Chopin Nocturne F# major Op. 15 no. 2 - Analysis: RETREAT from REALITY

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

I still cannot comprehend how someone created something as beautiful as this.

[@tancrator7885]

FR I WISH CHOPIN DIDN'T DIE SO EARLY S HE COULD BLESS W MORE OF HIS WORK

[@SCRIABINIST]

The Doppio Movimento part is some of the most beautiful passages written. It's only 4 pages yet it feels like it lasts a lifetime

[@trickysam04]

Beautiful. I starting playing the piano at the age of 6, well over 60 years ago! Having been a professional trombonist all my adult life, I have sadly neglected the piano. Now that I am retired, your videos have prompted me to dig out my old piano music... I am currently working on the easier Mazurkas and Preludes of Chopin, following your advice closely. The two books of Debussey preludes are also on the stand! Thankyou for re-kindling my interest in the piano!

[@jmancl1252]

As someone who has just found your channel I can’t understand why you don’t get more views. I can’t get enough of these

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you so much! The channel is still quite new and KZbin is crowded, but it's growing slowly and steady so hopefully the views will increase with time.

[@quinton1110]

you and me both!

[@pointthirteen2234]

Unfortunately, classical music (I know this is technically romantic but people will know this as classical) is becoming more and more forgotten by people in general. He is a great pianist that surely deserves more views.

[@TheChazz1225]

The "Spanish" chords have a certain Lawrence of Arabia feel to it. And the doppio movimento is just majestic 😍

[@handznet]

Yep, it is that "exotic", Arabic, Spanish, Egyptian vibe popularized in movie music.

[@marykaymason8438]

Thank you for the informative , interesting and helpful comments in your analysis. The performance was just beautiful and very enjoyable.

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you so much Mary Kay!

[@kopperbunny]

Your analysis videos are so helpful in learning more about these pieces, and the genius behind them. Absolutely love this piece too, one of my favorite nocturnes.

[@agustincorrea3822]

love the way of understanding it, and the interpretation! bravo

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you Agustin! :)

[@kathleenhamilton5554]

Oh my goodness! I thoroughly enjoyed your analysis and performance of this sweet nocturne! You are an amazing pianist!

[@DrPaxIll]

Lovely! (Love the Spanish icon on the partitura)

[@martingabel1960]

One of my favourite Chopin pieces since I first played it in 1978. Comparing it to other interpretations, yours is very "correct", melodious and skillfully played, but it does not show the finer and deeper nuances and details of Rubinstein, Arrau etc. This comparison is not quite fair, though, and it might even be that Chopin himself played it just as straightforward as you did. Anyway, your channel with your explanations is one of the best here on youtube.

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks for the comment! You are probably right, I don't quite reach the musical level of those players. But I think there is some room for different personal taste also - Arrau is too slow for mine, but I like Rubinstein and even more Horowitz actually.

[@sage4nowty129]

I see this as a salon nocturne. It's Chopin playing for a few intimate friends and the rich and influential aristocracy.

[@mikehughes6582]

Very entertaining.

[@FerdinandGommers-c6o]

How difficult is this to learn if you can play for example op.9 no02? For me this piece always sounded as the sound of Chopin, it has a little of everything that of the other nocturnes

[@abishekb2920]

Very very beautiful

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you :)

[@marvinmanuel5565]

You should review the middle section when it raised tune it's no longer quintuplet

[@josvanr]

in the 'spanish' chord section.. what is actually happening there? First I thought he is going from f sharp major to f sharp minor, ie scale of a major, because there is an c sharp major -> f sharp minor -> d major But then we get b major 7 ... is that IV of f sharp major again, and the subsequent a sharp major 7 the III? .. How you see this. Do you do this kind of analysis at all?

[@bobberry655]

Very interesting take. I saw it as a more moody piece.

[@SonataSecrets]

That's a sign of great art - that it can contain more than one legitimate interpretation.

[@raulsuarez9977]

i really don't get that 'spanish chord' vibe, tbh, i love your analysis :)

[@handznet]

You are from Spain? You call it just vibe probably :))

[@lizzybach4254]

The theme is oddly similar to Op. 32 No. 1's theme, isn't it?

[@DLPlanes]

sort of yes