Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op.142 (Zimerman)
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- A beautiful example of Zimerman's fantastically rich and layered pianism. Most recordings of the Op.142 emphasise their intimacy and meditativeness, but Zimerman gives these pieces full-blooded climaxes and so much painstaking detail and colour it's easy to imagine them scored for orchestra. The care Zimerman takes in voicing chords is especially noteworthy.
00:00 -- No.1 in F minor. A startlingly vivid sort-of-Beethovenian approach that gives full expression to the narrative power of this piece's sonata form.
11:11 -- No.2 in A-flat major. Played with refreshing directness and warmth. The voicing on display right from the beginning is incredibly beguiling (listen to how carefully detached notes are observed, and the upper notes emphasised), and the series of modulations that build up to the A major climax are handed with the perfect mixture of ecstatic lyricism and dramatic brio.
18:49 -- No. 3 in B-flat major. Lithe and lively lyricism, with some playful rubato adding a welcome sense of melodic spontaneity, and a perfectly even singing line.
30:15 -- No. 4 in F minor. Played with searing intensity and incredible dramatic verve, with fiery scales that sound like they were ripped right out of the keyboard. I don't think any other pianist has managed to quite capture the tension embodied in this little piece -- even the extended major scalar passages seethe with an undertow of violence. - Hudba
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I was just getting into this wonderful ad about the new Hyundai and this Schubert stuff spoilt it all.
If it was not for Hyundai you would not have Schubert. No ads equals no music.
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So agree 👍 do them before but not in it ! What a shock lol
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Why the hell do you listen to this on YT?? Just download it, for heaven's sake!
32:39 The importance of practicing scales.
One can only imagine what Schubert would have written had he lived another 35 or 40 yrs. His music clearly shows his deepening and maturing as a musician and composer as he grew older, especially his final 2 yrs. If only he had composed a piano concerto!
I wonder that as well but was his musical direction also influenced by this illness and that he knew he was not going to live much longer. I wish he had recovered if it had been possible, he was exploring something truly wonderful in his later work.
He wrote this at the same time as the Opus 90. It just published later. Drei Klavierstrucke are written before six months of his death.
Schubert in his 32 years lived more than many who grow old are fortunate enough to be able to.
Mozart and Schubert, my two favorite composers...dead before 36 years old. Very unfair.
@@Alix777. And Chopin 39 😢
i was scared by 19:59 haha
B flat major theme and variations are so good they would even impress Beethoven. Sublime variations full off rthymic plays and innovative ornamentation.
I love the ending to no. 4! In Schubert's time it would have been a scale down the entire length of the keyboard.
I think that the fourth last impromptu should had the alla ungarese hue indication
Zimmerman is the best. Everything he plays is fabulous.
Ikr! There's something about the way he plays the piano, not too full of pedals, but also not too dry. He's a very briliant interpreter.
The end of the fourth one is so incredibly powerful, I'm so in love with it.
The last piece is unspeakably unique...I cannot imagine how music since 250 years ago could capture his emotions as he encounters life day to day...another names for these pieces is "schubert's journal" how fascinating
You living in 2070 or some?
Some of the finest music Schubert ever wrote for the piano
Wow, so beautiful by Zimerman! I loved and played the impromptus when I was a teenager, then dislikeed it and switched to Chopin. I thought Schubert's music has too few variations, unlike Chopin or Liszt. Now I am in my mid-30s, and I suddenly realize that Schubert offers what I need: the use of chord is simple and straightforward but full of meanings and so many beauties. Similarly, life is filled with all kinds of tastes and hardness, but simply you should enjoy the beautiful moments (being with your loved ones and when creative work brings you a lot of joy) and forget about others. His music will make you feel that the meaning of life is simply to enjoy life! Simple but powerful, and less is more. Thanks for putting the impromptus here!
Disfrutar los buenos momentos , y olvidar los sinsabores. Es una buena filosofía de vida!
