Chopin Prelude Op.28 No.4

[HensCambier]

Actually, I think the intepretation is bad, because you play it not how it is written, but in a way it's actually very romantic played (the chords in the lef hand are played with so much feeling (I'm really amazed on that). There's a lot of depth in it, more even than I can find in some of great pianists who play it. I u should play it how it is written and then give your own interpretation to it, but stick more with the score it would a sublime performance.

[crayyawn]

what the fuck is with all you people wanting note-perfect crap exactly how it is written. these composers all you guys love so much would not have been cared about being note perrfect or playing exactly what the music said. they were great because of their passion and love., and thats what art and music is about so fuck playing it the exact way it was written, it wasnt meant to be that way at all, it was meant to be interpreted by musicians. i thought it was beautiful

[frankapotamus]

well i liked it

[eleqtrokolgoti]

I like your right hand melody, sounds great, but left hand is a little bit weird... I think you've made too much "your" interpretation...

[Carrolina789]

have a dog in the back sound!!! hahaha....

[MockingMonkey]

FREAKING DOG RUINED THE PIECE WTF

[scaveman]

Great interpretation, but as someone said above "interpretation is very important but so is following what is written" remember the lethargy that chopin tried to put into this piece... some kind of march... of people walking in a queue like animals to the slaughterhouse... something like being in love :)

[losinggrip1993]

Your Rubato sounds really forced. Rubato is supposed to be more subtle, whereas you put accent on the chord which you accellerate or slow down on. The use of Rubato in CHopin's pieces is a matter of debate - this piece isn't marked Rubato (It's marked Largo if I'm correct) so techinically it doesn't need it to sound good. Just be more consistent with your tempo. Other than that, keep it up! Well done on the turn - tricky section that is!

[ConnorShawMusic]

love it!

[QuakerILYA]

it was played well. just remember your tempo.

this is more of a march tempo

largo - slow

interpretation is very important but so is following what is written

[TheVampireAuthor]

um wow theres dogs barking then u start banging on the keys, it was good before that

[libertyandlife]

You obviously have the skill needed to play this piece, so I would suggest that you try to reconcile your musical ideas with the wishes of the composer. Individual interpretation by musicians keeps music alive and audiences captivated, but we should be careful that we always remember our obligations to the composer, his composition, and his intentions as well. :)

[rysw19]

agreed. it's hard to truly improve a piece like this by playing it outside of what was intended. sure everyone has their own style, but this is pretty radical. he is a skilled player, though.

[ingzingaingi]

first heard it in the notebook, instantly fell in love and desire to learn it...

[zoroisdead]

who is playing this? it's great but is that a dog barking in the background?

[Nutellan]

Eternal Sonata!

[bubbaXzone]

@Nutellan um this prelude I dont think was in eternal sonata.

[maciexx1]

this is the funniest thing ive ever heard well done haha

[romancandlefight]

i think the dog was playing it

[imsawfee]

i think it misses interpretation

[Iliketorave1]

I've been playing piano for 5 months and i play this better, you have tried way to hard to make it your own, and lost sight of the beautiful music Chopin has created.

[advisorC101]

This is distorted beyond recognition, this whole thing is totally deconstrutive especially to first time listeners.

I'm not surprised that you've had so many "idiots" sharing their views about this.

Only a true coward applies censorship to honest opinion. In most cases all the "negative" are true in every respect.

[tjugofyra]

This is such a strange interpretion. Sounds not like Chopin...

WHat's that bloody sounds in the background?

[swedentracknfield]

I think that sound in the background is a barking dog...

[rafaelvicentecarlos]

@swedentracknfield

For sure it is Geoge Sands' dog.

[coscientology]

pretty sure its chopins dog

[Ur7urn]

we hear that it's not "really simple" 2 play.

...and wtf is it in the end ?..xD

[Rediamondrum]

This is a terribly mangled playing of this piece.

[Autosmein]

i meant im not so much into this classic stuff.More RnB Hip Hop :)

[Autosmein]

sorry guys im so much in this classic area.I heard alot people saying hes the bestdoes this mean Better than Beethoven and Mozart,Bach and tschaikovsky.

[DeepPhilosopher5]

It's not bad, but try to remain consistent in tempo. Kinda gives an unnecessary up and down tone that counters your crescendo/decrescendo and could cause confusion. Otherwise, good job, and keep it up! :)

I also play the piano, and I know how tempting it is to create your own mix and interpretation to the piece.

