Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Etudes, Op.10 (Stanhope)

[The complete opus 10 studies of Chopin and Studies on the Op.10 Chopin Studies by Godowsky, played by David Stanhope, are available on CD (TP230) and DVD (with commentaries) from Tall Poppies Records (www.tallpoppies.net). Go buy! There are loads of less-well known pianists out there who could use your support.]
Godowsky’s studies on Chopin’s etudes are marvellous masterpieces. They’re not just wonderful tributes to Chopin’s etudes: they also significantly extend them in terms of harmony, colour, and, most importantly, counterpoint. They’re essentially a set of highly evocative character pieces, covering a huge range of expressive styles and moods, and it’s very hard not to be awestruck by the craft and keyboard mastery that must have been put into writing them. Every note and articulation (those swarms of pedal markings and fingerings) is perfectly judged, and Godowsky’s skill with counterpoint sometimes reaches levels you only otherwise find in Bach: see the way he conjures multiple voices from a single line in No.2, adds inner chromatic lines in No.8, 15a, and 20, spins a beautiful melody from accompaniment in No.15, drives the polyphony so intensely it generates bewildering harmonies in No.17, combines etudes in No.18, gives each voice its own rhythmic pulse in No.19, or puts a canon in Nos. 18a and 21. Apart from this contrapuntal invention you also have a lot of textural variety: in this set you’ll find nocturnes (Nos.13 and 15), a tarantella (No.9), a capriccio (No.10), toccata (No.14), chorale (No.1), dances (No.17 and 18a), and an exuberant fantasy (No.16).
The way Godowsky manipulates Chopin’s material is consistently ingenious: some of the left-hand etudes are close to being transcriptions, but more often than not often harmonies are radically altered, a tiny figuration gives rise (in Diabelli-esque fashion) to an extended sequence, whole sections are shifted around in time or transferred between hands, rhythms are transformed and piled up against each other, and melodies are introduced to countermelodies. It’s also worth mentioning that these studies go much further than Chopin’s in developing technique for the left hand - even in the two-handed etudes, the left hand often has the lion’s share of the hard work, and in the left-hand etudes it’s surprising how many contrapuntal lines Godowsky manages to under one hand. (It should also be said that while the difficulty of some of these etudes is truly extreme, the technical challenges of the set as a whole have been pretty exaggerated: some of the left-hand etudes, for example, are basically sight-readable.)
Stanhope and Hamelin are responsible for my two favourite renditions of the Godowsky studies, though Stanhope has only recorded the Op.10. His playing is not as technically effortless as Hamelin’s (though tempi are just as uncompromising), but it is more richly textured. Every contrapuntal nook is explored (where Hamelin, for a more luscious sound, sometimes hides dissonances or inner voices), and the hypermeter of each piece is never disturbed by unnecessary rubato. Some of the interpretive decisions he makes are also pretty interesting: in No.1, for instance, the decision to blur the semiquavers to let the chorale tower over the texture, or decision to keep tempo relatively constant in No.5, or the choice of the frenzied, biting ossia in No.19 at 48:25.

[@AshishXiangyiKumar]

