Frédéric CHOPIN: Op. 28, No. 20 (Prelude)

[TeamAceThreeFace]

@sparklegleeluver Honestly, you don't. Other people do. You can't speak for the people who actually care about original music.

[frododoingo987]

you even got the ritenuto - amazing!!

[BuBbLexGuMxTrAsH]

Playing this for my entrance audition into music at uni... bit different but i hope i get it :)

[cveld]

Brillant! It reminds me of the old times when I was playing Ghosts'n Goblins on the c64 when I was just a kid. Wow!

[TeamAceThreeFace]

0:28 it should be an E natural. the revisions by other people had it changed to an Eb. Chopin knew better than they did.

otherwise, quite beautiful

[sparklegleeluver]

@TeamAceThreeFace honestly, no one cares.

[mikebagel27]

do you have a very subtle synth sound in the background, or is that reverb, or is your piano just magical.

either way its haunting and beautiful

[kungfuman82]

This was the first piece I learned at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky. At the time, though, I was too busy defending myself against everyone in the class as they felt the need to ridicule me because I also happened to like Yanni, so I couldn't appreciate the piece until now. Well done!

[Squiffilect]

Like this rendition a lot.... as AnotherSchmoe said it sounds easier than it really is. The chords are huge. Well played!

[Mrweeeed420]

Why are most of his preludes sad?

[freeqwerqwer]

@Mrweeeed420, Nobody purposely composes sad music. This is great music, reflecting the composer's soul and his ponderance on a vision, perhaps a bucolic landscape or village scene, that is magnificent or hallowed to him.

[McEuGene007]

like it !!!!!

[WolfySnackrib666]

Ghosts 'n Goblins!!! I'll throw my lance up your ass! YARRRH!

[TheRealBlackRefleX]

hey how do you like my interpretation of 28/4 ?

/watch?v=akQm6C-3iqM

[sHOotgUnlAdy]

well... my piano teacher gave me this piece in the second lesson, and I had about 1/2 a year to get it straight... Today I have to play this on a concert!

[vlpwby]

@sHOotgUnlAdy Hope it will went, let us know!

[sHOotgUnlAdy]

@vlpwby Well, it was quite good... At least I knew what to play... xD

[TehGamePro321]

Solipskier?

[bonesstorage]

Never thought it was dark. Thanks. Top draw.

[halsakka30695]

Can someone tell me what time signature this is in?

[shonarenee1995]

@halsakka30695 wouldnt it just be standard 4/4 ?

[IonBeamXXIV]

This quality is amazing, how did you get your piano to sound so great on microphone? and also amazing job on pedaling so that it sounded smooth and connected

[anduril9969]

My piano teacher always had me play the last chord in measure 3 as a major chord, with an E natural on top. She said there was evidence that this is how Chopin wrote the piece and that it was changed over the years by editors. Personally, I like the way it sounds as a major chord. It seems more musical, to me anyway.

[RobertTheRobot1]

0:40 - 0:53 Take that could it be magic now song fading in there? the bit thats like now, now, darie dar do dar, could this be the magic dar darrrrrrr... Yeah ?xD

[onlyarno]

this is a hard piece to play!

[DawningAge1]

Doing this at the moment... damn those five fingered chords are difficult

[SingHouse]

very musical thank you very much for your performance

[dbikeguy]

this is amazing but i found one mistake.. at 30 seconds the top voice E should be natural not flat.

[lizicacupisici]

merveilleux!!!

[perfectbeat]

Nice playing. What really stands out is the video effect, very nice. It compliments the song well. Very simple and very effective.

[gypsydancer64]

Wow that was awesome. I read that Barry Manilow got his song from this. Amazing! Chopin is timeless.

[zosinternational]

donna summer could this be magic

[thepromman]

it's a little slow...but i LOVE IT!

[buffsrule1]

wow, amazing version. This song is much much harder than you make it look, I love listening to it. Thank you for posting it!

[paflyfish]

The piano "sings," which some would say it is not supposed to, but for this piece it rings beautifully. I really like the way you did this.

[EdmondDantesLeComte]

AH! I was looking for so long for you again. LOL I had forgotten your username. :( I love all of your videos and this is no different. Please, keep up the good work. ^^

[bostonhomeland]

this is awesome,,,sheet music please, thanks

[PickleHead60]

The last chord in the third measure should be C major, not C minor.

[MadexInxQuebec]

@PickleHead60 true

[kissone7]

@PickleHead60 Sounds better with the minor, I think. I took a similar liberty with Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90 no. 3

[ThePianoTwins16]

i love playing this song!! great job! sounds fantastic!

[niftykid10911]

im playing this now (:

[Doctor387]

I wanted to play this to old folks along with no.15 from this opus. They were deemed unsuitable for a biddy home

[ambigera]

Just a bit too many pauses but otherwise a very good performance. Very good dynamics.

