Analysis Episodes

Here is a list of all analysis videos I have produced so far.
The links go to the videos and playlists on Youtube.

BACH (playlist)

Prelude no. 1 in C (WTK 1) + Gunoud = Ave Maria, 12’
Prelude no. 2 in Cm (WTK 1) Different Ways To Play, 12’
Invention no. 1 in C Inversion!?, 8’
Invention no. 2 in Cm Canon Compound, 12’
Invention no. 4 in Dm Stormy Scales, 12’
Invention no. 8 in F Sneaky Stuff!, 10’
Goldberg Variations Bach’s Glorious Goldberg var., 24’

BEETHOVEN (playlist)

Für Elise Feelings Fur Elise?, 10’
Pathétique Sonata, Op. 13, mvt 1 Anger Management, 19’
Pathétique Sonata, Op. 13, mvt 2 Long Legato Lines, 18’
Pathétique Sonata, Op. 13, mvt 3 Electric Charge, 14’
Moonlight Sonata, mvt 1 Unrequited Love?, 18’
Moonlight Sonata, mvt 2 Minuet Upgrade, 10’
Moonlight Sonata, mvt 3 Hunt of Horror, 19’
Sonata no. 20 in G, Op. 49/2, mvt 1 “Easy,” 17’
Sonata no. 32 in Cm, Op. 111, mvt 1 Earthly Struggle, 41’
Sonata no. 32 in Cm, Op. 111, mvt 2 Heavenly Bliss, 48’

BRAHMS (playlist)

Waltz in Ab, Op. 39/15 Ever so Elegant!, 6’
Intermezzo in Eb, Op. 117/1 A Lamenting Lullaby, 23’
Intermezzo in Bbm, Op. 117/2 Residual Unrest, 26’
Intermezzo in A, Op. 118/2 All is Forgvien, 27’

CHOPIN (playlist)

Etude in E, Op. 10/3 “Tristesse”, 19’
Etude in Ebm, Op. 10/6 “Lament” 14’
Etude in Cm, Op. 10/12 “Revolutionary”, 14’

Prelude in Em, Op. 28/4 “Suffocation”, 14’
Prelude in Db, Op. 28/15 “Raindrop”, 21’
Prelude in Cm, Op. 28/20 A Perfect Poem, 15’

Waltz in Db, Op. 64/1 “Minute” Waltz, 10’
Waltz in C#m, Op. 64/2 “Veiled melancholy”, 18’
Mazurka in Am, Op. 17/4 What Makes a Mazurka?, 22’
Polonaise in A, Op. 40/1 “Military”, 18’

Fantaisie-Impromptu Virtuosity & Elegance, 16’
Ballade no. 1 in Gm, Op. 23 Unmatched (2 parts), 54’
Sonata no. 2, Op. 35, mvt 3 Funeral March, 14’
Barcarolle, Op. 60 Seamless Streams, 21’

Nocturne in Bbm, Op. 9/1 Music of the Night, 25’
Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9/2 Cute and Coherent, 13’
Nocturne in B major, Op. 9/3 Don’t try this at home!, 24’
Nocturne in F, Op. 15/1 Street Strolling, 13’
Nocturne in F#, Op. 15/2 Retreat from Reality, 12’
Nocturne in Gm, Op. 15/3 A Moody Mazurka, 16’
Nocturne in Ab, Op. 32/2 Wound up Waltzing, 18’
Nocturne in Cm, Op. 48/1 Demons & Despair, 20’
Nocturne in Fm, Op. 55/1 Escaping Fate?, 16’
Nocturne in Eb, Op. 55/2 A Dynamic Duet, 32'’
Nocturne in B, Op. 62/1 Sensible & Surprising, 31’
Nocturne in E, Op. 62/2 A Line of Thought, 28’
Nocturne in Em, Op. 72/2 Heartbreakt & Hope, 15’
Nocturne in C#m, Op. post. Simple & Solemn, 15’

DEBUSSY (playlist)

Clair de Lune Mysterious Moonlight, 20’
Arabesque no. 1 Figures Unfolding, 13’
Rêverie Dreaming with Debussy, 23’
The Snow Is Dancing (Children’s Corner), 18’
Prelude no. 8, book I “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair,” 17’
Prelude no. 10, book I “The Sunken Cathedral,” 19’
Prelude no. 2, book II “Dead Leaves,” 18’

FAURÉ (playlist)

Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 How is this so Beautiful?!, 20’
Nocturne no. 6 in Db, Op. 63 A Gorgeous Nocturne, 37’

GRIEG (playlist)

Arietta, Op. 12/1 A Lyric Lullaby, 9’
Folk song, Op. 12/5 8’
Notturno, Op. 54/4 18’
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen 18’

LISZT (playliszt)