No.1 (after Op.10 No.1) - 00:00. A symphonic chorale. No.2 (after Op.10 No.1) - 01:49. LH only. Lyrical and soft-edged, with suspensions and fragments of melody. No.4 (after Op.10 No.2) - 04:47. Chromatic line in LH, with spiky figuration in right. In the repeat the LH gets another voice. No.5 (after Op.10 No.3) - 06:38. A study in using the pedal. No.7 (after Op.10 No.5) - 11:03. Black keys in LH, RH accentuates rhythm. No.8 (after Op.10 No.5) - 12:40. Both hands in triplets on white keys, with Chopin’s figuration. Playful harmonies. No.9 (after Op.10 No.5) - 14:26. Tarantella. An extraordinary transfiguration of the Chopin. LH follows Chopin, RH provides the flavour. No.10 (after Op.10 No.5) - 16:43. Capriccio. Two triplets turned into three duplets. Another small transformation with huge consequences. No.11 (after Op.10 No.5) - 18:45. RH skittish, LH plays liberal inversion of the original’s RH. No.12 (after Op.10 No.5) - 20:37. Now the RH gets the inversion. A rippling variation. No.12a (after Op.10 No.5) - 22:39. LH study, reminiscent of No.7. No.13 (after Op.10 No.6) - 24:49. Beautiful LH study, less stark but more anguished and enigmatic than the original. No.14 (after Op.10 No.7) - 28:07. RH now in LH. No.15 (after Op.10 No.7) - 29:48. Nocturne. Repeated notes now in outer fingers of LH, with RH joining in with a melody or similar patterns as the LH. No.15a (after Op.10 No.7) - 32:11. LH study. Repeated notes in middle of hand, turning into chromatic line. No.16 (after Op.10 No.8) - 34:38. An exultant, virtuosic showstopper. No.17 (after Op.10 No.9) - 37:26. One of the most chromatically dense studies, with several thrilling, acrid climaxes. No.18 (after Op.10 No.9) - 39:49. A masterpiece of counterpoint and motivic transformation. The LH appears to be playing Op.25 No.2 (whose triplets run through the whole piece), but in fact it’s a disguised version of Op.10 No.9, while the RH is a loose rhythmic copy of Op.10 No.9 with a new melodic contour. Godowsky constantly divides up elements of the original Chopin etude, transferring it freely between hands. No.18a (after Op.10 No.9) - 42:25. LH study. A melancholy dance. There is a canon in the reprise (45:29). No.19 (after Op.10 No.10) - 47:30. This study, like the original, is rhythmically complex, but to an extreme degree (those polyrhythms!). Its tone is joyous, even ecstatic. No.20 (after Op.10 No.10) - 50:54. LH study. The hemiola of the original is preserved, but there is a chromatic line added and the LH must shoot out to pick up bass notes. No.21 (after Op.10 No.11) - 53:40. LH study. A wild mixture of multiple melodic lines, including a canon that starts in the first bar and a semiquaver inner line. No.22 (after Op.10 No.12) - 56:49. LH study, essentially a transcription. It’s incredible how much this sounds like the original - but steelier in tone, given the lower register, and with a more palpable sense of struggle (the rhythmic shifts in the melody necessitated by the LH doing all the work).

[@AshishXiangyiKumar]

Couple of notes: 1. If you feel like commenting to the effect of “Godowsky is disrespectful to Chopin” or “Godowsky spoils the Chopin etudes, they are perfect as they are”, go away. Alternatively, get a better ear. Or less stuck-up. 2. I left out 3 LH studies which are just transcriptions - those didn’t seem to add too much to the Chopin, ingenious as they were. There might be a LH-etude-only video in the future too. The final transcription of the Revolutionary I left in because it seemed like a good way of ending the set. 3. Kind of amazingly, David Stanhope is not primarily a pianist: he’s a composer (mainly for symphonic wind band, but also for orchestra) and an orchestral french horn/bass trombone player. (He's also written a novel, because _of course_ he has.) He records for the small Australian label Tall Poppies, and I’d encourage you to buy his recording here: tinyurl.com/y8yct6xb. He also has a very nice series of videos on YT where he performs all the etudes here and explains his thoughts on some of them; the first of these videos is here: tinyurl.com/y9o5hrrm

[@brett2875]

Ashish Xiangyi Kumar was

[@PieInTheSky9]

I'll just add that Stanhope has said he wants to do the Op. 25 etudes but needs a few years of practice time and hopes he can get it done before his hands fall off.

[@AshishXiangyiKumar]

He not going to do them, it seems. He doesn't even own a piano at the moment, which also seems mind-boggling.

[@rach3master]

Kind of surprised how messy some of these sound, considering this is a recording. Most recordings I'd assume they'd clean up the performance until it's note-perfect.

[@kevwang0712]

1:27 The score (at least the Schlesinger version available on IMSLP) has an asterisk at "poco più animato" that points to one of the best footnotes I have ever seen in any musical score: "In the Coda the player must not show the slightest sign of fatigue"

[@Smortnt]

I love how if someone messed up Godowsky would just send them to Brazil

[@user-gv9xy4xn9p]

@@Smortnt what do u mean?

