Chopin's Op.25 No.10 'Octave' Etude Audio + Sheet Music

[complicitwall3]

I dont appreciate music

[ewyeep]

Why do my hands have to be so small? I want to play the octave etude.

[VilliusPossessoris]

Cziffra does a great job of conveying emotion in this technically demanding piece. This has to be one of my favorite Chopin études. Brava!

[Haamidpianoman]

chopin loved these wrods 'allegro con fuoco' beethovne loved 'allegro/allegretto' liszt loved 'dolce' i love these names 'chopin, beethoven, liszt'

[redshark618]

What is this?!?

[daytonmlivingston]

Just finished learning this piece like 5 minutes ago NO JOKE! It hurts your hands so bad after practicing for a few hours.

[tomekkobialka]

@daytonmlivingston How can you "finish learning a piece 5 minutes ago"? You never finish learning anything in life...

[daytonmlivingston]

@tomekkobialka Learning the notes.

[tomekkobialka]

@daytonmlivingston And what do you mean by that, exactly?

[daytonmlivingston]

@tomekkobialka I understood what you meant by "you never finishing learning anything in life." What I meant was I had finished learning to the piece (the notes) right before I watched this video and now I can perform it in January.

[tomekkobialka]

@daytonmlivingston But have you mastered the piece yet to 150%? (remember that however much you learn at home, you will always perform 50% worse on the day ;))

[789blablajaja]

@tomekkobialka ... so then hes performing 75%, check your math ;) and i think i managed to finish learning to walk, use the toilet and beeing a smartypants on youtube quite well. althought i might de-learn it in like 50 years; doesnt change the fact i did it ;)

[alejandrothefader]

@tomekkobialka shit man, don't be so pedantic... the guy managed to learn the piece 3 weeks some hours and 5 minutes ago and you cut him his wings before flying... and the day you play you perform exactly as you have practiced if you control your nerves... the prob is nerves and not having any memory lapsus... when you start, it's all over, you must be one with the music, or else you've lost it... there is only you and the piano... and then you perform beautifully

[tomekkobialka]

@alejandrothefader "when you start, it's all over, you must be one with the music, or else you've lost it..." that's why people get nervous! ;) "IF you control your nerves"...that makes me even more nervous. :/

Anyway, I didn't mean to cut the person's wings, I appreciate that s/he put a lot of time and effort to be able to play such a difficult piece...but I was just quoting Hamelin. ;)

[alejandrothefader]

@tomekkobialka thinking too much about music when im the one playing is tiring and pointless, i go by what i consider good for whatever situation im playing so i don't overthink things

when playing for people, i don't have any prob, those who understand will know if you have done your work and you re on a bad day! you play for them

the untrainded ear will just like it wether you play 100% or 75%... when you play for juries etc, you think you re at home playing and focus your stare at the piano

[alejandrothefader]

@tomekkobialka about hamelin... it's okay to know that truth you stated, but if you hear that every while you want to kill somebody XD

[superjam18]

@daytonmlivingston so you learned the notes to this etude in just a few hours? props.

[BoringGreenDinosaur]

My teacher just assigned me this piece... kill me now

[JairCrawford]

@BoringGreenDinosaur How is this a bad thing? lol I mean, yeah, it's difficult and will take a lot of work but, just think of the adrenaline rush you'll have when performing this live at your recital. It'll be all so worth it.

[pegasus2503]

I can barely even reach an octave, this piece would actually kill my hands

[chrissyluvspeace]

Whats wrong with u its obviusly "octave" not octopus lol:)

[Lennythewinner]

@chrissyluvspeace 8 notes, 8 legs... octave, octopus... yeah... guess there's a connection ROFL :-D

[denisethepainter]

Beautiful composition and performance.

[Whisperlands]

This is MADNESS

[123Goldielocks]

Chopin was rolling in the deep

[eminem81]

I red "Octopus" instead of "Octave"...but i think there's not much difference! XD

[trentmuch1]

@eminem81

You're my new best friend for saying octopus! :P

[ChopinLiszt82]

THIS WOULD EAT ME WHOLE

[ChopinLiszt82]

chopin must be extremely angry with schubert.

[Vesivian]

@ChopinLiszt82 why

[llllShArPllll]

@ChopinLiszt82 I don't get the joke lol, can you explain?

[ChopinLiszt82]

@llllShArPllll Because Schubert's music was too sloppish and soft for Chopin to be impressed, Chopin shows his skills by playing this etude in Impromptu style.

[yenqi99]

@ChopinLiszt82

cool man!

[DuhuKaralius]

@ChopinLiszt82 nah, he just had a hangover... trust me... I know...

[denisethepainter]

This is the song that my best friend Peter Berlin put on the turntable in the red telephone scene in his movie Nights In Black Leather!

[DunNotCome]

lols i finally noe y its called octave

[TripleRhu]

he is angry

[AlexandreJdB]

monstruous!!!!!!!

[looney1023]

ooh cziffra did his "megaoctave" chord at the end where he hits grace notes at the lowest part of the piano! I love it when he does that on improv!

[About14Pandas]

I think he was mad when he made that intro! O___O

[chutdigadut]

i just LOVE that middle section

[COCOONFABULA]

Incredible ! The punctual notes in the inner voices are incredibly well rendered in this unique interpretation !

[conantwo]

I like the dark timbre at the beginning