Flashbacks: Cambry plays Chopin Etude Op 25 No 1

[decemberbenjamin]

Who gives a crap about what the person wears on this video ? The important point of the entire video is to show the talent in playing the piece at hand, we can never please absolutely everyone with no matter what we do anyways.

Cheers

[scriptonian]

You have really inspired me today Cambry. You play most of my dream pieces. How long have you been playing? I am from west africa, Ghana and have been playing classical piano about 15 years. Live in new york now. Funny how you get so many negative comments only cos you are black. its shame. U are a great pianist in the making. Let no one put u down. This is what you love, so keep doing it ! sending you some love! Take care bro

[bummy33]

amazing....... This is the best version i've ever heard... the only interpretation that comes close to this is Francis Plante who heard Chopin himself play, and Plante was also a student of Liszt! So yeah, bravo!!!!! definately subscribing! i bet you Rach the Rachmaninoff no 2!!!!

[ivypuppy]

Very beautiful! Love the tempo because it gives my old ears a chance to hear all of the notes.

[ivypuppy]

Thank you!

[ivypuppy]

PianoPlay123, thank you for such an amazing performance of this beautiful Etude.

Please tell me a little about yourself because I feel like I know you. Your playing has spoken to me.

[TheGrimSleeper]

Ehhh how is there even an argument about something that silly.. Just close your eyes and pretend he is wearing a tux if you don't like it. It should be about the music, right? And the music is beautiful, this is my favorite version of my favorite chopin. Welllllll done :]

[shewalksingrace]

beautiful playing! i listened to alot of versions, and yours is the best =)

[anaysubebe]

Buen tempo, buena técnica pero... ¿Y los matices? Demasiado "plano".

[ChadSmith1452]

Hells yeah, dog.

[hohohee1]

its a niggahhh

[no1SwedishViking]

Stop commenting on his clothes, this isn't a concert. He can wear wtf he wants

[maddorox]

to oliiiver ... dont you think his attire suits this piece perfectly ^ ^? it would be a shame to see such a peaceful and beautiful piece of work being performed in full concert attire (of course it wouldnt be wrong) but seeing him with this clothes just gives me a feeling of even further relaxation from this beautifully played etude .. fter all music is music nothing more nothing less and what you wear should'nt matter.. it would matter if people start getting precarious about what people wear

[rietta]

perfecto its beautiful. FUCK THE HATAZZ

[chrisbx1975x]

wow. excellent. nice tempo, slow & stable. nice bringing out the of the notes with changes and played with respect to the music. beautiful, plain & simple. thanks for posting!

[Pischnaholic]

Very very lovely! I've listened to six or eight other performances of this in the past couple of days, and this is the only one that strikes me as being just right.

The tempo is PERFECT, the phrasing beautiful and the melodic line signs with great sensitivity just as it should.

I know that this is more technically demanding than it sounds.

There are counter-melodies in the tenor voice where more emphasis might benefit this excellent performance, but it's very satisfying as it is.

GOOD!

[JakWho92]

in one of the big arpreggios at the end you hit a few wrong notes so that it reminds me at ravel ; )

awesome playing!

[scratch8d]

make sure you dont use to much rubato it was kinda disrupted the flow in places (or just just change the way your doing rubato )

[Oliiiverr]

eh lol what's he wearing

5/5 for the playing though, i like the soft touch for pieces of music like this.

seriously lol americans are too relaxed about what they wear in a concert hall.

[PianoPlaya123]

I wonder how many people dress like penguins when they are recording themselves for fun during a break at school, I guess those people wouldn't be American because if they were, they'd know better.

[Oliiiverr]

wow you just tried to imply americans are clever...

[PianoPlaya123]

It's how we take the lead, win at things and show everyone else how it's done.

[Oliiiverr]

i'd stop there if i were you... you're starting a battle that was lost long ago.

being patriotic about a country like yours... well it isn't the most intelligent way of thinking.

[PianoPlaya123]

Now that's where you think you are correct, making an incredibly stupid comment on my video and then calling this a "battle". Maybe if you spent more time being productive, like learning to play an instrument, you wouldn't be that bored to make dumb comments on my videos. If this is about patriotism, then you already lost lol, no one knows or cares where you are from.

[Fishies125]

Well said.

[TomBarrister]

@PianoPlaya123 You mean we're not supposed to dress up in tuxedo and bowtie when we're practicing? I wish I'd known that 45 years ago.

Come to think of it, my parents DID give me funny looks when they saw me dressed to the nines in the living room, running through Czerny.

