@@paeffill9428 And there is no particular evidence of Mereaux not playing this himself. *Tho Berlioz who was a good friend of Méreaux gave a very positive review of the 60 etudes. Basically saying Méreaux summed up all the work one must go through to properly play the piano.
@@paeffill9428 Why would it be? First this is one of the few etudes without metronome marking so he could have gone for a slower tempo here. Second, it just takes a virtuoso, which Europe was filled with, and he is often said to be a virtuoso in texts of his time(together with composer and piano teacher, also he had several pupils, many of them said to be virtuosos too). Third, why would the conservatory make that preface in the 60 etudes saying they are the works of a lifetime of a piano teacher(many of those etudes were in fact composed decades before the publication) and that all students who are looking to become virtuosos should play them if they are so extremly demanding not even the composer could play? Fourth, Méreaux did give quite a few concertos, iirc he played some mozart concertos some bach and baroque pieces in general and some of his own pieces, he also played with Chopin in one ocasion his opus 34(which is for four hands), for that he must have had at least some technique. Fifth, he contribute many times with other composers and most well known time was in Moscheles méthode des methodes(I always fail writing this name) where he contributed with his etude 41(I just remebered his etude 9 was a contribution too iirc), which was somewhat hard if you consider the tempo. Sixth, Czerny dedicated one of the hardest piano concertos of the time for Méreaux, did Czerny just want to humiliate him? Seventh, this virtuosity is also seen at Méreaux's concert pieces, iirc some of which he was gonna play for very important people. And just to end, Méreaux did not stop composing etudes after op 63, he composed more 37 etudes, where 36 were dedicated to his pupil Visinet iirc. Isn't it just fair to assume he was just another virtuoso to say the least? Also a very nice composer :)
I was originally planning on uploading Hwang's performances of Mereaux etudes 1, 19, 45, and 60. However, the audio for 1 and 19 aren't quite as clean as the audio for 45. I'm still debating this same quandary for etude 60 as well.
It's manageable for a master, but what I don't understand is what's up with all the high speed versions. Is that the real speed it should be played at?
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The first successful human performance since Méreaux himself.
@@paeffill9428 And there is no particular evidence of Mereaux not playing this himself.
*Tho Berlioz who was a good friend of Méreaux gave a very positive review of the 60 etudes. Basically saying Méreaux summed up all the work one must go through to properly play the piano.
@@paeffill9428 Why would it be? First this is one of the few etudes without metronome marking so he could have gone for a slower tempo here. Second, it just takes a virtuoso, which Europe was filled with, and he is often said to be a virtuoso in texts of his time(together with composer and piano teacher, also he had several pupils, many of them said to be virtuosos too). Third, why would the conservatory make that preface in the 60 etudes saying they are the works of a lifetime of a piano teacher(many of those etudes were in fact composed decades before the publication) and that all students who are looking to become virtuosos should play them if they are so extremly demanding not even the composer could play? Fourth, Méreaux did give quite a few concertos, iirc he played some mozart concertos some bach and baroque pieces in general and some of his own pieces, he also played with Chopin in one ocasion his opus 34(which is for four hands), for that he must have had at least some technique. Fifth, he contribute many times with other composers and most well known time was in Moscheles méthode des methodes(I always fail writing this name) where he contributed with his etude 41(I just remebered his etude 9 was a contribution too iirc), which was somewhat hard if you consider the tempo. Sixth, Czerny dedicated one of the hardest piano concertos of the time for Méreaux, did Czerny just want to humiliate him? Seventh, this virtuosity is also seen at Méreaux's concert pieces, iirc some of which he was gonna play for very important people. And just to end, Méreaux did not stop composing etudes after op 63, he composed more 37 etudes, where 36 were dedicated to his pupil Visinet iirc.
Isn't it just fair to assume he was just another virtuoso to say the least? Also a very nice composer :)
@@paeffill9428 Whatever. I'm too lazy to discuss this now
@Franz Liszt magic.
Alkan, Mereaux and other virtuosos were said probably not able to play their hardest compositions at the tempo they wrote down.
4:37 for the famous impossible part.
it looks even more impossible, when you see his hands
4:27 tension before the death
4:31 death
Lmao
4:31 Wow...........
Not a scherzo, this is a scare-zo.
I was originally planning on uploading Hwang's performances of Mereaux etudes 1, 19, 45, and 60. However, the audio for 1 and 19 aren't quite as clean as the audio for 45. I'm still debating this same quandary for etude 60 as well.
Love the squeeky chair at the start🤣
4:31 coda part
4:31 코다 파트
4:31 4:31 4:31
4:31 4:31 4:31
Is seon youg-Hwang video.
I saw almost the entire video and said: it's not that hard, nothing a well accomplished pianist can't do
Then I saw 4:31
And said: *_Y I K E S_*
The other parts are really hard too, especially the fingerings
@@philip.stigaard the other parts aren’t completely unreasonable
It's manageable for a master, but what I don't understand is what's up with all the high speed versions. Is that the real speed it should be played at?
@@randmgenericname5077 idk really, this tempo sounds like something hamilen would have a tough time with
Not only that, parts like 1:02 are literally impossible for some pianists
4:31 / 4:37
insane
4:37 (???) (!!!)
I did the forbidden and put it on two times speed.
I wonder if Hamelin has played this
He's stated in a past interview that Mereaux's works are largely unmusical enough for him to give them a shot
AnExarion I find Méreaux more musical and pleasing that Alkan, but maybe that’s just me.
@@ytyt3922 - Everyone's entitled to their own preferences haha
@@AnExarion excuse for : i cant do it
@@lucaslorentz ??? it's hamelin. why couldn't he do it
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Why does this sound like Sergei Rachmaninoff and Frédéric Chopin wrote this together?
Ooo nice. Rousseau could have recommended this video xD
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It has form of rondo, not scherzo
Wait which one is your real channel
I think his real channel is
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