Arthur Rubinstein(Polish: Artur Rubinstein; January 28, 1887 – December 20,… Read Full Bio ↴Arthur Rubinstein(Polish: Artur Rubinstein; January 28, 1887 – December 20, 1982) was a Polish American classical pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as the greatest Chopin interpreter of his time.[1][2] He was described by The New York Times as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.[1] He played in public for eight decades.[3]

Nocturne Op.55 No.1 in F minor
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01Piano Concerto N.1 in E Minor Op.11: Allegro maestoso, Risoluto15:43

02Piano Concerto N.1 in E Minor Op.11: Romanza, Larghetto9:26

03Piano Concerto N.1 in E Minor Op.11: Rondo, Vivace8:21

04Piano Concerto N.2 in F Minor Op.21: Maestoso11:01

05Piano Concerto N.2 in F Minor Op.21: Larghetto8:10

06Piano Concerto N.2 in F Minor Op.21: Allegro vivace7:40

07Nocturne Op.55 No.1 in F minor4:43

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08Nocturne Op.55 No.2 in E-flat Major4:31

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@MrDaxjack

8y↑273

"I call the interpreters good talent, the composers geniuses." Arthur Rubinstein. This quote I always kept by my side, because in a world now where a lot of people brag on what they do with classical, the one thing that is true no one will ever surpass the composer. No matter how quickly you learned, no matter how long you've played, you can't become the best or better, Because we are all artists and have different worlds that we create with our sheer soul and passion for what we do.

@rachelzimet8310

8y↑13

That's unfortunate for me. I'm a cellist, I've been getting into composition. Sadly it takes a few more years than you might think to become a genius ;) it might just be me, but I feel like some musicians put in something that I didn't intend but sounds so great, it makes me wish I'd thought of it . . . I might also just be kinda bad at composing . . .

That is an awesome quote though, for musicians who think they're all there is.

It's 2 am right now, this comment makes no sense. So, I'm sorry XD

@MrDaxjack

8y↑3

+Rachel Zimet It's fine. But who says you can't use that melody ? Look at the Paganini that was re done my other composers so many times. Good luck with your composing.

@rachelzimet8310

8y↑5

Yeah I've been stealing a lot of melodies for private work, just trying to learn how they do it. It's so amazing, how well written melodies are so simple, and it's all so logical everything fits perfectly into place.

@TheTaimory1

7y↑4

How are written melodies simple? The etudes are extremely challenging. When you study the Etudes, you truly see the genius of Chopin, it is nearly impossible to understand it completely.

@richardburt9812

7y↑2

nicely put.

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@georgietenbroeke4355

7y↑116

As soon as this piece started , I got goosebumps and and the music just sliced through my soul. I love this so much, I just hope that the whole world should just listen to this song and forget about fighting and war, when there could be so much peace and happiness. I am also totally obsessed with classical music, it was amusing in my music class at school the other day, when the teacher asked what everyone's favourite genre of music was, everyone was saying pop or whatever, and then there was me. The one thing that confuses me is how people can find classical music boring?! How!!

@TimCizej137

2y↑1

Same.

@yuzu54o

2y↑2

I think they just not old enough to understand such a masterpiece of music ...

@vrfvfdcdvgtre2369

2y↑1

Yes, I just don`t understand, why Chopin let that melody go, adding so much foreign elements, and, finally, killing it.

@mariavardarska

@Vrfvfd Cdvgtre that's interesting, could you elaborate?

@choucolte9468

Imma just leave this here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcmylxQ0ma4&t=47s

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@christopherperez7847

8y↑57

This composition is sublime! Rubenstein just has that intuitive understanding of Chopin that few others do.

@calmlandspiano3770

6y↑22

0:15 blew me away. Playing that bass note there with no pedal sounds so great

@user-hk8ti8po4b

2y↑7

It makes me feel like I'm walking in the park with agonized steps in the wind in the fall when the leaves fall. I'm in awe of Rubinstein for his perfect interpretation of the song and pay tribute to Chopin for making a good work.