[splattergrind11]

my favorite classic komponist!

[tomgt4]

You're either a very early pianist or an advanced student w/ their own interpretation. You make this piece sound Rachmaninoff-esque. I kinda like it. It sounds like his Etude-Tableaux Op.39 no.5

[beith123]

well i have been playing on/off for abt 15yrs n took lessons for abt 5 so im definitely not an advanced student... but rach is my favourite composer... so haha i didnt intend it to really sound like rach but it may have been a subconscious thing.

And just to clear things up, i don't play this the same way anymore... actually i dun really play chopin at all anymore. I'm more into rach, bach, handel, mcihael hadyn mostly

[cheezitfhishy]

@beith123 who the hell is rach?

[beith123]

oh yeh and if u listen to some of the improvs i did, u'll hear lots of late-romantic rach-ish influences to them. Just gotta love those fat juicy chords.

[hiptopmotoplack]

Im 12 yrs old and I can play it better than you!! This is hell crap! You just totally dissed the composer by playing it that crap. And whats up with the dog barking in the background. That video sucked!

[shooterman80]

Then get off youtube little boy! Your only 12 ! Go watch spongebob

[beith123]

haha lols... your right. I dun think Chopin would've liked this very much...

[Strakos0]

no, this is not as original, this bad interpretation .. i go on piano lessons for three years and i play this better

-sorry for my bad english :)

[TheAnnaAndHayleyShow]

Hey I think you're right....lol but she still did a better job then i could've done!

[Tomarathon]

Ignore haters. I don't agree, I really like the music. Read the discription for further reference.

[nauort23]

@hiptopmotoplack You have abhorrent manners. Perhaps your parents could invest in some charm school courses next semester and skip the music lessons--especially as you're already so accomplished.

[SmileyFerretFace]

@hiptopmotoplack Bit of a brutal comment, don't you think?

[DropDeadBekah]

@hiptopmotoplack Atleast he/she tried. You can stop being a little prick. Grow up

[speedfox51]

needs to play from the sheet music not from memory or by ear

[kozaPilka]

.. the dog doesn´t like it :-D

[Gman8610]

wooof wooof!! hahaha

[avipr1]

i am living on chopin street

[linderbrock]

this sound for me like a musical sarcasm, its like a musical deformation very well played that make me laugh and the dog effects make it very funny too

[beith123]

hahah glad u like it:)

[linderbrock]

yes its really nice

[DeformerNF]

why do the new world have a genius like him or mozart or bach or bethoevn or rivaldi

[goback3spaces]

I'd interpret the dog's barking as "Hey, buddy, quit playing a minute and give me a chewy stick."

[soromoc]

what the fuck?a dog?are you insane?do you have any respect for his music?

[oaf2020]

If you wanna play with the tempo you can do it, but you have to be subtle. When you completely change the note values, it just sounds like you have no clue of what you're doing. If you were playing jazz it'd be fine, but this is classical music. I honestly think you could make a great version of this piece, but I also think you need to understand that you don't need to change the whole piece in order to express yourself.

[TimJMorrison]

..... Chopin isn't classical.

XD

[oaf2020]

What is is, then? Jazz? Pop? I'm obviously talking about the genre, not the period (which, of course, would be Romantic).

[TimJMorrison]

If it isn't from the classical period it isn't classical.

Classical as a genre is sort of colloquial and for most people it even encompasses baroque >.>

[oaf2020]

Look, I could write a long paper explaining to you why "Classical Music" is the proper term to refer to formal (as opposed to popular) western music from even before the middle ages, to the present day, but I'm just not going to argue, however, I sugest you do some research on the topic, since I get the impression that you probably heard from your Music History professor say that it was improper to use the term "Classical Music" to refer to anything other than the the music from such period.

[oaf2020]

The ones trying to change the terminilogy are the musicologists, but that's what musicologists do: instead of making music themselves, they invest their time trying to tell musicians how music should be and arguing about pointless stuff (such as this topic). So, if you want, go ahead and call it "Formal Music," or however you want, and I'll just keep using the term that everybody else uses (and which is still accepted worldwide), asured that everybody else will know what I am talking about.