Liebestraum no. 3 Dreams of Love!, 17’
Consolation no. 3 A Musical Prayer, 14’
Ballade no. 2 A Greek Tragedy, 31’
Vallée d’Oberman Visionary, 24’

MENDELSSOHN (playlist)

Lieder Ohne Worte Op 19/1 You Need To Play This Piece, 24’
Lieder Ohne Worte Op. 62/6 Spring Song, 19’

MOZART (playlist)

Sonata no. 8 in Am, mvt 1 Signals & Suspensions, 30’
Sonata no. 8 in Am, mvt 2 A Brief Relief, 17’
Sonata no. 11 in A, mvt 3 Turkish March, 17’
Sonata no. 16 in C, mvt 1 Sonata “Facile”, 19’
Fantasia in Dm What’s up with the Ending?, 23’

RAVEL (playlist)

Pavane for a Dead Princess 21’
”Ondine” (Gaspard de la nuit) Fatal Temptations, 40’
”Le Gibet” (Gaspard de le nuit) Gaspard’s Gallows, 28’

RACHMANINOFF (playlist)

Prelude in C#m Op. 3/2 Hope vs. Fate, 16’
Prelude in D, Op. 23/4 Aching Beauty, 30’
Prelude in Gm, Op. 23/5 Marching Menace, 19’
Prelude in Bbm, Op. 32/2 Relentless Rhythms, 16’
Prelude in G, Op. 32/5 A Barcarolle, 11’
Prelude in Bm, Op. 32/10 “The Return”, 25’
Prelude G#m Op. 32/12 Surface Harmonies, 18’
Suite for two pianos No. 2, Op. 17 Slick, 22’

SATIE (playlist)

Gymnopédie no. 1 Meandering Music, 16’
Gnossienne no. 1 Weirdest Music Ever, 15’

SCHUBERT (playlist)

Impromptu no. 2 in Eb Streams and Storms, 15’
Impromptu no. 3 in Gb Sweet Dreams?, 28’
Moment Musicaux no. 3 in Fm “The Sleepwalker,” 12’
”Wanderer” Fantasy in C, Op. 15 Epic, 40’

SCHUMANN (playlist)

Träumerei (Kinderszenen) Dreams of Childhood, 14’
Waldszenen, Op. 82:
No. 1. Eintritt Entrance, 14’
No. 3. Einsame Blumen Lonely Flowers, 16’
No. 7. Vogel als Prophet Prophetic Bird?!, 12’

SCRIABIN (playlist)

Sonata-Fantasy, Op. 19, mvt 1 Sparkling, 24’
Sonata-Fantasy, Op. 19 mvt 2 Moto Perpetuo, 17’
Sonata no. 3, Op. 23 “States of the Soul”, 26’
Sonata no. 4, Op. 30 mvt 1 “Voluptuous desire…”, 16’
Sonata no. 4, Op. 30 mvt 2 “Trembling rays…”, 23’
Fantasie, Op. 28 30’

Etude in C#m, Op. 2/1 Hopelessly Romantic, 13’
Etude in F#, Op. 42/4 Quantum States, 17’
Prelude in Db, Op. 11/15 Serenity, 8’
Nocturne in F#m, Op. 5/1 Thick Air, 17’
Valse in Ab, Op. 38 Dancing Diffusion, 24’

STENHAMMAR (playlist)

Fantasy in Bm, Op. 11/1 Motives & Mediants, 23’
Fantasy in Bm, Op. 11/3 A Folklore Fairy Tale, 15’
Nights of Late Summer, Op. 33/1 The Swedish Soul, 16’

TCHAIKOVSKY (playlist)

June (The seasons) Barcarolle Summer Sadness, 18’
October (The seasons) “Autumn Song”, 13’
The Nutcracker: March Nutcracking Christmas, 12’
The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance Coffee, 18’

OTHER COMPOSERS (playlist)

Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances Róck it with Bartók!, 35’

Glass: Glassworks, Opening Minimalist Music, 17

Granados: Goyescas, Op. 11/4 “The Maiden and the Nightingale”, 23’

Jarrett, Keith:  “The Köln concert part I” 4 episodes, 1.05’

Mayer “Valse Mélancolique” A Chopin(esque?) Waltz, 12’

Peterson-Berger: “Frösö Flowers” 21 pieces, 12 episodes, 1.36’

Rheinberger: Sonata no. 4 mvt 1 “The Romantic”, 17’

Sinding: “Frühlingsrauschen” Ultimate FAKE-Virtuosic Showpiece, 19’

FILM MUSIC (playlist)

Downton Abbey - John Lunn 10’

The Legend of 1900 - Ennio Morricone “Playing Love” 10’

The Piano - Michael Nyman: ”The Heart Asks Pleasure First” 14’
“Big My Secret” 12’

OTHER PLAYLISTS

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