Chopin Nocturne in Eb major, Op. 55 no. 2 - Analysis: A DYNAMIC DUET

[@BentuxTheCowBenedict]

I have no idea why, but the intro section of your video filled me with a warmth I can’t really explain. Of course, your analysis is still as amazing as ever

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you, it's my pleasure! :)

[@mikebel74]

This channel never ceases to amaze. It really is a shining example of the potential of the internet. Sublime playing, insightful analysis. I’ll never hear this piece in the same way again. It’s like when Dorothy arrives in Oz. Glorious technicolor after living in a black and white world. You’ve pointed out so many nuances of melody, harmony, and rhythm that make Chopin the genius that he was. Thanks!

[@AnnathePiana]

5:15 the way you handle those voices is sublime

[@林中一-y4w]

Thank you for this detailed analysis. This is my favorite Chopin Nocturne. I feel like it's depicting a couple who have gone through a lot to reach a happy and peaceful ending. One of them is struggling, full of internal contradiction, but romantic and creative, just like the right hand, while the other is steady, calm, and always be there whenever needed, just like the left hand. I'm just so immersed in such imagination every time I play it.

[@SergieRachmaninoff]

Unlike most works, I really cannot place why this piece resonates with me so much. Op. 48 No. 1 is my favourite, but this sits closely behind it and I feel I'm only just scraping the surface of my understanding of it.

[@atmadeepmukherjee5550]

Sir, your analysis is so detailed and humourous, especially about the lower voice going for a coffee break! Your performance is also so charming, especially the coda, which, according to my opinion, is like sewing thread! I like your analyses so much, they help me see the pieces in a new light! Please continue presenting us these wonderful pieces!

[@petorstevons3968]

I love the "summary" part of the video, it serves as a great introduction to the piece as well as Chopin's music in general. This was a perfect video to start off a Saturday morning. If you are working on some nocturnes, I think liebestraum no 3 would be a great candidate.

[@SonataSecrets]

I'm actually looking at Liebestraum right now :)

[@SonataSecrets]

Liebestraum no. 3 is out now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5CkeqCFjMafaLs

[@Felix_Li_En]

Always feel this Nocturne is like an improvisation by Chopin himself! Very beautiful.🥰

[@kaypie3112]

I agree. This piece is amazing, and so underrated in the context of all the Chopin Nocturnes. It is completely under-performed probably because it’s so deceptively difficult to play well. Without trying to break it down, like this video does, and just listen to it, the piece does sound like a jazz bar improvisation piece.

[@JoeDirt2791]

Care to explain why you don’t have a million subs yet?? This is fantastic work you’re doing, please don’t stop!

[@caterscarrots3407]

I love Chopin’s nocturnes. Complex, yet simple. Peaceful, yet melancholic. And I have played a 1 beat 8:3 polyrhythm before, the other Eb nocturne has that same polyrhythm. I don’t find the polyrhythm in some of these nocturnes to be hard because I only need to sustain it for 1 bar at most. But sustaining a polyrhythm throughout a piece is very difficult and I have only been able to do it with 3:2 that shows up in the Liszt transcription of Schubert’s La Serenade. With other polyrhythms, breakage is inevitable for me, as my hands naturally want to equalize. For example, with the 3:4 in Fantasie Impromptu, my left hand wants to accelerate up to sixteenth notes. I’ve tried playing slower, tapping out the polyrhythm, nothing has worked for me to be able to sustain that 3:4.

[@Medtner26]

Focus on the notes that are played simultaneously in both hands (count the rest in the beginning of the melody too) rather than focussing on getting every note in between exactly where it has to be. Let both hands flow separately.

[@raffraph5643]

I love what you are doing man. It gives me new light in understanding every beautiful classical pieces. You're amazing

[@aerad6034]

Your channel is one of my favourites, and I'm not even a pianist. I love how you're able to bring this music closer even to us uncultured people.

[@trevjr]

I love your videos, you analyze pieces that I can actually play most of the time and it is interesting to hear someone else notice things I have known for years. This is one of the nocturnes I have played my entire life and it is a great example of Chopin's genius for melody and harmonic invention. Keep up the great work!

