Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1 / Debussy Arabesque 1 - Calvin Lee, MD

great contrast

a professional violinist & pianist ? OMG ... genius

Bravo~

you played better than ashkenazy......i know he's a maestro but his music is devoid of emotion.......why can't people quit bitching about authenticity you have never heard chopin play the piano....

yuwong1000,

Better than Ashkenazy?Devoid of emotion? Please get your ears cleaned, you must be joking! risingpianofire can certainly play well but I'm not feeling the intense dynamics or emotion that this Chopin etudes requires. Though I wish I could play at least as good as risingpianofire does. It's a very difficult piece to play well! Peace.

i don't have to get my ears cleaned....that's exactly why so few people take classical music seriously

yuwong1000, If you are so serious classical music let's watch a video of you playing this etude. I like Calvin's playing but he is not even close to Maestro Ashkenazy. I take classical music VERY seriously as you will see if you watch my playing. Peace.

i listen to music only because it sounds good....i really don't care about which genre of music should sound in a certain way....and what's with this exact reading of the score anyway

I agree totally with your comment, LVB1770.
What we hear/see here is pretty good and admirable, but Ashkenazy's rendition of this piece is beyond comparison and In my opinion, V.A.'s interpretation is the best I've ever heard for this etude.

You have extraordinary pianistic facility, doctor. Opus 10, #1, is a formidable challenge for many established concert pianists. I doubt if great players of Beethoven such as Myra Hess, Wilhelm Kempff, Claude Frank would ever have been able to perform it as ably as you do -- if at all. Horowitz and Rubinstein never programmed it to my knowledge.

Your Debussy on the other hand sounds a trifle heavy -- almost labored -- and it's a MUCH easier piece.

"Wonders will never cease."