Chopin Ballade Nr. 4

[alialvarez]

Hey, this is my first post in this forums. This my latest recording of Chopin's 4th Ballade. It was made with a Sharp MD, so the quality is a little bit watery, so is not my excess of pedal (or maybe it is?  ) Anyway, any comments are welcome. Be nice though 

[imbetter]

I personally thought that you did a great job on this piece. I just had two tiny little quibbles. After you play the introduction I think your presentation of the main theme had great feeling to it but was a little too rushed to make the beauty of that passage really sing. Also at the very end of the piece when you end with those four chords I thought you could have taken a little more time on them and really sink your fingers into them. After all, you just finished a monumental piece of music so let the listener know that.

These are just suggestions you dont have to listen. But you really did a great job on this good luck!

[alialvarez]

Thanks for your comment, I think I'm still lacking a lot of sound control, probably that's why the introduction (the most difficult place in the whole ballade) is not quite convincing. I stopped working on the Ballade  but I will pick it up again some time later

[ganymed]

I think its a very nice rendition which moves me makes me reminisce about old times.
My favorite part in this piece starts at 2:20 and stops at 3:02. This part  always gives me the creeps.

How long do you play piano and how long did it take you to learn it ?
Playing the 4th ballade is one of long long term goalds I want to achive

[alialvarez]

Thanks, I've been playing that Ballade since february and I recorded it on July 6th, so... about 6 months. I've been playin piano since i was 13 though, quite late to start. Now I'm 24. I'm not quite the virtuoso, but it's what I do for living and I can't live without doing it if you know what I mean 

[ganymed]

late to start??

i started at 17....




 

[gruffalo]

very nicely played, sir! i enjoyed it a lot.

[pianomx]

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