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Offline anafressari

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chopin a minor waltz, posthumous
on: January 30, 2010, 05:58:08 PM


comments, opinions, suggestions please!!!
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Offline birba

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Re: chopin a minor waltz, posthumous
Reply #1 on: January 31, 2010, 10:38:45 AM
that was really quite original and i must say i really liked it.  in effect, you turned it into a mazurka, so to speak.  your rubati on the second beat was what gave it that flavor.  a true polish chopin waltz!
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Offline perfect_pitch

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Re: chopin a minor waltz, posthumous
Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 11:08:59 AM
Quote from: anafressari on January 30, 2010, 05:58:08 PM
comments, opinions, suggestions please!!!

GET A *** METRONOME!!!

It's supposed to be in 3/4 time signature - not ?!?/4....

There's rubato and then there's taking the piss... this seems to be an example of the latter.
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Offline vviola

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Re: chopin a minor waltz, posthumous
Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 04:00:18 AM
I agree with perfect_pitch, get a metronome. It seems you've learned the notes and their order, but not how to play them!
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Re: chopin a minor waltz, posthumous
Reply #4 on: February 01, 2010, 05:09:09 AM
Quote from: birba on January 31, 2010, 10:38:45 AM
that was really quite original and i must say i really liked it.  in effect, you turned it into a mazurka, so to speak.  your rubati on the second beat was what gave it that flavor.  a true polish chopin waltz!
Quote from: perfect_pitch on January 31, 2010, 11:08:59 AM
GET A *** METRONOME!!!

It's supposed to be in 3/4 time signature - not ?!?/4....

There's rubato and then there's taking the piss... this seems to be an example of the latter.
^Ah, cool things like this. I have great respect for Birba and for Perfect_pitch, their thoughts on music...and what emphatically different reactions! I must say, reading the comments before hearing the performance, I didn't know what to expect out of this performance.

What I got was a most unique rendition full of musical instinct and a wonderful spontaneity cleverly bringing out detailed contrasts. I understand why perfect_pitch is provoked, thought I'd not think the performance provocative...he's got a big second beat in which he's fairly consistent, and he "knows" what he's doing to the time signature...how could one of such music sensibility *not* know? It's clearly a stylistic choice, and for my part I think it came of quite convincingly, even if it was a bit exaggerated (if you're gonna go, go all out...isn't that an Americanized Aussie expression?). And it is not so far from performance practice, like Birba said, "you turned it into a mazurka, so to speak."

I side with Birba on this one...so with vviola weighing in, that makes it two and two. Very good, yeah, very good.  :)
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Offline manel

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Re: chopin a minor waltz, posthumous
Reply #5 on: February 03, 2010, 07:27:21 PM
Hey, this is the way Ignaz Friedman wanted Chopin beeing played … ;)
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