I had the great honor and privilege of studying with Thierry de Brunhoff when I was a young student in Paris in the mid-1970s. I would go for my lessons on his "pacquebot" near Neuilly-sur-Seine. I AM SO GRATEFUL for those days. Such wonderful memories that sustain me now.... Touched by greatness that is so inspiring.... I am glad that this CD has been uploaded for the World to be touched by Chopin and this great interpreter of that Music.... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

@mark dixon m

@KF31 Paris ,respect to a talented man of God,who realised that the heart of the world ,is the Lord.

Detto

Belíssimas músicas 10:45 sábado 02/abríl/2022 Guadalajara Porto Alegre RS Brasil

Michael,it is so beautyful that you said ! I love Chopin! I,m brasilian and my father gaeve- me the oportuny to studie piano! Whit sincerily ,Vera Pardonr my Enghlis

Thierry de Brunhoff was and remains the greatest Chopin interpreter of all times. He doesn't bring bold rubatos as all other pianists do. This make him 'swinging'. He never overlooks the dance, always behind the scene with Chopin. For infos, he gave up very soon, in the 80's, being a professional pianist to become a monk. Maybe he's reading our lines right now. I studied the harmony at Paris with Loïc Malié, who was a friend of him. One day, in the classroom, we were talking about great pianists. Horowitz was about coming to play in Paris. Loïc was quite laudatory about him. He asked me my opinion. I was 20, cheeky and answered : - I dont like him. At all. He really doesn't know how to play Chopin ! - what ? Horowitz ? Not knowing play Chopin ? But what do you know about piano Laurent ? You're a tiny little presumptuous musician that says anything, Horowitz is the greatest living pianist ! At this point I had some pain not crying. My heart was beating so strong. Loïc Malié had been a Messiaen student. It was one life's shame. - sorry Sir, but I dont like him... - but who do you like then ? - er... I dont know if you know him, he's almost unknown with respect to Horowitz... He's called Thierry de Bruhnoff... I think I bent the head, ready for another 'slap' (Loïc was a lovely, funny, friendly person, generous, available) - ah, Laurent, I agree with you Thierry de Brunhoff is Chopin reborn... Gosh ! The bullet just passed close to me !

Have you listened to Sviatoslav Richter? He plays the same Nocturnes as well!

Very sensitive. I like it better than many other more famous pianists now. Limpid. Great touch.

Thierry de Brunhoff was and remains the greatest Chopin interpreter of all times. He doesn't bring bold rubatos as all other pianists do. This make him 'swinging'. He never overlooks the dance, always behind the scene with Chopin. For infos, he gave up very soon, in the 80's, being a professional pianist to become a monk. Maybe he's reading our lines right now. I studied the harmony at Paris with Loïc Malié, who was a friend of him. One day, in the classroom, we were talking about great pianists. Horowitz was about coming to play in Paris. Loïc was quite laudatory about him. He asked me my opinion. I was 20, cheeky and answered : - I dont like him. At all. He really doesn't know how to play Chopin ! - what ? Horowitz ? Not knowing play Chopin ? But what do you know about piano Laurent ? You're a tiny little presumptuous musician that says anything, Horowitz is the greatest living pianist ! At this point I had some pain not crying. My heart was beating so strong. Loïc Malié had been a Messiaen student. It was one life's shame. - sorry Sir, but I dont like him... - but who do you like then ? - er... I dont know if you know him, he's almost unknown with respect to Horowitz... He's called Thierry de Bruhnoff... I think I bent the head, ready for another 'slap' (Loïc was a lovely, funny, friendly person, generous, available) - ah, Laurent, I agree with you Thierry de Brunhoff is Chopin reborn... Gosh ! The bullet just passed close to me !

Next time be more careful.

Thanks

Thats all good, but in nocturnes its sometimes a bit too monotonous and colourless, not enough of passion...

Let us hope, he reads about our appreciation ❣

@Beatriz Cotello 😄

Chopin is my go to when i need peace and joy...i'm still able to play his music at 78 ... His music will live in our hearts forever..

