Chopin - Scherzo no. 3 Op 39

[pianist1976]

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[emill]

Hi pianist1976 !!
Thank you for posting this, i am quite excited for any comments too.
I was asked by my teacher to learn this piece as one of the pieces
for another recital on June. This will be very informative.
best wishes,
enzo

[becky8898]

Hi: this was so amazing I posted the Chopin op 53 yesterday and you posted this. Both Pieces Agerich played at the 1965 Chopin Competition.  thats like fate or something.  I do have to say you sounded more like her than I did.   NOt that you where copying her, but i mean from a stand point of being true to the piece having it under control and doing a nice artistic job with it. 

However to be fair.  I cant say I was crazy about the end of this piece. The final rush  - the last 90 seconds or so , just didnt sound that clear to me.  The right hand sounded a little muddled. I wish I was smart enough to tell you more what I mean, but language is so poor sometimes for trying to explain musical thoughts in your brain. I think if you work on the end a little more you will have something special in this piece. 

From one chopin player to Another

Cheers, Becky

[ladypianist]

I have always loved this Scherzo. It has always reminded me of Romeo and Juliet.  The upper notes on those beautiful flowing runs  - seeming to Say " Romeo , Romeo, where art thou". I love the way you did those runs. Just the right effect, glimmering down the piano.  The lower chords answering" It is the east and Juliet is the Sun". Back and forth Back and Forth. Those to me are where you need to still work on a clear firm answer.  I would be very interested to know your view of the piece. How you see it.  As I said in a post to Enzo, Chopin can be such a trickster, keeping your mind on one hand while it is the other hand that makes or breaks the musical feel of the piece.  All in all a very nice piece of playing.

I have so enjoyed your playing.  I feel in you , there is a fellow artist I can relate to.

This is has been a pleasure, best as always  - Lady Pianist

[pianist1976]

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[danhuyle]

I've always looked at Chopin Scherzo Op39 as a march. Musical expression feels the same and more could be done with it. 

Ivo Pogorelich's performance of this is the most creative. Martha Argerich's interpretation is almost exactly like Vladimir Ashkenazy.

The end does feel rushed. I must be listening to Ivo Pogorelich's recording too many times. It just doesn't have that same excitement toward the end. Why do I always hear wrong notes?

You're lucky to have a performing career. I wish I could.

[pianist1976]

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