Chopin Etude Op.25 No.6 'Thirds' - Paul Barton, piano

[avb20540]

This is perfect!! The right hand is toooooo difficult...

[MUmetsu]

Brazilian pianist?

[henrique1944]

Wonderful playing! Not a robot, but a musically releasing. Beautiful phrasing!

[svensuperman789]

this is one of the pieces that I'm scared to learn just by looking at the sheet music

[PaulBartonPiano]

@svensuperman789 -- Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Dale Carnegie

[linacalil]

BRAVO, It's wonderful!!!

Great performance!!!!

[Martel211996]

such a technique you have!

[vendedordeflores]

Hello my dear friend...

Beautiful music...

Thank you...

Hugs

The flower vendor

[gerardbedecarter]

I don't think is the whole truth to say that the melody is only in the bass. As with so many of Chopin's pieces there is a complex interactive polyphony with one melody emerging and subsiding as the other does vice versa (if that makes sense?).

[douglassmcann]

i just wonder if chopin composed the left hand all by itself, and just as an afterthought wrote the fast right hand?, as the melody is in the bass...

or do the masters, conceptualize in more than 3 dimensions as a sculpter might....

douglas

[gerardbedecarter]

Maybe a bit of both. Cesar Franck used to sketch out the harmonic structure of a bar before adding in the counterpoint. I think that in the case of this etude Chopin may have sketched the harmonic structure first. But I don't know - nor does anyone else.

[danielastar10]

bravissimo ciaooo

[Lot2learn]

Wow, phenomenal playing! There are few people who can play such technically demanding pieces in a relaxed and controlled manner as you do and yet still convey feeling through the music with as much expressiveness as you do.

[PSearPianist]

A really musical performance, which will probably be matched by few of the celebrity pianists jumping on the Chopin bandwagon in 2010. Bravo!

[douglassmcann]

the connotation of 'bandwagon' in the states suggests people are only interested when things are well...

chopin's work is timeless, his birthday almost incidental, yet i can only imagine how PSEAR marvels at Paul's effort here, and vice a versa from paul to PSEAR,...both of you have contributed so much to the discourse

bravo

douglas

[ANTONIVSLVCIVS]

Paul ********

Your performance is wonderful ! Excellent, my dear friend.

Antonio

[cogermax91]

bravooooooooooo !

[gerardbedecarter]

Beautifully played, Paul. This incredibly difficult piece is also one of Chopin's best.

btw 0:38 I like more pathos here.

[douglassmcann]

simply a tour de force...

i wonder if the pianist, in the same way the doors composer, can turn his mind off to the left hand as the right races along..

or is there a thought generated for every moment

douglas

[PaulBartonPiano]

Even though tempo is fairly consistent in this piece, R.H. fingers do different tasks which give your hand the sensation some parts are quicker than others, when they aren't. For instance, the double third trill 0:7 to 0:11 feels a relaxed task, but in 0:11 to 0:13 the fingers go over each other which feels a very quick movement. I think to override that speed sensation in my fingers and tell them to relax for chromatic run 0:13 to 0:16 otherwise they speed up leaving the tempo behind.

[PaulBartonPiano]

Also: As the left hand has a precise rhythm the right hand really needs to fit on to it so a lot of thought to the rhythm in the R.H. is given to that task. I also tell myself to actually breath in certain places, sometimes even mark it on the score, we can hold our breath when things are tricky which can be counterproductive to accuracy.

[abhikmazumder]

You bring out all the notes so clearly in this performance especially the left hand. Amazing!

[kankudai1956]

simply amazing. It makes me tired just watching.

[destinybone]

This is awesome!

[pligana]

Paul this is pure magic! your performance is wonderful...it takes my breath away!

hugs

marzia

[judyesther]

Excellent performance Paul.

Have a nice day.

Judyesther

[musicamusement]

Exquisitely played! What an amazing performance, Paul! Bravo! 5*

Lorna

[thomandy]

One of Chopins best Etudes :)