[jaboncitolux]

despite the fact that in this piece you can mess up a little bit with the tempo... you messed it up a LOT and it doesn't fit the piece... it takes away the melancholy feeling and makes it confusing and weird.

[sofulii]

very very emotional piece

[emanonami]

"That question is rhetorical" haha Love it!

[StolenLettersBand]

AHHH! THERES A FUCKING DOG!

[oaf2020]

Not only there's a dog, but the dog makes the finel statement with his last bark!

[thecosgrove]

poetry through simplicity? imho you ruin the poetry with your complex execution of the tempo of the eight notes in the left hand. overall this performance is self indulgent in the extreme.

[gagu86]

okropnie!!!

[justforfun2503]

its pretty but the dog is the funny one :)

[dragonyoshi94]

lol the dog

[mkleanth]

LOL!

The dog is the star of the clip!

[kettlebellconvert]

Too fast for my taste, not enough feeling

[jNS278]

watch my version ... maybe you like it .. there are a lot of feelings ...

[raquelnog06]

hahahahahahhahahaha...there´s a dog....this just can be a joke

[2473922]

More difficult to play than most people think, I dont'know what to make of this version! have a listen to my interpreptiation.2473922.

[n1bigdaddy]

hey i love to play around with pieces too

change the tempo a bit shit like that

but dude

this is crap

the left hand is just fucking awkward

[minijobber]

BAD?????

very bad

[Polydactyl13]

This is BAD...

[nkjpo09]

That's Beethoven on the picture and STFU this damn dancing cat.

[JohnEBProductions]

No, it's Frederic Francois Chopin.

Go away, you don't know anything about this.

[bigcalamaro]

the pianist is really a dog!!

[beith123]

Yes! finally someone is starting to catch on.

[MuseroChile]

JAJAJJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJ

[musiclassic1]

hmm yeah.

[MuseroChile]

hahahaha please... listen to the dog, CONCENTRATE on the dog (specially at the very end of the video), and you'll laugh as much as i did.

It is brilliant.

[bigcalamaro]

But the dog is a part of the play?? :-)

[ZenZoroaster]

"Arf!" she said.

[beith123]

of course!

[mononokaloka]

el tiempo no esta bienn

[ZenZoroaster]

The dog really knows something is quite wrong here.

[thismanonfire]

i think he does a marvelous job.

[celestialdarkness012]

jaja ta bnito el cover la cagada es ese perro del fondo xD -0 esubo bien

[RomanticNotes]

Sound Like Prelude E Minor Jazz Version.

[mltube]

Some audience noises, but not bad overall :-)

[mdrmml]

its a good try.. but i think you really should stick to the original version instead of improvising. the tempo is very unstable, the left hand is just....awkward.. this piece just wasn't meant to be played like this. i do not doubt your ability. most people cant even play like you do, but you should try playing as it was meant to be.

[beethovenbuddy]

spike2133876 should really learn how to spell and construct a sentence before insulting someone who's trying their best. Who the hell are you to tell a person not to play anymore, 'bloodies fool' makes no sense and you have spelt been as 'bean' thats the kind you eat, idiot. If you complain about this video so much, then upload a video of YOU playing it better. Whos the 'bloodies fool' now eh ?

[spike2133876]

why if you want me to upload one then i bloddy will

[kingappleblossom]

the dog noises are very convincing! More, Please!!!!!

[spike2133876]

you have tottaly ruined this piece. PLease do not play any more i mean no offense but you are not ready for this and your interpitation is horrible. Thie tempo sais largo but you can play a little faster than that but YOU ARE PLAYING ALLEGRETO. left hand is so uneven. this was not intended and never will be intdended you are the most bloodies fool there has ever bean, take this off for it is a disgrace to chopin. God i dont mean to be rude but atleast change tthe title to IMPROVISATION

[Machakboy]

fuck all the music enclosers, tempo isnt right my ass, i really like this piece as an interpretation of chopin, and it was beautiful, metrics are scales for those who lack of creativity, anyway if you feel like you could do it better i dare you, to get close to an interpretation as beautiful as this, and i dare you to feel music like music should be felt without caring if it is an allegreto a Largo o a pianissimo or a fortissimo

[mitselly2011]

i find this piece perfectly fine the way you are playing it.. music is all up to interpretation... i like it slower like mots commenters have said but this way sounds great too

[Anonymous340]

Is the weird left hand part of the interpretation or did you just mess up?