[spike2133876]

im sorry but i have to agree wtih oliiiver. when i went to carnegie hall once, there was an american string quartet and a piano player. all of them were dressed in baggy jeans and a t-shirt. in russia this wasent allowd

[suzearl]

I like this tempo. It's relaxing. I like the way you shaped your phrases. Very gentle and expressive.

[oas1s2004]

hate this piece?! it's in my top 3 chopin etudes... it's perfect, but to each his own i suppose... Cambry ive listened to nearly all your youtube recordings.. you're amazing, youre an inspiration to keep going ^_^ good luck to you sir

[AcidBeast]

I really really hate this particular piece of Chopin. But you did it nicely and slowly.

[hardroll]

Its amazing how people here look for any reason to talk bull@#$%. Im sure that if Chopin himself posted a video here, alot of these idiots would talk @#$% on him too.

[matthew1722]

"fullyfatty

beautiful tone and colour

However, there are too much pause if you listen to the top line and it really breaks the phrase."

I was trying to respond to this comment but my comment got moved to the top, hence some confusion.

[LunInSpectra]

Hey man I really want to play this song, but I find that my hands might be a little too small.

My reach is from C to D, is it still possible for me to play this reasonably?

What is your hand span?

[scratch8d]

of course, ur hadspan is not even that small, u should be able to do it no problem as this is not a very technically demanding etude .

[oas1s2004]

cambry i watch all your videos, you're inspiring, i only have a single chopin etude up that i played and its a terrible recording.. i LOVE this etude tho its the one im working no now... keep it up you're amazing

[laconciensia1111]

La mano izqauierda mas legatto y problemas de fraseo que pueden mejorar, le sacas un sonido bonito al piano a pesar de.....

[rvn10rvn17]

cambry is an outstanding pianist, but none has ever beaten Rubinstein playing this etude.. Personally, Rubinstein's version of this etude is much better, no offense to Cambry

[PianoPlaya123]

lol I really should be compared to rubinstein, I don't do this for a living

[lonewolf604]

you don't do it for a living? you still kick ass though! i suck at piano :(

[remaininvalid]

this is much better than the recording in your house

[shaermy]

this is fantastic,you are really damn good!! ;)

[shakaama]

so i snuck into the university music hall and seized a piano. i gave a fake story that i was under the name of one of the professors and they bought it. i felt so bad though, i left :( havent been back since.

[lazawrcat666]

good balance between the melody line and the middle parts

[nicoladugar]

brilliant.

much nicer tonality on this piano than in the other video!

perfect.

[lacrymosa85]

awesome man

[CHOPINbeyondSURFACE]

I award this 3 GEORGES SANDS.A LOVELY UNWITT-ING REPRISE OF PADEREWSKI'S 1912 RECORDING OF THIS.HE GETS A QUALITY OF TRAGICALLY HESITANT-YET OPTIMISTIC TIDEPOOLS IN HIS PLAYING USING A LOVELY WAX AND WANE OF EFFECT BY FLEXIBLE TEMPO MARRIED TO DYNAMIC.

[grakelonio]

Muy bien tocado!!!

[jaschen27]

Forget overexpressive dynamics and progressions. The way you play is just incredibly warm and comforting.

[FlyingKulangotMan]

Nice. Not too fast. Good interpretation. It would be nice, though, if you could post "Chopin Etude Op. 25 no. 5."

[romotchka]

Beautiful musicality... Very very "singing" melodic line and natural breath. Careful! it seems you don't play the score at the end (one extra "big arpeggio" pattern and one "small arpeggio" lacking).

[rvn10rvn17]

should compare with A. Rubinstein's version... then it van be clear that this version is still not better than Rubinstein's

[macameroni]

great control...u study at roosevelt?? i have a friend named beilin studing for her dma in piano performance there!!

[neobiki]

One of the best interpretations I've ever heard of the beautiful study.

Messieurs, chapeaux bas !

[yukakoyoshinori]

You go hell, looser

[WENCHINGTON]

Make me, nannananna boo boo.

[yukakoyoshinori]

I will you little motherfuckin meatheaded shit suck.

[WENCHINGTON]

NANNA NANNA BOO BOO

[fullyfatty]

beautiful tone and colour

However, there are too much pause if you listen to the top line and it really breaks the phrase.

[matthew1722]

It's a shame that people mark down your comment just because they disagree, it's a perfectly valid opinion. Constructive criticism.

[fullyfatty]

Well, I notice that whenever the comment contains negative things, people mark down.

What can you do?

[PianoPlaya123]

The last negative comment on this video was "NANA NANA BOO BOO" lol, I would hope that's marked down

[piano6861]

Very nice!

