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In love with classical music...Reacting to Krystian Zimerman Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

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GIDI

1 year ago

ladies and gentlemen it's your boy giddy back  with another reaction hope you guys are doing good your boys doing fine i'm doing fine today we are  back with another classical reaction as always and we are doing another christian zimmerman reaction  y'all know what i think about christian zimmerman he always performs um the classical piece is  so beautiful and yeah i always enjoy reacting to him so i'm very glad we are doing that  today and we are reacting to frederick chopin in f minor or plus
52 obviously  performed by christian zimmerman so yeah let's get right into it and hope  you enjoy the reaction let's go stay hydrated guys i think i will enjoy this piece do so do i like it do so soft the soft touches do hmm speak to me you so so do hmm do do sounds so magical so so magical uh so do hmm my yes that was beautiful i  think he's not done i'm sorry my bad guys oh i love it okay okay um i would like to apologize for thinking he was  already done that was my bad but i should know tha
t classical music always plays with you know  it always plays with our emotions like that so sometimes it's not over till it's really over but  yeah you know what i was thinking so up till now whenever i listen to a classical music or whenever  i react to a classical music um i remove it from the playlist because obviously there's a lot of  requests and i don't want to get confused but i think the ones that i really like  i'm going i'm going to keep them inside the playlist because for example t
his  piece was very very beautiful to me and i can definitely say it's one of my  favorite pieces up till now and yeah so it doesn't get lost i'll definitely still  keep you to keep it in the playlist but hey i mean i'm a fan of slow calm relaxing  classical music obviously you guys know that like if you've been here and if you've  been watching my reaction obviously at this point you know that that's what i really  enjoy and yeah this was a perfect example of the type of classical music that  i
would always like to listen to and it was yeah it was a beautiful piece i think  we should also really appreciate frederick chopin and obviously every other composer  because they have left us with master pieces that we would have to the end of  our lives and we should appreciate like you know what they left behind and i really appreciate  being able to you know listen to classical music and just getting to know much more about it and  it's been it's been a good experience so far so yeah i just
i really appreciate it and i  really love this piece christian zimmerman i don't have to say a lot the way he always  performs these pieces i think yeah it's it's just an amazing talent and passion that uh deeply  respect so yeah i appreciate the request and yeah i really love this one i  really enjoyed listening to this one hope you guys enjoy the reaction  and don't forget to leave a like and subscribe and yeah it's been your boy peace

Comments

@Cornix94

This is a really interesting one. Like the other three ballades, it's heavily driven by its structure, but in a way that's more ambiguous to interpret. The first ballade, which you've already reacted to, has a pensive main theme that could teeter towards either ecstasy or tragedy. It first resolves to the former in what seems to be the climax of the piece, but then the ecstasy fades, and tragedy is all that's left (and oh boy is that ever a classic Chopinian story). At first glance, the fourth seems to do the same thing, but the transition is far less organic. Rather than letting the "ecstasy" section have its time in the sun and fizzle out, the tragic ending hijacks the narrative in a bizarre hairpin turn punctuated by a moment of subdued reflection. The ending section itself is intentionally muddled and stumbling, packing none of the first ballade's calamitous punch. Even the buildup to the presumptive ecstatic climax from 9:00-10:37 is... stretched, with the momentum reliant on exaggerated ornamentation that borders on self-parody. Honestly, if this piece has a genuine emotional climax, it's that wonderful, lush polyphonic section from 4:20-5:00. It's an interesting canvas to work with, and one that supports a lot of interpretations. When I tried to play it, I viewed it as the voice of someone who's just very tired. If the first ballade is about a youngster who finds happiness only to have it shattered, then the fourth is about someone who's been through the wringer enough times to know how things will probably end. The hope they can muster is forced and false, and they'd rather smother it themselves than wait for something to come and ruin it. The only real peace they find is in those fleeting, subtle moments where they can just enjoy life's pleasures for what they are, rather than working themselves up with expectation of a "happily ever after".

@ludgeraxelcenvinento2949

Such a tragic piece, especially that ending

@justintimetoclashandbrawl3348

this piece is BY FAR my favourite classical piece !!

@bobbytran7520

That coda (final section) is absolutely beautiful, simply sublime.

@WhyPhi

This has been my favorite piece for a while. Absolutely beautiful idk what to even think about it tbh. Very interesting feeling.

@Haycar2000

This is my favorite piece ever. Thank you so much for reacting!!

@_DarthSidious_

As usual a great reaction bro!

@featherineaugustusaurora3416

Great Reaction As Always,Looking Forward For You to React To Symphony

@wolfstrela

Chopin, Liszt, and Alkan are the holy trinity of romantic pianists and composers. Check out Alkan if you don't know him, you won't regret it.

@iozef5256

Greate reaction! You should react to Paganini variation-"Nel cor piu non mi sento" played Ziyu He.

@davidvanmersbergen5335

When I have to describe quintessential Chopin and Romantic piano music, I use this piece (Barcarolle being the other). Autumnal in nature, this piece uses every bit of the pianist's technique & artistry to move the heart & mind to a beautiful place. Glad you like it.

@anteb.k.8396

Love your channel! You should react to some symphonies, they are one of the richest musical treasures of the classical music world. Anything by Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov and many others. I would recommend Mozart Symphony No. 40 for start, or Beethoven 9th

@bobbytran7520

You should try Rach 2 piano concerto and his moment musicaux 3 and 4

@andresantos_

10:57: yesss👏👏👏, that was beutiful. I think he is not done 😗, I’ sorry 😀😅my bad guys. Ooo😳