Ha! I find myself in the same situation. I'm currently 16 yrs old and playing stuff like chopin and liszt. Perhaps I'll understand Schubert more when I'm your age :)
@@batmansully2317 funnily enough, I'm 18 and I absolutely adore Schubert, especially the Impromptus (No. 3 is my favourite from this set). However, although I respect the late sonatas, I still haven't explored them in a way that they speak to me the same some of the late Beethoven sonatas do. Love of Chopin has never died (and I doubt it ever will), although Liszt has never inspired me the same as Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and Chopin
crazy similar to my experience with Schubert, I'm in my 40's and finally discovering some of these amazing works (I knew of the impromptus but never gave them much thought) - also check out the 3 Klavierstücke, D946 - amazing.
@@batmansully2317 I'm. The same I'm eight years old and love liszt prokofiev etc I do love this though
Is there anything so heavenly as Schubert? And what a delightfully rich and nuanced performance. I've been struggling with #1 for decades, listening to every pianist I could find for hints. Now here is the most divine imaginable answer to that riddle! Of course I'll never play it one iota so well. But it's a gift to at last hear it played right. Like hearing it for the first time. All my thanks to everyone involved in sharing this.
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Play it for yourself if you don't have an audience. enjoy it !
Entirely delightful and educational. Thanks for posting and doing all the score-work!
Thanks for always providing beautiful music here.
The Sound of perfection.Amazing and legendary pianist.
Something about schubert's allegrettos are so divine 11:11
especially the 6th musical moment he composed
Zimmerman's approach in the 4th Impromptu is the version I've been looking for. Too many people play the work with excessive delicateness, when, at least in the coda, it really needs a fiery, exciting touch!
Radu Lupu?
@@falfield he's good, and his impromptus were my very first recording, which I have a lot of reverence for, but I still think he's not fiery enough in 142-4. Perhaps what I want is a bit ahistoric, but the piece is a dramatic piece to me, and some sections of it (the long two-handed scalar passages, for example) don't even really musically work for me unless it's being played with a virtuosic approach.
Zimmerman is very good. Do yourself a favour and listen to Maria Joao Pires version too.
Какая деликатность в исполнении, сколько нежности! Брависсимо!!!
Always love reading the descriptions on these videos
An advert in the middle of a classical composition is a sin that needs to be purged with fire.
Holy words. I can't stands those ads...
I pay $15 per month for CZcams premium. Apparently there are multiple benefits. For me it is worth it just for being advert free. If I wasn't a classical music listener it probably wouldn't be such an issue .
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Boo-hoo. Use fucking adblock.
Again, as with other uploads, I'd like to thank you for your postings and insightful comments.
Schubert's music is raw emotion. It's not about the music, or the playing, but the feelings conveyed by each note.
Magnifique interprétation
Quels sons magiques !
Cet impromptu est poignant
Very beautiful impromptus composed by that gigantic melodic SCHUBERT!
Thank you
As much as I love op 90 no 3, I have to say that I enjoy this set of impromptus more in total
Under Zimerman's touch Schubert's genius really shines - - - thanks for the upload!
Zimerman sempre da' attenzione allo spartito piu' degli altri. Bravo Zimerman!
Great content on this channel!!! Thanks.
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thank you for this great video!
Schubert most likely was able to perform these… those saying that Schubert was only a “mediocre” pianist should look no further than the fourth impromptu. He could not play some of the Wanderer fantasy, but who can?
And the development section of the 1st stirs my soul every single time I hear it.
That's my favorite passage in all of the Impromptus.
@@timward276 In all of music if you ask me. Such soothing harmonies.
Beautiful ! Happy New Year !
No.3 is very lovely
SCHUBERT ... you were awesome! Beautiful music as always from you.
Thank you
I never click on a video as fast as when I see Zimerman
relatable
Yo same
so wonderful the music and the playing🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I always thought that Zimerman was the reincarnation of Schubert!
Was playing this set of impromptus for study, until 25:12 .... SO Enchanting I want to cry
Superb! And, like someone else said, the piano’s voicing/timbre is like nothing I’ve ever heard, I may listen to this on repeat for a while :-)
Meraviglia che toglie il respiro!
Perfection. Je n'ai jamais entendu les traits en triples croches du 4e impromptu jouer en tempo !
What could be better.... listening to Schuberts beautiful impromptus while watching the soccer. Impromptu no 1 of this set is quite simply divine. I just cannot find the words that do justice in describing it. Shame Schubert could not steer clear of the ladies. Had he lived to be 70, he would have composed more majestic music for the piano, and we would have loved it.
i hear a little bit of Beethovens 12th Sonata (also in A-Flat major) in the second Impromtu:)
Thank you btw for the great work you do! Zimerman is fantastic!!!