@amyleeluver1

10y↑107

This song, Chopin in general, is brilliant. He composes a beautiful tradegy. From death to life. I don't care who plays it, because it's beautiful no matter what.

@shamsher1171

10y↑5

Please please please check out the edited version!!! Just type in The witcher 2 hope trailer music. And its this song but with voilins in the back and other instruments, its so beautiful.

@swankfiber5278

9y↑14

you obviously haven't heard me play Chopin, it's not as easy as they make it look, playing it yet, getting that kind of emotion out of it, nooo

@dorenokuri6343

9y↑24

I can't agree with that. If the pianist is mediocre I can't listen. With rubenstein you can really hear the depth and emotion in his playing.

@richardburt9812

lol

@sovietskysoyuz7053

4y↑3

Sasaiyasasha an ordinary pianist will slaughter all The emotion

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@bramwolf7754

10y↑22

The first few notes of the Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 in F Minor so cut straight through my soul! :) Gotta love it!

@Melviora

7y↑9

Chopin and Satie are great pianist in general.
Both have composed beautiful and stmospheric pieces.
But there best will always be the most relaxing and joyful to play.

@fossil2003

6y↑9

Whenever I listen to this piece It always makes me marvel at Chopin's genius. I just wish I could know where it came from and what he was thinking when he wrote it. So beautiful and so ahead of it's time.

@hannastaszak1684

2y↑10

Wielkość Chopina jest niezmierzona i poza wszelkimi schematami ❤️

@frescato1

6y↑16

This is a real masterpiece 💜

@zorglub667

5y↑107

its not exactly the most original statement in the world to call a rubinstein recording the best rendition of a chopin nocturne, but as so many times before, after listening to a gazillion different versions from insanely talented performers all around the world...as with so many other chopin nocturnes, this is the version i keep coming back to.

i have no idea what it is about rubinstein and chopin in general and chopins nocturnes in particular...he must be cheating somehow. some special sauce. something in his DNA. i dont know what it is. but he just nails them all, one after another, all pure perfection. so tasteful. classy. haunting, heartwrenching but modest at the same time, which is such a difficult thing to do. i consider myself a halfway decent player, have sufficient technique to play all of the nocturnes, know what i want to do (the above mentioned combination of emotion but also decency, modesty). so i rehearse and record it, listen to it and in comparison to rubinsteins tone, i cant help but think "what awful pompous crap is this" :-D so i dial it down. and dial it down some more. and then i listen again and think "oh great, now its just dead". because somewhere along the way, i missed that tiny, microscopic sweet spot that rubinstein just never seems to miss.

which is why i find a good or even great rendition of supposedly simple pieces like this one a lot more impressive than the most artistic campanella on the planet. its so so hard to do it right, and along comes rubinstein and just does it with almost inhuman precision and clarity, as if it were nothing. every. single. time. yeah, he must be cheating. damnit.

and now, back to some more "XY led me here". sorry for the interruption :-)

@ltg8382

4y↑6

great comment , i feel the same way too friend

@davegarred9015

4y↑5

What a great comment, like L S said. It really is remarkable how Rubinstein does it every single time...

@takeuchi5760

2y↑1

I feel this way for his rendition of Libestraum

@taaha4532

2y↑1

U're right, he just nails them one after another

@8winsforme

43w

Perfectly stated! He absolutely sets the bar. It’s just pure, genuine genius the way he plays…..so artful, emotional and skillful. I want to listen to it a thousand times….it never gets old. It’s perfection.

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@luciopalma8273

6y↑2

Un notturno "semplice" in apparenza ma così difficile da eseguire perchè esprime sentimenti appena sussurrati: tristezza dolcezza insieme..... e solo Rubinstein riesce a trasmetterci queste sensazioni....insuperabile maestro!

