Customer Reviews for Etudes - Opus 10, 25 & 3 Etudes
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Sandi
Location: from Dunnellon FL
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
August 30, 2011
Chopin Etudes - Opus 10, 25 & 3 Etudes
What can I say? Chopin "speaks" to my heart, and I love to hear and play the compositions. I will be adding to my Chopin library on a regular basis...
10 of 18 people found this review helpful.
Location: from la
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
July 28, 2011
etudes etc.
everything was very good with order of all music books
12 of 21 people found this review helpful.
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
August 12, 2009
Don't bother with shirmer.
Schirmer is absolutely the worst edition when it comes to solo piano. Over edited, bad fingerings, and no helpful guide to find where the changes were made. For chopin, the best is paderewski. I'm sorry, henle is only the best for german masterworks. One cannot find a better edition than paderewski for chopin. So don't bother with anything less.
24 of 50 people found this review helpful.
Lillian Simmons
Location: from Round Rock, Texas, USA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
July 15, 2008
wonderful
this is wonderful! NICE PRINT. And it has the pedals.
20 of 43 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
May 28, 2008
Dover is AWFUL!
Dover is the worst possible publication you can buy for your classical piano editions. For an moderately priced classical piano edition Schirmer/Alfred is by far the best. Paderewski Editions just went down in price and are slightly awesome. Nice alternative to the Urtext. Obviously, Henle/Wiener Urtext are by far the best editions for master composers compositions.
23 of 46 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
April 11, 2008
Dover is better...
Try dover publications. Better book. Plus the bonus of the preludes.
18 of 40 people found this review helpful.
Higo Rodrigues
Location: from Springfield, KY
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
February 4, 2008
Good Edition - historical overview and fingerings
This edition presents a good historial overview of Chopin's Etudes as well as individual comments for each etude, and suggested fingerings. Good BUY
15 of 34 people found this review helpful.
Bill O
Location: from Houston, TX
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
June 19, 2007
The best score available
The edition is clear, the fingering suggested is 90% accurate and it's easy to read. Recommend it heartily.
11 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Fremont, CA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
May 13, 2007
Fantastic
This book of etudes not only contain etudes, it contains magic that will help you to success, but remember success only comes with hard work.
9 of 18 people found this review helpful.
Serge Marinkovic MD
Location: from Lafayette, LA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
September 27, 2006
Clearly the Best Etudes for a Pianist
Liszt Transcendental Etudes are large pieces with unique musicality requiring a talent pianist from their inception. But the Chopin Etudes are deliciously captivating musically and technically to last a lifetime of study. I recommend the Henle editions for either set.
9 of 19 people found this review helpful.
C. Foucart
Location: from Mannassas, VA
Difficulty Level:
Not sure
June 25, 2006
Chopin Etudes
Though the Liszt Transcendental Etudes are higher on a technical level, they (In my opinion)lack the musical aspect and quality that the Chopin Etudes provide. This collection of music is easier for some people to learn, harder for others. It all depends upon how you, as a pianist, like to play. Still, the pieces require a certain level of advanced skill. I love this collection at 13, so I assume that others will too.
8 of 19 people found this review helpful.
Matt F
Location: from San Luis Obispo, CA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
June 18, 2006
Paderwski
My message(coming from a 13 year old) is quite simple. I strongly erge any serious pianist to begin learning the etudes. They are, while being of the most beautiful, passionate pieces composed for piano, great for fine-tuning ones techniqual ability.(***important***) Before purchasing a book of the etudes, !!!!!!!!!!!MAKE SURE IT IS PADERWSKI'S EDITING!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy....
10 of 20 people found this review helpful.
Daniel Baker
Location: from Muncie, IN
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
May 18, 2006
Revolutionary
To the previous reviewer who said that Chopin's Etudes required an incredible degree of virtuosity, I do not believe you are thinking of Chopin's Etudes. While they require you to be advanced, certainly, I wouldn't say it requires great virtuosity. Liszt's initial etudes (S137) are about this level, with his grandes (S138) and transcendental (S139) being superior technically and musically. The Chopin Etudes are good technical practice to prepare one's self for the Liszt Etudes. I agree that the Paderewski edition is better.
