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Overrated: Everything by him that is popular.
Underrated: Everything by him that is not popular.
That's a too simplified view. Some of his popular works deserve the popularity without any question. Some of his unpopular works are not that great and deserve the un-popularity. I think it's a matter of what one considers popular. I meant his mainstream works. Pieces like Fantaisie Impromptu, the Minute Waltz and the famous early E-flat Nocturne. These works are overrated, while his relatively unpopular works, for the most part, deserve just as much recognition if not more. Popular is not the same as overrated. The popular works are more popular(in the sense of being more well known or familiar)because they are within the reach of non professionals and thus studied more frequently.
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Popular is not the same as overrated. Of course it's not. Something being overrated is an opinion. Being popular and being overrated are two mutually exclusive things; one does not rely on the other to be true. It just happens to be my opinion that the few works mentioned above are over-popular, which would be the same as to say they are overrated. The popular works are more popular(in the sense of being more well known or familiar)because they are within the reach of non professionals and thus studied more frequently. And how exactly is everything else not "within the reach" of non-professionals?
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Prelude op 45
YES I LOVE THIS PIECE!!!
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Not underrated, but I never get why his 2nd sonata is more popular than the 3rd, which is the real masterpiece. The 3rd is too deep for most musicians to understand. The 2nd is a bit more straightforward. I wouldn't even say the 2nd is more popular than the 3rd. If anything I've always heard the 3rd played WAY more than the 2nd! Also, I wouldn't call one of them deeper than the other. Really, really wouldn't.
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Not underrated, but I never get why his 2nd sonata is more popular than the 3rd, which is the real masterpiece. The 3rd is too deep for most musicians to understand. The 2nd is a bit more straightforward. I wouldn't even say the 2nd is more popular than the 3rd. If anything I've always heard the 3rd played WAY more than the 2nd! Also, I wouldn't call one of them deeper than the other. Really, really wouldn't. You think the 3rd is played more than the 2nd? Not in my experience. A Youtube search on "chopin piano sonata" has 6 out of the first 7 professional recordings as the 2nd.
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Not underrated, but I never get why his 2nd sonata is more popular than the 3rd, which is the real masterpiece. The 3rd is too deep for most musicians to understand. The 2nd is a bit more straightforward. I wouldn't even say the 2nd is more popular than the 3rd. If anything I've always heard the 3rd played WAY more than the 2nd! Also, I wouldn't call one of them deeper than the other. Really, really wouldn't. You think the 3rd is played more than the 2nd? Not in my experience. A Youtube search on "chopin piano sonata" has 6 out of the first 7 professional recordings as the 2nd. After 10 years of living here, have only heard the 2nd played in ONE masterclass and ZERO concerts/recitals. The 3rd, however... I lost count.
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I agree with Polyphonist. The 2nd is far more popular.
I think with Chopin, you will find that the average person will gravitate towards the early work more because it's easier to listen to for them. They're missing out.
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Not underrated, but I never get why his 2nd sonata is more popular than the 3rd, which is the real masterpiece. The 3rd is too deep for most musicians to understand. The 2nd is a bit more straightforward. I wouldn't even say the 2nd is more popular than the 3rd. If anything I've always heard the 3rd played WAY more than the 2nd! Also, I wouldn't call one of them deeper than the other. Really, really wouldn't. You think the 3rd is played more than the 2nd? Not in my experience. A Youtube search on "chopin piano sonata" has 6 out of the first 7 professional recordings as the 2nd. After 10 years of living here, have only heard the 2nd played in ONE masterclass and ZERO concerts/recitals. The 3rd, however... I lost count. I've definitely heard the 2nd performed here more than the 3rd. Just counting masterclasses, I've heard it 3 or 4 times (the 1st movement), and the 3rd 1 or 2.
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After 10 years of living here, have only heard the 2nd played in ONE masterclass and ZERO concerts/recitals. The 3rd, however... I lost count.
