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Offline shoenberg3

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Mazeppa - Live Recording
on: May 02, 2007, 08:21:46 AM
From this year's concert consisting of 6 TEs and other pieces:

https://www.sendspace.com/file/vxghbp
generally working on:
Bach Toccata in g minor
Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto
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Offline nicco

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Re: Mazeppa - Live Recording
Reply #1 on: May 02, 2007, 11:23:42 AM
Wow, fantastic! Not much to say here, except maybe im lacking a little...grandioso-like feeling. The middle section is absolutely superb, overall one of the finest recordings ive ever heard. The way you are contrasting between sections is amazing.

Well done!!
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Re: Mazeppa - Live Recording
Reply #2 on: May 02, 2007, 05:14:56 PM
In the Rachmaninov sense, I think you definitely got the point of the piece -  your wonderfully natural phrasing in the middle section is something rarely heard. I think you are an extremely brave player for playing the outer sections so fast (which I agree with on an interpretational level since they are so repetitive), but as a consequence it seems to result in inaccuracy and worse, occasionally flimsy/uneven tone. Since you're so damn good, I reckon you'll play this better as time progresses, but still, your performance is a big accomplishment for most pianists.

Btw, you got accepted to Stanford, didn't you?  ;)

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Re: Mazeppa - Live Recording
Reply #3 on: May 02, 2007, 09:21:12 PM
it sounded a bit weak, and I didn't like when you sort of exaggeratly slowed in some parts, like the end of the cadenza in the beginning, and other spots ( or should i say passage, but that would sound too not good)

otherwise it was bravoish  ;)
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Re: Mazeppa - Live Recording
Reply #4 on: May 02, 2007, 09:36:19 PM
Thanks for the comments. I will indeed be going to Stanford. it is sloppy at spots, but live recital recs tend to be pretty messy for a lot of pianists heh.
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Bach Toccata in g minor
Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto

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Re: Mazeppa - Live Recording
Reply #5 on: May 02, 2007, 10:32:28 PM
Tony, U ROX MY SOX
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Re: Mazeppa - Live Recording
Reply #6 on: May 03, 2007, 11:43:53 AM
is there any video of your perfomance. If so, I'd love to see it. I bet it would be even more
virtuosic  :D
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