For the peace part i agree, but for the joy one, i think it’s more like bitter or slighly dramatic

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@Joseph-Zora McBride thankyou so much

@Tom Bombadil thankyou

@Tom Bombadil thankyou Tom

I’m not a knowledgeable listener - but Thierry de Brunhoff’s playing of Chopin feels to me like he strikes a perfect balance, it hits the sweet spot for me - his playing of Chopin is so lovely to listen to!🧡🧡🧡

The perfect note 🎵 and the perfect chord 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎹are in harmony with one's soul.

Discovering Thierry de Brunhoff is like coming upon a rare and beautiful flower. His soul and the soul of Chopin merge as two streams joining to form a river. His beautiful sounds full of poetry, nobility, eloquence, and passion weave a magical web which one is drawn into and consumed by. I hope he is aware of the appreciation of so many listeners. I can only say thank you from the bottom of my heart.

@A Koster I'm so grateful for your PERMISSION.

@Selfmade God Replying to your comments isn't banning you from speaking... it's... replying

@A Koster Good for you,, I'd never opposed your point of view... would you allow me to express mine ?

His interpretation moves me in a way I've only experienced when I heard Chopin for the first time as a child. No pianist has done this since.

I believe in you (from Brazil)

Absolutely beautiful to hear the nocturnes played, one after the other, by such an outstanding pianist.Thankyou more than I can say.

Elégance très française par un jeu jamais outrancier et sans l'aspect métronomique de son maître Cortot .Thierry de Brunhoff joue ou plutôt incarne Chopin avec ce je ne sais quoi d'âme venue de là-bas , du temps, de l'espace, du divin . C'est tout bonnement UNIQUE et vous envoûte de bout en bout comme un long voyage d'où l'on ne revient pas indemne .

Thierry de Brunhoff transporte avec lui chaque auditeur. Il joue merveilleusement avec énormément de sensibilité. C'est vraiment touchant. MERCI.

Его музыка дышит вдохновением, любовью и жизнью Будто сами ангелы играют его руками. Спасибо за шикарную подборку Я буду возвращаться сюда снова и снова🙂

@Toter Байтишь Музыка - то отличная

@Dziennikarz Śledczy quién no se hizo monje?!

@Onosai Tumau quién se hizo monje?!

@Onosai Tumau Он не стал монахом

I don’t think he would care if he was playing for one person or a thousand. Or no one at all. He’s in his own world. The nuance. Elegantly beautiful. Thank you for posting.

Indeed

@leefleer it’s ok! Just a comment!

@Carl Nuernberg The sentiment you expressed in your statement was nice and I was just appreciating it. That’s all. That his performance may be a very private experience for him. As it is with many great artists. That’s what I thought you were expressing in your statement. What are you talking about in observing limits?

@leefleer Thank you, leefleer. I know you didn’t mean it but still I think limits ought to be observed. It is all a question of not abusing the freedom and all the technology we have available! I wish you all the very best. Bye bye!

​@Christine MULLER Truly

Listening to Thierry de Brunhoff's rendition has allowed me to hear and appreciate Chopin's nocturnes like no other pianists have done before. There's beauty and purpose with every phrase, indeed every note, he plays. There's no forced drama by the pianist, but rather the listener is invited into his world or more precisely his heart. This is a gift of music, and through his music, communion with others. In that sense, listening to Brunhoff for me is more than a musical experience; it's also a spiritual one.

Chopin is my beloved composer.. l wasn’t familiar with this performer but he made such an impression on me, my heart and soul that tears running from eyes and l cannot stop and don’t want to stop. It’s great that you have such a wonderful record of all nocturnes of this magic composer. Thank you, thank you G-d bless you

@Daniel Sanford Can't find redemption in Humanity. Gotta look elsewhere for that.

Douceur, beauté des notes, rêverie de Chopin. Merci pour le partage :-)

@joncaju: Thank you for actually putting an intelligent sentence together. I've lost faith in humanity because of their ignorance.