@caseybb3561

9y↑26

Currently playing this piece, but still on the first two pages. I can't stop practicing because after watching this, I just want to play the end! So beautiful and crystal clear, I just want to be this man. Amazing playing paired with the talented and inspiring Chopin.

@k1tan085

9y↑4

+Casey Bb You can do it! Go for it.

@dunxingzhang4205

Yea

@christophersteinheiser4989

46w↑2

7 years later.... how is it coming? Have you made it to the end?

@cvoisineaddis

11y↑5

One of my favourite nocturnes. Simple and perfect.

@andrewshaw9404

10y↑18

I love this interpretation! I'm learning this piece right now.

@joelambert8877

6y↑5

Words cant describe how beautiful this piece is, but numbers can
Its an 11/10

@thepizzaman2680

8y↑4

I am almost done learning this song and I love this piece👍🏼

@ESEAPE

6y↑6

Me encanta esta composición, es sublime!

@Co19801003

10y↑5

When I was reading the comments while listening to this awesome opus, I could not help but feel that some of the mystery has disappeared now artists can record their own creations and nobody ever has to wonder how it was intended, making all executions eaither "right" or "wrong". Even though I would be very curious as to how some classical piece were actually intended, the variety brought by different interpretations really appeals to me. I know pop songs that have been covered by other artists, with the original artist saying: "This version is more like I intended it to be than my own!"

So let's be glad we (read: you, the people who know a thing or two about classical music) can discuss the different executions and compare them. I really love reading how they compare, so I can find the one that I love the most.

This composition is definitely beautiful - I think almost everyone here will agree with that :)

@shamsher1171

10y↑2

Please please please check out the edited version!!! Just type in The witcher 2 hope trailer music. And its this song but with voilins in the back and other instruments, its so beautiful.

@valveslide

5y↑5

I love the way it ends in the Major. The optimism of a sunrise

@DaanLam

5y↑2

Picardy Third

@beatlessteve1010

7y↑5

Wonderful, piece of music and played with such care, Chopin's Nocturnes are very emotionally moving , one can't help but to have a strong feeling when listening, I also like Horowitz live Carnegie hall version...to me this song tells the story of a life beginning to end

@jeandanieljolivald6256

2y↑5

quelle infinie douceur d'interprétation qui met ce morceau à notre portée simplement.

@SilentMarinePhoto

13y↑4

Rubenstein's playing brings tears to my eyes!

@v1k1ngVince

1y↑7

Nocturne OP55N1 is the title of the last main mission in Cyberpunk 2077, might even be what Hanako Arasaka is playing on the piano when you enter the lounge. By this point in the game one can either make the decision to give V's body over to Johnny Silverhand, or to remain in the body even though V will die after a time.

As a theme, it acts less as the backdrop to the end of all things, but more of a solemn celebration of what was and, at the very end, a flourish of undimmed hope in a void of unknowable dark.

@daisybuchanan8205

6y↑3

I heard this beautiful piece of heavenly music so many years ago on the "peace maker" and I've been looking for it ever since, I am so glad I finally found it, thanks you so much.

@mmbmbmbmb

9y↑8

Wonderful composition ~
Wonderful rendition ~
Thank you!

@alexiachemouni8989

8y↑13

Ce nocturne est tellement bien interpété ! J'en pleur... Tous simplement divin !

@bakedcat7494

Oui j'embarque avec toi

@abrarsutube

12y↑2

Few have lived, created magic and left the gift for posterity...Chopin was such a man

@jc9552

Beautifully composed and played. Touches the soul. ❤

@LionofNJ2013

11y

this song is so beautiful and full of emotion. almost brings a tear to my eye

@andresroja2275

9y↑3

Es precioso :'c

@Zaanse_Mayo

8y↑8

I'm working on playing this Nocturne at the moment! It's really beautiful and it feels so great playing it!