By the way, you might want to listen more closely to what is said about rubato.

[Vitamin673]

wow. some of you are really mean. its different, but that doesn't mean its horrible. at least there is music flow. someone who plays the rhythm can produce no music because they don't feel the music and that's what makes a musical piece horrible. when u cant feel the music and playing just what's written.

[CherryBlossoms131]

left hand was too uneven and pratically all the notes weren't played synchronizes when they were supposed to be. Im sorry but this is pretty bad. And its too loud. It sounded like you were crushing the notes in bars 16 and 17. It was really horrible. Im sorry.

[ducky2167]

whoa ur interpretation is interesting ..wats up w/ the left hand?

[chiefnavajo2010]

really played to fast, sounds really bad

[Jhurrr]

Have u got a dog? lol

[SaraBellz]

Wtf was up with the left hand ? Go learn some proper rubato. /:

[SweetxJenny56]

how come the left hand is so uneven?

[crazypolak1432]

wow... oh my lord, what did you do with your left hand? wow.. omg i can't believe how uneven it is... oh my lord you butchered this piece. Utterly horrible. It's horid. I can't even listen to this. Wow, this is just simply, plainly, crap. And the ending? why so god damn loud? oh lord just i can't get over how horrible that was. I'm sorry

[puchalaka]

plenty of mistakes...

one of his easyest but yet deepest works.

[markitymark90]

It just doesn't feel right i.m.o. people are giving you credit you don't deserve.

[markitymark90]

sorry if i sounded like a douche there, b.t.w.

[blunoshi]

it was so melodramatic until I heard the dog barking than I couldn't stop laughing.

[cheerygirl101]

This piece is so melancholy and beautiful!!

[daibero]

i think i have to agree...with the dog

(jk kidding the only problem i see is the metric)

[chunkybutt420]

forget what these others say.. i really liked it :)

[Kaian77]

Why the hell is there a dog barking in the background

[smeagler]

YOU ARE THE BEST, MAGIC! BRAVO!

[JohnsFelix]

Wow! Wau.. xD

[djg7786]

Who's singing in the background, he or she sounds like a dog barking . .

[lordszaman]

Very nice, barking of the dog is quite interesting ^^

[drakebloedje]

This isn't a simple song.

I don't hear rubato here, I hear someone playing without knowing how to play this song. I know it's an interpretation, and some parts aren't bad, but you are not understanding what this piece is meant to be doing.

It should move the listener, and for me this doesn't do the trick.

[OrionDark321]

completely agree w/ drake". watch maestro paik kun woo play it; you can feel the difference

[beith123]

Of course, he's a pro. Watch Sergio Tiempo. I think he does an even better job, although some will argue that he's "personalising" too much.

Anyways, as I said before this was posted over a year ago, my interpretation is completely different now. Having said that, I won't post anymore Chopin pieces either. Beith123 has moved onto other "lesser" known composers.

[mvs1312]

really? Which composers?

[beith123]

Well i guess they aren't really "lesser known", but a mere shadow of the great Chopin, of course.

Anyway, we're currently moving through the eras. We are (re-)discovering rachmaninov, saint saens, grieg, mozart, beethoven, handel, bach and some russian military music (think red army choir.. yes, we're a funny bunch).

Hopefully we'll be posting some new Rach nad maybe Beethoven vids soon... we've been getting lazy as of late, i guess our holidays at uni never really ended...

[mvs1312]

I see, there's a composer by name of Charles Valentin Alkan, which I find his songs to be great musical value, the thing is though, he is one of the "lesser known" composers, but he was Chopin's neighbour and sometimes they played duets!

Check him out!

[beith123]

Yeah we've heard of him, we've checked out some of his work but not in detail. Yes, Chopin loved his work and apparently Liszt was jealous of his technical skill or soemthing along those lines...

[m134e5]

A little too fast, but nice interpretation. It may be good to slow down a bit and be a bit more metrical to make sure you keep a steadier tempo, but not too much. I like it....even if your dog doesn't.

[TorSkywalker]

I agree with 4ubi

[4ubi]

hm interesting interpretation , but too unrhytmic

[bendstraw7]

really nice. Not just taking it from the page. oh and i love the dog barking. lol

[beerdeddi]

its too fast and in the wrong way played.