@Jean Charbonnier you are absolutely right - I totally love it! Thank you. It has made my day.

Quelle version merveilleuse... le toucher et le piano, une symbiose unique. Merci de garder ce trésor.

So innocent and childlike an approach….simple and yet so sophisticated. This is truly enigmatic playing.

this man really take chopin where it should be, been looking for my favorite rendition of nocturnes and i think i finally found someone who really plays the length in a sensual and individualistic way, keeping his tones always in focus with pace and a sense of urgency when the music tells you to. Big fan

Músicas eternas, inesquecíveis. 11:05 sábado 02/04/2022 Guadalajara Porto Alegre RS Brasil

He plays with every fibre of his being. Leaves me breathless. Speechless

I hope that you were not without breath during the entire 1 hour and 47 minutes. That could be bad for your health. 😀

he plays with every finger of his being. Makes me speechless

Pure magic in these terbulant times of mass hysteria and delusionment.

It pass.

While listening to Chopin, I close my eyes and try to imagine how his hands play. But at times I can almost visualize a third hand!

Best Chopin renditions I've ever heard. Wow! Thierry de Brunhoff your playing is exquisite!

Su desprendimiento absoluto de cualquier vanidad; 'diciendo' únicamente lo esencial, me ha conmovido profundamente. Grandioso pianista-poeta.

jg

@Jose Manuel Guerrero C. "Salido del corazón; que vaya al corazón." (Beethoven)

No todo el mundo sabe expresar con palabras lo que escucha. Y además es verdad. Nula vanidad. Le felicito, amigo.

Yo siento lo mismo. Es bella musica.

Очень хорошее, тонкое и проникновенное исполнение. Хороший, техничный, но практически никому не известный пианист. Интересный человек, должно быть.

@Светлана Кугаевская YW

как интересно,Вы увидели пианиста,а я смотрела уже,думала о Шопена,спасибо Вам за широту видения

I never heard of this pianist but his first notes filled me with a sorrow I had not known I felt. If he did become a monk, I could understand it. He has great sensitivity.

Yes he became a monk. I don't know if he ever played for the human beings again since he leaved the public music scene...

Chopin's the best. The sound seems so familiar. He speaks to something common in us all, I think.

I have listened to this many times. I like his playing style for these nocturnes. Calm, but not dry. Expressive, but not overly so. Thank you very much for uploading this; can not find these recordings on CD's.

@María Jaén ... ..kp..m.. N b io.

@María Jaén ,).)

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You almost don't want it on cds. As long as you have a phone with internet and have access to YouTube, you can listen any time your heart desires ;)

Какой красивый звук: летящий, поющий!

Never heard the Nocturnes from front to back and damn this is amazing. Very grateful for this upload!

yep, im too

я особо не слушаю пианистов но этот человек покорил мое сердце и душу

Wonderful, I hear him for the first time in my life, oh what a pitty! He plays with his whole soul and his whole heard. I think, Chopin would love his interpretation. For me the best Chopin Interpret ever. Thank you for that wonderful minutes.

@Francine Sicard What a wonderful thing to do.

@Francine Sicard Je viens de lire que ses parents ont créé Babar :)

@Francine Sicard Quelle histoire!

In 1974, he retired as a monk to the En-Calcat abbey, France and became a Benedictin Monk, brother Thierry Jean

Que expresiva ejecución, limpia llena de brillos y con un "tempo" de precisión. Impecablemente bello. 💐💐💐🇦🇷

Piano maravilhoso, interpretação magnífica!

Wonderful! Thank you for having sent this to me! My Linda niece died recently. who was a pianist herself Thank god for the gifted people who play such music and give others moments of grace and inspiration. Thank you, classic musicians.

Chopin, ese eterno pensador que nos deleita con su inmortal obra, otra forma de concebir la realidad que nos envuelve. Perfecta representación del piano.

