Chopin - Etude Op. 10 No. 1 (Pollini)

[crittinger]

@Kinjutsuu That's how appropriate the comment is.

So good it has to be said twice.

[Unbeloved27]

Master played! Wow! this the way ....exactly perfect technic

[7000rab]

this stuff plays my friend from my class and he want this etude on exams (after he wants op. 25 - ocean, beethoven op.2 no. 1 sonata F minor, 3 things from crammer and prokofiev [regardless that he have required things moreover])

[jen1989z]

INCREDIBLE

[avaron100]

That is the best thing ever

[Carolsantiagomar]

IM...PRESIONANTE...

Una igualdad sonora perfecta, una rapidez casi imposible ( yo logro tocarla a 125 la negra y con algún fallo considerable, estando en 5º de profesionales...)y Pollini parece que lo toca a la velocidad que indicó Chopin, a 176 la negra, lo cual es una BARBARIDAD...

Preciosa la interpretación.

[QinChaiLa90]

well .... i only can play left hand zzzz

[jen1989z]

@QinChaiLa90 lol, that's a good start!!

[robertslistening]

Pollini's technique in this piece is very inspiring. It teaches what the sound should be like. Not just the rhythm and smoothness, but the actual clarity in the articulation. It actually showed me that the notes could be hit with good punch and still keep the speed. Transferring the weight onto the fingers is essential. There is a small amount of lift necessary to help the fingers strike with power on the large spans. Watch Garrick Ohlssohn on youtube.

[robertslistening]

Paul Barton gives some free tips on how to play this if you're interested. I find it helps just to keep the hand moving. The trick is to play the arpeggios without letting your hands get into a clamp like your grabbing for a chord. Make sure the right side of the hand and the left side of the hand are somewhat independent, especially on D#, C, A, C and D#, B, A, B descending. Fingers 3,4,5 need to be free from tension. Try an arpeggio in one spot, playing it back and forth fast without tension.

[TheSoken123]

wow! my hands.... even the bass octaves sore my hands!

[Belisagenius]

I tried this piece.. it's too hard. My hands aren't big enough for it.

[addeex1]

@Belisagenius Size doesn't matter.

[Zirocket8]

0 people have no taste....

hey, first time! 0 dislikes!

[arlongan]

@Zirocket8 see?you make some assholes dislike it.

[sttevenash]

@Zirocket8 someone had to fuck it up...

[wfelibertyscarface]

@Zirocket8 you know people definitely only disliked because you mentioned it had 0 dislikes :(

[Zirocket8]

@wfelibertyscarface that's sad

[cloudx1339]

Just gave this vid its 60th thumbs up :D

[SigniorGratiano]

MASTERPIECE

[ulviliegi]

MASTERPIECE

[conorryan79]

MASTERPIECE

[meesbroersen]

MASTERPIECE

[brunoblood]

MASTERPIECE

[Mikolaj110]

MASTERPIECE 

[glisses7]

Hi OneNikolai

I've now got the music and have been having a bit of a go at it and having to go slowly of course. Some bits are easier than others.

I have a Technics ensemble digital piano and sometimes what I do is record myself playing it slowly with the jog wheel turned way down to about MM 40 odds! Then, when I've finished playing, I turn the jog wheel rapidly right up to about MM 250-300 and listen to how it should be played. I sound fantastic then!

Gaius

[piano345]

This is a rather mechanical performance. Very literal and lacking in dynamic shading and imagination.

[tylerofdenmark]

@piano345 Sometimes, I think a meccanico interpretation is appropriate. That's just my opinion, though. Everything can't be rubato and sweepingly romantic, or else music would get rather boring.

[glisses7]

Fabulous and almost twice as fast as I heard a piano student play it at a competition, I think in Glasgow a number of years ago.

Does anyone else agree that rapid descending arpeggi are more difficult than ascending, right hand only?

Gaius

[OneNikolai]

@glisses7 The question I find myself asking - is "Why" (even though I know 'why' is rhetorical), but yes, Right hand ascending is dominant, even for lefties, so I am told. Personally, slow is so much more dramatic and really accents the sort of 'haunting' feeling this piece has, I feel. But everyone is so compelled to 'speed', which has great merit in demonstrating 'skill' - and yeah - I'm new - can't play it fast - but I still enjoy the learning ...

[rigonut]

arg! i lost my etude book, and i want to play this so much!

[ComposerLarsik]

This etude is fantastic:) And great performance

[someguy619619]

Pollini plays this the best. God this song hurts...

[chopinasi]

Thanks for this, it's one of the best by Chopin. (it requires.. quarter note=176). Bravo to Maurizio Pollini , one of the best Italian classical pianists! I can't wait for your up coming video -Song Without Words by F Mendelssohn.

[JOseyIzUrs89]

I love the works of chopin.Each of his songs are well organized and the reason why I made my own songs.

[arlongan]

@JOseyIzUrs89 What kind of songs do you make?