"The technical formula which serves as frame to this Study proves that the composer wished the student to work out one particular difficulty demanding a special kind of practice which would develop both strength and agility of the fingers. But Chopin's genius widened - maybe unawares - the limited scope of a Study written for perfecting mechanical assets to the infinite horizon of a work of art; indeed he transforms the figure played by the right hand into an overwhelming and tempestuous flood of sound severely kept under control by the unrelenting rhythm of the bass. Such a stormy and splendid vitality run through these pages that the performer is not only faced with a technical problem, but is compelled to translate a musical poem as well."
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Alfred Cortot, Frédéric Chopin. 12 Études, op.25. Édition de travail des oeuvres de Chopin (Editions Salabert).
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