[@stacia6678]

@@Smortnt ??

[@azureNotsure]

@@Smortnt Let’s just accept it as canon at this point

[@Breakbeat90s]

Schumann has funnier ones :D

[@lordlouckster2315]

Most unbelievabliest of all, piano is just Stanhope's side instrument! His main instruments are the French horn and bass trombone, and he's also a free-lance conductor and composer. Truly a musical giant

[@Gabriel-jx4or]

WHAT

[@alexandertaylor7316]

That's why he only played the op 10 studies ;)

[@lordlouckster2315]

@@alexandertaylor7316 He played the op 25 studies as well

[@alexandertaylor7316]

@@lordlouckster2315 damn, that's my joke dead in the water

[@PianoHypnoshroom]

I think piano is his main instrument

[@douglasanderson3573]

Listening to this for the first time is like rediscovering and falling in love with Chopin all over again.

[@Varooooooom]

Broke: Godowsky only made these because he thought the original études were too easy. Woke: Godowsky was so inspired by the Chopin études that he found new ideas and angles to view them from and expanded on them in beautiful ways.

[@davisatdavis1]

After Liszt sightread the original Etudes, he could go straight to this now.

[@Whaijorhujishkomunyk]

If Liszt revised these Études, he must named something like 'Études d'Execution Transcendante d'après Chopin' lmao

[@devonchristopher5837]

@@Whaijorhujishkomunyk Etudes to Kill Pianists u mean?

[@Whaijorhujishkomunyk]

@@devonchristopher5837 Etudes to Kill Pianists by exaution and destroy piano by fire'

[@zswu31416]

@@Whaijorhujishkomunyk Etudes to execute pianists in a transcendental way

[@etiennereumont-truffier6890]

the pianist playing in the recording aslo plays trombone and french horn at a professional level. what is my life...

[@itsdarksucks]

53:37 That study on op 10 no 11 is probably one of my favourite Godowsky arrangements of a Chopin etude. Using only the left hand to play this is a technical feat in itself, but also a musical one. The inner voicings and polyphony used through is simply stunning to listen to, and the key that Godowsky transposed the piece to sounds perfect! A beautiful piece and performance, nearly had me in tears

[@dhu2056]

Studies on studies. As if the original Etudes weren't hard enough.

[@OonHan]

true

[@ethanmartin2781]

Oon Han Hey I know you from blackpenredpen. Funny seeing you here :P

[@mishikookropiridze]

funny how communities overlap. mathematicians can think about music while musicians can feel the mathematics.

[@OonHan]

lol!

[@SeanStephensen]

Sup Black Pen Red Pen fam!

[@user-pz4ot2ye5l]

Beautiful. Just funny seeing how many people literally get triggered over compositions like these. As Godowsky mentions in his preface for these, they are NOT meant to be interpreted as improvements over the original.

[@Populous3Tutorials]

even if they were better, people would not be able to admit it. at least most people.

[@paulmetdebbie447]

Comparing is a most misguided way of observation.

[@irodragon7184]

@@paulmetdebbie447 I have to disagree. If something works better compare the two things and make the best of both.

[@op-th1yx]

@@peppipeppi51 come on!!!! Ignis fatuus is incredible. The nocturne version of op 10 no 7… The op 25 no 11 is also pretty badass

[@op-th1yx]

@@irodragon7184 that logic doesn’t make sense. If we compare music against each other, it will be so dull and sad. Let me give you an example. My favourite two composer are Schumann and Rachmaninoff. If I compared EVERY work to Rach 3, there is no way I’ll get a pleasant surprise, because I expect everything to be below it. Different composers can’t be compared either, because they had different intentions. When we play Schubert we enjoy the melodies. When we play Bach we enjoy the counterpoint. When we play Ravel we enjoy the textures. When we play Prokofiev we enjoy the playfulness and sarcastic nature of his music. It’s like comparing apples with oranges. Why?

