A Musical Journey of the Chopin Preludes, op. 28, no. 13-24

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[@radek3531]

I don't even play piano but find these videos super interesting ^^

[@binncaprince6183]

u mean super boring i got this for homework bc theres NO SCHOOL !!!!!!!!!!1111111111111

[@viggos.n.5864]

@@binncaprince6183 you lucky person!

[@epicsam12345]

Chopin Preludes Op. 28 No. 13-24: #13 in F# major: Analysis - 2:40, Sample - 4:12 #14 in eb minor: A-4:37, S-6:11 #15 in Db major: A-6:36, S-9:54 #16 in bb minor: A-10:28, S- kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpm9eIypZt9lo7M #17 in Ab major: A-11:56, S-14:04 #18 in f minor: A-14:28, S-15:50 #19 in E flat major: A-16:09, S- kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoSllmihbbt2otk #20 in c minor: A-17:28, S-19:01 #21 in B flat major: A-19:24, S-20:36 #22 in g minor: A-21:06, S-22:38 #23 in F major: A-23:04, S- 24:36 #24 in d minor: A-25:00, S-28:06

[@danielcarstairs9311]

Could you do videos for other Chopin repertoire such as nocturnes and etudes? Beethoven's sonatas would be nice too

[@calebonstead7143]

Daniel Carstairs I agree!!

[@kkbkkbkkb1010]

i feel like op 15 prelude is also stormy in a way, but more like a regular storm that you'd experience day to day when it's raining rather than a really intense storm like no 14 which seems to fit the subtitle given by bulow "stormy sea" which personally makes me think of old ships having to travel through very intense rains.

[@lesturner9849]

The raindrop prelude is my favorite

[@ricardootiniano8315]

My favorite is Prelude no. 15, it is so beautiful.

[@pianoforteyt]

Me too 😊

[@charles-valentinalkan5681]

The prelude no.14 reminds me of the Finale of Chopin's Sonata no.2: both voices together, dark and fast and they were both criticised by Schumann.

[@BrutalSnuggles]

Here's a tip for y'all In reference to Alyssia's comment about fingers crossing at 13:00, the music doesn't require you play it with a certain hand. When the notes cross over only a step or two, play it the logical way, not the way it's written (the higher note in your right hand)

[@mckernan603]

Also applies towards the end of 23

[@charleslaine]

I watched that guy playing that insane prelude and it is like looking up at the moon knowing I'll never walk on it.

[@PianotvNet]

I feel the same way, ha ha!

[@Firugueot]

Damn, found this channel last night. Top tier quality! Keep the awesome work

[@daoanhson8616]

thank you.

[@bryangui4208]

Good thing I did not watch this video before attempting no 16. I would have been pretty discouraged. Tried learning 16 after watching yundi li's recording. It sounded really incredible and also short, which made me feel motivated to learn. Oh boy i was in for a shock. It was PAIIINFULLL. The right hand is bad enough (having to work out the crazy fingering possibilities). Then the left hand introduces large jumps that my already overwhelmed brain couldn't cope with. I can play it passably now, but only barely.

[@PartySpock]

Nr 18 is awsome ,way ahead of his time.Atonal, and much better as Wagner.The best piano literature of history.Chopin was a genious.

[@leo17921]

my favorite ones of this second half is nos. 17, 19, 20 and 24

[@Bibbermans]

I love this channel and Iam hooked. Iam a novice piano player and here video's help me a lot. I noticed this channel is growing +1000 subs in one week!

[@mbmorales3]

I found these two videos really informative...my next listening project will be to get to know all 24 preludes in their entirety, and a few of them will be my "gateway" into finally playing Chopin. Thanks a lot!

[@lillythai7939]

loving this series! 😊 Keep up the great work!!!

[@BrutalSnuggles]

Also, in reference to d minor, the right hands hardest part is absolutely the chromatic scale in thirds, but none of the right hand is even close to that ostinato.

[@Carmelobrian]

I love all of your videos. Please keep up the great work

[@chanelw9408]

Omg! Prelude 19 ... true! The fairy fountain!! Haha so funny!

[@e.hutchence-composer8203]

Please do a shower analysis of both Chopin’s Op. 10 and 25 etudes. I would so watch that

[@beatlessteve1010]

I have really enjoyed and learned from all the videos I have seen of yours so far...you have been very thorough and meticulous in your breakdown of the musical notation .....I look forward to watching your next videos and maybe one day signing up for lessons, I am an adult beginner who absolutely loves all things classical piano music.

[@Lulu-jl5zd]

Great work my friend. As a professional pianist I don't go near the Bb minor ....It scares me. The d minor fascinates me because he wrote an etude in a set of preludes. He was a perfect musician. And the c minor always always make me cry ... I think it was his farewell... he knew he had TB and would die... yes he kept going for some glorious years. I can't imagine what that would have been like.

[@dracorex6876]

An interesting bit about the C minor prelude. Barry Manilow used it as the opening for his song "Could it be Magic." One of my favourite Chopin preludes, though I've only learnt like two at the moment, this one and the A major prelude.

[@roberthotlzclaw9012]

well done! watched the whole thing through. i love how you assess the personality of the composer based on their composition. character development really keeps me fascinated about these vids.

[@jamesmays9814]

I have a few favorite preludes, but number 17 is my favorite prelude

[@Ben-tr2en]

Could you please do more Liszt. Maybe you could review his Hungarian Rhapsodies or his Transcendental etudes.

