You elucidated my struggling with the Chopin etudes all these years . Thx a lot. Your lectures are all delivered with such clarity that really help those who wants to master Chopin's repertoire.
This should be interesting. Here's a piece that's often thought of as easier, but I find it pretty rough to really master. Really wonderful performance. There's a wonderful lack of restraint that I don't generally associate with you.
Hello! I'm learning this etude right now, and I'm wondering, why do most pianists play the ending octaves (bar 83) in a straight way, losing the feeling of triplets? I feel like the rythm should be more pronounced, but I'm only a student so I'm not sure. On a side note, I love your videos, incredibly informative and thought invoking!
@@juliusge2063 that’s a great question. Frequently, it seems to me that people play the main body of the etude so rapidly that it’s very difficult to make the octaves sound like the same rhythm. They usually end up almost sounding like duples. My tempo is a little slower so maybe I managed better, I don’t know. I’m not sure how else to phrase them necessarily, beyond maintaining the rhythmic drive.
@@TheIndependentPianist The chosen tempo might very well affect it. Personally I find a slower approach to the octaves more musically coherent. After listening to a bunch more recordings, the ones which do pronounce the downbeats, seem to slow down a bit and play the octaves at half tempo, which I think is quite fitting. The other option of taking a slower tempo overall also let's you portray the triplet feel, while maintaining the tempo, main example would be Horowitz. I love how clear he makes the downbeats.
@@Jack-l5f6e Thank you! I think I did Peace of the Woods a little while back, only I used the translation "Forest Stillness." It should be on my Grieg playlist
my least favourite etude. nice video as usual. ( I think he was inspired by Schubert's d899 / 3 for this one (as he was for the first etude of op 25 imo).
Whew! Great! For whatever reason I found myself thinking about one of my favorites, Op. 10 #10 in A-flat. Hope you get to that one sometime soon. Do you have any interest in Debussy's etudes? I would follow a series on those avidly.
@@joanlandkamer9439 great idea, I certainly would love to do the Debussy etudes. I have a few others planned before op 10 no 10 but I’ll try to move it up in the rotation :-)
