Yes themes repeat a lot, and that is part of the musical challenges of the scherzos, you have to do things musically that don't make all the repeats sound the same - you have to let the themes evolve througout the performance.ġ) demonic fury, with a christmas carol in the middle, and some more demonic furyĢ) mysterious, sweet long flowing melodies, many parts like a love song, heroic and triumphant endingģ) driving octaves, with a chorale in the centre with wonderful pianistic effectsĤ) sophisticated, mature, playful, some parts go like the wind, THE middle sectionĭo you like octave playing (3)? or would you prefer more melodic motifs (2)?
#YOUTUBE CHOPIN SCHERZO 2 FULL#
Yes it has it's problem spots, but they keep repeating - so if you master it in one section you do the same in many other sections too.Īll the scherzos have repititions that are written out in full - so you are not learning that many pages. I hear a tremolo type thing happening in the bass of the third one nearer the end and if that's on weaker fingers then I know I can't do it yet. How much technical difference is there between the second and the third ones? My teacher thinks the second would be a push for my technique so if that is the easiest then that rules out any of the others. My only beaf with the second one is that it seems that Chopin opens with some awesome ideas and then just repeats them over and over for 12 minutes. The fourth has a beautiful section in the middle but then comes back with devilish fury which has me worried. The second is so playful and fun and the third is so mysterious and regal. I would say I like the sound of the the second and third the best so far. Let me know if I'm wrong though, because the fourth is quite nice.
Thanks! That's the one my teacher thought of first, too, but I've been listening to some of the other 3 and now can't make up my mind! It "sounds" like (don't have the scores) that the first and fourth are the harder ones.