It's funny how you mentioned the "Beethoven" approach for Impromptu no. 1, because the principal theme is almost exactly the same as in the first movement of Beethoven's 4th piano concerto :)
I seriously adore how he takes a breath every third beat in the second impromptu.
It is so Schubert. Great playing!
GREAT ,GREAT ! PERFCT! PLAYING!
This reminds me of Zimerman's recording of the Debussy Preludes--perhaps a little "harder edged" sound than most recordings which are more about warmth and atmosphere (for example, consider the Schubert impromptus recordings of Uchida, Lupu, etc.)
I like that fact that Zimerman is not afraid to putting a little "body" and "oomph" into his playing, and not be so delicate and refined.
22:01 is delightful
Didn't expect to see you here 👀
A good theme to put in a fourth mash-up ;)))
#harassment
@@blezz9715 why the #harrasment though?!
One of my favorite impromptus.
Zimmermann plays this wonderfully.
I was into a joint of hybrid when this beautiful music came on and I had to listen to all them.
Variation 3 is so powerful...
If you mean impropmptu 3, I agree: after a deceptively simple start, challenging to play. Some of the rhythms are quite complex, to my mind at least.
I am very sorry about the many ads during this beautiful playing of Schubert. Neverthless, I enjoyed listening and chasing the playing with my Schubert music book. Thank so much for this music.
How about using the Brave browser? Say bye bye to ads.
Its not because of the creator but because of CZcams. Thwy made an update and now they can monetize peoples videos without their consent. It gives them money
But how firey is that coda of the final impromptu!?
hey kyle!!!
Very firey indeed
seriously. I think that and maybe the coda of opus 90 impomptu no 2 in Eb are the most dramatic finishes in all of classical music
@@matthewperson4191 I know opinions are different, but honestly, there are many pieces out there with equally dramatic endings, or even more dramatic. Beethoven Sonata 23, Rachmaninoff Sonata 1, Bruckner Symphony 9 First movement, Chopin Scherzo 1, Prokofiev Piano Concerto 2, I could list many, many more.
@@matthewperson4191 I quite agree. Schubert is often very calm, but those two really stand out in terms of dramatic endings. I love both.
Best painkiller EVER.
2:30 (start of B section) is just so indescribably beautiful...
Having said that, I am not sure if I would consider No. 1 in F minor a sonata form, especially since I think it has more of an A-B-A'-B' structure rather than the A-B-A' structure seen in sonatas. And while the A and A' sections do sound a like Beethoven, could you not argue that the B and B' sections sound far more lyrical than Beethoven? If anything these sections sound more what you would expect from Romantic-style piano repertoire. Just my opinion
Ketan Fernandes It's a mix between a sonata form, a sonata form without development, and a rondo form :
A : exposition in sonata form, with one first theme, one bridge to another theme in the relative tone and a second theme in the relative tone.
B : central part, not a development but a new theme in A-flat minor/major. As in the final movement of the first sonata of Beethoven.
A' : reexposition with the second theme in f major this time.
B' : return of the central theme in f minor/major (Big coda or new part ? Actually it's both, we can't decide).
Coda : return of the first theme. Ultimate rondo or coda ? We can't be sure.
I totally agree with you, right now I'm listening to n.1 and n.3 because my piano teacher told me to choose one of these pieces to play this year... I think I'm gonna choose n.1
Andrea Iacco I’m doing number 3, it’s REALLY fun to play
@@stonefish7745 Ahah yes, I liked that one too, right now I'm playing n.1, but I've bought the whole book of Schubert's Improptus, maybe I could start playing n. 3 too, in my spare time. I don't really like to play variations, but I believe it would be funny to play that one
Number 1 iz the most beautiful
To be honest, these 4 are better than the others.
Than the first set? You have to be crazy. Impromptu 3 and 4 are very well known pieces that everyone loves. 1 is dark as hell and 2 is romantic as hell. So in no way shape or form does this set overshadows the first set. They are both great.