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Glad They included the pedaling. It's so much easier now. lol

[@Zdrange03]

And all the possible fingerings!

[@povilaskratavicius253]

And let's not forget multiple ossias 😇

[@HayashiManabu]

Stanhope is ‘not as technically effortless as Hamelin, but more richly textured’ such an accurate comment

[@avocatdenis]

More richly textured than Hamelin? Well, that one way of putting it. Another perspective would be: too much pedal, which results in a blurred texture.

[@BjornHegstad]

Everyone, take a trip over to Daniel Stanhope's own KZbin channel. He has now published video recordings of the Godowsky studies on opus 25.

[@Healthwannabe7556]

Could ya give the link so I can make sure I'm on the right channel?

[@jonathanalternate1522]

@@Healthwannabe7556 kzbin.info/door/dU2aXVq8NdCzuUJ9ocoLcAvideos

[@meloncollector6662]

Marvelous upload as always. Thanks

[@johnchessant3012]

Wow... I'm blown away by the technical prowess! And having heard only the study on Op. 10 No. 12 before coming across this recording, I had thought that was all to it when it came to the Godowsky studies. Boy, was I mistaken! I especially like the variations on Op. 10 No. 5.

[@ajostuder]

What a great choice of material to put up. I thought I'd just point out that Stanhope has a Chopin-Godowsky youtube channel where he goes through each of the etudes, discussing and then playing it. Well worth a look.

[@f.p.2010]

Thank you so much for this upload! I really hope Godowsky gets a bit more acknowledged in the near future, his music is surely on par with the musical giants.

[@PieInTheSky9]

Godowsky's piano sonata is breathtaking, yet nearly unknown in the literature. (Although Alex Aleksander's interpretation, which is the first result when searching for it on youtube, is not very good in my opinion. I'd seek out Ladislav Fanzowitz's or Doris Pines version. Hamelin's version is also quite good)

[@Junesant]

i don't have enough words to thank you for making this video

[@JonathanIgnarski]

I've been waiting and hoping for this.

[@nicholasfox966]

This guy I once bumped into on the street who had a cousin who sat next to someone on an airplane who studied with a great-niece of Leon Fleisher's sister-in-law said that Dietrich Buxtehude probably wouldn't have liked these pieces. Therefore, these pieces suck.

[@QuoPacto]

Nicholas Fox lol‘d

[@craigresnianky6909]

I know this is a reference about my comment, but I'm not claiming such a long line of "word of mouth" for my opinion. I got my information straight from the horses mouth. There is no comparison between your attempt at a joke and what the actual situation is.

[@HermanIngram]

They suck, but not for that reason

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

It must have been the late Jade Goody who said that!

[@infinitekeys1603]

Chopin would HATE these pieces. Source: it's well known he got pissed when Liszt did this stuff with his pieces

[@PointyTailofSatan]

One night I played all the Chopin/Godowsky etudes one after the other without a single mistake. Then I woke up, and man, was I sad.

[@Perpendosi]

What an ingenious writing that the "White Key" Etude has. Perhaps my favorite of the set.

[@busoni1]

Love his videos where he plays the original chopin Etude, and then walks through each of the Godowsky studies, explaining the approach Godowsky used, and then performing them. Astounding.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

My theory is that Godowsky actually wrote these for two pianos, but forgot to tell anyone.

[@arthurhogan3047]

' Love it!!

[@mystogan6556]

Lmao

[@ryzikx]

even the ones for left hand alone 😂

[@ClassicalAlexander]

@@ryzikx That's actually a funny one

[@alis1637]

45:29 is a gem. Thanks for pointing it out!

[@danielrigden3019]

Thanks for this. I wasn't familiar with this pianist but I agree he's a real discovery.

[@limesquared]

Thank you so much for all your research...

