Charles Richard-Hamelin – Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 (first stage)

Charles Richard-Hamelin – Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 (first stage)

Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina/ The Fryderyk Chopin Institute

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The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Polish Television TVP

[karolpawlowski]

Sir Fryderyk Chopin is the pride of Poland! The whole country is very proud of him! 🇵🇱

[donkgated]

2:04 - 2:07
What a golden, gorgeous sound.

[LewisMelnikov]

Phenomenal pianist. One of my favorites.

[binglinli]

He is a wonderful wonderful pianist, who gets the perfection of technicality and taste, and knows how to implant intensity between the subtle lines!

[alextangster]

By far the best performance of this masterpiece ever recorded. Every note played so passionately, powerful and rich. What a treat, wow!

[denimator]

I don't think I would be able to appreciate this performance as much as I do now if I wasn't currently working on this etude. It's my first Chopin etude and definitely a cut above any other pieces I've worked on, both in difficulty and beauty. Every aspect of this performance is just so beautiful and impressive, I don't think I'll ever reach this level (although a large part of that is because I don't want to make a profession out of playing piano lol).

[seongyonglee]

Charles' Revolutionary is the best I've ever seen!

[javieramundarainvitali]

With this performance of this etude by Mr. Richard- Hamelin, one can feel Chopin at the piano . Thank you very much!

[vale.c]

Truly amazing playing with great dynamics wow

[shrivasram]

Incredible dynamics ! The accents in the left run is 💯

[berniesanders]

That f minor chord at 1:02 is orgasmic

[sandraehmer]

Stunning! Gave me goosebumps from the first chord. I played this for my senior recital at age 18 which was 47 years ago. I can't imagine being able to play this composition at the "speed" of Mr. Hamelin's performance. Just glorious!

[paulboutet]

J'ai entendu plusieurs pianistes (Horovitz, Kissin, etc.) interpréter cette œuvre et franchement, c'est Charles Richard-Hamelin, à mon avis, qui remporte la palme. Ça "frise la perfection" comme on dit au Québec!

[reubenl]

Beautifully played, with a rich sound, and fluid movement.

[themoroccanpianist]

I just realized that this etude is as wonderful as ocean etude

[dawidwalega]

One of my most favourite performances of this piece, I used to listen to this interpretation during my study of it and when I recorded it on my YouTube channel, I am currently listening to Hamelin's performance of the third Chopin Sonata which I hope to record on my YouTube channel in the future. Thank you for sharing Chopin Institute, Dawid

[islaadele]

This is why music competitions are a daft idea. No one this brilliant deserves to 'lose' anything.

Chopin would never have wanted this.

[katarzyna]

Chopin's heart was broken after hearing the news of uprising's failure in Poland. He wrote the opus full of pain, dark sounds and feelings of anxiety...

[jeremyburns]

I heard this peice and had to see it played. You sir played this masterpiece with brilliance!

[valeo]

Job well done. This guy understands Chopin.