Top 10 most beautiful piano pieces I've ever played

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10 of my favorite piano pieces. Each excerpt is played by me.
0:00 Gabriel Grovlez - Petites Litanies de Jésus
1:30 Frédéric Chopin - Prelude op. 28 no. 24 in D minor
2:33 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Études-Tableaux op. 39 no. 5 in E flat minor
4:53 Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suite no. 2 in C minor: III. Sarabande
6:05 Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
7:52 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude op. 32 no. 13 in D flat Major
11:58 Charles-Valentin Alkan - Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Âges", op. 33: III. 40 ans, Un heureux ménage
14:44 Charles-Valentin Alkan - Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Âges", op. 33: II. 30 ans, Quasi-Faust
18:18 Johannes Brahms - Piano concerto no. 2 in B flat Major, op. 83: III. Andante
20:29 Alexander Scriabin - Fantasy in B minor, op. 28

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@ericbouchard3745 22 дня назад

Now that I think about it, I really should've put the 3rd movement of Schumann's fantasy op. 17 on this list! Also maybe Chopin's etude op. 25 no. 7 and Debussy's Sunken Cathedral.

@jeffwatkins9 14 дней назад

Skip the Schuman, do Chopin's Etude Op. 10 No. 3 instead. The Debussy is an A++. But where is Ravel in your playlist?

@veronikahuta7071 Месяц назад

Oh the Scriabin makes me weep. I see why you saved it for the end!

@ngenuity1395 29 дней назад

Marc-Andre Hamelin described the Scriabin Fantasy as "to die for", absolutely beautiful

@ericbouchard3745 29 дней назад

Indeed!

@Janaceks_Dad 26 дней назад

The Scriabin sounds a bit noisy and unmemorable…im not hearing any beauty in this piece; but it sounds hellishly difficult, which is exactly the kind of score that would appeal to someone like Marc-Andre Hamelin

@kasiphia 5 дней назад

@@Janaceks_Dad You don't hear any beauty? How?

@jeffwatkins9 14 дней назад

Interesting choices, and brilliant playing, both stirring and technically polished. Bravo! What a talent you have. That said, your video underlines how different people's choices are. By "beautiful," you seem to mean for the most part technically challenging. I can think of many Chopin pieces more "beautiful" to me. His Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, for instance, Though keep in mind that's my personal taste. The trio to Rachmaninov's Prelude in G Minor (Op. 23 No. 5) is by far his most beautiful solo work. IMO, of course. Pleased you include two Alkan pieces, and the Quasi Faust is monumental. Though for beauty, I'll always favor his modest but ineffably haunting Barcarolle.

@PetitBlackRose Месяц назад

The b minor fantasy is just great.

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

Really great.

@dwacheopus Месяц назад

@@Dylonely42heey sup

@AWen-ic5zm Месяц назад

the love you have for each piece really shines through! great playing with lots of little details, and i love the diversity of repertoire in this list as well :)

@DylanOndine Месяц назад

Fantastic music! Love these pieces. ❤

@gtd9536 Месяц назад

Wonderful! This list is my Top 10 Pieces I Wish I Could Play.

@philshaw7143 Месяц назад

Thanks Eric - beautiful pieces!

@teodorb.p.composer Месяц назад

Wow, you are such a good pianist!! Alkan, Brahms and Scriabin are one of my favourite composers!

@loganm2924 Месяц назад

Lovely selections!

@nooblydude6521 Месяц назад

Eyyy it's him!!

@jardin-du-696 Месяц назад

Bravo ❤ Excellent choix musical! Quel talent ❤

@anled.composition Месяц назад

Beautiful selection and performance. Well done !

@VeronikaPianist 25 дней назад

Beautiful songs❤

@karrotkake Месяц назад

wow, amazing playing, i love your musicality and interpretational choices

@Mazurking Месяц назад

Damn you play fantasy in B minor well!

@rexy7399 Месяц назад

Wow, two Alkan pieces (maybe one?) on the list!

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

You are a very talented and experienced young artist. Keep up !

@raphaelconcepcion863 Месяц назад

ur so corny for typing like that

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

@@raphaelconcepcion863 Why ?

@raphaelconcepcion863 Месяц назад

@@Dylonely42 Ok Let`s Type Like This Like I`m A Bot Ok ?

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

@@raphaelconcepcion863 What does it have to do with bot ? I am not getting you, sorry.

@raphaelconcepcion863 Месяц назад

@@Dylonely42 yeah youre cringe cant bare to talk to you anymore

@opparalelo2494 7 дней назад

Pleasant renditions, liked Brahms concerto a lot.

@carrotfly 16 дней назад

I really don't understand why all the negative comments. You are a really great and talented pianist, especially for your age. You also have a wide variation in pieces that are beautiful and less well known, which means that they are not overplayed.

@aaa-vo8mo Месяц назад

I was surprised to see Alkan here. Some of his compositions are definitely "interesting", but using word "beautiful" to describe his work wasn't really first on my mind :D

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

What about Concerto de Camera ?