@danielyu8430

12y↑2

Beautiful, I could listen to this forever

@andreapanciera6336

5y↑2

Bellissima musica, suonata divinamente

@ArenaNath

Una composición extraordinaria.

@christinaSLO

14y↑2

it sounds so beautiful and so easy like all chopin pieces. but it is very difficult to play. I like it very much =)

@jancanbek7279

28w

so clear and emosional, one of the best pianist

@Radekomejko

11y

Chopin - No words... So beautiful almost impossible to describe

@AllenAcNguyen

This piano piece is beautiful with momentum and expression. I have this piano piece and want to play it for my senior year in college.

@ImDerping

6y↑18

This song is exacly how I feel, nostalgic of something I've never experienced, alone and empty

@r.b.6560

Feeling the same

@Didymusartist

Anemoia

@tremere26

11y↑2

Saying that something is a fact doesn't make it a fact. It may have lost some popularity or the amount of being know, but think again this piece of music is already known for more than 150 years after Chopin's death, not many artist can say the same. The fact that this music is on Youtube shows its alive among many more pieces of beautiful music of different genres and from different time-spans.

@MohamedAli-rn8dc

7y↑1

I love that Nocturne, it' was so nice listening to it in summer piano concerts in Warsaw beside the statue of Chopin.

@archiveofyass

Thank Chopin for making this piece of art. Man, was he talented.

@richardburt9812

always love Rubenstein. Such a genius. So graceful and beautiful and spontaneous

@ltg8382

4y↑1

So powerful.... so many emotions...

@thatpspguy

2y↑1

I do believe this is now my most favourite of ever work of music.

@ArenaNath

¡Una pieza tremenda! ¿Cuánto abarcará el contenido del resultado de escuchar esta pieza?

@paopaomanalansan

14y↑2

Feeling sad after listening to this piece . . . but the beauty is worth it!

@CristiFarrar

11y↑1

Amazingly beautiful!

@sueharrington721

Huge Praise to Chopin!

@MarianoStatelloPiano

1y↑1

Something nice to read about nocturnes:
In the 18th century, the word Notturno, which Haydn used in particular, designates a serenade, without any relation to the form that Chopin will illustrate. A little later, the Irishman John Field, a student of Clementi, created the romantic nocturne, defined by Marmontel in the following terms: "he was the inventor of a genre of small characteristic pieces: species of reveries, of meditations, in which the thought of a tender feeling, sometimes a bit mannered, is very often accompanied by a bass waved in arpeggios, or in low chords, harmonious rocking that sustains the melodic phrase and animates it with the unexpectedness of its modulations, although it dialogues with it very rarely"
Since his school years, Chopin learned about Field's nocturnes, and he was immediately inspired by them, until the moment when he gave this rather weak form the soul that gave it was missing, "And that soul - writes Louis Aguettant - is his, without a doubt, but it is also that of the time, that great diffuse cloud that around 1830 floated between heaven and earth, formed bydreams and sighs of a whole romantic generation. To recompose the atmosphere of those times it is necessary to remember the beautiful phrases of Chateaubriand about "the great secret of melancholy that the moon likes to communicate to the great oaks and to the ancient coasts of the seas", Lamartine's most vaporous verses and the most
pathetic movements of Musset." All this is in Chopin's nocturnes. Only, starting with the nocturne in C minor, op 48, he will completely appropriate that genre borrowed from a predecessor, and it will turn into a personal message what until then was only a living room dream.
from "CHOPIN" by Bernard Gavoty

@AishwaryaPradhan42

8y↑39

This makes me cry... it is so beautiful.

@bloodgrave10

11y↑1

It's good to see that those games the young generation is playing, are using real peaces of art to teach them what really music is. And also to show them that there is more kinds of music they can enjoy.

@tiasmith950

8y↑1

Why the hell have I only just heard this masterpiece?!

