Recital Recording - Encore

[jlh]

Masters recital, 02.20.2007:

Encore:

Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in E-flat Major Op. 33, No. 6

*Yeah, so a week before the recital while in the audience of a colleague's recital I realized I hadn't prepared an encore for my recital... so this is what I came up with on a week's notice.  I was a bit fatigued after the second half (all etudes). 

Comments appreciated! 

Edit: mp3 replaced

[pianistimo]

wow.  you played this after a whole recital.  that's pretty good!  very enjoyable!

[jlh]

wow.  you played this after a whole recital.  that's pretty good!  very enjoyable!

Yeah... if I had to do it over again I probably would've chosen a slower piece after such a progam.  But I think it still worked out ok.

[jlh]

I got the finished recording from the studio, so I replaced the mp3 on here.

[quasimodo]

I love your concept of this piece.
Thanks for posting that!

[nanabush]

Oh man you play the really tough passages nice and fast 

Not sure if I heard wrong, but at 57 seconds, the left hand sounded awfully low... when I played this about half a year ago I noticed like a month into practicing it that there's a treble clef there... lol not sure if you missed that too    either way you killed that piece, specially after an entire recital, congrats.

[rachfan]

That was an incredible fast study, and it sounds great!  I wish I could that!

[franz_]

Really nice playing. Not an easy job after a whole recital. I'm learning this etude right now.
In my opinion, I really like your idea of this etude. For me it is a bit to fast, and the ending is to 'short'. The last chord has to be short but this sounds as a staccato.
But, great playing.

[jlh]

Really nice playing. Not an easy job after a whole recital. I'm learning this etude right now.
In my opinion, I really like your idea of this etude. For me it is a bit to fast, and the ending is to 'short'. The last chord has to be short but this sounds as a staccato.
But, great playing.

Thanks!  Yes, there is much I would have liked to do better with this one.  Do a search for this piece in the audition room here and you will find a performance by me in 2005 that is more like I wanted it to come out.  I realized a week before this recital that I didn't have an encore, so this recording is the result of a week's preparation for that on top of the recital preparation.  I'm fairly satisfied with the results under those conditions.  In the future I will most likely opt for a slower encore after a program that tiring.

Edit: Found it... 

http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,18879.0.html

[franz_]

Thanks!  Yes, there is much I would have liked to do better with this one.  Do a search for this piece in the audition room here and you will find a performance by me in 2005 that is more like I wanted it to come out.  I realized a week before this recital that I didn't have an encore, so this recording is the result of a week's preparation for that on top of the recital preparation.  I'm fairly satisfied with the results under those conditions.  In the future I will most likely opt for a slower encore after a program that tiring.

Edit: Found it... 

http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,18879.0.html

I just listened to the other recording in 2005, and is a WAY better. I really liked this performance! I got the idea you have, and you are doing really nice things. I hope I will play this etude like you did. (I have to play it in a concert Sunday)
Congrats!