Gurlitt really has some hidden gems. His easiest works are excellent material for practicing sight reading and his more complex stuff is filled with wonderful melodies. I wish I could read this opus as easily as you :) Totally agree on the clear references to chopin btw, especially in the Elegy, and also Schumann sprinkled a bit everywhere
I downloaded the pdf and i’m enjoying so much this opera! It's magnificent. Nocturne summer hours and babbling Brook are my favorite. Thanks for share to the world this gem! Your way to play is sublime. Bravo!
Cornelius Gurlitt? Who is this guy?? Wow....what an incredible composer he was. Thx GAMMA 1734 for uploading your beautiful playing here and showing us who he was. Your channel has got to be among the most amazing GEMS in RUclips!
Thank you for this wonderful video! Great to hear you have a new stand. A few years ago my flimsy one snapped- a sturdy stand is absolutely worth it! Especially when it comes to octaves. Enjoy 🙂
Absolutely! It is so sad that pianists always go for the same Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin etc., when there is so much wonderful music out there. I am training sight reading with tons of etudes I´ve found on the IMSLP website, and I´ve reached the conclusion that 90% of the pianists perform 10% of the piano repertorire that exists. Something of a Top 40 mentality, ouch.
Sight reading has always been my achilles heel and as I lost my job due to Covid I now have more time for the piano so I have downloaded tons of etudes, and Gurlitt´s collections are between the nicest and most musical. After hearing this I certainly have something to look forwards too! Now, I do have one question: the little "+" symbol that appears over certain notes, what does that indicate? I´ve seen it in many different editions from the late 19th Century but never in modern ones. Do you know?
Great question, I think it's an older fingering system "+1234" where the "+" symbol refers to thumb (notice there are no "5" in the score, so in order to transform the fingering into the modern "12345" notation, one has to always add 1... :)).
Yes, that's an old-school fingering. +1234=12345. Guitarists nowdays still use 1234 for the "normal long fingers" and "o" for thumb. If you get used to this, it's actually really comfortable for the eye to catch where the thumb goes.
So very beeautiful,where have you found these treasures,in old music books.if so could you share with us.I have lots of old books but I stick to the best known composers.Pardon my curiosity what instrument do you have.
sorry i probably copy pasted it from Wikipedia. i don't remember what's written there but if it's as you describe then indeed disagree. happens sometimes but normally i read everything i post.
Gurlitt has a great influence of Schumann. I've been studing, analyzing and recording many of his pieces and I am sure he took many musical ideas from Schumann. Anyway, Cornelius Gurlitt was a great composer and wrote so many beautiful works for piano.
I think at that time I had a Yamaha P45, but maybe already the kawai es8. The first keyboard was a Dgx 550 or something which was worth 120 dollar and had almost no weighting. Itwas rough doing the videos back then.
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Gurlitt really has some hidden gems. His easiest works are excellent material for practicing sight reading and his more complex stuff is filled with wonderful melodies. I wish I could read this opus as easily as you :) Totally agree on the clear references to chopin btw, especially in the Elegy, and also Schumann sprinkled a bit everywhere
Who doesn’t love mimosas! 🥂
Gorgeous tunes. I’m a sucker for Romantic piano but I’ve never played Gurlitt, definitely one to try.
I downloaded the pdf and i’m enjoying so much this opera! It's magnificent. Nocturne summer hours and babbling Brook are my favorite. Thanks for share to the world this gem! Your way to play is sublime. Bravo!
Cornelius Gurlitt? Who is this guy?? Wow....what an incredible composer he was. Thx GAMMA 1734 for uploading your beautiful playing here and showing us who he was. Your channel has got to be among the most amazing GEMS in RUclips!
Happiest elegy right here! Also, 13:25 is definitely inspired by Chopin Ballade no.1
Thank you for this wonderful video!
Great to hear you have a new stand. A few years ago my flimsy one snapped- a sturdy stand is absolutely worth it! Especially when it comes to octaves. Enjoy 🙂
I truly appreciate your channel. Thank you for sharing these beautiful pieces.