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Popular is not the same as overrated. Of course it's not. Something being overrated is an opinion. Being popular and being overrated are two mutually exclusive things; one does not rely on the other to be true. It just happens to be my opinion that the few works mentioned above are over-popular, which would be the same as to say they are overrated. Popular is not the same as overrated but over popular is the same as overrated? The popular works are more popular(in the sense of being more well known or familiar)because they are within the reach of non professionals and thus studied more frequently. And how exactly is everything else not "within the reach" of non-professionals? Technically too difficult.
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Popular is not the same as overrated but over popular is the same as overrated? Correct. By adding 'over' one has asserted their own personal opinion. Saying "he is over-popular" is the same as saying "he is too poplar", which is nothing more than an opinion. And how exactly is everything else not "within the reach" of non-professionals? Technically too difficult. Oh, I see.
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Overrated: Nocturne Op. 9/2, Nocturne Posthumous, Waltzs, Op. 64 Nos 1 and 2 Fantaisie-Impromptu
Underplayed: Bolero, Rondo a la mazur, Rondo Krakowizk, Sonata No. 1, Scherzo no. 4, Mazurka Op. 24 No. 2, Impromptu No. 3 in Gb
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I'm astounded that the Barcarolle op 60 is not performed more, it's amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU-5u2dmXdMI have a soft spot for the piece that is, when it is programmed, usually paired with it, the Berceuse op 57 because the melody is so astoundingly beautiful- even though the piece itself is musically not all that interesting. It's more or less a "theme and variations" or "passacaglia" in structure. That said, there's something about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1CXY5NHvmsOverrated: I have to concur with those who have mentioned Op. 9 #2.
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I have a soft spot for the piece that is, when it is programmed, usually paired with it, the Berceuse op 57 because the melody is so astoundingly beautiful- even though the piece itself is musically not all that interesting. It's more or less a "theme and variations" or "passacaglia" in structure.
Maybe you want to say that the Berceuse is not harmonically interesting, because it's so harmonically static (until the end). But even that's not true-- the fact that that harmony doesn't change throughout is very, very interesting. (Maybe even unique at that time?) At any rate, the Berceuse is certainly musically interesting. One of Chopin's many innovative, daring, understated masterpieces. -J
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For some reason I've never clicked with the berceuse and the barcarolle. There's something about them that bores me.
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Maybe you want to say that the Berceuse is not harmonically interesting, because it's so harmonically static (until the end). But even that's not true-- the fact that that harmony doesn't change throughout is very, very interesting. (Maybe even unique at that time?)
At any rate, the Berceuse is certainly musically interesting. One of Chopin's many innovative, daring, understated masterpieces.
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Good point. Yes, I meant that it is "harmonically static". However, it is extremely interesting in form- if only insofar as it doggedly sticks to the ostinato in the bass- and the ornamentation of the melody is at the pinnacle of its style. I wouldn't say "unique at that time" however, as many baroque pieces (re: Pachelbell's canon) used a short repeating ground figure in a similar way.
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Maybe you want to say that the Berceuse is not harmonically interesting, because it's so harmonically static (until the end). But even that's not true-- the fact that that harmony doesn't change throughout is very, very interesting. (Maybe even unique at that time?)
At any rate, the Berceuse is certainly musically interesting. One of Chopin's many innovative, daring, understated masterpieces.
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Good point. Yes, I meant that it is "harmonically static". However, it is extremely interesting in form- if only insofar as it doggedly sticks to the ostinato in the bass- and the ornamentation of the melody is at the pinnacle of its style. I wouldn't say "unique at that time" however, as many baroque pieces (re: Pachelbell's canon) used a short repeating ground figure in a similar way. Fair enough, although the Pachelbell's pattern is a sequence of eight separate harmonies. A far cry from the Berceuse's continual I-V-I-V ad infinitum. -J
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For some reason I've never clicked with the berceuse and the barcarolle. There's something about them that bores me. The first few times I thought so too. I never had the patience to really listen, and I gave up on them. But those are the kind of pieces that really grow on you over time, just wait. Today I can listen to them for hours and never get bored.
"If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord." - Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Perhaps I'll give them another shot then... I wouldn't want to miss out Admittedly there have been a few pieces like that, where at first they don't click but then later reveal themselves. I always found that with Medtner and Prokofiev.
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