16:55 That's one of the most important reasons I love Chopin! No matter you playing his music with both hands, right hand or left hand, it still would be a beautiful and fascinating piece! Thank you for sharing your excellent analysis of Barcarolle, one of my favourite Chopin treasure, very impressive!
I can easily feel the interpretation of the parts of the piece as different scenes of a boat on water like you do, very understandable and convincing. Has helped to even more understand and like the Barcarolle, which I already liked very much. Thank you! And appropriately played, also clarifying the interpretation.
Brilliant explanation and cute animations! I'm just here to say I was here when you were small, because I know you'll definitely get a lot more subscribers with this kind of quality! Good luck!
I do wonder if it's possible for you to add a voiceover though instead of cutting in-between the piece, as in, the music can be softened a little whilst you explain specific parts of the piece. Then of course a grand finale repeat at the end.
Thanks for the vote of confidence! :) I'm not sure what you mean, do you find the commenting interrupting the music too much? After more than a year I still think it's a hard to find the balance, because in a way it's a very unnatural thing to do...!
@@SonataSecrets Yep! That's exactly what I mean, I've watched your newer videos and I rather liked the presentation in Fröso Flowers. Best of luck, thanks for responding!
Hehe, you're one of the few then ;) I will probably continue to experiment some more. I think the Pathetique videos is more in your way of longer music chunks, if you haven't seen those.
I hear graceful melodicism in 2 of my favorite composers, Mozart and Chopin. Oh how their melodies are so similar but so different. This is how I would describe Chopin's melodies: Virtuosic, but with the delicacy of the human voice. Sounds way easier than it actually is. Harmonically deceiving us. Primary source of complexity. And this is how I would describe Mozart's melodies: Each individual melody is easy to play, but combine them all and you get a very complex but harmonious piece. So graceful that it sounds like the instruments are singing. Not too much chromaticism, definitely less than in Chopin or even early Beethoven, but also not completely diatonic. Cantabile instrumental writing, even in the most energetic and dramatic of his pieces. Both have a grace to their melodies and for both composers, the complexity comes from their melodies. But for Chopin, this complexity is obvious. It is on the outside. The main melody itself is complex. For Mozart, this complexity is not so obvious. Instead of having individual melodies be complex, he is a lot like Bach in that the complexity comes from melodic interactions. It is what is on the inside that gives a Mozart piece its complexity.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I absolutely agree that Mozart and Chopin share that "graceful melodicism" as you put it. For the complexity issue, I find that in these late Chopin works he relates back to Bach as well in some sections that are denser with counterpoint, and melodic interactions.
@@SonataSecrets Chopin's favorite composers were Mozart & Bach. Chopin also loved opera & the female voice. I'm guessing Mozart's music provided the elegance & Bach added to Chopin's development in counterpoint. Both Mozart & Bach wrote a great deal of music for multiple voices & this was a strong influence for Chopin.
The 13:14 thing honestly made me crack up, anyways this is a great video analysing one of chopins loveliest and most difficult pieces.. I wish Ill get to perform it one day but thats just a dream haha
Thanks! I haven't played the Polonaise-Fantasie, I can't decide if I think it's going too far in trying and ending up being weird, or if it's just genius... In any case it's a unique and impressive piece!
@@Tolstoy111 One needs to be suspicious of the concept of "standard tempi" because they are often used by players who are not informed or misinformed on historical performance practice. A Barcarolle must have no feeling of haste.
Thanks so much Henrik for your beautiful analysis and performance of one of my all-time favorite pieces of Chopin
16:55 That's one of the most important reasons I love Chopin! No matter you playing his music with both hands, right hand or left hand, it still would be a beautiful and fascinating piece! Thank you for sharing your excellent analysis of Barcarolle, one of my favourite Chopin treasure, very impressive!
Chopin の才能がはっきり表れてる最高の曲の一つ！弾き方の説明を教えてくださって本当に嬉しい！！
Wow, thank you so much for the very generous donation! ❤️🙏
I can easily feel the interpretation of the parts of the piece as different scenes of a boat on water like you do, very understandable and convincing. Has helped to even more understand and like the Barcarolle, which I already liked very much. Thank you! And appropriately played, also clarifying the interpretation.
I love Chopin, but this Barcarole…. It’s a dream, and you play and explain so nicelly, Thanks👏👏👏
Just discovered this amazing channel. Thank you so much for sharing your musical insight, love it!