9 of 20 people found this review helpful.
E.J.
Location: from
June 22, 2005
Superb Pieces
Chopin's etudes are truly transcendent pieces (as are Liszt's) and I wholeheartedly enjoy playing and listening to them. Op.10 no.3 in E major is so beautiful, the revolutionary etude is passionate but extremely difficult, and the butterfly etude is pretty hard, too. Still a wonderful collection of brilliant songs.
11 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Springfield, VA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
December 5, 2004
Paderewski
Pay 4 dollars more, and get the Paderewski edition. It's the international standard. It's the edition that the committee of the Chopin competition in Warsaw want.
10 of 20 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Denver, CO
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
September 2, 2004
Excellent Pieces
Every single piece in here is absolutely excellent, but [...] the editing and fingerings could be better.
6 of 16 people found this review helpful.
Carrie
Location: from San Francisco, CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
April 27, 2004
Nice etudes :)
A bit too easy for me, but I think most people will find it pretty hard! Very nice etudes, good practice, but I don't like to play Chopin as much as Liszt, Debussy, Schumann..Very beautiful music he wrote, though!
7 of 20 people found this review helpful.
linz
Location: from Gilbert, AZ
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
April 13, 2004
Great!
When I brought this book home, I was discouraged by the level of difficulty. But, in the past couple months, I have found one that I like and I am slowly learning how to play it. I love it, it will be a book that I can work on for many years.
9 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Nicholas
Location: from Knightstown, IN
August 2, 2003
Difficult Music, Enjoyable Tunes
Chopin's Etudes reach such a high, indescribadle degree of piano virtuosity! These etudes are very challenging and are incredibly fun to play (once one gets the hang of them). Grab the MIDIs off the Internet...free...and listen to the beauty that is in each one of these Etudes. Brilliant!
7 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Will
Location: from NJ
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
April 15, 2003
Greatest pieces
Chopin revolutionized the art of piano playing through these 24 magnificent etudes. Previous technical exercises such as etudes by Carl Czerny were helpful in raising one's techniques but overlooked the musical aspect. Chopin etudes, however, were both technically and musically demanding. Passionate etudes such as Revolutionary, Winterwind, and Ocean are among the most renowned piano compositions. You may also enjoy Leopold Godowsky's transcriptions of these etudes (they are the MOST DIFFICULT pieces ever written for piano)
8 of 19 people found this review helpful.
Alex Hallwyler
Location: from Silver City, NM
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
October 7, 2002
Wonderful
The etudes are great peices. Many are relatively simple, but many just explode with passion. Fun, very challenging peices.
10 of 20 people found this review helpful.
Jimmy Tao
Location: from Ontario, Canada
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
March 29, 2002
Chopin is the man
At first I bought the book for one song, then I heard about another and learned that. The cycle continues as I am working on my 4th and 5th etude (#10 and winter wind). Do yourself a favour and get the etude cd, listen to all the songs, then do the customary research on the song you wanna play, there is so much that goes into each song. NOTE: If you bring SCHIRMER'S into a competition, don't say I didn't warn you when the judges laugh you off the stage, I've seen a fellow competitor fall victim to that.
10 of 20 people found this review helpful.
gregory smith
Location: from waukesha, wisconsin
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
November 25, 2001
Outstanding.
Very difficult, very wonderful. I'm a huge Chopin fanatic, and it's great to just cuddle up with this book on a wintery day at the piano... ahh... I've been taking lessons for 10 years, but I'd highly recommend it to anybody trying to hone their technical finesse.
7 of 18 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Avoca, Pennsylvania
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
May 24, 2001
Review for Chopin's Etudes
I think that this book is very, very good, even though it is difficult being that I have only been taking lessons for 4 years. You would definitely enjoy playing these magnificent pieces!
8 of 18 people found this review helpful.