(VIDEO) Chopin Etude op.10 no.1

[dannyjun]

Live 3rd March 2010, Kromeriz, Czech Republic, Petrof piano

Comments will be welcome 
Daniel

[gyzzzmo]

Technically nice, but needs alot of work on musicality.
In general, every time you ascend, you should do crescendo and play softer when descend. Also you have to look at the piece as a 'bigger picture', so where is the melody going and what for musical consequences does it have.
So make some music of those notes

gl, Gyzzzmo

[orangesodaking]

How do people PLAY this piece? Wow!

Great arpeggios! I haven't studied this piece, so I don't know exactly what kind of critique to offer, except to keep practicing what your teacher says to do. 

[pianowolfi]

Sure, gyzzzmo is right, but you're already very good at this!! Bravo!

[tsachi]

You technical skills are very good and I envy you for that. However, I do have some comments on musicality.
First - remember the left hand. The left-hand octaves should lead the music. They should always sound loud and clear.
Second - there is a need for more dynamics. For example, the section starting with A minor somewhere on the second page is usually played somewhat softer and more quite.

Although Chopin's etudes were composed as exercizes for his larger compositions they are considered masterpices by their own right and should be played with the "Chopin Feeling".

[miken49]

The first thing that hit me when I listened to your performance was that their was too much pedal. You really should pedal ascending and descending, except for cases when it is the same chord all the whole way through like the C major chord for example. Also, as everyone has said there needs to be more expression unless you are planning on a faster tempo which I would advise. I feel the harmonies in this piece would benefit from it, but as always those decisions are up to the performer.

Congratulations on tackling on of Chopin's nastiest Etudes. 

[dannyjun]

Thanks very much for your comments...yes, this performance was a bit "careful" (here is performance two months later https://dannyknopfler.ic.cz/other/01%20-%20Chopin%20-%20Etude%20op.10%20no.1.mp3 ), so too much pedal and I mainly wanted to play all the notes as clear as possible and therefore and didn´t mind too much about the left hand - and of course, the main music IS in the left hand...
There is still a lot work on this etude...and I am glad for it