Cary Chow, solo pianist, professor and chamber musician performs Chopin Ballade #2 Op. 38 in a benefit recital for Holy Resurrection Sobor's piano fund. More music can be found at myspace.com/carychow.
Ooplex, have you even attempted to play this? It is not as easy as it sounds; the quality is not only based on playing the correct notes, but interpretation as well.
I agree that this is not "the most difficult piece to play of all time", but I do not feel it is plausible to compare these composers to each other. Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Beethoven, and Liszt are all different composers and present different styles of music.
"That has to be the most difficult piece to play of all time."
-chevychase
LOL! Are you serious? This doesn't even touch a Beethoven Sonata, I'm more than positive that you have never heard of a man named Liszt, and you would die from a heart attack if you glanced at a single sheet of anything by Rachmaninoff.
Anyway, this is an interesting interpretation. It's nice to hear something new.
interesting interpretation. The first part is slower than i have heard it. It is an extremely difficult piece though. Because of the slow part...not the fast. :)
Ooplex, have you even attempted to play this? It is not as easy as it sounds; the quality is not only based on playing the correct notes, but interpretation as well.
I agree that this is not "the most difficult piece to play of all time", but I do not feel it is plausible to compare these composers to each other. Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Beethoven, and Liszt are all different composers and present different styles of music.
iiiew 2 years ago
i more prefer Nikolai Demidenko's version.But your version is very good too!!
regard!!
flute1982 2 years ago
Amen to that.
supermanifold 3 years ago
There is a huge difference between "the most difficult piece to play of all time" and "the best to me." It doesn't take a pianist to know that.
What Rachmaninoff and Liszt have you played? (Just wondering.)
ooplex 3 years ago
Yes, I've played Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninoff and I love all of them, but Chopin remains the best to me.
chevychase 3 years ago
"That has to be the most difficult piece to play of all time."
-chevychase
LOL! Are you serious? This doesn't even touch a Beethoven Sonata, I'm more than positive that you have never heard of a man named Liszt, and you would die from a heart attack if you glanced at a single sheet of anything by Rachmaninoff.
Anyway, this is an interesting interpretation. It's nice to hear something new.
ooplex 3 years ago
interesting interpretation. The first part is slower than i have heard it. It is an extremely difficult piece though. Because of the slow part...not the fast. :)
meeksjesse 3 years ago
The coda makes this piece and that is one of the best interpretations of it I've heard on Youtube, and we're talking Cortot, Perlemuter, Zimmerman...
schubert06 3 years ago
Sublime. That has to be the most difficult piece to play of all time. Such anger and extraordinary passion! C'est magnifique.
chevychase 3 years ago
What a unique interpretation, i never heard someone play ballade no.2 like that :)
YWC731 3 years ago