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Godowsky is an amazing composer. His real strength is transcribing and expanding on the works of other composers, such as these works. Another example is his contrapuntally brilliant Schubert based Passacaglia & Fugue (the Siirala version here on YT has to be heard to be believed), plus other works based on composers as widely ranging as Rameau, Strauss, Bach, and Weber. But if that wasn't enough, his own unique pieces, such as the amazing Java Suite are wondrous works as well. Perhaps it's because of the extreme difficulty of many of Godowsky's piano works (no less than Horowitz himself declared Godowsky's Passacaglia as "unplayable"!). But personally, it's always mystified me as to why Godowsky's music isn't heard much more often at least as encore pieces, if not major program music.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Yet it brings tears to the eyes of many Indonesians who hear it. Read their comments in the Java suite videos here on YT. A fad?

[@noblekime319]

Just want to second that comment about the Siirala version of the Passacaglia and Fugue--truly an astonishing recording.

[@jackcurley1591]

PointyTailofSatan couldn’t agree more w everything you said. Another great Godowsky original is his piano sonata. And I do think the primary reason for Godowsky’s repertoire being largely absent from the concert stage is it’s absurd difficulty

[@flatmarssociety1169]

Just as a sidenote, Horowitz 'jokingly' said that he can't play it. Some of his words are not really meant to be understood 'literal'.

[@12345678abracadabra]

20th century DJ.

[@ianhall3822]

At the age of thirty-six, Godowsky had a stroke and was partially paralysed after playing a Chopin piece. I'm not surprised....

[@03data]

His video series talking about them has always been my favorite piano video series! Sadly it remains mostly unwatched...

[@auerod]

I can't believe how much I've enjoyed Stanhope's version. I would love to hear one's you left out. The disc has 92 min and this under 60 min. These are true labors of love, a lifetime project. I have all of the "complete" sets of these finger busters, from the atrocious Madge (over 4 CDs!) to what I consider the gold standard--Hamelin. A very underrated version is Grante's 2nd cycle.

[@AshishXiangyiKumar]

The original CD is that much longer because Stanhope plays the original Op.10 set too -- I've only left out three LH studies from the Godowsky here. Stanhope's playing of the Op.10 is very interesting -- he sticks to Chopin's original tempi, which makes for much faster renditions of No.3 and No.6. (For what it's worth I think his approach pays off very well.)

[@EthanWattsMusic]

Wow, I have never heard these before! These are awesome!

[@fernandoasuaje2398]

While reading the comments, I thought they were old discussions, but... The vid was iploaded... today... O.O And I was "coincidentally" finding the etudes today, and then I have them :O Kinda weird lol Thanks for the upload though! ^^

[@giorgiociomei5030]

Complimenti maestro, oltre alla padronanza tecnica un'ottima interpretazione!

[@damienheemskerk]

This truly makes me want to cry

[@michaadamczuk6504]

Amazing and wonderfull!!!

[@LIKE-bz8vv]

[@Schubertd960]

Now someone must compose études on Godowsky's études on Chopin's études.

[@MathieuPrevot]

Legacy is Ravel left hand concerto, Rachmaninoff 3rd concerto etc.

[@mantictac]

15a is absolutely stunning.

[@jerrychristensen6096]

Chopin: HaHA! I have made a set of etudes that every pianist will fear forever! No one can make them harder! Godowsky: hold my beer

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

Chopin didn't make his etudes for the sake of difficulty.

[@orvaitzman2210]

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt r/whoosh

[@orvaitzman3436]

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt r/whoosh

[@orvaitzman3436]

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt Oh well, The point was that this is a joke. And you reacted to it seriously, so i replied with r/whoosh.

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@@orvaitzman3436 that's not what the r/whoosh means. It's for when a joke goes over someone's head, but it didn't go over his head-he just didn't find it funny. Also, get out of here with the dead memes.

[@jandropga69]

Another top-notch upload, thank you!! Love these Godowsky studies. Ashish - have you considered doing a video on the Triakontameron set? I cannot find a proper upload of it anywhere else!

[@bitchslappedme]

You can now. A good one was uploaded 7 months ago on youtube

[@markdowding1371]

Great music to work to!

[@Kalen1457]

I personally like the second iteration of the very first etude op.10. The first iteration sounds just like pure noise whereas the second version sounds more majestic, especially beginning at 3:33. The left hand of the etude starting at 4:49 sounds like a very busy bumblelee!

