Liszt and Chopin. Thank you for making our life as pianist harder

This is one of a few stories about what happened when Chopin and Liszt met. How accurate I can't say, but it was from living memory of their lifetimes: One evening, while assembled in a salon, Liszt played one of Chopin’s nocturnes, to which he took the liberty of adding some embellishments. Chopin’s delicate intellectual face, which still bore the traces of recent illness, looked disturbed; at last he could not control himself any longer, he said, “I beg you, my dear friend, when you do me the honor of playing my compositions, to play them as they are written or else not at all.” “Play it yourself then,” said Liszt, rising from the piano, rather piqued. “With pleasure,” answered Chopin. At that moment a moth fell into the lamp and extinguished it. They were going to light it again when Chopin cried, “No, put out all the lamps, the moonlight is quite enough.” Then he began to improvise and played for nearly an hour. And what an improvisation it was! Description would be impossible, for the feelings awakened by Chopin’s magic fingers are not transferable into words. When he left the piano his audience were in tears; Liszt was deeply affected, and said to Chopin, as he embraced him, “Yes, my friend, you were right; works like yours ought not to be meddled with; other people’s alterations only spoil them. You are a true poet.” “Oh, it is nothing,” returned Chopin, gaily, “We have each our own style.” (Nowakowski, in Karasowski, Semptember 1874)

Liszt: plays Revolutionary Etude Chopin: war flashbacks

Listz and Chopin playing in the same room would have been a divine concert

It’s crazy how footage like this can survive a couple of centuries.

Sees the piano getting destroyed me:Cries in 61 keys keyboard without touch sensitivity.

Damn, you imagine having to play after Liszt? I'd jump out the window

*Thanks Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Chopin for filling our lives with magnificence and unspeakable beauty!*

Chopin never played the nocturne no. 20 for anybody, it was a private piece that he never published.

Chopin Looks Like Anakin Skywalker In Episode 3 Of Star Wars

My heart literally felt like it was being ripped apart when the piano got destroyed... anyone feel the same?

Chopin plays so well that the piano lid opens in the middle of him playing.

Its me

Nowadays... "oh my god he is playing by CANDLELIGHT... how ROMANTIC!" Back then... "hey dude... can you bring some light over here? Thanks..."

Liszt and Paganini, the 2 devil rockstars. If I'm living in their era, that would be my emo phase.

My good pal, Chopin. Such respect I have for him! I shall write a biography on him!

Hahaha Chopin sitting down and playing like that in front of everybody and mocking Liszt. Chopin who did 5 concerts in his life and hated to be the centre of attention.

I hate seeing the part where the guards came and destroyed the piano with the rifle

A beautiful, sensitive, Polish actor who portrays Chopin and his soul and Polish one so well. This is one of the best clips from the movie. I have watched the full movie on YT many times.

So glad they still have footage of this historic event!

Chopin was probably a lot more quiet and timid than he is in these scenes but I like it nonetheless.

Liszt was always trying to out do the piano and out do music. His whole effort was to transcend both. Chopin was in love with music, in love with the piano. He was the piano. Even Liszt, being the better pianist, had to admit that Chopin was the better musician and composer.

Some scenes in the movie show Chopin leaving and 'saying good by' to his homeland - Poland (war, Russian soldier destroying the piano, carriage, escape, etc). During his trip-escape to France through Stuttgart he wrote "Stuttgard's Diary" in which he discribes his state of mind: thoughts and feelings, about his homeland and about the fall of the November's Uprising against Russian occupier). In the movie you can see also the weeping willow trees which are very characteristic to Poland and represent mourning. Chopin was born in 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, near of Warsaw, and left Poland when was 20 years old. Never seen his homeland again. Died in 1849 in Paris at the age of 39 years old (probably for tuberculosis). This is the reason why in his music is so much longing (homesickness), sadness and nostalgia. It is good to know the context (bigger picture) of his feelings and by what he was driven while creating his materpices. Since 1772 up to 1918 Poland was wipped off of the Europe's map and then split for nearly 150 years between Prusia, Russia, Habsburg's Empire and Austro-Hungerian Empire. Polish people where not allowed to speak their own language even at home what could yield in sending to Siberia. Chopin's Polish name is Szopen. I hope this information will help you better understand and feel Szopen/Chopin's music.

We’re so blessed to have had these two geniuses

Chopin, Liszt, pronounced: "shopping list". When I go to the supermarket, I always bring my Chopin Liszt. A musical extravaganza.

Liszt and Chopin, two great musicians whose names will always be remembered.

A lovely friend of ours will turn 99 in December and being both Polish and a former classical pianist, adores Chopin. Although Alzheimer's is beginning to take her mind, when we visit she always remembers to request Chopin. So my son, who plays in a manner similar to Chopin and Debussy, obliged by learning several of Chopin's works. He even went as far as "completing" Chopin's posthumous Waltz in A minor. It never fails to bring a smile to her sweetly weathered face and a peaceful spirit to her home. I am convinced all great music is played from the heart, and is felt as well as heard.