Quelle merveille! Un très grand merci de m'avoir donné cette chance d'apprécier une si belle interprétation, si touchante. Il est presque 3 heures du matin et je n'arrive pas à m'en détacher. Chaque note inspire la paix !

Absolutely magnificent. My mother used to play Chopin. She also taught piano. I was fortunate to grow up hearing this music filling up our house.

@Sylvia Corwin How beautiful. Thank you for sharing, Sylvia :) Sending you and your family infinite love and light!

My mother used to play Chopin also. This helps me think of her. My Dad was Polish, I think my Mom married him because of her love for Chopin.

@puffyraisin Yes! I love that puffyraisin. Such beautiful imagery. I can envision this as well. Thank you for sharing.

Su musica es magia y una caricia para el alma , donde quiera que esteis recibid mi agradecimiento y respeto por la maravilla que en mi provocais AS ❤

Beautiful interpretation. Very personal and not the slightest pedantic. Straight to the point - yet very singing and poetic.

Música fabulosa, como para soñar por el oído! Grande Chopin!

*Fantástico!* *Adoro Chopin!* *Parabéns ao intérprete.*

From music to meditation... it makes a lot of sense. This man knows.

Absolutely love every note of this. So well played and interpreted.

Chopin..king of piano. Brought peace and pain relief to entire re- hab facility Malaei adumah Israel. ⚘Thank you

Замечательное исполнение, тонкое, проникновенное. Спасибо огромное за прекрасную музыку!

@Zina M Would you elaborate on "disadvantages are a continuation of advantages" please? You've piqued my interest.

@enderfin1 Ставила через расширения в браузере , такие как: Adblock Plus , AdGuard , uBlock Origin, но есть видео со встроенной рекламой, тогда- не знаю, по-моему ничем (

@Татьяна Здравствуйте! Как поставить блокировщик рекламы?

@Елена Елена, Поставьте блокировщик рекламы

Прекрасно, но рекламы в середине произведений быть не должно!

what delicacy of tone & phrasing! What a pleasure & so beautifully expressed with great sensitivity reminiscent of another age the arts flourished because people took time to appreciate & listen...

What a great performance,tone, phrasing with interpretation it’s a best performance I’ve ever heard

I have been listening to lots and lots and lots of Chopin, with different pianists, I mean really a lot. But never have I heard such a unique interpretation. So calm, deep, nocturnal I'd say. Perhaps the religious aspect has influenced his musical approach. What a surprise!

I'm also glad that I discovered him here just yesterday. I didn't even know about his existence, but now I'd put him straight to the top-5, because he understands Chopin. All the contemporary pianists I know are all too often just polishing/sugarcoating/perfectioning such music, i.e. reducing it to show-pieces really, often accompanied with facial yoga gymnastics. Thierry doesn't do that, he represents still the good old school of understanding Chopins music how it should be.

I keep coming back for the first nocturne, I really love this rendition! In my opinion, no other pianist delivers it as well as Brunhoff

Chopin, magnifico, me emociona..

2/8/2021 so happy to have found this post. my mother was a concert pianist and Chopin was one of her real favorites. she would practice late into the night and as a child i would fall asleep to these nocturnes. thank you.

You are so happy...

Funny my grandmother was a concert pianist and Chopin was her favorite as well. Must be the beauty of his music.

Happy childhood if a such good memories!♥️

One of the many things I find so fascinating about Chopin is that was unafraid of the "unusual" key signatures, proving (as if it needed proof) that beautiful music can be composed in g# minor or D-flat, or just plain old simple C...

Santo Deus! Que coisa linda.

Amei

Brunhoff brings out the ''other worldliness' of Chopin in this beautiful dreamlike recording. Such clarity!

This is real "authentic sound"- so wonedrful, naturally phrased, heart-touching sond- Chopin live....

Выдающийся пианист с тонкой душой,великолепное исполнение!

These pieces and his playing are sublime.

Well stated @April K, simple, substantial, sublime, serene, and sustaining, this is a fine interpretation of Chopin's work all around from start to finish.

