That didn't stop the Hammerklavier sonata, Gaspard de la Nuit, the Paganini Variations, or several of the late and barely tonal Scriabin sonatas from becoming standard repertoire and all these works are substantially more difficult. Chopin's 3rd piano sonata is also harder yet also one of his most widely recorded and performed works.
Thanks you. This and Op. 52 are my favorites pieces of all time. This pieces is almost jazz. I love this one. Is like an orchestra. I love to play the Op. 46 :D It deserves everything. I actually think this is the hardest pieces by Chopin. Those bars with rapid descending thirds and stuff are insane and pulling out the melody line over a second voice, like the Op. 10 No. 3, having that distance between notes is crazy. Btw, listen Arrau playing this. Is soooooo - 6:18 is literally one of my favorite moments in music history.
This piece is said to be revived by the "Spanish Chopin", aka Enrique Granados. In fact Granados Op 46 is also Allegro de Concierto, thus dedicated to Chopin.
Its an amazing piece. The theme that starts around the 4 min mark is one of Chopins most beautiful moments. Crazy how little appreciated Allegro De Concert is.
This was thought to be the first movement of a concerto that he ultimately decided not to go through with. It's also low-key one of the most, if not the most difficult Chopin piece.
One of my favourite Chopin works, and one which I've played myself many years ago. It's not due to its difficulty level that this is largely ignored as the 2nd and 3rd piano sonatas are both more difficult. This is probably somewhere around the level of Ballade no.4 or the Polonaise-Fantaisie (the latter of which I've also learned) and they're some of his most widely performed works. It's very cheerful in nature but never gets frivolous and contains some very impressive displays of virtuoso firework. Far harder pieces on the standard repertoire are recorded umpteen times. Take Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, Brahms' Paganini Variations, the Hammerklavier Sonata and the Diabelli Variations by Beethoven, Schubert's Wanderer-Fantasie etc. Or probably the most scary standard repertoire work of them all, Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit. Even plenty of second rate pianists have done CD recordings of these works.
Very good idea to talk a bit about this so neglected piece, a real gem by Chopin, even if the story of its creation was not so happy...surely it is a very original creation in its genre, replete with a very particular blend of romantic and post-biedermeier virtuosity full of brilliance in agility passages and great melodramatic style in cantabile moments... Thanks a lot but...please...for this Concert Allegro ...Arrau is the best!!!!!
I wouldn't say that... At Chopin time Op 2 was the piece that really started Chopin career. After hearing it Robert Schumann said the famous words "Hats off gentlemen, a genius!"
Glad someone discusses this great piece...but please, so many mispronounced words! "de concert" is in French, "concerto" has a ch sound and not an s, Polish and polish are not the same, and even Ashkenazy was not pronounced correctly, among others.
Anyway, I find that conserto is alright, it's just the english pronunciation... I am Italian, and a looot of other italian therms are mispronounced by even great pianists and important figures, and I don't think that's annoying... Not everyone speaks Italian.
That piece is crazy, maybe it's not recognized by it's high difficult level
That didn't stop the Hammerklavier sonata, Gaspard de la Nuit, the Paganini Variations, or several of the late and barely tonal Scriabin sonatas from becoming standard repertoire and all these works are substantially more difficult. Chopin's 3rd piano sonata is also harder yet also one of his most widely recorded and performed works.
Beautiful video! It's really a shame we don't hear about this work much often, truly a hidden gem. Keep up the good work, bro!
I remember reading that this was one of the pieces he was really proud of, which wasn't common for him.
Oh, I was in the first minute of the video when I commented this, looks like you covered it.
@@dunkleosteus430I did ahahaha
It’s one hell of a piece. Definitely one of the hardest solo pieces along with Op.2
Thanks you. This and Op. 52 are my favorites pieces of all time. This pieces is almost jazz. I love this one. Is like an orchestra. I love to play the Op. 46 :D It deserves everything. I actually think this is the hardest pieces by Chopin. Those bars with rapid descending thirds and stuff are insane and pulling out the melody line over a second voice, like the Op. 10 No. 3, having that distance between notes is crazy.
Btw, listen Arrau playing this. Is soooooo -
6:18 is literally one of my favorite moments in music history.
This piece is said to be revived by the "Spanish Chopin", aka Enrique Granados. In fact Granados Op 46 is also Allegro de Concierto, thus dedicated to Chopin.
I like Granados, and both "op 46"s
Its an amazing piece. The theme that starts around the 4 min mark is one of Chopins most beautiful moments. Crazy how little appreciated Allegro De Concert is.
