You are so lucky to have had that wonderful memory as a child...
I am now 78 and still play Chopin he has given me so much joy throughout my life..
My Chopin interpretation this nocturnes
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One of the many things I find so fascinating about Chopin is that was unafraid of the "unusual" key signatures, proving (as if it needed proof) that beautiful music can be composed in g# minor or D-flat, or just plain old simple C...
Прекрасна, чарівна музика. І безсмертна.
Toucher limpide et non moins profond, on sent dans chaque note le feu intérieur qui nourri cette interprétation. Sans doute la plus belle parmi toutes celles que je lui connais.
It is the best version of playing Chopin's works I've ever heard!
From pianist to monk : this is the peak/flowering of life.
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Yes. Those lucky monks who surely get the blessing of hearing him play.
@@GladysAlicea They don't sit around listening to piano music. Sorry to break the news.
Так пристрасно і так елегантно - чому я не чув раніше цього Thierry de Brunhoff👏👏👏👏👏
Просто плачу від щастя - непоганий, такий початок нового року❤
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My personal interpretation this nocturnes
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Замечательное исполнение, тонкое, проникновенное. Спасибо огромное за прекрасную музыку!
...ВСЕ Ноктюрны в его исполнении и Прекрасны и....однообразны одновременно,к сожалению.... Но...."недостатки--это продолжение достоинств".....
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@@zinam5795 Здесь несколько исполнителей
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Para mi nadie como Brunholf para interpretar a Chopin, se desprendió de todo ego, soltó su deseo de brillar y tocó como el maestro escribió sus nocturnos. Si Chopin escuchase este disco, estoy segura que se sentiría honrado profundamente. Una maravilla y que, creo, sólo en CZcams está.
I’d forgotten how lovely Chopin is. Number 20 is especially, for me at least, one of my favourites. Thank you.
😊👏🏻👏🏻🎹🎼🎶🎶🎶! My favourite is Opus 9 No 3, and his final sequence! This is I like the most, beautiful Song from the Romantism by Chopin☀️🎹
Спасибо за прекрасное исполнение!С удовольствием познакомилась с ещё одним талантом.
@@MrRjcosta X2
@@MrRjcosta equally.
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Очень хорошее, тонкое и проникновенное исполнение.
Хороший, техничный, но практически никому не известный пианист. Интересный человек, должно быть.
как интересно,Вы увидели пианиста,а я смотрела уже,думала о Шопена,спасибо Вам за широту видения
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Simply beautiful
I agree!
My personal interpretation this nocturnes
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Nothing compares to classical music...perfection.
Quelle version merveilleuse... le toucher et le piano, une symbiose unique. Merci de garder ce trésor.
Thank you for beeing able to listen to Chopin' s nocturnes interpreted by Thierry de Brunhoff .
It is very touching !
The best !
Его музыка дышит вдохновением, любовью и жизнью
Будто сами ангелы играют его руками.
Спасибо за шикарную подборку
Я буду возвращаться сюда снова и снова🙂
Неудивительно, что он стал монахом.
@@onosaitumau3951 Он не стал монахом
@@onosaitumau3951 quién se hizo monje?!
@@dziennikarzsledczy8505 quién no se hizo monje?!
Хуйня какая то
Me sinto em transcendência ouvindo Noturnos de Chopin com Thierry Brunhoff e lendo as mensagens de tantos fãs me sinto conectada a todos como estivéssemos em um teatro.
Magnifique de délicatesse, merci :)
J'étais élève de Mme Dominique de Brunhoff, professeur de philo et cela reste un merveilleux souvenir. Babar et Célestine aussi !!
Babar, mme Suzanne de Brunhoff ( CNRS, La monnaie chez Marx ... ) et maintenant ce Thierry: l'humanité remercie a les Brunhoff.
These are astonishing performances of Chopin’s Nocturnes, performed with the subtle discernment that Chopin preferred. The dynamics, tone, quality, subtlety, modesty, close reading of the score but very sophisticated (as opposed to academic). These are the ever elusive perfections one who plays Chopin is always searching for. I’m fascinated by his tone - just incredible. Chopin said that in the end it’s playing the music with a simplicity of style - whereby all the great many notes are synthesized into a calm, tasteful style,, with proper legato, no banging and no vulgar flourishes or excessive adornments. Thierry de Brunhoff was so brilliant.
I totally agree. I wonder if you would be able to provide the source which contains the exact Chopin quote in which he describes how music should be played.
Interestingly, a well-respected music critic of the early 19th century expressed much the same sentiment when he complained that "the vanity of virtuosity" was ruining the way in Mozart's music was being played publicly.
Totally agree! He’s the best for me, he’s inside the music, Chopin would have loved him!
et très français, dans la sens de la pudique respectée, de laisser la musique elle-même fleurir...
@@excelsior999 "Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art."
This is one version of this quote. There are several translations of the same sentiment. If you Google Chopin ‘s quotes you will find many interesting ones.
There are a few excellent biographies of Chopin. Generally a version of this remark or a quote is included in order to distill Chopin ethos/sensibilities. I can’t think of the titles or authors off the top of my head but I’ll edit this comment when I have access to my bookshelves. You can also read Chopin’s letters that he wrote throughout his life, even as a teenager. As I say he despised banging, heavy-handing playing of his music. In his letters you can read his direct assessment of many of his contemporaries. He had a biting sense of humor and was quite a mimic. He had little patience for people (musicians) with bad taste or a lack refinement.
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Quelle merveille!
Un très grand merci de m'avoir donné cette chance d'apprécier une si belle interprétation, si touchante.
Il est presque 3 heures du matin et je n'arrive pas à m'en détacher.