[@carrietide]

Astounding

[@JohannesBruhms]

They are just great masterpieces themselves!

[@damiangilz]

I didn't pursue a career in piano (I wanted it in my teens) nor wasn't particularly a virtuoso (or maybe was undertaught). I can only imagine what it must feel to be at this level regardless of the aesthetics of sound. I'd love to be at this level and make some Lisztian-Cziffra-like transcriptions of cool postwar music. Sadly, I feel that great pianist have become overall stuck in the old music which is great, but lacks the freshness people must have felt in the day when they discovered the new Beethoven symphony, the latest Hungarian Rhapsody from Liszt or the "new" Mozart symphony. Forgotten feelings.

[@LouisGuillotYT]

There is "classical" contemporary music ..

[@damiangilz]

@@LouisGuillotYT yeah, show me a modern symphony comparable to Beethoven fifth, seventh or Dvorak ninth... I'll give you a 60 years span.

[@LouisGuillotYT]

@@damiangilz Yes, the Symphony (1987) by Edison Denisov, great music.

[@damiangilz]

@@LouisGuillotYT really? THAT? Let's just agree to disagree, shall we?

[@LouisGuillotYT]

@@damiangilz It is one of the greatest symphony written after 1945. It shows a perfect mastery of the sonata form with complex thematic developpement etc. Then the expressivity is intense and the colors are amazing. It's a legacy of the great romantic symphony ..

[@OneConcertante]

Such a pity he did not record the Trois nouvelle etudes . The theme and variations based on the A flat etude is probably my favourite of all the Chopin-Godowsky Studies

[@debeastdueeast]

You're in luck

[@OneConcertante]

@@debeastdueeast May I ask why?

[@magattahanakajiya920]

This is a full-on Chopin cheese dream. It’s almost nauseatingly disorienting but I can’t tear my ears away.

[@canman5060]

Looking forward to the Op 25 especially No 42 the 'impossible left hand winter wind'.

[@chileansaurius2531]

This sounds like a creepypasta version from the Chopin's original..

[@arthurhogan3047]

Now, that's really a good observation.

[@rupertaustin]

Ashish, have you listened to Jorge Bolet's recording of some of these? He didn't record many of them, but the few he did record are utterly masterful. In his hands No. is a far more magnificent choral at a significantly slower tempo. My favourite of Bolet's interpretations is No. 25; a study on Chopin's Op. 25 No. 1 with particularly beautiful voicing by Bolet kzbin.info/www/bejne/pabOY5mCjc-UZtk

[@Rachman01]

My current status of TRIGGERED is an understatement..

[@j2bigd590]

Why are you triggered friend?

[@magattahanakajiya920]

@@j2bigd590 I understand why. I listened exhaustively to the etudes when I was a teenager discovering classical music. It was on hard repeat. The mash-up is brilliant. It’s an achievement. But listening for me at times is like being the wrong side of very drunk simply because of how ingrained the original music is in my memory.

[@oldrichcepelka296]

Godowski has surely composed it with a big love for Chopin. And reverence.

[@impossimadnescyAJ]

Will you do one of these videos for the Op. 25 studies?

[@Barjozz]

Very nice upload, what do you think about Berezovsky ?

[@samchua6758]

wow never even heard of these before thanks aSHISH!

[@samchua6758]

i guess these are studies for (Chopin's) studies. Sick!

[@samchua6758]

some of them look even harder then chopin's etudes

[@j2bigd590]

@@samchua6758 they’re meant to be more difficult but obviously not better, which is what godowsky stated

[@qalaphyll]

aSHISH

[@swagifier1170]

0:24 and some other parts remind me of the same progressions in Chopins Etude op 25 no 12

[@Dany715gd]

Gotta learned this ones when I have more than 58 years practicing two hours and a half everyday, to know that at least I tried.

[@lizzybach4254]

Half of the time while listening to this, my ears are like, what am I hearing?

[@leo17921]

the only ones of this set i can play are the "left hand alone" ones, except i'd have to use both hands

[@yukily07]

That is totally crazy.