[Lizard303]

very beatiful played. And I really love this tempo!

[sgtghst007]

i love this

[mephisto66773]

that's a wonderful interpretation! not too fast as you can here it very often, but with a lot of feeling!

[chopiniraqi]

you doing great ithing you can give more music and you can do the best and the best ilove the music who came form the heart and irespect evry pianist who can thing with each notes and send massegs by his finger thanks friend and thanks chopin .

[hailkayy]

Man that's niceeee! How long have you been playing for ? What are you working on now ?

Please check my videos thera sm Chopin too and i'd like to get some advises/comment ;) Tks!

[BarNuun]

Almost agree with Allegrissimo below, that it is one of your 3 best here at Youtube; and obliged my listening to all your other work too. For this Etude 25:1, probably it is the most beautiful version I have ever heard. Please visit my 50 Favourites.

[LMorgan1234]

I LOVE this piece!!! I first heard it used in an old Jodie Foster movie "Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane."

[ivrykeys]

I'll tell you the truth... when I heard the first opening tempo, I was like wow this is super slow.... slowest I ever heard....

But then after listening to the first two measures I was amazed at the care that you put into the shaping and dynamics of the melody and not all the other notes!

Very pretty playing Cambry

[allegrissimo]

Beautiful! Personally I think this is the best you posted here on youtube, bravo!

[gravicembalo]

Man, that was beautiful! Great lyricism, wonderful phrasing, nice singing tone, delicate arpeggios...romantic playing of the highest order.

[raflim]

What does Op mean? Whats the whole concept?

[mclarenemma]

Op ---> Opus

[gravicembalo]

Opus is Latin for "work" and so a composer's works are listed by Opus number. Chopin's Op.25 is a collection of 12 etudes or "studies".

[raflim]

Then whats the whole concept about etudes?

[krispy432]

An etude is a piece written for an instrument with the intention of emphasizing and forcing the musician to improve a certain technical aspect of their playing. Chopin's etudes accomplish this while still being able to stand alone as part of the pianist's concert repertoire.

[letmypeopleho69]

Much better than the last one. Great job it's beautiful.

Do you play any jazz?

[shepwarp]

It's lovely... a bit slow to my tastes though, but that's just my opinion.

[smithsherman]

I am proud of you.This is the 1st video of yours

where I felt that you dropped that fucking cool facade

of yours and gave it up.Reminds me of Paderewski's

great performance of this in 1912.This was poetic,

lovely,heartfelt,meaningful,my­sterious like a deep

well...and god-given...nope,excuse me...YOU DID THIS!It is far better than the known Chopinists

who are famous and twice your age.

[aponsa]

I can onyl say a word: AWESOME!

[strider881]

what kind of music are you gonna upload from now on, if i may ask??

[nivix]

You are great. I would love to hear Opus 55 No 1. :)

[shakaama]

I actually play all of chopin's etudes op 10 and 25. I don't know if you're purposely trying to make the melody halting, but it comes across stinted. And, while i hate people who play over fast, i must say you played this a bit slow. you might still be working out the fingering or something. Overall a good performance though. Just too halted and slow for my tastes. try it faster, and bring out the melody even more while mellowing out the arpegio notes.

[PianoPlaya123]

Thanks for advice that was actually constructive. Lots of people do not know what that means. I play it at this speed because I believe it should be played at this speed, I feel that the piece should breathe more. I know the piece blindfolded so i'm not actually working out fingering.

[shakaama]

ok, well maybe it isn't the speed, but the stintedness of it. the melodie is carried in the 4th or 5th finger in this pieace and ... I know you're not lizt or anything but if you could linger on the note a bit longer to tie it in to the next one, I think it'd be better. might be impossible, though.

[PianoPlaya123]

Also if you play all of op 10 and 25 like me as well, you should upload some of your videos to be more of an asset to the community.

[shakaama]

call me crazy but, i play for myself. I know i'm weird but so be it. I missed going on tour as a kid, wanted to be a concert pianist. my mother didn't even want me to play, and would chase me away from the piano from practicing as a kid. [ can you say scarred for life ]

[PianoPlaya123]

Yeah I see what you mean, that's too bad but I think that if you have anything to show the community, why not show it? Would be an incredible feat for a user to upload all of the etudes to Youtube, show your mom she was wrong!

[akagrin]

shakaama, your telling him to play a certain way then when he gives you advice you say no you play for yourself. why can't you just enjoy music? Don't you think Cambry plays for himself? Everyone plays for themselves, and in which it can benefit other people.

[leejae]

There isn't a single way to play the piece right. But there are many ways to play it wrong.

