Frédéric Chopin
CHOPIN Études
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony Classical 2001
Notes:
"The word "etude" means "study" - and every one of these studies addresses a specific technical concern, the mastery of which can only benefit a pianist in any other works he or she plays. And yet the etudes are much more than mere exercises, for their Herculean physical demands are nothing compared to their musical ones. Even Artur Rubinstein, who played Chopin all over the world for three-quarters of a century, was daunted by the etudes, admitting frankly that he was "scared to death" of them. "To do the justice is a most difficult task, which I haven't yet had the courage to attempt," he wrote to an admirer in 1962." --Tim Page
A sampling of Op. 10 & Op. 25.
12 Etudes, opus 10
No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU7bY13EcCk
No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8Fm-1tvSY
12 Etudes, opus 25
No. 10 in B Minor "Octave"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmihKi-A59s
No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0doWiXaPfhI
No. 12 in C Minor "Ocean"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDc4UpspuKQ
Cheers
CHOPIN Études
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony Classical 2001
Notes:
"The word "etude" means "study" - and every one of these studies addresses a specific technical concern, the mastery of which can only benefit a pianist in any other works he or she plays. And yet the etudes are much more than mere exercises, for their Herculean physical demands are nothing compared to their musical ones. Even Artur Rubinstein, who played Chopin all over the world for three-quarters of a century, was daunted by the etudes, admitting frankly that he was "scared to death" of them. "To do the justice is a most difficult task, which I haven't yet had the courage to attempt," he wrote to an admirer in 1962." --Tim Page
A sampling of Op. 10 & Op. 25.
12 Etudes, opus 10
No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU7bY13EcCk
No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8Fm-1tvSY
12 Etudes, opus 25
No. 10 in B Minor "Octave"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmihKi-A59s
No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0doWiXaPfhI
No. 12 in C Minor "Ocean"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDc4UpspuKQ
Cheers