@chamestb6632 Месяц назад

You play very good!

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

Indeed.

@cubycube9924 Месяц назад

Oh the Scriabin! Am learning it, but recently I’ve also been interested in Mussorgsky pictures at an exhibition, and I’ll have to choose between one or the other for a recital Either way, the Scriabin is a very beautiful piece, that part especially

@estebanparedes3319 Месяц назад

Do you played scriabin pieces before? cos scriabin sthetic, style, sound is very unique. I learned all 24 preludes and im learning 12 etudes to play decently his sonatas and sure the fantasy, and understand him

@cubycube9924 Месяц назад

@@estebanparedes3319 no this would actually be the first scrisbin I’ve learned, although I listened to his sonatas many times

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

The cello/piano solos in Brahms’ second piano concerto doesn’t let you indifferent…

@tungholau2457 7 дней назад

I may pick below as my most beautiful pieces: Beethoven "Nel cor più non mi sento" variations Brahms Intermezzo in A major op 118 romance f major op 118 Chopin prelude a major nocturne op9 1-2 tristesse etude Debussy Arabesque no1 Clair de lune La plus que lente La fille aux cheveux de lin Liszt Consolations Liebesträume Mendelssohn op. 19b 1,4, 6 op 30 1, 3, 6 op 62 6 Mozart sonata b flat major k 570 sonata g major k 283 Rachmaninoff op 23 no 4 ,6 op 32 no 12 Schumann Abegg Variations Traumerei Von fremden Ländern und Menschen Of Foreign Lands and Peoples Tchaikovsky March, June

@aaronslens Месяц назад

Very niche/lesser known selection! Refined taste

@UmarAli-tq8pl 13 дней назад

Lesser known does not mean more refined. They wouldn't be lesser known if that were the case.

@HL_927 4 дня назад

Great stuff man! Your Scriabin still sounds as good as I remember 😂

@ericbouchard3745 3 дня назад

Haha, thanks Harrison! Happy to hear from you.

@f1f1s Месяц назад

What a delight to see Scriabin and Alkan in this selection… they are severely under-rated! I was listening to Alkan almost exclusively in 2009, and to Scriabin (also almost exclusively, to the point of obsession) in 2011. By the way - sorry if the comment section is an inappropriate place to ask this question, but I could not find any contact information on your channel - do you take commissions? I am looking for a performer who would record a piece for a fee. Please send a personal message if you are interested. Yours sincerely, Andreï.

@ericbouchard3745 Месяц назад

I am interested! I sent you an email with more details.

@yuehchopin Месяц назад

danke

@ZeanIkLaurie Месяц назад

I love the 13th too

@andrews68 Месяц назад

Scriabin for the win 💯… could easily pick 9 other pieces for the other slots but #1 is fantasy B minor hands down that second theme is most gorgeous melody of all time and rest of piece is wonderful too

@stravinskyfan Месяц назад

couldn't agree more, second theme is the most gorgeous melody ever written

@victoza9232 7 дней назад

I wouldn't have picked any of those. IMHO, none of them compares to the wistful, slow melody toward the end of Liszt's sonata or the beautiful Liebestraum and Un Sospiro. Debussy's Claire de Lune is also in my top 10. Check out Gryaznov's gorgeous arrangement/paraphrase of Glinka's Waltz. That's one of the best things I've ever heard.

@dwacheopus Месяц назад

Third concerti da camera from alkan should be here too!!

@theo2650 Месяц назад

Liked for the scriabin

@pete4096 22 дня назад

My all-time fave: Debussy - Clair de lune 2nd place: R. Schumann - First Loss

@ericbouchard3745 22 дня назад

Haven't played that one, unfortunately. Probably will one day!

@Dragonblade1945 Месяц назад

You should add Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Masterpiece

@ciararespect4296 Месяц назад

0:37 in the triplet they played g twice? Bach lots different from score? Chopin prelude a bit weak and smudged and Beethoven op27 2nd too fast. It even says in title not tii fast But overall good

@megi5673 Месяц назад

I dont think that Beethoven's too fast, it needs to be like that so you could get a nice, cantabile melody in the main voice. If you drag it too much it waters down, and the melody gets lost in my opinion.

@saptap387 Месяц назад

Andante Spiniato Polonaise is the bset

@juliancochran 9 дней назад

The digital piano sounds irritating as not colour contrast but the playing is excellent.

@Pianova1 Месяц назад

Well the 10 most beautiful pieces I played are muuuuuch more gorgeous!!no comparison

@KRGruner Месяц назад

Yeah, I was going to say...

@theogone1lin 20 дней назад

what are those tapping sounds 😭

@ericbouchard3745 20 дней назад

It was the pedal and the piano bench.

@mariapap8962 Месяц назад

Beautiful pieces, but Rachmaninoff at least has even more beautiful pieces than those listed here.