7:58 ah yes, the a minor chopin waltz, one of the few waltzes not played nor released until after the death of chopin wait...

God thank you for Chopin.

7:28 How did Chopin know Hungarian Rhapsody no.2? Liszt published after Chopin died... Interesting...

my granny was a classical pianist. she was a specialist in Chopin and Rachmaninoff and Lizst. I'm a heavy metal singer. I dont know how to play the piano, but I love deeply classical music... this makes me cry. my favorites are Villa-Lobos, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Chopin and Lizst... I always say to my friends that heavy metal and hard rock are almost classical music with heavy guitars. now I'm thinking 'bout learning to play the cello, even though I'm a old guy with 39 years old... thanx for uploading this beautiful video! wish you the best! May God bless you and everyone who's watching and commenting this . I love you all

Liszt breaks my limbs, Chopin breaks my heart.

I love Chopin and his music,and always keep to learn his music and history

I can't understand why so many complain that actor playing Chopin is not exactly like him. Excuse me, what??? First of all, the film was made in Poland with polish actors. Do you think, that there are hundreds actors there, who look like Chopin? Piotr Adamczyk, who played this role is perfect , because he has delicate, elegant, subtle and a liitle bit neurotic face, exactly like Chopin. He doesn't have to look exactly like him, it's a matter of impression that he make and Adamczyk made it really good. I believed him , believed in his story. It's not Brad Pitt. :)))) And very good.....

Nunca ha habido un Compositor ,de esta Calidad y tan Romántico , del Piano ..como Frederic Chopen . Tan Prolífica su Obra ..Sus Estudios como el Revolucionario ...so tan hermosos , y con cierto grado de Dificultad que se los dedicó al Gran Franz Liszt ...Preludios , Nocturnos , Mazurcas , Squerzos , Baladas , Conciertos a mi en lo particular me encanta el 2° . Y sus Valses . Murió tan joven , por la Tuberculosis ..que no me explico cómo pudo componer tanto , estando enfermo . Polonia ha dado al Mundo , Científicos como Madame Curie , Chopin , y el Santo.Juan Pablo II , Papa de la Iglesia Católica ..perdón por extenderme ...amo a esa Nación ..Gracias por subir ese pequeño corto de su Película .🎹🎼🎶🎵👏👏👏👏👏💖💞😘😘😘

I have all my life , since a child, been in love with Chopin and with hes music....will allways be

I cannot even comprehend Chopin and Liszt being in the same room--the two greatest pianists that ever lived! But I always felt that Chopin sought to bring out the 'soul' of the piano, whereas Liszt wanted to compose the most technically 'unplayable ' pieces, which sacrificed the melodic line.

Upon further review I have to repeat and re-confirm even more so that these two performances are amoungst the best interpretations I have ever heard by any pianists of these two Chopin works. The REVOLUTIONARY played by the LISZT actor and the Polonaise played by the Chopin actor have some of the most interesting dynamics, accents and phrasing I have ever heard in performance of these pieces. I wonder who decided on these interpretations....absolutely great

I love how he says, with quite some fear, "But after Liszt?!"

Chopin interpretaba el piano como si acariciaba las teclas. Es como se aprecia el valor de un instrumento musical y su armonía musical. Valiosísimo. Gracias.

In my imagination, Chopin only plays in complete darkness in a room that is lit, perhaps, only by a single candle. He would not take off his gloves when he plays and there would be no more than 20 people in attendance.

Haber imaginado y transmitido la emoción a través del tiempo y el espacio por la sensibilidad de Liszt y Chopin,dejan una huella indeleble en el alma de quien la escuche por todos los tiempos.

4:17 imagine playing him still dre

Chopin siempre será el maestro de maestros del piano...

for 50 years Chopin has moved me in ways I can not describe. he has taken me to worlds I can not perceive, This clip exemplifies why.

Hermosa película, triste la vida de mi compositor favorito. Bellas locaciones. No sabía que la condesa Rothschild , patrocinó grandes músicos de la época. Bravo!!! Fascinante película

Yo adoro a Chopin,su sensibilidad con el piano me conmueve y me llega al alma desde siempre. Para mí, siempre será el mejor. Muchas gracias por compartir con nosotros ésta pieza de la película,me gustaría poder verla entera. Si alguien me puede informar del título,me haría un gran favor,y si la pudiera encontrar, sería un gran regalo. Adoro a Chopin desde que tenía siete años, ahora tengo 61. Mil gracias.🎼🎶❤💕👏👏👏

Maravilhoso Chopin! Sua genialidade e delicadeza de sentimentos expressavam no dedilhar do piano. E mesmo no grito de protesto que ele expressou na POLONAISE N°6 "HEROICA", tinha uma expressam romântica. E Liszt, trazia a paixão eterna em suas danças Húngaras e Liberstraume. Enfim são dois compositores e intérpretes bem diferentes em suas interpretações.

