F. Chopin - Nocturne in E-flat major Op. 9 no. 2 - analysis - Greg Niemczuk's lecture 

Yes!!!!

Really? Wow!!! I'm so happy that it's so useful also for you!

Thank you! I just love to do this!

Thanks for this comment!

@@gregniemczuk one thing ive found to be interesting is to listen to the recordings of chopins music played on original pleyel pianos. A lot of the effects you mention are much more pronounced on these antique pianos. The guitar effect chopin wanted with the left hand in this nocturne is very present in all the recordings i heard on the pleyel. Would love to hear your thoughts. it really makes chopins music make a lot more sense. All of these effects are much harder to hear on modern pianos for some reason.

@@JG_1998 I think you're right. Even though I'm not a big fan of period instruments because they have short sound but they're useful to get the impression of what Chopin heard.

Yes!! That would be fantastic to hear him!!! Well, If I had millions of views and so many comments, I couldn't answer you personally!!!

Absolutely!!! That's exactly how it is!!!

Thanks! You can do it as well!

Thank you thank you!!! I will not stop until I'll make videos about all Chopin's music!

Thank you so much!! You made me so happy, which I really need right now. Blessings!!

That's the piano I own, used a lot every day. Can't afford a Fazioli unfortunately 😭

@@gregniemczuk well…your sounds great…or maybe it’s just your playing…take care and thanks for sharing your knowledge

Thanks for watching!

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Thank you so much dear Marilyn! Feel invited to watch all my episodes! Nice to have you here.

My pleasure!!! Thank you so much Jared

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Thank you so much for this comment!

Wow, thank you! It's so sweet of you! You made me smile!

Thank you Rosanna! Thanks for watching! Good luck with teaching and playing it!

YES!!!! Good luck!

Yes! Thank you for this comment!

Thank you Jennifer!!!!

It's overwhelming...but very nice of you! I appreciate your words and feelings!!!

Yes! It inspires me a lot! Thank you!!

Thanks! I agree

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Yeah! Exactly!!!

Thank you for watching and for the comment!

Thank you dear Jessica! Your comment indeed made my day!!! It's special to read such enthusiastic words! Please write to me on email gnpiano@aol.com, and I will send you the copy of this version of the Nocturne via email!

@@gregniemczuk hello Greg 😊 thank you so much for the kind reply and wow i dont know what to say about you wanna send the sheetmusic via mail ( Thank you Greg 😙 ) your such a kind and beautifull soul. I will sent a email right after i typ this message. ( if i ever can do something to help you please let me know 🤗 ) P.s i have one question left are you coming to the Netherlands anytime soon for concerts? I would love to come to your concerts and see and hear you live 😊 ( and im really sorry for my bad English btw ) anyway i wish you a great day 🤗 and again thank you so much Greg. Greetz Jessica

What a wonderful story! Good luck! I love such enthusiastic people

Thank you so much!

Thank you!!! Tempo rubato 😊

Yes! Just two weeks until 48/1!

Hi Louis!! Thank you! Of course, drop me an email on gnpiano@aol.com and I'll answer you and attach this copy. Thanks for these words. I love teaching!!!

Ohh, that's so touching. Brings a lot of emotions for you.... Thank you for this personal comment!

@@gregniemczuk I thank you, I stopped playing after they died, restarting now 20 years after, better late than never. That was the 1st time I've heard that version , beautiful beyond words. I have the Urtext version of almost everything Chopin wrote. ' Lá ci daren la mano' variations, Krakowiak, Andante Spianato und grand polonaise brillante, reviewed by the by Claude Debussy ❤️ someone brought that to me from Paris

Lol. Exactly!

You're absolutely right. It comes with the culture of improvisation. So it's up to the pianist himself how he will embellish this melodies!

This is a special poetry, a gift from a father of my friend and Japanese manager.

Definitely Ekier edition. But if you want I can send you the photo. Just drop me a line on this email: gnpiano@aol.com

@@gregniemczuk Thank you very much I really appreciate that, I will send you a message :)

Sure! Write me an email at gnpiano@aol.com

Hi! Drop me an email on gnpiano@aol.com and I'll send you a copy!

Hi! Yes, it is in this edition. I can also send you a photo of the score on email. Drop me a line on gnpiano@aol.com Best wishes!

Waltz op. 133??????????? By Chopin??? There's no such opus number....