[seahyimin]

you're really good, you have that spirit in that playing that makes it captivating even hypnotising to listen to

[chopin65]

This is one of your best. You have a real fine touch here. I have heard it played badly too many times but this is like meditation. Bravo!

[allegroconfuoco]

That's quite good! You should check out the recording by Tamas Vasary.

[charukeshi]

nice and youthful playing...Well done, pianoplaya123!

[jamesin61]

I'm sorry but I don't get any emotion out of this performance at all. You look disinterested when playing. There was little dynamics and so many beautiful bits where completely missed. Sure you can play the notes but if don't move you, how can they move anyone else. I suggest you listen to Ashkenazy and preferably his early recording from the '50s.

[PianoPlaya123]

Hahaha lol stupid idiot, you thought that you could comment on this vid and I would not notice because I have a video on the front page, the reason you don't get any emotion out of this performance is probably just because you're a loser that just doesn't know music, or you don't know how to operate your own volume, get a hearing aid old man!

[chopin65]

Your wrong. There is great emotion in this performance. It is also tempered by a sober mind that has tempered it. The romantic and some would say over played school of the first half of the last century is no longer in vogue. Read and listen to what is going on today. Ashkenazy was great, but great old school.

[catkin1020]

That's talented , awesome, I love Chopin and I love the way u play it ,

[simon2312]

wow this is a very beautiful interpretation, I'd like to recommend you berezovsky's interpretation which is my all-time-favourite

[startovernew]

cool, didnt noe jerseys would go with piano too

[charizianne]

great playing!

[chibagirl]

Great performance!

[pianogirl98]

Wow! You played this Etude so beautifully!

[falvb]

Congratulations dude, You truly get to the audience with this performance of chopin aeolian etude. I have to say i watch a previous performance of this work played by Cambry, but it doesn´t impressed me much, but this...almost perfect. I would give him five stars.

[hololop]

is it a steinway?

[akumaboy5000]

this is the only black dude I have ever seen play music by chopin. no offense anyone, I'm black.

[PianoPlaya123]

That's cool though, as long as you got exposed to something you're not accustomed to seeing that's always a positive, thanks for watching my video

[hxc4328]

Well, it seems that you never heard of Andre Watts. He debuted at the age of 16, to replace a renowned pianist, with the orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstain back in the 60's. That gave him a worlwide exposure which was broadcasted by the BBC

[hxc4328]

Also, check this kid, Gabriel Cano, he performs Chopin etudes, Beethoven sonata (the tempest) and Rachmaninoff etude. There is another excelentpianist, Adonis Gonzalez performing Rachmanonoff piano concerto No2 Live watch?v=m06OTZ-GnOY

[chopin65]

And that proves the color skin does not mean much when it comes to talent. This guy can play. He could go anywhere with that talent.

[PianoPlaya123]

Hey thanks a lot for your compliments, don't worry about the other guy, he was trying to sneak in a bad really fake comment on a video without thinking I would notice it because I have a video on the front page haha

[starkey7uk]

That's gorgeous.

[Junker1983]

I love chopin music.Well im his countryman from Polend >you pleyd perfectly and with feel

[karakallatore]

wonderful play. I have rarely heard such simplicity rarely. Like old great masters. very true sensibility.

[Kelddath17]

Absolutely wonderful.  I am working on this piece at them moment myself. Keep posting more videos

[lifeemusicelife]

this whole etude is ear candy

[wittleboo]

amazing

[sweetestmocha]

i want this for my alarm clock music. this would definitely help me shed my usual bitter morning mood. love it!

[dageek]

Beautiful as usual. It's a pity you're stopping classical uploads, I hope that is not permanent.

[MartMart]

I have the music to chopins etudes. I can't play this one, well. I can barely play any of em, hehe.

[Kachukeland]

ileana86224 is right, now that I've seen this and your Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, I have to watch all of them and comment! Don't get tired of us :)

[PianoPlaya123]

don't worry :) I never get tired of any comments, I enjoy it when anyone can enjoy it

[ileana86224]

yay! im third!! (yes, i'm commenting on all your videos... lol)

oh yeah baby,, chopin is my favorite.. mi goal is to play all of his compositions one day.. at least valses, polonaises and improptus..

both the times you played this, just wonderful..

kisses

-ilix-

p.s. there's still a lot of videos that i must watch and comment, so pleeeaasee don't get tired of me.. xD

[PianoPlaya123]

I really love the polonaises, very difficult though, thanks for all your comments ileana

[christian6657]

Beautiful. Very professional.

[juggleboy360]

That is just plain beautiful. Looking forward to watching the others.