Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 No. 1, 2, 4 & Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op 38 - LIVE

[le_poete_mourant]

Hey everybody -- these are a few Chopin recordings from my high school senior recital a couple weeks ago. 

Chopin Etudes Op. 10
No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in A minor
No. 4 in C# minor

Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

Live & unedited - Kilbourn Hall, Rochester NY.  June 1 2008. 

[dnephi]

Very impressive.  I really liked your articulation.  I think you could afford to use a bit more pedal in some of the pieces (Not the ballade), but that very well may be the recording, not your playing.

You're off to an exciting career and have a lot of potential.

[goldentone]

You really nailed the storm in the Ballade.
Just fine playing.

[rachfan]

Hi poete,

Bravo!  Congratulations on your very well-played and successful senior recital! Best wishes for your future pianistic endeavors .

[slobone]

I only listened to the Ballade, but it was terrific! I hope you will return to that piece in years to come, as it takes all the "musical maturity" you can throw at it. I actually think the "folk song" section at the beginning is one of the hardest things Chopin ever wrote.

Are you going on to music school?

[le_poete_mourant]

Thanks everyone for your comments. 

Slobone, yes, next year I am headed to the Thornton School of music at USC.  As to the opening of the ballade, it has gone through a lot of changes over the past year and I think my musicality has improved a lot from having worked on it.  But as you say, in a few years I will probably listen to this recording and wonder what the heck I was doing. 

[slobone]

No, I think you're well on the way. I hope you get a great teacher there, that's what makes all the difference. Good luck!

[dora96]

You have done a great job. It is mind blowing to hear ordinary pianist to play such as high demanding pieces. I always watch and hear the top notch pianists to conquer this sort of music. (You are properly not that ordinary after all).

I am in diploma level, but I haven't tempted to play some of the high demanding etudes yet. The one I am working on op10 #3. This one compare to the ones you play is far from it. Just a question. In what point that you think you can master it? Do you start working out note by note, with separate hand practice with slow speed. How do you practice it? Could you tell us? I love to know, and my problem to play any chopin Etude, my hands are very small, just enough to reach to octave. Etude op 10 #3 in the middle part of the both 6 intervals double notes are the killer for me. I can't reach them quicker enough, and always hit the wrong note.  Do you have any suggestion? How can I solve this physical side of problem? Thank you for posting this lovely concert, really enjoy and hope you can do some more in the future.