Waltz or „sostenuto“

B 133

Thank you. ! It was Nocturne no.20 C sharp minor, Lento con gran espressione

Wow thanks!!!! It was a gift - a poetry written in calligraphy. It's a very dear gift for me

@@gregniemczuk wow cool! good gift

Hi dear Masih. I remember your question, but it's extremely hard to do the whole series about the beginner technique. But I can try to record a video about that question. Do you have more precise questions? The beautiful cantabile sound is not only the problem of the touch and technique, but also the soul and sensitivity and capability to listen to yourself. I'll post the video about that soon

@@gregniemczuk Hi Greg, I am really grateful for all of your videos. Your explanations about ideas are very comprehensive and always have new things for me to learn. I am really looking forward to your video. My question is about the phrasing and cantabile melody, which has a very deep singing voice on the top. Here in Op. 9 No. 2, there is very specific legato marking and phrasing. Are the legato markings between two notes played like a slur? Is the arm weighed down on the first note and lifted up on the second one? For example, this is marked both on the left-hand accompany and also the melody on bar six. Are these two note groups played the same as, for example, the Mozart Sonata (K331), A-major first variation? Also, why is the first note on the left-hand marked staccato? What does it mean to have staccato marking under the legato marking, for example, bar 8? So the hand only plays one melody in this nocturne, but for the third vals in A-minor, the introduction starts with A and E pressed together in the left hand, but the E note should only have the deep singing voice. How do you practice balancing the voices while the right hand is not completely lost? It's the same question for the polonaise op. 26 no. 1 in C# minor. On the last page, con molto espressione, there are three voices. The top voice is singing and is pressed together with the middle voice in the right hand pressed together. There is also an independent melody in the left hand. How do you practice balancing the three voices? I want to ask about the impromptu C# minor too because in this example the notes are not pressed at the same time. In the part where the octaves are played, how do you practice balancing the three voices where the octaves are singing, and the middle voices and left hand are accompanying without being completely lost. Sorry if the questions are not clear.

100% true.

Sure! Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger - Chopin as a teacher - as seen by his students ", or something very similar. There's an English translation!

@@gregniemczuk wonderful, thanks! I love your lectures and your passion for music. I am trying to practise all Chopin's nocturnes and your channel is very helpful! :)

Many places. E.g. imslp.org

@@gregniemczuk Thanks :)

Perfect!!!!

National Polish Jan Ekier edition

Competitions are sad. I was out two times from Chopin Competition...in 2010 and 2015.....

@@gregniemczuk omg, you were?? 😮

@@elsaesteves yes.....

I can send them to you via email. Send me an email to gnpiano@aol.com

Hi! It's Chopin's Etude a-minor op.25 no. 11

I agree with you

I'm sorry. I hate this recording. It's way too slow and completely opposite to what Chopin wrote in the score. Lang Lang is playing himself, not Chopin.

He is the modern-day Glenn Gould in this respect. But if we do not tolerate artistic freedom in the playing of the etudes, what is their proper role in modern recitals? @@gregniemczuk

@@sunareekaewnat8967 you see, I have different philosophy and attitude. We - performers when playing music written by other composer are responsible for bringing them back to life and playing their music they way they want. They left a lot of tips in the score which we MUST respect. There is a lot of freedom between the notes. But playing Chopin the way Lang Lang plays offends me and makes me furious. So I just can't listen to him. We bring composer's souls back to life. Not their CARICATURES. If you paint reproduction of a Mona Lisa, can you draw a moustache on her face because you think it's better? ..... I leave you with this question. I just say: if those pianists want to be different they should play their own music. Than they can do whatever they want

I do not disagree, but this is a debate that has existed within the field of conducting for more than a century and a half. I can tolerate and appreciate some variation from the score, but not to the point where it distracts from the music. That is why Gould remains the most controversial pianist in the history of performance on the instrument. @@gregniemczuk

I understand and am very sympathetic to your point of view. I do think it is incredibly arrogant for a performer to believe that he can bring something out of the music that the composer could not. Occasionally it does succeed. Rachmaninoff certainly felt this was true of a young Horowitz. But this tends to be the exception rather than the rule. And there are other important roles that a performer can play. Since Rubinstein's death, I do not feel like the role of "Ambassador for the piano" has ever truly been filled. Van Clyburn also did great work in promoting the art of musical performance as a transcendent force above politics. @@gregniemczuk

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@@estemmer470 proszę przeczekać reklamę i pojawi się film.........

Ehhhhhhhhhhh…………

Is it really that important? 🙂

@@gregniemczuk No offense Greg! I was just joking!

It is not really that important but I also have noticed it....

I can add German subtitles for you

I am at home in english. You have important things to say, but think their formulation in advance better!

@@radovanlorkovic3562 English is my second language. My first is Polish. I will never be perfectly fluent as a native ....