[@canman5060]

Especially Study No 42 the winter wind at the left hand.

[@canman5060]

This is the punishment I received from my piano teacher for not practising enough.

[@markdowding1371]

Godowsky had a fixation on the Etude Op. 10, no. 5. It brought him frivolous pleasures.

[@elijahj9902]

would make a really piano concerto!

[@MagnusBaumgartl]

I find it kinda funny picturing Godowsky playing through all the Chopin etudes thinking "... nah, that shit is too easy", coming to the conclusion he must write 53 re-arrangements of all the etudes lol

[@SILAS-cb9xl]

Etude Op. 10 No. 1 is a very good Arrangement and beautiful for it self but I think that it takes the flawlessy from the original that makes it beautiful

[@r0mmm]

6:38 has a wonderful Bortkiewiczian tone

[@virtuousvibes2852]

Godowsky has just turned 24 beautiful studies into hardcore mode

[@user-mj5rh4gc8c]

2:02（op10-1)、24:54（op10-6)、47:38(op10-10)など、ポリフォニックな効果が全く素晴らしい。ピアノ技巧をリストでさえ考えられなかった高さまで挙げたのがゴドウスキーだ。「左手の伝道師」というだけあってその難しさは法外なものである。特にop25-1「牧童」が一番難しいといわれている。バックハウスもアンコールで弾こうと企てていたようで、密に自分の楽しみで、この53のパラフレーズを弾いていたという。実際コドウスキーは自身のコンサートでこれらを繰り返し弾き、聴衆を熱狂させたという。

[@user-in2fg3ds5t]

私の耳には馴染まないようで、聴くことが辛くなってしまい、二曲位でお手上げでした。つくること、弾くこと、それだけで凄いことだとは思うのですが。通して鑑賞を楽しむことができるのでしょうか。疑問に思い、訊いてみたくなりました。

[@ianhall3822]

According to Wikipedia,David Stanhope also plays the French horn and the bass trombone!

[@Aaron-yh1vf]

11:03 I Actually really like this version , not quite as much as the original but still sounds pretty good.

[@julekpaszko5322]

Yes

[@bartremmelzwaal5775]

The man really liked the black keys etude

[@mimimitsu]

I almost couldn't tell that No.5 was modelled after Chopin's Black Key Etude.

[@vesteel]

I like his interpretation of the other pieces, but the first one is a bit unclear and random to me. Hamelin did a better job at the first one.

[@123eldest]

Yeh, so many wrong notes :s

[@leomiller2291]

paeffill what makes you say that? Hamelin’s technique is immaculate, perhaps the greatest ever. I know the part in Ondine you’re referring to, and I think his mistakes there were a fluke that can happen randomly to anyone in any piece. I’m sure he’s played Ondine note-perfect several times. Scarbo is far harder and he gets through it just fine.

[@geoffstemen3652]

Agreed. Impenetrable listening rhythmically, though overall musical

[@Fanchen]

@@leomiller2291 Hamelin’s live recording of Liszt Paganini Etude No. 6 on KZbin was quite messy, but that’s to be understood since it was live. I wouldn’t call his technique flawless though, comparatively to some of the other lessor known pianists, the world is big.

[@bakuto.1055]

@@Fanchen while I agree with you, Hamelin is famous for a reason. His technique is surely (or was) top tier

[@herobrine1847]

49:39 wtf godowsky

[@hsuelliott7411]

Try to imagine: What would be like if were studies on Liszt's etudes.

[@PiotrBarcz]

Anyone know where i can download the sheet music pdf?

[@allenwang202]

Is there a reason study no. 6 was not included?

[@Varooooooom]

According to another comment, it seems like it was because it was basically a strict transcription.

[@benjamingoldstein14]

So, what’d you guys think of the AP Chemistry Exam?

[@Healthwannabe7556]

I'm taking the class now. How was the exam for you?

[@user-in2fg3ds5t]

ゴドフスキー様 　あまりピアニストを泣かせないでください。 　　　ショパンより

[@_melzargard]

Love these pieces and Stanhope’s interpretations. Why then exclude some of the set? The point of a compilation video like this is to collect all the works in one place, not just the ones you deem “good” or worthy of analysis...

