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 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!

@SonataSecrets

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! :)

wow, a pro who can talk and show a piece that's impossible for most of us--thank you, maestro

Such a gentle and comprehencive guide through the barcarolle, cool!

Your piano skills are amazing

@SonataSecrets

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My favourite chopin piece, thanks for your beautiful insights !

This is amazing, thank you for sharing.

Amazing explanation about the coda and fast chords

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!

@madcube1581

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@SonataSecrets

3 жыл бұрын

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...!

@madcube1581

3 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@SonataSecrets

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@keeganjulian2360

3 жыл бұрын

@River Gus Definitely, I've been using InstaFlixxer for months myself :)

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.

@SonataSecrets

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jessevallejo8797

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

Thank you!

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

@samaritan29

Жыл бұрын

i don't understand, was the implication that he nutted - ie emptying???

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.

Thank you :D

Hi! Cool video! Will you do his Polonaise-Fantaisie one day? I'd be very interested!

@SonataSecrets

4 жыл бұрын

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!

@Scherzokinn

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

Could I ask you to analyze momento musical no.4 from rakhmaninov ?

you should do Chopin’s Mazurka Op 17 No 4

@SonataSecrets

3 жыл бұрын

If I ever do a Chopin mazurka it's that one!

@SonataSecrets

7 ай бұрын

a few years later... kzread.info/dash/bejne/rKKMw7aweLDcmpc.html

13:26 really coming that close you cheeky 🤣

Nice on an upright..just the C# octaves is the bass not quite musical.. Which piano is this ?

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10:09 that reminds me of the middle a major section in Chopin ballade #1 :)

@samaritan29

Жыл бұрын

more like at the recap of the third theme . the left hand figurations (16:56) are almost identical to that section in the ballade

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji

Жыл бұрын

@@samaritan29 yeah

13:20 did you just tell me there is a fornication section in the Barcarolle?

It seems rather fast for a barcarolle.

@JIM-ot4ws

4 ай бұрын

The first part is good but then it got too fast in the middle.