@tdziarma 22 дня назад

I think you misread the title of his post, it's the most beautiful he's played, not the most beautiful...overall

@user-xz8iw9ks2d Месяц назад

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@Dichweed 13 дней назад

Alkan was incompetant.

@tomatoesmusic6060 6 дней назад

how is maple leaf rag not here

@ericbouchard3745 6 дней назад

Never played it

@tomatoesmusic6060 6 дней назад

@@ericbouchard3745 lol i was just kidding man, these are great picks

@henkvrieling9586 11 дней назад

Ever??

@ericbouchard3745 11 дней назад

That I’ve played. My choices are subjective and will be different for everyone, but then again, I’ve played a lot (if not mostly) fast and virtuosic repertoire which just doesn’t have the gentle beauty as say a late beethoven sonata or a Chopin nocturne. I do intend on learning op. 110 by Beethoven someday, as it is one of my favorite sonatas.

@HKWhang1 Месяц назад

I wonder if Daniel Grimwood’s entire list would be Henselt. Just kidding

@Daphnis_et_Chloe Месяц назад

most?

@Christian-uv6gs Месяц назад

Scarlatti not in the list, how it is possible?

@ericbouchard3745 Месяц назад

I've never played any Scarlatti. I'm sure I will one day!

@Christian-uv6gs Месяц назад

@@ericbouchard3745 ah ok, that is the reason ;-) You have a lot of choice:-)

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

To be honest, his name doesn’t come in our minds when I read "most beautiful"…

@Christian-uv6gs Месяц назад

@@Dylonely42 maybe because you do not know his compositions well. Some sonatas are real masterpieces.

@Dylonely42 Месяц назад

@@Christian-uv6gs Any recommendations ?

@d.o.7784 Месяц назад

Maybe it is time to stop reading Nietzsche, it is really not helpful.

@tobiedavis8841 Месяц назад

How dare you!

@d.o.7784 Месяц назад

@@tobiedavis8841 😂😂

@phoneminlwin5160 Месяц назад

What does Nietzsche has to do with this video

@eternalslumber2k6 Месяц назад

@@phoneminlwin5160The uploader wrote in his channel description that he likes Nietzsche

@katrmior Месяц назад

May i ask why such is your opinion?

@francescpousbergada6795 Месяц назад

You should learn some chopin

@ericbouchard3745 Месяц назад

I played like 9 Chopin pieces already lol

@francescpousbergada6795 Месяц назад

@@ericbouchard3745 and none of that 9 was not as beutiful to go for top tier?

@ericbouchard3745 Месяц назад

@@francescpousbergada6795 I would've put etude op. 25 no. 12, but I've never recorded it.

@KRGruner Месяц назад

Is this a joke? I mean, nice performances, but I guess you need to get out more. I could randomly select any 10 Chopin nocturnes and they would easily top every single piece on this list. And that's just from one composer, and just the nocturnes!

@Michael-hc5my Месяц назад

That’s your opinion. And this is the pieces THIS pianist has played and subjectively likes. I think it’s a solid list, yes there are more beautiful pieces out there, but not everyone can play anything

@duryi6399 Месяц назад

I dont think any chopin tops the Scriabin

@KRGruner Месяц назад

@@Michael-hc5my Then he should have titled the video "my ten favorite piano pieces that I actually play." Or something like that.

@KRGruner Месяц назад

@@duryi6399 That's personal preference, IMO no way (Scriabin is very, very nice but Chopin is often sublime), but I am not going to argue on this. It's one of the pieces, so fine. But my problem is with the list as a whole. It is ludicrous, given the available alternatives. This is not even arguable.

@jozap7359 Месяц назад

Can you shut up? Thanks!@@KRGruner

@hadrieneverard8121 15 часов назад

get yourself a real piano please, if u can afford it

@ericbouchard3745 14 часов назад

I used to have a Kawaii CN23 which I upgraded to a yamaha N2 digital piano, which is the best I can afford since I live in an apartment building and some of my household members can't handle the music (I practice with earphones).

@ricardomuniz5075 Месяц назад

The pieces have been cut, destroyed! The pianist is good, no doubt about it, but this idea of uploading small fragments of a same piece is outrageous, is but destoying good music. A pity. Never back to this channel.

@karrotkake Месяц назад

why do you have to leave a comment then? if you want to hear the full pieces then look them up and listen to them performed by world class pianists, i dont see why uploading small fragments of pieces is "outrageous" in any way, its just him simply showing which parts of the pieces he likes most. its a common thing to do to avoid viewers getting bored. the title of the video is "Top 10 most beautiful piano pieces I've ever played".

@florianroeseler2404 Месяц назад

@@karrotkake Heretic, be gone!

@calebhu6383 Месяц назад

You're cringe

@pianista-mediocre Месяц назад

Did you want 4 hours of video? He just released the most beautiful pieces he ever played. If you want to listen to them, just click on the links in the video description or search the name of piece