0:52 that notes. Makes minds blowing . Chopin so crazy

شكرا لمن أعطى صوتا جميلا للحياة ❤

8:30 love that right hand melody

3:32 even chopin doesn't want to play after liszt. Damn

Muchísimas gracias, Francisco Aguilera, por compartir este maravilloso video. Las escenas son verdaderamente preciosas.

Chopin et Litzt, 2 magnifiques compositeurs, mais c'est Chopin qui me va droit au cœur !!

Seeing that piano being demolished it was soul crushing 😭

They are both immortal as their music lives 'forever' - as far as this life concerns... I got the shivers up my neck when Chopin started playing at 4:18

I literally cried when they smashed that piano

Sama bym się zakochała w Chopinie po takim występie, podobnie jak George Sand. Wspaniałą muzyka wspanialy artysta

The breaking piano part made me cry

Litz connected with a type of emotion and Chopin created music that was his mental and emotional expression in a score...one of the greatest in history.

Piotr Adamczyk u r very good actor, don’t care what people says here about ur role..., congratulations! I am very emotional about Chopin’ s life and his music. You did very good job with Stanka🍷👌🍷👌🍷

I think that Chopin had played the piano more delicately✨

Just a question: Who’s house were the cops destroying in the beginning?

One of my best memories is when I went to a judging and played nocturne op9 no2 and the waltz in a minor. I was awarded with the highest ranking and although I remember the event I wish I had a video recording of it. Only my grandpa came because he took me there. I’m very proud that he was able to see me perform those two pieces.

Revolutionary Etude Nocturne in C# minor Heroic Polonaise Hungarian Rhasphody no 5 idk Ok, so I came back after a year and made some revisions. “Hungarian Rhasphody no 5” is obviously no. 2 And the thing I didn’t know was Chopin’s Waltz in A minor posthumous

Both composer are the best pianist ever created by god

I can't -- *wheeze* Piotr Adamczyk as Chopin is the best thing i saw today, thank you so much youtube recommendations--

The way he acts while playing and after seeing the womans eyes revealing his true nature of softness really reminds of me and my beloved...

Chopin is the greatest classical musician for me

Chopin.. always no.1 maestro

I love how Liszt sight-read the piece in seconds

From what I can tell, "Liszt" got a lot of the right hand (the first chord was wrong) but the left hand is faked. "Chopin" actually played both hands.

BRAVO! Dos geniales artistas.

586 dislikes of people without culture.

My Mom use to play Chopin... she's French and so fortunate to enjoy classical Music❣️

If they only knew how worshipped they are now and forever ❤

Fabuloso maravilloso me encanta escuchar la música de Liszt y Chopin

Maravilhoso demais, incrível, sublime, lindo !! 🇧🇷

Most beautiful and dramatic short theme, The Revolutionary Etude. Thank you so so much.

0:39 The most accurate depiction of the Etude i have heard yet. Most every other piece I've heard is waaaaay unappealing.

Que belleza poder estar en el momento volver al pasado y ver y escuchar tanta maravilla👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

If I were there I would be crying with Chopin.

Amo as composições de frederic Chopin são maravilhosas.

Franz Liszt was very handsome there

Siempre loca por Chopin. Précision. 💗

Dios mio gracias por darnos estos dos pianistas talentosos!! Con su música nos llevan del éxtasis salvaje, al cielo de la nostalgia absoluta ...

Whenever Liszt or Chopin finished an etude, they would send it to each other and mock each other (in a friendly way) like "HA! thats cute. Mazeppa you say? I played it with my toes. Got anything else?"

2:22 "Someone's been bashing on the piano" Thank you dr. K

Exelente 😊👍🙂❤️🙏🙏🙏🙂❤️🙏🙂❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙂❤️🙏🙏❤️🙂👍😊💕😍

Hermoso, cuanta fuerza e intensidad, desborda una sensacion de inquietud ... tenacidad

I was happy when Chopin played this song 😭💕

I am so happy we had these two men, so much beauty to listen and play!

Grande gênio. Sempre existe uma forte história por trás das grandes mentes.

The tone of that pleyel is literally perfect

Im in tears..i could feel the pain in that piece

Amo el piano y sus grandes artistas ❤

I've been Chopin and Liszt a few times myself!

Such hard times back then 😪 makes us appreciate what we have today

Liszt & Chopin, thank you for making my ears feel better!!!!

Magnifique, à ne pas rater, merci beaucoup