3 Favorite Chopin Preludes

[kevonthegreatpianist]

I am. I am playing #24 with my left hand while my right is typing this useless reply to somebody like you. 

id say you did it blindfolded backwards while doing a headstand?

[outin]

Is anyone on this thread playing any of these preludes?

It's been a while since I tried...but after reading this thread I decided to play #2 next

[pencilart3]

It's been a while since I tried...but after reading this thread I decided to play #2 next

Oh wonderful.

[kevonthegreatpianist]

It's been a while since I tried...but after reading this thread I decided to play #2 next

and I've decided to play 4,6,7,13,15 and 20. how do you give up on #2?

i decided to take a break on #8 and starting on the first movement of Waldstein. its not as hard as everyone says it is

[outin]

and I've decided to play 4,6,7,13,15 and 20. how do you give up on #2?

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I've really only played 4 and 6 and 7 before. 20 doesn't work for me at all, my RH cannot handle the big chords.

At some point I got upset on Fred for writing all those streches for the right hand which are difficult to cheat convincingly, so we split up. I am willing to give him another chance now. #2 is a good one to start, there are no issues in the RH. And it really is my kind of music, beautifully gloomy...

[kevonthegreatpianist]

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I've really only played 4 and 6 and 7 before. 20 doesn't work for me at all, my RH cannot handle the big chords.

At some point I got upset on Fred for writing all those streches for the right hand which are difficult to cheat convincingly, so we split up. I am willing to give him another chance now. #2 is a good one to start, there are no issues in the RH. And it really is my kind of music, beautifully gloomy...

oh lol. why don't you play 13 or 15? both of these preludes are fairly easy. 21 and 45 are a bit more demanding, but they're part of the nocturne-like preludes chain

[outin]

oh lol. why don't you play 13 or 15? both of these preludes are fairly easy. 21 and 45 are a bit more demanding, but they're part of the nocturne-like preludes chain

13 is too long and gets a bit boring... and I don't like #15....

Just listened to the whole set (Blechacz) and TODAY my favorites were #2, #4, #6, #8, #9, #17, #24...sorry, that's more than 3...

[pencilart3]

Just listened to the whole set (Blechacz)

YES!!!!!!

[outin]

YES!!!!!!

You know I've listened to that album for many years, but I never REALLY registered the pianist before... I have an album of polonaises by him too, but have only listened to it once or twice because the selection of pieces is not to my taste. The playing is superb though!

[mjames]

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 20 doesn't work for me at all, my RH cannot handle the big chords.

Hobbit hands

[outin]

Hobbit hands

I have long legs though 

[pencilart3]

You know I've listened to that album for many years, but I never REALLY registered the pianist before... I have an album of polonaises by him too, but have only listened to it once or twice because the selection of pieces is not to my taste. The playing is superb though!

Yay it's good to hear I'm not the only one. BTW My favorites currently are 1, 16, and 17 (I'm playing those) but I also like 12, 13, 14 and 24.

[kevonthegreatpianist]

Hobbit hands

[pencilart3]

I'm going to give this a little bump, because no prelude thread could be complete without this...

For you ignorant Chopin haters, this is 17 year old Eric Lu playing prelude 16 at the Chopin Competition. He played all 24 of course.

[rubinsteinmad]

I'm going to give this a little bump, because no prelude thread could be complete without this...

For you ignorant Chopin haters, this is 17 year old Eric Lu playing prelude 16 at the Chopin Competition. He played all 24 of course.

I'm going to give this a little bump, because no prelude thread could be complete without this...

For you ignorant Chopin haters, this is 17 year old Eric Lu playing prelude 16 at the Chopin Competition. He played all 24 of course.

He's 17??? Oh mi gosh Hes 5 years older than me 


Bye bye, world.

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1. No. 17 in A-flat Major
2. No. 23 in F Major
3. No. 19 in E-flat Major

[lelle]

Gonna bump this because I love these preludes so much. Thinking of picking them up as my next project. it's hard to pick just three favorites but these rank highly:

[sonata_5]

 My 3 favorites are no 7, no 23, and no 6