He plays with so much feeling. Beautiful.

Nocturnes are my favorites of Chopin ! Very Good interpretation ! Merci ! 💙🎼💙🙏❤️

Chopin is so charming, leaves me breathless and speechless... It is pure magic!!!!

Me gustaria tener toda la obra de Thierry de Brunhoff continuada

Thank you for sharing the profound music and information. I found that Chopin ended his life at the age of 39, and that Thierry de Brunhoff left the musical stage at the same age he finished recording his Nocturne, feeling the shortness and density of 39 years. I can't help but feel that his last music is quietly telling us that the end is never a sad thing.

correction: Jean died much more young at 37.

about “to end up”discussion, I read Mr.Brunhoff’s comment somewhere on the internet, direct word or indirect one, I don’t remember, but the meaning of his saying was like this; I make a stop to give back all I've been given from God during past, this is the time. *Mr.Brunhoff’s grandfather, Jean also died of tuberculosis at 39.

@Tom Bretislow I don't disagree with your opinion that it is correct to say that Chopin did not end his life, but died of tuberculosis. my main point was that Therry de Brunhoff made his last recording at the age of 39 to match the age at which God called Chopin to die.I am sure Thierry de Brunhoff felt strongly about eternity and one day, and I think it is not only the excellence of the piano playing that moves us living under the pandemic of 21st century, but also the sense of eternity and one day.

Thank you for beeing able to listen to Chopin' s nocturnes interpreted by Thierry de Brunhoff . It is very touching ! The best !

Oui, c'est sans conteste la meilleure version des nocturnes de Chopin, parfaitement poétique et nocturne, sans jamais la moindre concession au "brillant" et au faire valoir.

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Magistral interprétation, bravo merci!

Um Excelente concertista domi lo técnico e muita sensibilidade Musical. Suave sua interpretação como exige e demonstra essas peças de Chopin. A mente descansa na Sublimidade de suas Execuções. Belíssimo!! Puro!!!

Chopin mi preferido,hermosas melodias,estremecedoras y profundas para mi,gracias

quel doigté sensible ! pourquoi ne diffuse-t-on jamais cette interprétation à la radio ?

Que maravilha!!!

AMAZING!!! Just wow! Maybe a little dramatic...but I can literally attune to the vibration of each key so intricately that I feel it healing my cells, releasing negative energy from my body...brings tears to my eyes. Literally melts me down like butter. The Guitar does the same thing. I do not play however I feel I mustve had a wild love affair some time ago in a different life...in a smoky cafe on the French country side...or maybe I used to wear long fancy gloves that pulled up just below my elbows and fancy ball gowns when Mum & Pop would force me to play for such dreadful stuffy blocks that I was insisted on calling Queen Regeant & Your Grace. After all, I was named Regina after Victoria. How the name followed is just amazing. Bravo sir, Bravo!! Thank you for allowing me a few moments to get dreamy with myself & drift of into another dream..Lucid as this one, not really? To be awakened on a world of sleep walking babies is almost as a cup of wine alone. Rather i think The Chardonnay would par the course much softer than just sober lonliness.. ah, a girl can dream tho right? So Romantic...Thank you sir. Still, upon leaving...this song is hauntingly familiar from a different life I know nothing of... only that small nudge in the heart bc the soul remembers. Wake up starseeds! Activate Planetary Lightworker. Activate Starseed Evolution Consciousness Now!

An unexpected meeting with this talented musician tonight took my soul for a ride in space and time. I have put aside what l was doing to listen to the gorgeous tunes coming from the sensitive fingers on the keyboard..amazing experience..thank you for the download.

It is the best version of playing Chopin's works I've ever heard!

What a gift to accidentally discover this incomparable musician! I'm wrapped in lovely vibrations of this music.

В высшей степени превосходная музыка и нежнейшее исполнение. Спасибо за любимого Шопена!

