Chopin - Ballade in F major, Op. 38

[cherub_rocker1979]

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[jlh]

One word... boring. 

I'm sorry to be so blunt, but you're playing the whole thing like the first page (which shouldn't be boring).  You need MUCH more excitement in the fast sections... and more dynamic range throughout.  I kind of think of this piece almost as almost bipolar in its surprising and dynamic fast passages, compared to its cantato slow sections.  Also, work on making sure that the hands are playing together on the slow sections.  There are too many times when the hands are not playing together. 

Even the slow sections lose momentum and our interest when you play them all the same dynamic.  Try and shape the phrases and don't stop the momentum at the end of phrases as much.  Don't lose sight of the big picture.  It's not measure by measure, but each phrase goes somewhere... find out where they go, and take us there.