This was thought to be the first movement of a concerto that he ultimately decided not to go through with. It's also low-key one of the most, if not the most difficult Chopin piece.
hey there :D
@@annulrsolformrkelse4023 Hey!
I find it easier to sightread than his 1st concerto, but I can see how there’s more room for slip ups
Great video! There is also a Neuhaus recording that I like a lot.
@@Martill3 thanks! I'll check it out
YES THE ALLEGRO DE CONCERT WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
I've been a Chopin listener for over a decade and I thought I know all of his pieces... until now. Thank you for sharing!
Yes, thought I knew all his pieces...
One of my favourite Chopin works, and one which I've played myself many years ago. It's not due to its difficulty level that this is largely ignored as the 2nd and 3rd piano sonatas are both more difficult. This is probably somewhere around the level of Ballade no.4 or the Polonaise-Fantaisie (the latter of which I've also learned) and they're some of his most widely performed works. It's very cheerful in nature but never gets frivolous and contains some very impressive displays of virtuoso firework.
Far harder pieces on the standard repertoire are recorded umpteen times. Take Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, Brahms' Paganini Variations, the Hammerklavier Sonata and the Diabelli Variations by Beethoven, Schubert's Wanderer-Fantasie etc. Or probably the most scary standard repertoire work of them all, Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit. Even plenty of second rate pianists have done CD recordings of these works.
Great video! I look forward to watching other videos like this one.
Chopin was musically superior than any other of his time. He didn’t need any other instrument as he mastered the piano as an instrument
Actually I think every work by Chopin is sublime
Maybe not as great as his most greatest works
But they deserve to be read and play
Well, Chopin's quote that he was going to perform it in "free Warsow" only testifies to the heroic character of its March-like theme.
please do a video on his cello sonata, his late period masterpiece that is seldom talked about on YT.
It’s not a bad piece, I have thought about playing it but just like his piano sonatas, they’re are so musically complicated
Brian Ganz’s performance is also lovely!
He plays with such passion
This one feels like a 'I am making sure you have played my whole set of études' piece.
Very good idea to talk a bit about this so neglected piece, a real gem by Chopin, even if the story of its creation was not so happy...surely it is a very original creation in its genre, replete with a very particular blend of romantic and post-biedermeier virtuosity full of brilliance in agility passages and great melodramatic style in cantabile moments...
Thanks a lot but...please...for this Concert Allegro ...Arrau is the best!!!!!
I always thought why this piece is so underrated, but it's so difficult tho.
very cool
Wow, I really hear there a background orchestra sometimes in my head. Maybe I'll make a real orchestration, but i'm a bit bad at this stuff I think
Ce n'est pas un grand chef-d'œuvre, tout simplement.
In my opinion, op. 2 is his most underrated piece, although this one is a close second.
I wouldn't say that... At Chopin time Op 2 was the piece that really started Chopin career.
After hearing it Robert Schumann said the famous words "Hats off gentlemen, a genius!"
@@Alessandro.h Yes, that was then, but nowadays nobody really knows it and it is rarely played.
Ballade 3 is so underrated also
Horowitz's interpretation is absolutely amazing. Rarely can you make Chopin sound "thunderous" appropriately, and he absolutely did
Out of mastery...
Glad someone discusses this great piece...but please, so many mispronounced words! "de concert" is in French, "concerto" has a ch sound and not an s, Polish and polish are not the same, and even Ashkenazy was not pronounced correctly, among others.
Sounds like Beethoven.
Neew suuub
Its Chopins most boring unmemorable peice
Conserto? What is this? Ballade pronounced as ballad?
Yeah the pronunciation is off-putting. It doesn't make any sense except in French
Ah. It's likely an automated voice read. It's also a "polish composer" instead of "Polish composer" at 2:14
voice is ai generated
@@seheytAhaha I didn't even notice that one about Polish composer
Anyway yes, the AI voice has some really strange pronunciation sometimes
Anyway, I find that conserto is alright, it's just the english pronunciation...
I am Italian, and a looot of other italian therms are mispronounced by even great pianists and important figures, and I don't think that's annoying... Not everyone speaks Italian.
The narration must be AI generated.
It is not, the voice is AI but the narration is 100% human
@@Alessandro.hwhat do you mean the voice is AI but the narration is human, they’d mean the same here. Do you mean the text is written by a human?
@@mbashirov1 yep, I mean the text is written by human
Great information -- terrible AI voice/pronunciation.