Thank you!! :)
wow, a pro who can talk and show a piece that's impossible for most of us--thank you, maestro
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Your piano skills are amazing
Thank you!
Such a gentle and comprehencive guide through the barcarolle, cool!
Brilliant explanation and cute animations! I'm just here to say I was here when you were small, because I know you'll definitely get a lot more subscribers with this kind of quality! Good luck!
I do wonder if it's possible for you to add a voiceover though instead of cutting in-between the piece, as in, the music can be softened a little whilst you explain specific parts of the piece. Then of course a grand finale repeat at the end.
Thanks for the vote of confidence! :)
I'm not sure what you mean, do you find the commenting interrupting the music too much? After more than a year I still think it's a hard to find the balance, because in a way it's a very unnatural thing to do...!
@@SonataSecrets Yep! That's exactly what I mean, I've watched your newer videos and I rather liked the presentation in Fröso Flowers.
Best of luck, thanks for responding!
Hehe, you're one of the few then ;)
I will probably continue to experiment some more. I think the Pathetique videos is more in your way of longer music chunks, if you haven't seen those.
@River Gus Definitely, I've been using InstaFlixxer for months myself :)
My favourite chopin piece, thanks for your beautiful insights !
I hear graceful melodicism in 2 of my favorite composers, Mozart and Chopin. Oh how their melodies are so similar but so different.
This is how I would describe Chopin's melodies:
Virtuosic, but with the delicacy of the human voice. Sounds way easier than it actually is. Harmonically deceiving us. Primary source of complexity.
And this is how I would describe Mozart's melodies:
Each individual melody is easy to play, but combine them all and you get a very complex but harmonious piece. So graceful that it sounds like the instruments are singing. Not too much chromaticism, definitely less than in Chopin or even early Beethoven, but also not completely diatonic. Cantabile instrumental writing, even in the most energetic and dramatic of his pieces.
Both have a grace to their melodies and for both composers, the complexity comes from their melodies. But for Chopin, this complexity is obvious. It is on the outside. The main melody itself is complex. For Mozart, this complexity is not so obvious. Instead of having individual melodies be complex, he is a lot like Bach in that the complexity comes from melodic interactions. It is what is on the inside that gives a Mozart piece its complexity.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I absolutely agree that Mozart and Chopin share that "graceful melodicism" as you put it. For the complexity issue, I find that in these late Chopin works he relates back to Bach as well in some sections that are denser with counterpoint, and melodic interactions.
@@SonataSecrets Chopin's favorite composers were Mozart & Bach. Chopin also loved opera & the female voice. I'm guessing Mozart's music provided the elegance & Bach added to Chopin's development in counterpoint. Both Mozart & Bach wrote a great deal of music for multiple voices & this was a strong influence for Chopin.
Amazing explanation about the coda and fast chords
This is amazing, thank you for sharing.
The 13:14 thing honestly made me crack up, anyways this is a great video analysing one of chopins loveliest and most difficult pieces.. I wish Ill get to perform it one day but thats just a dream haha
i don't understand, was the implication that he nutted - ie emptying???
Thank you!
I think this is probably 1 of my top 5 pieces.
I am unfortunate that I don't have the memory to learn this one though.
my favorite everrr
Hi! Cool video! Will you do his Polonaise-Fantaisie one day? I'd be very interested!
Thanks! I haven't played the Polonaise-Fantasie, I can't decide if I think it's going too far in trying and ending up being weird, or if it's just genius... In any case it's a unique and impressive piece!
@@SonataSecrets yes! Thanks for answering! I hope you'll do it! I'd really like to know more about this one. Have a nice day!
Thank you :D
13:26 really coming that close
you cheeky
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you should do Chopin’s Mazurka Op 17 No 4
If I ever do a Chopin mazurka it's that one!
a few years later... ua-cam.com/video/znXaTwHMvj4/v-deo.html
Could I ask you to analyze momento musical no.4 from rakhmaninov ?
Nice on an upright..just the C# octaves is the bass not quite musical..
Which piano is this ?
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13:20 did you just tell me there is a fornication section in the Barcarolle?
It seems rather fast for a barcarolle.
This is the standard tempo. It has to move.
@@Tolstoy111 One needs to be suspicious of the concept of "standard tempi" because they are often used by players who are not informed or misinformed on historical performance practice. A Barcarolle must have no feeling of haste.
@@petertyrrell3391 And this performance doesn't.
@@Tolstoy111 I don't agree - that's why I wrote my first comment.
@ Which performer did it the right way then? It's marked Allegretto - moderately fast
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