@liddysmiles1012

8y↑2

Same! I heard it on Pandora

@marvinbnaylor

5y↑1

Rubinstein - the unsurpassable interpreter.

@alexyang817

5y↑1

Fantastic playing!

@MrGer2295

6y↑1

Beautiful piano playing !

@bunnywhiskers381

6y↑3

This is now my new favourite song. I am learning it right now. People don't hate me for this but I've seen this in vines and stuff. Not this tho like the Evil Rick and Morty one and I really loved it. I am NOT a Rick and Morty fan. Never seen a single episode or whatever it is.. a game.. no idea. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG TO FIND A TOUCHY SONG LIKE THIS!!! Like it gives me weird feelings like the notes just hit me and give me goose bumps. Am I the only one?

@elifsimsek2903

5y↑1

It's awesome, this is my favorite ❤️

@jiyoukang660

1y↑3

4:59 feels like the night is over and the sun is rising and shining, anyone else agree?

@calipeeable

11y↑2

The comment is a year old. This is probably the fifth or sixth time someone has replied to it to express an opinion along the lines of "It doesn't matter how you found this piece" That's fantastic for you all. I appreciate how this game is revitalizing this piece's significance in popular culture, but I also think some credit should be given to those who have discovered this piece through years of piano study. That is all I attempted to convey.

@patriciourdinez2468

25w

One man creating a gift for all humanity

@coriolancoriolanus

8y↑3

So so so so wonderful!!

@jamesliuhome

11y↑2

OMG!!!!! I'm playing this piece right now and I think it's the hardest thing to play it, like, perfecto!

@wellintomldj

Perfeito

@Coldon123

13y

4:30 - 4:50 Easily my favorite part of this piece!

@wvnchxstr8301

Such a beautiful song.

@BaronVonKenny

11y↑2

Exactly, I first heard this piece in George Clooney's "The Peacemaker". It's been one of my favorites since.

@mariavelazquezdeangulo1640

Wonderful !!!!! Maestro Rubinstein .

@kissmeonmyopenmouth

6y↑1

Who knew this was a cover of a cover?? It's marvelous

@chico-percebe

12y

yo también lo pienso, ¿que mas da como hemos conocido esta obra? mientras nos guste y la escuchemos tranquilamente diria yo que esta bien ¿no?

@erinandrei_violinist

Amo y a la vez oído este "Nocturno", ya que es el favorito de mi antiguo amor, una pianista.
Ahora cada vez que lo escuche, lloraré amargamente recordando los días felices que alguna vez pasamos juntos y que ahora jamás volverán.
Hasta siempre, mi amada Luz María ...

@alexandershaneyfelt4386

3y↑6

I played this recording for my father at his death bed. Thank you.

@ShirleyKirsten

10y↑9

astoundingly gorgeous performance!

@ShirleyKirsten

10y↑1

***** I love all his Chopin!

@ShirleyKirsten

10y

Thank you

@pietateip

5y↑2

when you're practicing this song on your own, listening to other versions and you end up here. and in the first few bars your hear how important the volume of your lefthand is and the pedal work....

@caseydiep3178

4y↑2

Same. Rubenstein does it so well and when I listen to myself play, I sound like an insult to Chopin.

@TechApe

13y↑1

@SilentMarinePhoto He is really fantastic. Pays full attention to every pause, bringing the right emphasis to every note Chopin would have intended. :)

@k5hiro

2y↑2

Used to listen this 3-5 years ago, life was good, life was easier. Now im fighting myself, im lost.

@Comisch1

8y↑2

That is just wonderful.

@leeklake

HOW CAN HE BE THAT MUCH GOOD 🙁

@WalyB01

3y↑1

Challenging tempo, realy amazing if you can play it like this.