[@AshishXiangyiKumar]

Feels a bit weird to have someone else tell me what that point of something I made was, tbh. I was under the impression only I got to decide that. But in all seriousness, I am not very interested in _compiling_ stuff. I'm much more interested in presenting good, interesting recordings to people who might be interested in them.

[@_melzargard]

​@@AshishXiangyiKumar Fair enough... to me the Godowsky one-handed transcriptions/reductions are some of the most interesting of the set, but then I suppose I could always make my own video if I cared that much. Regardless your thoughts are very interesting - thanks for the effort and thought you put into making these videos

[@gayerest]

Will we be treated to the Op. 25 set too?

[@fumikotsukumi017]

Now I’m here waiting for someone to study these studies.

[@javascriptkiddie2718]

Do you have Hamelins? They used to be on KZbin years ago

[@redeemerofcasuality1722]

God-level God-owsky

[@Gabriel-jx4or]

Can you please add the table of contents to the description so that KZbin shows them as chapters for the video?

[@davidrichardstanhope]

Thank you for your generous comments regarding my playing. However, to upload such a large file to your own channel without permission is a breach of copyright. Tall Poppies is annoyed about that, and deserve an apology. Would you please add the following at the TOP of your introduction so everyone can see it: "The complete opus 10 studies of Chopin and Studies on the Chopin Studies opus 10 by Godowsky, played by David Stanhope, are available on CD (TP230) and DVD (with commentaries) from Tall Poppies Records (www.tallpoppies.net)."

[@AshishXiangyiKumar]

Sure, I guess that's only fair enough. My guess is that TP didn't know about this upload since KZbin's content detection system didn't flag it. Nearly all the videos on this channel are automatically flagged, and mostly the copyright owners respond by placing ads and claiming the revenue. The little blurb above is in lieu of that, I suppose.

[@zackwyvern2582]

@@richardwagner3682 "Richard Wagner", you are being very childish. Why don't you exercise some self-reflection before typing such pathetic shit in a public forum? David made a reasonable request in a mature fashion; your comment, meanwhile, was like the stench that accrues in an overflowing garbage can. You are even too afraid to use your real name! Literally no one needed you to type anything; you just got angry for no apparent reason. Please, hesitate before you comment so that we don't have to smell your nasty idiocy.

[@Varooooooom]

Richard Wagner - You’re an immature fucking idiot, dude.

[@vladimirlysenko4248]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 version of op.10 #5 (Black keys) *Lang Lang: hold my orange*

[@paulbu6003]

The black key one laugh the sh*t out of me LOL. Took me 1 minute to realize what that is

[@xuly3129]

Godowsky’s etude literally squeeze the notes of four hands into two.

[@galigomc4809]

The variation on op. 10 no. 2 is probably the hardest piano piece ever.

[@user-ij5ih3ru6l]

ゴドフスキーの編曲もので、ショパンの練習曲集を我流にアレンジしてます。しかも左手のための曲で演奏は至難です。ショパンを国際感覚あふれたものにしています。調性はありますが現代音楽のようです。

[@yuehchopin]

danke danke

[@the_great_phoenix231]

i love how there isnt one with the torrent etude.... its already insane the way it is

[@Varooooooom]

There is, for left hand alone. Idk why it wasn’t included in this vid. Stanhope’s performance is brilliant.

[@ValkyRiver]

Op 10 No 4 Godowsky kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6isfpx3fNGJfKM

[@katiefrisk980]

11:04 i never realized that the black keys etude had such a circus-like melody

[@ClevelandLemur]

That trill at 55:20 is terrifying

[@andresguillermoalvarezlope418]

OMG THE NUMBER 3 IS EVEN BETTER HOW ON EARTH

[@cjg8763]

Is there one for the op25 set?

[@4grammaton]

He just recorded them recently and is releasing them right now! Check out his channel.

[@JoelSjogren0]

What would you call the rhythm in No. 1?

[@tackontitan]

Where's the left hand transcription of Op. 10 no. 8?