Emil von Sauer (1862-1942): Chopin - Etude in E op.10 no.3

[LongDriveChamp03]

Lang Lang can suck it! haha

[lovesGenet]

Vlado Perle muter - never a favorite of mine plays this in the most moving way. what a contrast the b section is with Sauer . Happy,fleet .Completely different charachter. I don't know if he was someone who played differently every time or if he planned every detail but the return of the subject here is unforgettable.

[lovesGenet]

i think Sauer is just trying to make a contrast between the lryical a section and the middle section.I hope he has letters which willsurvive .He does not seem to consider himself more a Rubinstein student.One letter he talks about how the floor disappeared (the universe) when He came to Liszt talking about Anton's Moonlight son.

[devitry67]

I really enjoyed it. Although the central section might sound too mechanical, in fact, it achieves to presenting the piece as sectional and contrasting. The returning first theme, after the B section, has a more expressive quality. A great version, very far from the nowadays taste!

[utubuser10]

i don't know about you guys, but i was bobbing my head and laughing out loud in the middle section! how true to the intent of chopin that was, who the hell knows?!

[sorciere777]

not my type... but how unique!

[armusik]

I Like this version better than Pachmann's. But in my opinion, Paderewski is the best performer of this etude

[alexongcs]

I love it so much! So different. I think von Sauer is not concerned with technical aspects at all. He is truly making a statement that he is 'sick' of hearing all the badly exaggerated ways of doing music, that's why he plays it in a so-called "mechanical" way which is done exceedingly well!, surprises and lures us.

[flugelmaniac]

I find this very stiff and mechanical.

[pianopera]

Yes, the B-section starting at 1:18 really sounds like a Czerny-etude, very strange for this truly great and poetic virtuoso!

[paulostroff99]

Stunning! Bravo! TY.

[bernardocarmopiano]

I can´t stand the situatios when person makes an inutil discussion talking about Liszt and Chopin like two enemies or two ¨schools¨ absolument diferents; the important is the resultat: this is a beautiful, very powerful example: SAUER, the Great, plays Chopin better than Cortot, so What??I reeat, the Universe of Music is not only the famous thechnic, but the result andthe poetry. Bauer was a genius and plays Chopin as Chopin´s pupils plays Liszt too.

[kwastormayt]

So, then I think he didnt hear his other compositions performed :)

[ffurgy]

When he heard his Etude performed, Chopin was

reported to have said, "my God, what have I

written"...he was so taken by the beauty of

this study...Performing this one makes me

as nervous as the Moonlight by Beethoven...any

little error sticks out like a beacon..

[Talokaaa]

very amazing about Liszt Student

He played very musically