@Irina Akopov Как сказал Ширвиндт= В иронии судьбы =И-главное ,редкое...🥰😍🤩

ლამაზი Chopin

Ингилина... какое красивое имя

И жизнь, и слёзы, и любовь ... Всё в музыке Шопена. Словами не выразить...

No words to describe this rendition of Chopin’s Nocturnes. Sooooooo beautiful!!

Musique du ciel et si merveilleusement jouée. Thierry de Brunhoff est absolument merveilleux et son interprétation des Intégrales de Chopin est fabuleuse.

So beautiful, so peaceful. Thank you for uploading. Much appreciated.

incredibly beautiful interpretation of Chopin's nocturnes. Also a wonderful sounding piano, this "bell" sound. Utmost fine in every aspect.

No one could ever accuse the Steinway of sweetness .

@Gwir Galon Oui , and the Baldwin is more like the Pleyel.

@Ken Oliver Only the great Baldwin Grand delivers Chopin properly...mellow and deep bass with crisp upper overtones.

bien dit--pourquoi je me suis demandée si c'en était un Pleyel, comme voulait toujours Chopin lui-même...Nous avons un de 1929 et comme ça chante avec douceur et richesse! C'est mon preferé pour les LIeder tous..

Agreed - the piano's tone is essential to this performanc's greatness. I could be wrong (I often am) but it doesn't sound like a concert Steinway to me (crisper timbre, not as much resonance in the bass)

Chopin ..sus valses y romanticismo ,,son insuperables ,, ¡¡ Geniales !! Excelente interpretación ,,

Gracias Thierry, interpretas con profundidad y nostalgia coo ningún otro estas obras de Chopin- Tu tristeza llega a lo más profundo del alma. Siempre te escucharé. Mario C.G desde Buenos Aires.

Una maravilla, magnífica interpretación.

This is lovely. He lets the music speak for itself. I just wish it was in stereo.

Exquisite interpretation. Like a butterfly gently dancing on a rose.

A great, great musician! His mother invented the stories of Babar the Elephant and his father made the images for these stories that rocked my childhood...

Sublime. Will be searching out more from this great pianist. Thanks for posting

Шалом пусть охраняет сердце ваше воХристе иШалом

Thanks for sharing such a wonderful piece of music for us, best interpretation of Chopin Nocturnes ever

Fantástico. Obrigado

Such a treasured gift, coming upon this site by accident today... I am 70 this year, and have worried all my life that I gave up too easily on my piano studies as a teenager, with barriers arising like financial cost and losing the one teacher who seemed able to facilitate my skills from my soul to my fingers... But I understand my journey now, thanks to Thierry's exquisite and spiritual rendition of the soul of Chopin. This is how I heard Chopin's compositions in my heart, my soul and my mind, but was not able to study and practise for long enough for it to come out through my fingers anywhere like this. I can understand why Thierry chose to leave the everyday world after these exquisite recordings. And I thank him from the bottom of my heart for making them, and for you putting them out there for us, where his gift belongs, forever at the pinnacle of the physical expression of his heart and soul, Chopin's heart and soul...a treasure, forever. I now feel free to return to humbly practising my Chopin, with a joyful soul and a light heart...a very special gift, indeed.

Thierry has a highly wonderful "musical approach" of Chopin, quite far away from the syrup-like romantico-sentimetalism which is a highly ridiculous "tradition" but also from a recent "constructivist" trend , which is al last as ridiculous. The actual Chopin lives in quite other regions, and Thierry understood it perfectly.

Women swooned over him.

Verdadeiras obras primas jamais são esquecidas. Permanecem vivas por toda eternidade. Belíssima interpretação !

All this music and how he plays is just wonderful. No way to escape, one must sit down, listen, embrace and believe. And feel gratitude to have another unforgettable piece of human being.

Such beautiful playing. As good as it gets in many ways. The piano is tuned and voiced to perfection. Wow!

Ya the instrument here is set up to play these particular tunes. Lot of work and nuance goes into setting a piano up like this.

Тонко, нежно, чудесно, благодарю!

One of the interpretations who can touch my soul..