@caroline-mf7bm

5y↑3

Such beautiful and gentle playing ugh this my actual goal in life ahah

@MrGer2295

Beautiful piano playing :)

@samal90

11y↑5

I have listened to all kinds of classical music, Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Vivaldi, Chopin, Bach, Schubert, etc....but there are so many of them...I don't know them all. Thanks to The Witcher, I discovered this one...and it is amazing. I am now playing it on my piano :D. Thank you CD Projeckt...but above all...Thank you Chopin for this amazing piece of art!

@FetterFish

CD Project?

@fridericusrex9812

@fatfish Polish video game developer

@FetterFish

@Fridericus Rex bruh I know CD project. I just asked why he mentions them. I guess it was in one of their games.

@fridericusrex9812

@fatfish it was in one of the trailers for witcher 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scqFKiqBeTM

@cronex1828

29w

@@FetterFish the songs name is the name for the final mission in Cyberpunk

@danielyu8430

12y↑1

I could listen to this forever....

@limitededition8730

5y↑2

Блять, как же это вступление цепляет, но вы поняли, просто рвет душу.

@xBreeTannerx

10y↑4

I absolutely love it :)

@shamsher1171

10y↑2

Please please please check out the edited version!!! Just type in The witcher 2 hope trailer music. And its this song but with voilins in the back and other instruments, its so beautiful.

@annabethyeung8512

+Sham Sher why are you advertising?

@shamsher1171

Annabeth Yeung I didn't mean to advertise! I didn't create it or anything. But I believe that if one loves this version, then there has to be an inclination to hear the other version, it is an absolutely beautiful rendition of this masterpiece

@annashepard6337

Heavenly!

@alexyang817

5y↑1

Beautiful and amazing. Steinway piano?
Truly the sprit of romanticism.

@genewagstaff5865

Rubinstein always performed and recorded on Steinway pianos.

@lolol-kt6vp

So amazing!

@lapichideesquiu6439

8y↑2

La formula de la belleza sublime y eterna CHOPIN RUBINSTRIN gracias

@LoftyProduction

12y↑1

There is nothing wrong with being introduced to classical music that deviates from the 'norm'

@bluemoon1341

Richter's interpretation of this nocturne is also amazing in my opinion

@nikepanasonic9408

49w

But nothing like Rubinstein….

@Steviedude12

11y

Yes, I came here because this song is used in the Witcher 2 trailer. I was watching the trailer only to realize that it was accompanied by one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. Why should it matter where or how I found this music, all that matters is the music itself. If you really loved the music so much then you would understand that...

@L13BAZ

11y

Your age doesn't matter, and how easily you play it doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is HOW you play it, if you play it like this, then yes, you are good. But really, it doesn't matter how good you are, it's only the music you make that matters.

@pups4life69

11y↑83

Played this for my piano audition to get into the San Fransisco Conservatory of Music (pre-collegiate)... I got in! :)

@ricardosandoval9404

4y↑7

@Viola you are late 6vyears later

@Tansheicoby

@Ricardo hahahaha

@CopiumCopi

@Viola Rrecaj he kinda answered it, its SF's one, which is very sweaty

@beatlessteve1010

3y↑1

@Sandoval Peralta Ricardo I am an an eternal beginner at the piano but I have learned this piece..it is an amazing composition filled with emotional notes that completely go together..and played with great style by all the greats....one of the few nocturnes that sound better on a Bosendorfer as opposed to a Steinway.

@PapaSmurff660

10y↑2

this song makes me think about my rough high school struggles

@EricandSylvannaMeade

14y

@paopaomanalansan I agree with you!!!! This piece gets me in such a deep, deep, DEEP sadness, I can't even start telling you! It really gets me! What was Chopin going through to write such an amazing piece like this?!.... Well.... all his works are amazing.

@arami777

13y↑2

Rubinstein was born in Poland! Can't get more Polish than that. I like his interpretation.

@fisher00769

12y↑1

I played this piece. It was hard learning it but it was worth it. Totally loved it. And I have no idea how Witcher is relevant to this...

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