Brahms Intermezzo op.118 No.2 in AM

[winterwind_23]

Recorded this today. It took lots of cutting and pasting, and re-recording to get to a listenable recording, since I always mess up when I play. It's not pefect, but please listen and critique.

https://savefile.com/files/7109807

Thanks a lot for listening!

[teresa_b]

Hi winterwind,

Good start!  I love this piece, and have played it for many years, so I can give you my 2-cents worth of advice.    (BTW, messing up is part of the game, listen to my Mozart PC no 19 3rd mvt somewhere in the audition room, and hear several mess-ups!--live!)

Anyway, I think your general tempo is fine.  You need to do more perceptible slowing down at transition points at ends of sections, etc.  Also, Brahms is challenging in his use of several voices at a time weaving in and out.  So be aware of horizontal melody lines which may be brought out.  I don't hear enough melodic line, but a bit too much accompaniment.  (Your piano may be causing the sound to be a little choppy, but be extra careful with legato.  )

In that short repeated section in the middle, play the repeat differently.  And maybe do less pedal, because you don't want the beautiful lines to get murky.

Overall, you're doing great--This piece is sweet, tender, wistful...listen to your favorite pianist play it on a recording, and pay attention to the emotion evoked in yourself--then play in order to bring that to your listeners.

All the best, Teresa

[jeremyjchilds]

This is a good start.

I also have played this song for awhile now, beautiful isnt it?

You definetely need to  keep the L.H. under complete dynamic controll.
Work on fingering sonlutions in L.H for constant smoothness, and evenness.
I think you need to be generally quieter in the big picture.

I would have gone slower in the second section, but that's just my taste

I will congratulate you on you voicing efforts during the "8 voice" chord section.

My favorite recordings of this song feature an almost imperceptable L.H. that lends an ambiance rather than sounding like a binch of individual notes.

Keep going!! way to go, thanks for posting

[winterwind_23]

Thanks a lot for the replies! 

I will take into consideration what you guys said when I next play the piece.

[yiyiku]

how do I hear it? I clicked on the link and it just has a list of sites to download. i don't want to download i just want to hear? possible?

[prongated]

You can't. It was posted many years ago and the recording uploaded to a file hosting site that doesn't exist anymore...