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Topic: Where can i find lecture CD's on Chopin Ballades??????  (Read 2084 times)

Offline pmz310

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Where can i find lecture CD's on Chopin Ballades??????
on: May 25, 2008, 02:46:29 PM
I am teacher-less for the summer, and I want to finish the 1st Ballade, please help me.  I'll accept any advice (detailed for each section) from this as well.

Thank you
P.M.Z.
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Offline slobone

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Re: Where can i find lecture CD's on Chopin Ballades??????
Reply #1 on: May 25, 2008, 06:03:46 PM
I'm assuming you've already checked out the performances on Youtube.

A surprisingly large number of professional pianists come to grief in this piece, not because of technical problems, but because they don't seem to know what they're trying to say.
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Offline classical88

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Re: Where can i find lecture CD's on Chopin Ballades??????
Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 07:20:28 PM
Agreed, slobone.

My first suggestion is to decide on a basic tempo which applies to all the major thematic sections of the piece.  The technical passagework can then be virtuosically displayed without ruining the overall pace of the work.
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