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 Bm, Op. 28/6 “Tolling Bells”, 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’
Waltz in Am New Waltz 2024!, 13’
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. 6, book I “Footsteps in the Snow”, 17’
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’
Prelude no. 4, book II “Fairies are Exquisit Dancers”, 19’

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’
Elfin dance, Op. 12/4 Ephemeral Elves, 8’
Folk song, Op. 12/5 8’
March of the Dwarfs, Op. 54/3 Troll Trouble, 15’
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’
Rach.-Kreisler Liebesleid Arr. He can’t help himself… 28’
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 No. 1, Op. 6, mvt 4 Funeral March, 22’
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’
Fantasie, Op. 28 30’
Sonata no. 4, Op. 30 mvt 1 “Voluptuous desire…”, 16’
Sonata no. 4, Op. 30 mvt 2 “Trembling rays…”, 23’
Sonata No. 5 Op. 53 Ecstatic, 26’

Etude in C#m, Op. 2/1 Hopelessly Romantic, 13’
Etude in D#m, Op. 8/12 Fiercest, 21’
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, Op. 71:
March Nutcracking Christmas, 12’
Arabian Dance Coffee, 18’
Sugar Plum Fairy Dance, 11’

 

OTHER COMPOSERS (playlist)

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

Elgar: Salut d’Amour Love Greeting, 22’

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)

Amélie - Yann Tiersen: “Comptine d’un autre été…” 10’
“La Valse d’Amélie” 13’

Downton Abbey - John Lunn 10’

Forrest Gump - Alan Silvestri “Feather theme” 13’

Pride & Prejudice - Dario Marianelli “Dawn” 10’

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

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

The Simpsons - Danny Elfman Explained, 9’

Up - Michael Giacchino “Married Life” 16’

OTHER PLAYLISTS

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