Click here for an analysis of Chopin etudes by Angela Lear.ETUDESEtudes Op.10 Etudes Op.25 Etudes de la M�thode des M�thodes The term ��tude� has long been used to describe pieces of technical, sometimes virtuosic, difficulty, focused on tra...
Even though marked Presto, this is one of the softer, more lyrical Chopin etudes, with the right hand playing quiet eighth note triplets throughout. Like the Revolutionary Etude, the notes are not difficult as long as the proper fingering is learned; the primary difficulty here is the polyrhyt...
I'll say opus 15 no. 3 is the hardest, just to irritate the people who may have thought -- wrongly -- that I couldn't possibly be playing any of the etudes, because of having listed opus 10 no. 5 as one of the hardest. Oh, and while I"m at it, the hardest etude is opus ...
probably in preparation for her participation in the International Chopin Competition later in the year. The Ballade No: 4 was very finely played but I feel she has not quite captured the elusive 'Polish element' Chopin spoke of in the rhythm of the group of mazurkas she chose. The ...
"This is the most exciting (may not be the most difficult) of all Chopin etudes, and of all Chopin's music. The very first bar already sets the excitement (in an orderly fashion, nevertheless) that is about to follow. The next part with rapid, alternating progression of both hands build...