¡Chopin es maravilloso! El poder de la música para vivir y apreciar la belleza de las historias de vida en cada melodía.

Such beautiful and sensitive playing. The music sings as if it were playing itself. Thierry de Brunhoff and Chopin are getting me through the long hours of the night when I can’t sleep after a heart operation.   It seems so sad that he became a monk at a young age, and deprived live audiences of his gifts. Perhaps he had recorded all he wanted and his God was obviously more important to him. I like the story told below of an organist who became a monk, then realised his talent was a gift from God that should be shared.

@Martin Guy Dinu Lipatti was very special and had a beautiful sound which could not be reproduced by any modern pianoforte known to me. I think he recorded on a Pleyel; I have played on several such old instruments myself. They possess a silvery and liquid like sound and although there are hints of it in some Bechsteins and Steinway 'B's the sounds, in the quantities of which I speak, are unique to Pleyels. Looking beneath the beauty of Lipatti's sound one finds a rather boring superficiality which grows with familiarity, There is no such superficiality in Brunhoff's playing. Quite the contrary. I am surprised, however, that some fool has not said he plays too slowly.

@Francis Di Mora Try Dinu Lipatti then! Not to knock this sublime soul, of course.

@RumiExpress E Why would a surgeon not sleep after operating?

Because he is close to God, is why his playing is so so Divine.

I have been a classical pianist over 50 years. Thierry is the best I have ever heard.

These are astonishing performances of Chopin’s Nocturnes, performed with the subtle discernment that Chopin preferred. The dynamics, tone, quality, subtlety, modesty, close reading of the score but very sophisticated (as opposed to academic). These are the ever elusive perfections one who plays Chopin is always searching for. I’m fascinated by his tone - just incredible. Chopin said that in the end it’s playing the music with a simplicity of style - whereby all the great many notes are synthesized into a calm, tasteful style,, with proper legato, no banging and no vulgar flourishes or excessive adornments. Thierry de Brunhoff was so brilliant.

👏👏

@excelsior999 "Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art." This is one version of this quote. There are several translations of the same sentiment. If you Google Chopin ‘s quotes you will find many interesting ones. There are a few excellent biographies of Chopin. Generally a version of this remark or a quote is included in order to distill Chopin ethos/sensibilities. I can’t think of the titles or authors off the top of my head but I’ll edit this comment when I have access to my bookshelves. You can also read Chopin’s letters that he wrote throughout his life, even as a teenager. As I say he despised banging, heavy-handing playing of his music. In his letters you can read his direct assessment of many of his contemporaries. He had a biting sense of humor and was quite a mimic. He had little patience for people (musicians) with bad taste or a lack refinement.

et très français, dans la sens de la pudique respectée, de laisser la musique elle-même fleurir...

Totally agree! He’s the best for me, he’s inside the music, Chopin would have loved him!

I totally agree. I wonder if you would be able to provide the source which contains the exact Chopin quote in which he describes how music should be played.  Interestingly, a well-respected music critic of the early 19th century expressed much the same sentiment when he complained that "the vanity of virtuosity" was ruining the way in Mozart's music was being played publicly.

I love Chopin like i love Mozart my 2 favorite compositors....This nocturnes me touche particulièrement.....Ce pianiste est grandiose,je ressens la nostalgie de cette sublime music....❤️❤️❤️🎹👌

Demais Muito linda👏👏👏

Os noturnos de Chopin sao sempre a mais bela companhia. Beleza e paz . Indizivel equibrio de emoções.

What a wonderful collection of Chopin Nocturnes. He is one of my favourite composers and they are all exquisitely performed. Thank you so much for posting this.

Thank you so much Pianopera for this marvellous pianist Mr. De Brunhoff, its really a revelation..!

What a pity that such an incomparable musician had to stop performing due to a tragic event in his life. There has to exist some mysterious reason. Maybe this extraordinary man was meant to be as brilliant a teacher as he is while a pianist.

I guess he chose that way. November 09 is his Birthday!

Belíssimo !