I enjoyed your performance.Congratulations on graduating, from where did you graduate?
Hi bach_lo,I've recorded this prelude myself, so know the music well. I believe you gave a lyrical performance, and made good choices on which voices to emphasize in your playing. You also built and spent the climax very well in my opinion. There were several minor slips onto wrong notes along the way, but they did not mar the performance overall. A very good rendition!One thing you could not help was the Yamaha piano. The tone decay is very fast on that instrument, and playing a lyrical and legato cantabile line becomes a challenge.Congratulations on graduating!
You're right. The piano - mezzo forte was a beautiful sound, despite the piano. It didn't sound muffled at all. It might have been your impression sitting at the keyboard. Never try to go beyond a piano's possibility. It will only fight you back. But you have a natural instinct for Rachmaninov, I think.
Overall a good performance i think. Only comment i could give is that sometimes the melody disappears abit in the diminuendo's, wich you can solve by getting ofcourse the other notes even smoother, or by playing those melody notes in a slightly different rythm than those accompanying notes.Gyzzzmo
hey thanks, this idea seems fresh to me, but i still don't really get it "play it in a slightly different rhythm than those accompaniment"? Aren't we supposed to follow the rhythm as what it's written on the score?
I mean by playing it with abit different timing than the accompanying notes wich distincts them as the melody.
hey! congrats for your graduation! where can we see other videos of your exam??
Congratulations on your graduation, first of all A nice performance! The melody does come out very well, but I wouldn't mind a little less from the accompaniment. It generally provides harmonic support in the first page, but you play it as though it is a counterpoint. It'll be enhanced by more flow as well - although it's probably because I do prefer it a little faster. On that note, you didn't try to replicate Ashkenazy's recording did you? Ah yes, the boston is indeed a hard piano to play on! The ones I've come across have hard keys, and the tone is generally darker (or duller if you like!) You managed it well indeed!
I have listened to Ashkenazy's one, I like his interpretation too but it's a bit slow for my taste...