[@PianotvNet]

More Liszt is definitely in the future!

[@Brennnann13NY]

I want transcendental etudes

[@CadenzaPiano]

Thanks. I love these kind of videos!

[@tommcquaide6456]

Excellent, very informative.

[@jonathangabrielgaray3755]

Awesome video and analysis !! Greetings from Argentina =)

[@facundoac]

Jonathan Gabriel Garay yeah! argentina loves you!

[@allchannels6518]

Very informative and entertaining. Love the channel.

[@javascriptkiddie2718]

No.19 is not only much higher in difficulty than a grade 7, it's the most challenging of all 24 if you're playing like it's written. Vivace is between 160-184. It's like op.10 no.1 with two hands.

[@kkbkkbkkb1010]

lol the moment when chopin closes with a henle level 9 just as a "good luck" to anyone good enough to attempt most of the other preludes who is trying to learn the entire set.

[@CaelanDeJager]

Really cool video!

[@araavedianfilms]

You look so pretty. Nice color combination!

[@Brennnann13NY]

Please do the transcendental etudes!!!!!

[@anythingfortheday6806]

I think that prelude no 16 is much more difficult than prelude 24. Prelude no 24 has jumps in the left hand however the right only plays scales and arpeggios.The hardest part of the prelude is the thirds.

[@sammytomp3984]

Could you do a video on the henle scaling system?

[@PianotvNet]

I've been thinking about this lately - I'll put it on the list!

[@baubacksafa1478]

Great video series. Looking forward to more videos. Great content. Your brief history videos on the lives of the composers are amazing. Where did you source all that information from? The level of detail is amazing. Small suggestion...the pronunciations of Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Bülow, Cantabile, Vivace, etc...are a bit off. Looking forward to watching all the rest of your videos!

[@Daniel_1223]

I don’t see why no. 24 is rated a Henle 9 while 16 and 19 are not. They are extremely difficult throughout while the no. 24 is mostly playable besides I guess the thirds run in the right hand. The other runs though are fast, sure, but there are more difficult runs in a lot of the nocturnes.

[@anfarahat]

Are the melodies of number 15 and 24 kind of on the opposite sides of a coin?

[@luciancrosby6331]

Is no. 15 in DbM really RCM grade 9? I'm ABRSM grade 6, and it was not really a challenge to learn at all.

[@PianotvNet]

It's not so difficult from a note perspective, but there are a lot of layers to interpretation. This piece is so easy to butcher because of that, which is why I think it's a higher level.

[@agamaz5650]

haha I learned the posth. Nocturne no problem and I have no idea what level am I

[@binncaprince6183]

im pretending that im listening and doing something bc this my homework bc we OUT OF SCHOOL NOOOOOOOOOO

[@mhaxen4081]

Can you play Chopin's etude "Fantasie Impromptu"? Just wondering :)

[@Bobowobo]

M Haxen it's not actually an etude it's one of Chopins four impromptus

[@PianotvNet]

Nope, never learned it!

[@mantictac]

Good it's horrid.

[@TheModicaLiszt]

ManticTac So true, at least Liszt makes difficulty sound good

[@matthewthomasjames]

ManticTac I can’t believe someone would think it’s horrid! It’s exquisite. One of my favorites. Link to my channel and watch my 11 year-old play it. I talked him into trying to learn it. He did so reluctantly, but I think he enjoyed the experience. Now he’s trying to learn the last of these preludes, which he’s crazy about. I’ll post it if he’s manages.

[@michaeldd8948]

When she talk about how hard prelude 24 is, I think she forgot about those thirds

[@lonelycrescendo]

No. 16 makes me feel like I'm trapped and I'm gonna die 😵

[@hotelinjapan389]

Which Prelude is your favorite?

[@jamesmays9814]

Fantasie Impromptu is a better Fairy Fountain, parts of it sound similar.

[@MrOzkarlopez]

Zelda!

[@brucedavies8154]

Hans von Bulow, who is the other chap?

[@SuperTicklemonsters]

Two years later but Alfred cortot

[@brucedavies8154]

@@SuperTicklemonsters Thank you !

[@charles-valentinalkan5681]

There are 30 keys! C major, G major, D major, A major, E major, B major, F#major, C# major, F major, B flat major, E flat major, A flat major, D flat major, G flat major and C flat major. And the relative minors. Its 15+15=30! Not 24!

[@MaestroMcQ]

but 6 of those are simply enharmonic keys. So like b minor and c flat minor will sound the exact same way but are simply written differently. When we say there are 24 keys, we mean there are 24 "sounded" keys.

[@basharborhan106]

6/7 is not late intermediate as far as henle goes, if you consider henle;s ranking fair, this level is considered difficult. The late intermediate ends at level 6

[@CaelanDeJager]

You left out the good ones😂😂😂😂

[@TheSunshinedreamer1]

Which ones did she leave out?

[@lunaliszt9357]

@@TheSunshinedreamer1 16 and 19

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[@emilsargsyan3885]

Please learn to pronounce Rachmaninoff properly. It's not rach but rakh. Look it up!

[@elmodeadinside2760]

WHAT IS THE HENLE LEVEL FOR TURKISH MARCH BECAUSE IM BOTHERED BY EVERYONE BECAUSE THEY KEEP ASKING ME WHAT IT IS!!!!!