Hell no! I mean, this set I'd obviously great. And even arguably as good as the first set. But they aren't "better" than the first set
wow pure perfection
My favourite parts are the really loud ads that come up during the movements, usually right in the middle of a quiet phrase. What a postmodern genius Schubert was!
the last impromptu is insanely hard.
When you say that you can easily imagine it being scored for orchestra I believe the theme of the 3rd impromptu was also used in a string quartet and opera ouverture
Which quartet? I tried to find it but couldn't get anything
@@josesilva-gm5md In the Andante of the Rosamunde Quartet (D804) and for orchestra in the 3rd entract of the Rosamunde Opera
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I agree with comments below. Yes have ads, but to interrupt a sensitive, delicate and delightful piece mid performsnce like this is brutal, not to mention startling. it does NOT ENDEAR me to buy the product. Pertiod. And that is being nice, resisting temptation for crude expletives.
Malcolm Abram you are not entitled to watch CZcams for free, so quit complaining
@@jacobsimonson9040 No problem with ads, it is when they come in during the playing itself. No issue at start or between movements. So YES I will complain. Thankfully most classical music have appropriately spaced ads.
Malcolm Abram tru. I don’t think I understood what you said when I first replyed
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I wonder if is just a coincidence that the four movements of this miniature set map perfectly to that of a classical sonata (with the slightly rarer scherzo-slow-movement arrangement): sonata-allegro first movement in f minor; scherzo and trio in the relative major; theme and variations slow movement; rondo finale in f minor (the same key as the first). Perhaps they were intended as a single work initially, but were, as Schumann described Chopin's second sonata, 'like four unruly children' and consequently published as a set of character pieces. Some of the most sublime piano music ever penned nevertheless.
@@orangutan1262 Why was Schubert working on three genuine and very musically challenging piano sonatas at the same time as these impromptus then? Also, just as a note, they were published posthumously.
@@orangutan1262 Well, I happen to disagree with Schumann and Einstein in this instance for the reasons stated above.
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22:00 var 2*
23:34 var 3
25:40 var 4
27:37 var 5
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1:33 - Classic Schubert!
Love that part!
Still waiting for Schubert to drop his new album
i think that whole "dead" stuff might interfere w that, sorry man 😔😔
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This is basically Schubert's sonata in F minor :D
Some say so. I'm not that convinced about it. Why Schubert called it Impromptus? Probably mainly because each piece has its own idea, character and richness of melodies (so typically for Schubert)!
The only indication of a sonata is that the first and the last pieces are in f minor ... ;)
first mov in sonata form
second slow (allegreto but slow)
third variations, ok
fourth RONDO
more sonata than sonata
PieInTheSky I agree on you. This piece resembles so much with Schubert's last three sonatas, D.958, 959, 960. I heard Schubert had special attachment to the theme of the variation in Op.142, so... I'm guessing maybe he originally wanted to write a sonata but also really wanted to write a variation on the theme, then it got too long and just decided to publish them seperately. Just my own opinion haha.
A set of Impromptus, from which amateurs can perform excerpts, was far more "sellable" of a four movement Sonata that has to be performed in its entirety
In order for it to be a sonata there must be a development section in the first movement, but in the first impromptu we don't hear any development of the first and second theme groups, they just repeat in different keys, so the first movement is not in sonata form and technically this is not a sonata. I agree with you that the pieces are linked in character and keys but again this is not a sonata in a classical sense, there is no scherzo or minute this can also be a second reason.
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1 і 4 фантастичні!!!🖤
18:49 Wanderer Fantasy 3rd movement 🤔
18:48 this made me think of schubert's rosamunde string quartet the opening of 2nd mvt. i knew it sounded so so familiar
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I've just noticed that the var V of number 3 is basically op 90 n 2 based on the theme of that impromptu
Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't noticed the strong similarity in the opening bars of each. As this impromptu shows, Schubert quite liked to quote himself (and why not? It can't be described as plagiarism. If you've got a good theme, why not give it some decent exposure. There are some minor variations among the theme which appears in these three works - this, the Rosamunde Entr'acte and the String Quartet.
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My edition of the Impromptus doesn't have the repeat at 4:45 in #1. Of course, that's perhaps the most beautiful passage in the whole piece so I don't mind hearing it twice.
It seems you didn't buy henle verlag edition, you should always buy either, henle verlag or wiener urtext
is no. 2 influenced by Beethoven's 12th sonata I wonder?
