So sensibel, ideen- und nuancenreich interpretiert habe ich diese Ballade noch nie gehört. 🔥

Sie ist eine berufene Chopin-Interpretin, und auch ihr Mozart atmet Geist und Seele. 🌹

She makes this fearsomely difficult piece sound almost easy - the mark of a true artist and a tribute to the years of hard work such musical stars have to put in.

Chopin + Natalie = un instant de bonheur Merci merci merci !

I watch this performance several times per week. I really like your interpretation and of course this is my absolute favorite Chopin piece…and has been for over 30 years.

She plays with great emotion, love and perfection!

La verdad no sé si leeras este comentario, sin embargo quisieras que lo leyeras. Personalmente no vivire de la musica, pues sere Ingeniero industrial. Sin embargo, pienso tomar clases con el fin de lograr tocar como tú, pues el como tocas el piano, la carisma que te caracteriza al hacerlo, y tu gran e indudable talento, me han inspirado a querer tocar como tú, cueste lo que cueste. Gracias por darme inspiracion a hacerlo. Te lo agradezco de verdad :) Nota: Saludos desde Perú I don't really know if you would read this comment, however you would like you to read it. Personally, I will not live on music, as I will be an Industrial Engineer. However, I plan to take classes in order to be able to play like you, because how you play the piano, the charisma that characterizes you when doing it, and your great and undoubted talent, have inspired me to want to play like you, whatever the cost. Thank you for inspiring me to do so. I really appreciate it :) Note: Greetings from Peru

Heart stopping. What a gorgeous demeanor she has and what a sumptuous sound.

Very beautiful. Thanks for uploading .

Such an exquisite performance! And your videos are perfection - no fancy faux-artistic angles - just simply watching you play and focussing on how your hands interact with the keys. A pleasure to watch and listen to. Thank you for making your performances available on youtube.

Ah, Youth! We have here a perfect rubato. This is fine pianism. I only wish that the sequence from roughly 7 minutes in to 9:40 or so had a greater, almost explosive, climax; not necessarily louder or faster, but more pronounced, as here is what the piece appears to aim for. The remainder of the piece thereby becomes the thoughtful resolution of all that had come before, giving us the full dramatic impact of this Masterpiece. Maybe I have heard too much Arthur Rubinstein, as earlier I had imagined him reacting to this in a Master Class setting and felt he would have been speechless she performed this so well. Up until that above mentioned sequence. But Mr Rubinstein spent a lifetime to come to an understanding of this piece. Given Ms Schwamova's youth, I can't imagine she will not one day play this with the overwhelming power it deserves. Again, a really fine, almost riveting performance.

One of the most beautiful perfomances I hav ever heard ❤❤❤ I love you, you are an amazing person and I look up to you, your achievements snd your unique playing style

Perfect, like everything you do! Wherever appropriate (through most of the piece): gentle, relaxed, tender melancholy!

You are more than amazing, this interpretation is one of the best I've ever seen. Wonderful

Yes, my favorit Ballade. I am also working on this piece for over a year now. To me it is a journey, starting from home, visiting places and facing situations of life. It is quite difficult for players to find the subtle breath permiating throughout this piece until the coda brings all to a finale. Thank you.

Wonderful, wonderful artist, always showcasing the music to the best of her ever-increasing ability, instead of herself.

Absolutely sublime! What an achievement mastering this piece is. You deserve millions of views. I understand why pieces like this aren’t popular since they are so distant from modern music but damn is everyone missing out.

Flawless. You're really amazing, I've been following you since 2015, I can't believe we are the same age and you're already this successful. Greetings from Peru ❤️

That rubato approach reminds me of Horowitz's style. The piano is well-tuned and voiced. This lassie is about to take her rightful place amongst the stars - a born and phenomenally gifted musician.

"I know nothing in music like the F minor Ballade" said James Huneker. Nor do I. From tingling my body at 17 I'm still here at 71 feeling much the same as I did back then. The pinnacle of Chopin's works. And that is saying something.

Très beau et très senti. Merci pour ce moment de bonheur musical.

Always Talented! Now she's a Beautiful Lady!

Wow Spectacular Bravo Beautiful music 🎹👏😘🎶

Splendida, come sempre...

I've been waiting for this! Thank you! I really enjoy your Chopin and your interpretation of the ballades. Hope you upload the 2nd one too!

Always very impressed by her. This is fantastic, great tempi.

The signs on the seats...thanks Natalie for this great performance amid the covid pandemic

I am so happy to have subscribed to this channel! Its a pity to miss out on such a superb performance

Just splendid performance. Thank you for sharing and the time put in to produce such a beautiful sound.😊

Una belleza de obra y de ejecución. Gracias por compartir. Beautiful work and wonderful performance. Thanks for sharing.

Simply wonderful! Thank You

Absolutely smashing ! You rival the greatest performers of our time.

Amazing Ballade

Beautiful

You do Chopin exceptionally well.

Beautiful

Gosh, I love your playing!

It’s so nice to hear the applause that you deserve

8:30 Wow this part is so good. Her control is almost as good as Pogorelich in his young days.

Great nathalie as always

Fantastic😭😭

Natalie is an amazing artist ! A virtuoso = Magnifique my friend ❤️

Qué belleza, Natalie, sin palabras ❤️

How did it happen that Natalie does not compete in Warsaw this year? I remember her from the previous edition of the contest in 2015. She was then the youngest competitor. I liked her performance very much, I expected that she would come and win the next time! What happened?

Always talented and master 💐👍

Very good! Muito bom! Linda execução, parabéns! 👏👏👏

Control absoluto sobre las dinámicas, musicalidad trasparente, comunicas la esencia chopiniana, que orgullo verte tocar esta pieza, felicidades, enhorabuena sigue creciendo pianísticamente, ¿algún día tocarás algo de Liszt? se te aprecia mucho.

Super Pianista !!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Évidemment la version Hoffmannn reste inatteignable ... maïs parmi les innombrables versions modernes, j’ai rarement entendu autant d’honnêteté dans un jeu à la fois solide, féminin, puissant, parfaitement maîtrisé mais confondant de naturel et remplie d’une émotion jamais surfaite.

I love your playing Natalie

10:01 nice rubato , 10:21 beautifull "cantabile" in the right hand

Natálie is Chopin❤👏💞

nice!!!!

Fantastika

💢💯✨❤

Wow ! Chopin's hardest ballade perfectly played. 667th like ; I didn't like 666 :p

❤️❤️🎹

Fab. 9.35 ❤

You're so beautiful when you play.

Muito bonita. Obrigado!!!!!

😪 5:46

Very beautiful 🤩 How hold are you ?

It needs more cowbell

What happened to the other version :((

The feeling of a dotted rhythm in the first bar was disconcerting. Those three repeated octaves are meant to firmly establish tempo and pulse (6/8 times), in my opinion. Still, it was a lovely performance.

Piu' sentito...

First 😌

First

блин а если срать приспичит во время выступления