[protestukr]

SOLIPSKIER

[Messjuh1]

Best version I could find here on YouTube. Kudos!

[Drbeck711]

As a fellow Chopin lover, you're amazing. Just passionate and makes me feel warm.

[vyrvidomb]

horrible. not in chopin style, more like liszt... it should sound like singing like beautiful legato... and here i can hear only bangs. like techno disco, i would say...

[vyrvidomb]

horrible. not in chopin style, more like liszt... it should sound like singing like beautiful legato... and here i can hear only bangs. like techno disco, i would say...

[dredeye]

@vyrvidomb He didn't play it wrong. This piece is unlike chopins other works, It's not supposed to sound like singing.

[vyrvidomb]

@dredeye Chopin music is coherent - every piece though extraordinary itself has got the same almost indefinable feature what makes each piece similar to the rest. it is a sign that it was created by a genius :) what is more many choirs in Poland arranged this piece into a SATB music score, because... it is singing in the essence. of course much is left for personal interpretation but the truth is you can perform IN the style of the composer/epoch or OUT...

[Drbeck711]

@vyrvidomb Its supposed to be ff and Largo.

[vyrvidomb]

@Drbeck711 yes, but one must play using whole arms and shoulders to acquire soft and pleasant sound, not only the wrists and fingers. such fortissimo is audible in the biggest concert hall ever built (with the same quality of the sound in the very last row) and the one created in the performance would be heard only in a few first rows and would spread through the chamber like rumble and parody...

[Drbeck711]

@vyrvidomb Fair enough, but this is just a youtube video.

[Kaspr09]

I Went From

[Ksnowball7]

haha I am learning to play this...thank goodness for big hands....humoungous chords....

[CitizennErasedd]

At 1:30 the chord should of been an Ab and a C, i think you played a A natural. Apart from that, it was good (:

[mjtf1113]

Please go to YOUTUBE and watch The Real Reason Why People Defend Relgion....itself an Opus of words badly needed in todays world.........thank you

[jazzcrusader]

Don't you love the big fat chords? I am learning this song and have a blast.

[intelplatoon]

im learning this piece now, just learned the maple leaf rag before this and found it to be easier in some respect

[Luks1207]

very good, i love this song, i also have a video in youtube that im playing this song, watch it when you have time =D

[dlamiss]

could it be magic

it could !!!!!!!!!

[weeinersauce]

grade three? could a third grader really reach their small fingers that far for tetra chords? :/

[weeinersauce]

I love the way you play this song, but I think you should have re thought the ending....a little bit more drama?

[AnotherSchmoe]

A most excellent performance! This piece sounds easier than it really is, those chords are huge and sometimes I have a hard time wrapping my hands around them and remembering which notes are required. =P

Keep up the great work, and ignore the haters!

[preuton]

@AnotherSchmoe Indeed, best performance of all from youtube.

[deltathirteen]

@AnotherSchmoe Who shall dare hate the artistic genius of Chopin?! :O

[MrGranquesote]

could this be the magic at least

[JUSTINMILL3R]

@MrGranquesote  Oh My god! That sounds so familiar playing with this music! Where is that from?

[Dahmicca]

anybody know what grade this is?

[11tarantulaya11]

Dahmicca - I play this and would put it at about grade 5ish, but with a bit of practise its really ok. Really not too difficult!

[11tarantulaya11]

Dahmicca. I play this and would put it at grade 5ish... but with a bit of practise its never too far away from anyone really. It's just about getting used to moving between chords...

[chaschev]

approx. 4th

[audreymarie08]

its a grade 3 piece :)

[SuperIby]

Agreed, the chords are really very large, and i can stretch and octave and two notes (or a tenth?)

[rautibo]

i dont know but i can play it, and i'ever had a piano lesson, just reading notes, its an easy peace, the hard part is the dynamic, and the feeling. oh and your hand must be 20 cm lenght xd

[dlOo0lb]

grade 6

[MrViolero]

I don't anybody else but I almost cry...., it is so beautiful!

Thank you!

"I will learn to play piano", I say to myself since... ever.

Now I know I will do that!!!

Javier, Chile

[Sophie13punk]

I play it!

[Audrey315]

OMG it's so good!

i love it :)

[Patryk90able]

magnificently acted work : )

[kamil3546]

We propably have the same type of digital piano... NIce playing but I especially adore your way of Chopin waltzes.

[PeteBlack7]

you are a great inspiration for improving!

[throsturth]

I hate the desync, but I love the quality of the sound.

[Solcito1235]

I LOVE IT. it makes me feel so funny!

it's amazing!

[Danburnz1]

tutorial?? can u make it go into could it be magic barry manilow ?

[nbharakey]

Great!

[mattz1010]

Angra also adapted this into their song "Visions Prelude", if you would like to also include that in your description. The album is Rebirth, and it's from the year 2001.

