{"id":5559,"date":"2022-01-12T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2022-01-12T08:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T08:33:39","slug":"chopin-prelude-15-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/chopin-prelude-15-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopin &#8211; Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop) &#8211; Wang, Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/chopin\/\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin<\/a>\u00a0most famous masterpiece, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.chopin.nifc.pl\/chopin\/composition\/detail\/name\/prelude\/id\/208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Prelude No. 15 <\/em><\/a>in D-Flat Major, nicknamed \u201c<em>Raindrop<\/em>\u201d, strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D-Flat Major to the tenebrous C-Sharp Minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities. In the semantic interpretation of George Sand, this is the moment when \u2018the ghosts of dead monks walk in mournful procession\u2019. Chopin himself \u2013 adding the word \u2018rainy\u2019 to a pupil\u2019s copy of this music \u2013 drew attention to another aspect of this work, namely the relentlessness and monotony with which a single note (always the same) resounds throughout the whole prelude, evoking imitative associations. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/wang\/\">Yuja Wang<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/pSpf9bKK_Zk\" width=\"728\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Chopin by Wang<\/h2>\n<h3>Prelude No. 4<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/prelude\/\">Prelude<\/a> No. 4 in E Minor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/chopin-prelude-4-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3155\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-24-preludes-wang.jpg\" alt=\"Chopin - 24 Preludes for Piano Op 28 - Wang, Piano\" width=\"725\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-24-preludes-wang.jpg 725w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-24-preludes-wang-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Prelude No. 16<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/prelude\/\">Prelude<\/a> No. 16 in B-Flat Minor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/chopin-prelude-16-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3298\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-16-wang.jpg\" alt=\"Chopin - Prelude No 16 Op 28 in B-Flat Minor - Wang, Piano\" width=\"729\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-16-wang.jpg 729w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-16-wang-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Prelude No. 24<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/prelude\/\">Prelude<\/a> No. 24 in D Minor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/chopin-prelude-24-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3155\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-24-preludes-wang.jpg\" alt=\"Chopin - 24 Preludes for Piano Op 28 - Wang, Piano\" width=\"725\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-24-preludes-wang.jpg 725w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-24-preludes-wang-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Prelude No. 15: Other Performance<\/h2>\n<h3>Vladimir Horowitz<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/horowitz\/\">More videos by Vladimir Horowitz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/raindrop-prelude-chopin-15-horowitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-raindrop-horowitz.jpg\" alt=\"Chopin - Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop) - Horwitz, piano\" width=\"723\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-raindrop-horowitz.jpg 723w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-raindrop-horowitz-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Grigory Sokolov<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/sokolov\/\">More videos by Grigory Sokolov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/chopin-prelude-15-sokolov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3060\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-sokolov.jpg\" alt=\"Chopin - Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major - Sokolov, Piano\" width=\"730\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-sokolov.jpg 730w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-sokolov-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Grimaud<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/grimaud\/\">More videos by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Grimaud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/chopin-prelude-15-grimaud\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3968\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-grimaud.jpg\" alt=\"Chopin - Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major - Grimaud, Piano\" width=\"732\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-grimaud.jpg 732w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/chopin-prelude-15-grimaud-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of\u00a0Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin\u00a0most famous masterpiece, the Raindrop prelude strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D-Flat Major to the tenebrous C-Sharp Minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,12,72],"tags":[24,45],"class_list":["post-5559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romantic-music","category-piano","category-prelude","tag-chopin","tag-wang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5559"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9779,"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559\/revisions\/9779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}