Okay, I'm back. I was really pissed of at some ppl here, and I will no longer take any discussion with them, what so ever. But I still think it's fun to help people, and I learn a lot from it. So go a head and laugh if you like, I don't care.
Hello Perfect!
It's a big work, and there are a billion ways to play it, but here are a few ideas:
Bar 1-3: Don't release the pedal that soon in the introduction, and don't play softer that soon either. It says f and pesante. You play the first 2 or 3 notes f, then you go to piano. The piano comes after 3 bars.
Bar 3-4: You make tiny accents on the f-sharps. Don't do that. Rather do it on the g. The f# comes 3 times, and aren't that interesting.
The moderato: Don't do the same weird thing that everyone else is doing. You phrase after the bar-line, and it doesn't make any sense at all, if you don't have the score in front of you, and even then it's weird. I would aim for the top note, as if you were singing it. Then you would need an inch more on the top notes. Actually, think as if you would sing it. Sometimes you need to go forward cause you run out of air, and sometimes you have plenty of air left...
And don't do the note at the end of the slur louder than the one before. Kind of the same thing until bar 36.
And oh, the chords after the melody, play the first one louder than the second. You do it sometimes, and then it's very beautiful.
Bar 36: You need to play it faster. Its probably because it's a new piece, but aim for a slightly higher speed.
Take your time from bar 60, there are some cool things happening in the left hand that doesn't come across if you don't do the calando and smorz.
Meno Mosso: Here, you do a slight accent on the e-flat in bar 69. Everybody does that, and it doesn't make sense. Here is why: 1. It's the end of a slur, 2. It's D to T (Bb to Eb) and if you play those chords, you would most of the time not do an accent on the E-flat.
Then there is an accent in bar 72 that you don't do. Do the accents he did write, and don't the one he didn't
Then it's the same.... Think that whole main theme as a dance.
From Bar 105: Same here, don't do accents if he didn't write them. Especially if they are D-T and in the end of a slur. The "First" beat isn't as important as some teacher claims. He was fully capable to write accents if wanted to.
The last Meno mosso is also Sotto voce and pp sempre. So there is no cantabile. It's like someone trying to sing, but isn't able to.
I liked that you didn't play the coda insanely fast, as some ppl do. But a bit faster.
Bar 252. Why so short notes? That doesn't make any sense at all. Those last scales and chords are the "main persons" last heart beats in before she falls. If you agree with me on that, you could make a small accent on the 8th note. No actual accent, but slightly heavier than the first and third. The last G needs more time, before you hit it. She falls dead to the floor, almost in slow-mo, take your time.
Topic: Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in g minor, Op 23 (Work in progress) (Read 7876 times)