In the Nocturne, that falling lick is from Chopin D flat major Nocturne
So many wonderful composers for the salon piano that it was a highly productive cottage industry played on the best pianos.
What a delightful set of charming pieces, quite adequately played. Thank you so much.
I really like Babbling Brook and Nocturne. Im not very well versed in music, but Gurlitt sounds very modern to me.
wow the bass at 2:22 is beautiful, so strong yet not harsh
what kind of piano do you have?
@@armybirds this one I played on the Native Instruments The Giant virtual piano,
Well played, thanks!
Stunning music. I'm speechless.
the nocturne is beautiful
You are incredible! Thank you!
enjoy:)
These are really charming pieces and I wish mainstream pianists would perform them more ! And, you performed them very well, bravo 👏
Absolutely! It is so sad that pianists always go for the same Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin etc., when there is so much wonderful music out there. I am training sight reading with tons of etudes I´ve found on the IMSLP website, and I´ve reached the conclusion that 90% of the pianists perform 10% of the piano repertorire that exists. Something of a Top 40 mentality, ouch.
@@antonhosinsky3090 Wish I could sight read well enough to explore that repertoire :(
Great find! Some almost ragtime-like syncopations in the beat on some of these pieces.
Sight reading has always been my achilles heel and as I lost my job due to Covid I now have more time for the piano so I have downloaded tons of etudes, and Gurlitt´s collections are between the nicest and most musical. After hearing this I certainly have something to look forwards too!
Now, I do have one question: the little "+" symbol that appears over certain notes, what does that indicate? I´ve seen it in many different editions from the late 19th Century but never in modern ones. Do you know?
Hope you can use the time in a useful and nice way. It's a really good question, I have also never really figured out what it means.
Great question, I think it's an older fingering system "+1234" where the "+" symbol refers to thumb (notice there are no "5" in the score, so in order to transform the fingering into the modern "12345" notation, one has to always add 1... :)).
@@weasel004 Oh thank you! Stupid of me to not realize there´s no 5 anywhere. I will try it out.
Yes, that's an old-school fingering. +1234=12345. Guitarists nowdays still use 1234 for the "normal long fingers" and "o" for thumb. If you get used to this, it's actually really comfortable for the eye to catch where the thumb goes.
It Sounds like Schumann. Beautiful music ❤
What VST piano are you using to record these with? The bass sounds a bit sharp in timbre
So very beeautiful,where have you found these treasures,in old music books.if so could you share with us.I have lots of old books but I stick to the best known composers.Pardon my curiosity what instrument do you have.
Hi, You played this right? That was so awesome!! May i ask, what vst or sound software did you use? The tone of this piano is beautiful! :)
yes, i played that! It was the Native Instruments The Giant plugin
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danke :)
Most under rated composer.
Absolutely sumptuous.
グルリット 可愛らしい❤好き😆😊
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Elegy sounds like Chopin's Nocturne 9/2 but with a bunch of decorations
The way you wrote the description makes it seem like you think this guy's only inspiration is Chopin and nothing else.
sorry i probably copy pasted it from Wikipedia. i don't remember what's written there but if it's as you describe then indeed disagree. happens sometimes but normally i read everything i post.
@@PianoScoreVids Link please? I can't find it.
Gurlitt has a great influence of Schumann. I've been studing, analyzing and recording many of his pieces and I am sure he took many musical ideas from Schumann. Anyway, Cornelius Gurlitt was a great composer and wrote so many beautiful works for piano.
In need this sheets music... 🤣😂🤣
What keyboard do you play on?
I think at that time I had a Yamaha P45, but maybe already the kawai es8. The first keyboard was a Dgx 550 or something which was worth 120 dollar and had almost no weighting. Itwas rough doing the videos back then.
I call this "Bootleg Chopin".
Is this a digital piano?:)
yes, i play most videos on a digital piano