Chaque note inspire la paix !
Music is the one thing that is constant
Thank you! Am speechless....A pure beauty!
Let's not also forget to honourably mention the amazing quality of this piano's sound. Its singing tone is indescribably beautiful. I'm in love.
В высшей степени превосходная музыка и нежнейшее исполнение. Спасибо за любимого Шопена!
Ингилина... какое красивое имя
ლამაზი Chopin
@@irinaakopov3275 Как сказал Ширвиндт= В иронии судьбы =И-главное ,редкое...🥰😍🤩
И жизнь, и слёзы, и любовь ... Всё в музыке Шопена. Словами не выразить...
I recently had cause to remember the first piano recital I ever went to. It was Thierry de Brunhoff, in Paris in 1958. I never knew what happened to him, until now.
He became monk, at the top of his art !
THIERRY SINCE 45 YEARS IS MONK IN EN CALCAT !
влезли эти воды в эстонские департаменты социалок и алиментов и шлют пчел
@@mariepiano122 really? What are your sources about this!?
@@mariepiano122 Bet he still plays at the monastery. Lucky monks!
Thank you very much! It’s a great! My discovery today! It’s Fabulous, like the voice of Heaven!
Chopin is so charming, leaves me breathless and speechless... It is pure magic!!!!
That`s how you play Chopin!
This is lovely. He lets the music speak for itself. I just wish it was in stereo.
These pieces and his playing are sublime.
Well stated @April K, simple, substantial, sublime, serene, and sustaining, this is a fine interpretation of Chopin's work all around from start to finish.
One of the interpretations who can touch my soul..
Musique du ciel et si merveilleusement jouée. Thierry de Brunhoff est absolument merveilleux et son interprétation des Intégrales de Chopin est fabuleuse.
Somos Seres Humanos con cuerpo y Alma y estas melodías son un verdadero Alimento para el Alma( me trasladan a mi infancia , a mi madre le encantaba)
A performance that reflects the inside most beautifully ever i heard..
what delicacy of tone & phrasing! What a pleasure & so beautifully expressed with great sensitivity reminiscent of another age the arts flourished
because people took time to appreciate & listen...
Such beautiful and sensitive playing. The music sings as if it were playing itself. Thierry de Brunhoff and Chopin are getting me through the long hours of the night when I can’t sleep after a heart operation.
It seems so sad that he became a monk at a young age, and deprived live audiences of his gifts. Perhaps he had recorded all he wanted and his God was obviously more important to him. I like the story told below of an organist who became a monk, then realised his talent was a gift from God that should be shared.
good health and speedy recovery, Mariana Grinblat
He was right to become a monk because nothing in this world gives us more happiness than to be united to God. Even a successful carrier as an international pianist. He was right to please God before pleasing the world godless and meaningless. The world could take even your soul if you d let it.
Vivaldi also deprived himself to music and played with monks...some of tge Bach famiky same ...not any coukd have agent and live to create such coukd be possible m be in such placres..his music not commercial ....
@@marianagrinblat5012 i think he is a surgeon darling..
@@rosesared9667 so correct
I keep coming back for the first nocturne, I really love this rendition! In my opinion, no other pianist delivers it as well as Brunhoff
Nocturnes are my favorites of Chopin ! Very Good interpretation ! Merci ! 💙🎼💙🙏❤️
My personal interpretation this Chopin Nocturnes
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I was watching a vid from Public Image Limited, then this randomly came up... gorgeous!
Comme la première lumière du crépuscule, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de vieilles promesses et à toutes les anomalies bienfaisantes de la nature. Evocatrices de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, ces pièces tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et réveillent
les regrets, les vies écorchés et la torpeur des veilleurs tourmentés💐
So beautiful to savor each note and listen quietly as each note develop’s without an orchestra.
Su desprendimiento absoluto de cualquier vanidad; 'diciendo' únicamente lo esencial, me ha conmovido profundamente. Grandioso pianista-poeta.
Yo siento lo mismo. Es bella musica.
No todo el mundo sabe expresar con palabras lo que escucha. Y además es verdad. Nula vanidad. Le felicito, amigo.
@@batecado250400 "Salido del corazón; que vaya al corazón." (Beethoven)
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Used these in physical therapy sessions. All went better for seniors, gave life! For all , gives life, hope, harmonized world!
Where does the music go when the composer leaves us with only the notes on paper...takes musician with soul to pour themselves into the markings and bring heart of composer to life. I am only a listener! But..grateful for the life they give us.
Play on!!!
Erinnert mich an meine Ballettausbildung, wunderbare Zeit das Training mit Chopin
My Chopin interpretation
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incredibly beautiful interpretation of Chopin's nocturnes. Also a wonderful sounding piano, this "bell" sound. Utmost fine in every aspect.
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Agreed - the piano's tone is essential to this performanc's greatness. I could be wrong (I often am) but it doesn't sound like a concert Steinway to me (crisper timbre, not as much resonance in the bass)
bien dit--pourquoi je me suis demandée si c'en était un Pleyel, comme voulait toujours Chopin lui-même...Nous avons un de 1929 et comme ça chante avec douceur et richesse! C'est mon preferé pour les LIeder tous..
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Only the great Baldwin Grand delivers Chopin properly...mellow and deep bass with crisp upper overtones.
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Oui , and the Baldwin is more like the Pleyel.
Limpide comme du cristal...Pur comme l'eau d'une source claire.Cela touche en plein coeur...Sans fioritures... L'âme joue pour l'âme et c'est tout simplement bouleversant...🌠
Beautiful interpretation. Very personal and not the slightest pedantic. Straight to the point - yet very singing and poetic.