Is This Really Chopin's Raindrop Prelude?

0:00 Introduction with Loki
0:24 Pronunciation of Chopin’s name
1:00 Background
1:30 Chopin’s Preludes Op. 28 and the example of Bach
2:50 The radical thing about Op. 28
3:31 Romantic fragments and ruins
3:56 What Schumann said
4:54 What Liszt said
5:26 Every character is there
5:59 The holiday in Majorca with George Sand
6:44 George Sand’s account
10:03 Which prelude is ’The Raindrop’?
11:31 A study in quaver motion with a pedal note
13:12 The melody
15:35 The nocturne genre
17:49 The middle section in C sharp minor
22:25 A very characteristic chord
23:10 Recapitulation
23:26 The magnificent anti-cadenza
24:40 D flat ‘Raindrop’ Prelude Op. 28 (with animated commentary)

This video is an introduction to Chopin’s famous ‘Raindrop’ Prelude in D flat major, the longest in Chopin’s set of preludes Op. 28. Matthew King explores the background to Chopin’s preludes, both in terms of his desire to create a systematic set of works in the tradition of Bach, exploring every key and a huge range of musical characters. At the same time, the pieces are radical Romantic works: ‘Ruins’ and ‘eagles’ pinions’ as Schumann described them. Matthew King also discusses the famous holiday in Majorca with George Sand, and her magnificent but rather Romantic account of their composition. The piece is then analysed at the piano. The video ends with a complete performance of the prelude with animated commentary.

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Chopin Prelude in D flat major Op 28 no.15.

Pianist: Matthew King.

Excerpts (read during the video) from George Sand's 'Story of my Life' in an english translation by Robert Graves.

Horowitz’s 1971 recording of the prelude:    • Chopin Prelude Op.28 No.15 (Horowitz)  

Blechacz's recording of the complete Op.28 preludes can be heard here:    • Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op.28 (Blechacz)  

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