[TONICOSWORTH]

Une caricature, une provocation, une plaisanterie de potache. Vous avez dû bien vous amuser, et c'est l'essentiel.

[beith321]

Je pense que mon interprétation est étrange. Trop petit chien. Mais, honnêtement, il est techniquement suffisant, mais peut-être unmusically. Désolé, mon français est mauvais. Étudié à l'école secondaire. Je vous remercie pour le commentaire.

[TONICOSWORTH]

Non, il est excellent (contrairement aux français illettrés à 89 %)

La technique n'est absolument pas en cause; et puis ce n'est pas unmusically mais outmusically: c'était le but de cette interprétation; en tout cas c'est ainsi que je l'ai comprise: attention: mon commentaire était amusé et non critique !

Et je vous remercie pour votre réponse...

[danny3833333]

This is heavenly. So simple and sensuous - and so dramatic. I have looked at some of the comments in here, and I disagree that this is too personal and individualized. Music is organic by nature, open to interpretation and to new taches of emphasis here and there for the emotional expression of the performer. I love that bit at about 1:08. Not sure if that is how Chopin played it, but it gives the song a crescendo just a bit after the halfway mark of the song, becoming more gentle afterwards.

[ranieristudentvids]

The dog sounds good.

[Apolloswan]

The dog completely turned the atmosphere from serene to comical.

[beith123]

Thats pretty funny actually. Too bad my dog passed away... so this song is kinda in memory of him.

[danny3833333]

I was going to recommend the Jimmy Page version of this, but I see you already have it, lol. His 'faults' are just gorgeous and make his style so unique and instantly recognizable. He really knows how to phrase and use inflection - something most rock guitarists are not very good at. He doesn't just hit notes, but speaks through them. It must have something to do with his diverse taste in music. I am really getting into Chopin now.

[pandananas]

Jimmy Page version??

He plays Chopin?

I don't get...

[percphs]

WHO is the performer?

[F4sT]

i think u r personalizeing too much.. specialy the left hand.. it's too much different from how it's writen.. if Chopin wanted us to play it at your style i'm sure he'd write the duration of the left hand differently..

i like ur dinamics at 01:08 soo involving..

tnx for shearing

[elevenwhy]

If he wanted to play it how Chopin wanted him to play it then he would have played it how Chopin wanted him to play it.

Sorry, but seriously, I agree, I think you are overpersonalizing the piece.

[beith123]

Hi, thanks for commenting. I can see where you are coming from. However I do believe every piece should be subject to individual interpretation, and like it or not - this is the way I interpret the piece (even if it meant slight variations to what was written).

Im not saying this is perfect either, im aware of the errors and technical faults in my playing. The audio was also recorded quite a while ago, so I may post a better "video" later. Oh yea and Ill be posting some rach soon too..

[danny3833333]

I love 'faults' in music. Makes it so much more human.

[pentium1000]

I suppose the most important thing for you to do now is to work on chordal balance. The left hand needs to evenly press each note in the chord or at least consistently.

[sexydragonfly]

u ruined the song

[andbustos]

I'm agree with sexydragonfly. You really ruined the song. Keep on practice. You can do it better.

[zniesmaczony]

no he didn't. It was just his interpretation of the piece. I think Chopin wouldn't mind ;)

[FredeGF]

oh mann you need to work on that. it way too fast, and you're playing wrong notes now and then.

[mrtoboi]

I now understand why Chopin is was called the Poet of the piano. I loved your rendition and yes I loved your variation at the end. Woof?

[NOCTURNEINCSHARP]

the song needs to go a lot slower,

on the top of the sheet music it says "LARGO"

[QwertyJones88]

I think this is really good. IMHO MHO is very important. is there a dog listening? is this in sydney? I can tell from the tone, the humidity effects it quite remarkably. i say somewhere inner-west.

[princesajapo]

se escucha un perro?

[beith123]

Jaja. Si, me perro tengo mucho gusto de musica clasica. Pero, tengo gusto de musica Anime mas. Perro Estupido! Lo scientos, me espanol... muy malo.

[zombierobopirate]

woof woof?

[weestro7]

Beautiful tone, especially during the more motive parts. Interesting variation on the written music, and that's just great playing.