NickB Yes, completly !
27:36 Impromptu E flat major :)
2:19 Could this be a reference to Beethoven's piano sonata no. 31 in the same key, composed just 6 years before?
interesting similarity. Also, I think that the section that comes after that (4:22) was inspired by Mozart's A-major sonata K.331 (4th variation). Texture, harmony and charachter are very similar.
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I play it badly, but the 4th impromptu might be the most fun piece to play in my repertoire.
It is so fun to play. So challenging technically yet so satisfying to just play through.
So much fun but those thirds are annoyingly hard to get clean
@@thekenanski8789 Definitely.
And the more badly you play the more fun it is to play
Skip to the end and press replay for no ads
Genius
Wow
Die "My skin, my way"- Reklameeinblendung bei 29:30 zeigt die Verkommenheit der kapitalistischen Geldgier.
Almost a big sonata form hidden !
20:36 var1
22:01 var.2
23:32 var.3
25:30 var.4
27:35 var.5
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No.4 coda 35:40
Cette semaine j'ai trouvé le cd pour 0.33 eur... je l'avais fait graver en 98... je l'écoutais dans le train pour Grenoble quand j'étais en quatrième année de droit... le massif de la Chartreuse avec cette musique...1:32... puis l'agglomération grenobloise avec toute cette agitation... 2:33... travailler puis mourir... pourquoi, Franz ?
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La música de Chubert es de paz
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How dare you misspell my name
@@W.D._Gaster chubert
@@GUILLOM >:(
Schumann thought they formed a sonata... but Schubert gave to them the numbers 5, 6, 7, 8.
Anyone know what piano this is recorded on? It's absolutely stunningly rich.
It is likely a normal steinway, but I think the audio engineer took the liberty of placing the mics right over the respective treble a bass bridges, which results in this very tight but rich sound.
Knowing Zimerman, I highly doubt that this was a "normal" Steinway - remember, this guy is known for going as far as designing his own trucks to transport his highly-customized pianos. He also maintained a close working relationship with Steinway Hamburg to get access to the parts and training needed to modify his instruments as he sees fit.
thanks for sharing this inside information - - very interesting; how do you come by it?
I have a book that is full of interviews of prominent pianists in the 20th century. Also, you should check out his recently released Schubert sonatas recording on DG. In the liner notes, Zimerman talks about how he prepped his piano specifically for that recording. I have that album and the piano sounds very unique - even though it was "just" a Hamburg Steinway.
It sounds like "Reflections from the Keyboard" by David Dubal, only I just checked and Zimerman isn't in that book, at least not in my edition, which is old. I'm sure you have Dubal's "The Art of the Piano", but doubt that fact would have been mentioned in that book.
I'm practicing the 4
30:15
You wont succeed
@@gereonrath6601 shut up, if you practice hard enough you will succeed
Is no 2 La Folia-based?
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Four movements, beginning and ending in the same key, with the first movement being a Sonata-Allegro. Why didn't Schubert just call it a Sonata?
It's a fair question. Personally I don't think it sounds like any of Schubert's other sonatas, particularly the placement of the theme and variations as the 3rd movement rather than a shorter scherzo or minuet and trio.
How is it possible for you to monetize these works? Are they not copyrighted somehow? This seems very weird to me.
@@danielgastelum3562 no, according to Ashish himself in the comments on other videos, youtube is monetizing it themselves, Ashish doesn't see any of it.
Even if he would get money for it, I wouldn't mind. I mean you have to put work into this kind of videos. And you can still buy the CD somewhere if you want to support someone else.
Schubert invented Pirates of the Caribbean 35:55
29:15
2:32 & 14:39
Jumpscare at 19:59
Here's a game: Find another piece of piano music in the standard repertoire that has a passage where the left hand jumps between the lower and upper staffs, but the note and rest values from the lower system TRANSFER to the upper system, and then transfer back down when the left hand returns underneath (as in the first impromptu, bars 84-95). In other words, the note and rest lengths are determined by wherever the left hand goes, not by the separate, individual staffs. Offhand, I do not know of another instance of this.
I can't think of any offhand but that is my favorite passage in all the Impromptus, that call-and-response in the first impromptu.