[cubusdk]

Thank you for the information..

[83shovel]

@mattz1010 Barry Manilow stole this

[trinityhawk1]

@83shovel so thats where I heard it

[fisicanacho]

I think the pedaling ist whorsest than Tempo. So blurry

El sentido del tempo no es muy bueno. Pero lo que más afea la pieza es el uso del pedal. Suena demasiado borroso

[tvbmovielover]

you need some big hands for this song xD

[kleineblack]

You really do. My hands are bigger than most people, but I have problems with reaching the keys oO

[wnmercy]

This is terrific. Thanks for posting.

[cjmoizefala]

Que importa el tempo si es LArgo o LEnto, la interpretación de el es clara y sensible, me encanta, asi se disfruta cada vez mas de la textura de cada acorde q habla por si solo, una belleza de interpretacion.

[DavoStreet]

Sounds nice the way you played it.

[Jesus1l0vel0vel0ve]

I think you have a good idea of a tempo, but it's VERY unsteady.

[btenderwithmylove]

To glouocesterfarian below...Eric Carmen used Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no.2 second movement (almost entirely) for All By Myself.

[corlammers]

Tempo is LARGO not LENTO!!

[XPJamieXD]

Beautiful interpretation and I disagree with the comments on tempo I think it sounds nice at this pace.

What equipment do you use to record?

[myminpins]

Yes, this is used at the beginning and end of Barry Manilow's "Could it be Magic".

Very well played. Bravo! Great job!

[gloucesterfarian]

Didn't Eric Carmen (not Eric Cartman from southpark) "borrow" one of Chopin's works also??

[nessakairi]

Actually it was Barry Manilow. :]

[givemetime123]

Belle interprétation et beau son de piano

[dosattack777]

im learning to play this on the guitar its kinda hard

[spike2133876]

dont play it on the gutiar its ment for paino

[evendoe1]

I thing it would be nicer if it wasn't so fast

[ronaldjansen]

Funny how classical compositions are expected to be 'slow'. If Bach had a stopwatch much of his music would be reproduced much faster. Same for this one. Though all the 'existing versions' are in this or slower tempo, no one can tell if it's the right one. Since this is a preludium (and typical is the exploration of working with hitting a double note with the right hand thumb, and the downmoving octave base in the left hand) it wasn't meant as a romantic song, though it's very beautiful...

[sailorming]

this is the best i have heard since barry manilow. beautiful!

[MoonlightPianist]

After watching other videos - that pause - as magical as the effect of the imagination between words of a book - is often the imagination between the notes - I kind of liked it - it allows the music to breathe

[coolbizon]

fryderyk kurwa a nie jakis fredeeric jeszcze przez takie pojebane e francuskie!!!!!!!! on byl POLAKIEM!!!!!!!!

[2lethal]

nice rendition

[LauraNuttall]

it's "could it be magic" isn't it?

[TheDougster93]

NOOOOOOOO it is NOT! Barry Manilow "borrowed" Choin's Prelude #20 for "could it be magic". "magic" is a great song though.

[christoperfect]

Dude... What are you talking about?

This IS the way it's written. I don't care for the interpretation but the left hand is in octaves throughout most of this piece and this pianist is playing the appropriate chords in the right hand. learn it or look at the score. Sheesh.

[ragehotmachinepepper]

love it

[sarsTOTHEmax]

ya my edition has the crescendo at the end... could someone help me out? playing from my edition it is different to every video here, the last chord in teh third bar, in the right hand... is that supposed to be e flat? because there's an e natural in the second beat and in my edition i'm wondering if there's supposed to be a flat sign marked in again??? ?

[69e5d9e4]

Yes It is supposed to be Eb. Great job. I'm learning this piece now.

[TehHansell]

Very well played, my only criticism is it needs to be more passionate. :)

[ianghowlett]

But don't confuse "passionate" with lots of rubato. For me, you hung back too much, and it disturbed the flow of the piece. (eg 1:12).

[cubusdk]

The slowdown at 1:12 also has disturbed my ears when listening to it afterwards...

[Dannyboy6009]

@cubusdk "Disturbed"..? YOU must be a classical Snob..? This is an Excellent performance NOT worth being Snobby about!!... Keep your harsh criticisms for judging American Idol..!!

[ZanderTheLegendary]

@Dannyboy6009 He was talking about his own rendition. Hardly snoblike.

[MagicDonDino]

OTTIMO!

[fanana37]

bravo! my only complaint? You didn't quite get loud enough at the end for my taste. Other than that, excellent! 5 stars

[Phattso90]

i think its supposed to quieter at the end

[fanana37]

My copy of the music has a crescendo at the end. To each his own, I guess.

[ianghowlett]

My copy has a crescendo at the end, but starting from pp, so it's never going to get massively loud.

[konzolmester]

nice

[torilion]

well played:)