Eternal Sonata

Recently start to play a PS3 RPG called Eternal Sonata, a game related with the famous piano composer Chopin. In fact, Chopin is the very reason that makes me buy this game. Anyway, I decided not to talk about the gameplay itself, despite the fact that Eternal Sonata, as a RPG, is actually a very great game to play. The music in the game is what this post is about.

This game is basically divided into several chapters, and each chapter has the theme that is related to one of the piano piece of Chopin. What makes the game interesting is that, it tells the story behind each of the piano piece, as in when the piece was composed, under what circumstances etc etc.

So far I'm in chapter 4, and each chapter has it's own title, for example:

Chapter 1: Raindrop
Chapter 2: Revolution
Chapter 3: Fantaisie Impromptu
Chapter 4: Grande valses brillante

This game has certainly motivate me to play those songs again although I have the piano scores of those song with me for all these time. The first song that I'm currently playing is the chapter 1 song, Raindrop. It is actually the Prelude in D(flat) major, which is named Raindrop prelude. The raindrop prelude story is related back to Chopin's illness tuberculosis and a raining period.

Chapter 2 song, Revolution, is actually the famous Revolutionary Etude, Opus 10, Number 12. Well, I'm still not sure if I wanna learn this song XD.

Chapter 3 Fantaise Impromptu. I think everyone must hear this masterpiece before. You might not know the title, but I'm quite the tune is not unfamiliar to most people.

Chapter 4 Grande valses brillante, is a waltz. I remember this is the first Chopin's waltz that I started to learn last time, among his other waltz. Time to learn back this piece soon~

This is it. Fantaisie Impromptu, performed by Li Yundi.




The other day, I saw my boss play this piece, Fantaisie Impromptu in the show room. Speechless. It is so so so.................. GREAT.

oh, by the way, just 'sunbian' introduce another great piece, performed by Li Yundi. It's La Campanella, composed by Liszt.