[vid] Chopin Etude Op 25 No 10 “Octave”. Unedited

[furiouzpianist]

Chopin Etude No. 22 in b minor, Op. 25 No. 10 "Octave"

I’ve played far fewer Chopin pieces than most pianists.
My repertoire is close to 4 hours worth of Liszt works, many of the obscure...

And now, at the age of 29 - I’m learning many, super-standard, Chopin works!
I’m loving the challenge of playing this extraordinarily difficult pieces, which have been recorded by the greatest pianists for more than 100 years.

I always knew that Chopin’s soundworld is so different from my comfort zone - Liszt and Beethoven. So I stayed away from his works, and now I feel I’m ready to tackle them.

I’ll also get around to recording all 12 of the Scriabin Etudes - also extremely difficult, and pose similar challenges in touch and pedalling - as Chopin

[quantum]

A straight and compact interpretation of this piece.

[pianoman53]

I feel we're in, if not the same then at least similar boats. I played a lot of Chopin when I was younger,  but then almost stopped once going to conservatory. Indeed the sound world was very far away from me, bit also the sense of rubato.
Likewise, I also try to now play a lot more.

An interesting thing about Chopin is that he's often considered "the free romantic", while everything is always written in 4 bar phrases (as opposed to Brahms, who's considered the square one, but often adds uneven bar phrases).
I think your interpretation suffers a little from this. Every four bar is very clear, which makes this piece sound a bit stiff and square. But on the other hand, you clearly have a clear view of this piec, so i think we just have different views on Chopin (again..)

[furiouzpianist]

Indeed! Thank you for listening.

I would prefer to play Chopin in a much freer manner, but alas, this was for a competition