[@stephenpalmer-zh9dq]

it continually plays in mind very comforting

[@Walnutpaste]

so glad to see the channel growing

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

Your videos have much better sound quality than they did before. Love it!

[@kzelmer]

Great analysis. Underrated nocturne imho, but just listening at Friedman's legendary recording you can understand how many possibilities it has

[@katherine90815]

I'm studying this piece by myself, so I really appreciate your explanations! Seeing the fingering helps so much, too. Thank you so much for this great video.

[@heffe_]

I really hope one day you'll have videos for all the Chopin's nocturnes!

[@tteerabeats9116]

I always love your analysis, You go into depth about the overall piece and its harmony(which i do appreciate a lot as a composers) and to be able to understand who really going with those things together . keep these videos coming man

[@PatrickSnyders-i4y]

Amazing piece. I love it. Thxs for the analysis. I'm start learning this piece en find it very diff. to memorise.

[@luigivercotti6410]

This is a weird piece... Even though the 2 voices are so nicely harmonised together, they seem to completely opposite characters... The top one lucid, optimistic, and full of the signature romantic longing quality, the bottom one dry, a little mopey, and dejected, more like something out of, say, Beets 12. The contrast is so striking that even though the voices harmonise, I find it impossible to not separate them in my ear

[@notana833]

Yay another Nocturne analysis!!!

[@madcube1581]

Amazing analysis once again, it's so wonderful to see your channel grow and production quality increase with each video. Will you be completing the entire set? (And perhaps doing the entire set as a performance? I really like your interpretations but the audio quality from the older videos makes me sad.)

[@nomsodka]

this piece is much harder than it sounds🥲 thank you for your amazing analysis once again!

[@joyfulfishman5445]

I love your videos so much, please never stop making them 🙏

[@SoulfulSpinning]

Beautiful playing and a wonderful analysis. Your skill and knowledge never ceases to amaze ! Your piano has a beautiful tone. How do your get those trills so perfect especially on an upright? Thanks for sharing 💕.

[@isaacgreenwood4230]

Nice to see you coming back to the nocturnes. The op. 55 nocturnes have always held a special place with me. Are you considering doing any mazurkas, if so you should do Chopin's op 50 no 3 and Scriabin's op 3 no. 4.

[@yahyamhirsi]

Amazing analysis, thank you for sharing your insights on this wonderful work! This is one of those pieces that you can't just sing to your friend because of how long its phrases are. Are you actually planning on posting videos on all Chopin nocturnes?

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks! No, not the complete set right now, it's still too many left for a feasable project, but probably one or a couple more over the next year.

[@richardcasey4439]

This is just so good

[@Pugames]

I love this! I wish you had been my theory teacher in college ;)

[@Medtner26]

I saw you played Scriabin’s fifth sonata as well. What about refreshing it and making an analysis of it? It really is an interesting piece! Anyways, I enjoyed this video as always and thank you for putting so much effort into all those analysises :)

[@maternalheart66]

Would you please do the a minor Mazurka, op.59 no.1? This video was wonderful as always!

[@SonataSecrets]

I will do at least one Mazurka at some time, but I haven't settled on which that would be. Op. 17 no. 4 is another contender...

[@harryzarick5826]

Finally Chopin !

[@MarianoStatelloPiano]

Thank you for your videos they! are amazing!

[@mattee682]

I lobe these videos! Could you do something about nocturne op 27 no 1 ??

Brillant !

[@mikehughes6582]

I think Gershwin borrowed from this piece in "The Man I Love"; the same haunting second voice.

[@EggMCMUFFIN-e4l]

It’s actually a trio not a duet. Chopin uses the infamous “third hand” technique to simulate three voices moving at once.

[@catalansimp]

Thaaaaaanks😍

[@mohammadbayazid5064]

Back to Classical Music!!

[@fenhallsfenhalls2936]

You got that right. That other stuff he's been doing has been so boring.

[@nezkeys79]

4 against 3 is Fantasie Impromptu? Where does that lie? Final boss minion lol?

[@Tobi619Nr12]

Great, can you maybe also do the Sonata in B Minor from Liszt? That would be great! :D

[@Bozzigmupp]

lyapunov now

[@МихаилИгнатов-к2ц]

WE NEED BRAHMS OP 177-199

[@SonataSecrets]

It's actually coming soon.