Recorded this last week. With the exception of a couple of mistakes and some slight hesitation towards the end, I was pretty happy with this performance.

Any comments would be great! 

Yes, lighten up a bit on the LH pattern - remember this is referred to as the "raindrop prelude" not the "hailstone prelude".

Yes, lighten up a bit on the LH pattern - remember this is referred to as the "raindrop prelude" not the "hailstone prelude".

Did Chopin write program music?

Did Chopin write program music?

Some subsequent publishers apparently thought he did.

My "rude" remark was aimed at much the same aspect that gyzzzmo was referring to - that the LH is a gentle ostinato figure and the emphasis should be on the RH melody. You are putting too much weight on the LH A flat - it begins to sound almost metronomic. Also, it's generally accepted that some slight liberties may be taken with the steady LH rhythm to accommodate the two RH figures in meas. 23 and 79; i.e., these needn't be squeezed into the such a strict tempo. I assume your hesitations before some of the large chords toward the end of the middle section were due to note searching - you can work those later. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

Good luck, im curious about your advancements.

gyzzzmo

I dont know if youre recording it with a microphone, maybe its not placed well or the equaliser isnt tuned well? Or you just play too loud with your left hand :p

Feddera,

Nice one!  I've not played this, but I like your version   You have some nice dynamics going.  Your piano (like mine) sounds a little out of tune!!  You probably knew that - us humble violinists are sensitive to tunings.

Getting that left hand soft is a challenge I think for all pianists.  You have some fancy finger work with the right hand - wow

Thank you! I've only had my piano tuned one time since I bought it a year ago, but I wouldn't know the difference, my pitch is terrible. 

What kind of piano did you get?  Yeah, and me too, I only got my piano tuned once.  Then I moved and it was turned sideways and travelled on the road and landed in my new house and was never tuned after the move.  Yikes.  I've been trying to get a piano tuner to come, but I can't seem to coordinate my schedule during normal working hours with a piano tuner.... Maybe I'll hire a baby sitter to let the tuner in.

Take my word for it.  It can use a tuning.  I think your piano will stay in tune longer if you tune it regularly in the beginning.  Don't do as I do... you can do better!  It's especially obvious (to me) that your piano is out of tune when you play those octaves.

With that said, my goal is to get my piano tuned within the next 6 weeks!  I wanted to say that so that I would actually do it.

 

Gotta watch out for some tuners.  Some of them can't tune very well for some reason.  I usually warn the tuners that I'm pretty picky, so when their done, I test it out

Sounds like a bad problem to have (for me) I guess.