VIDEO: Chopin E minor Prelude No. 4

[krandiash]

Suggestions! This is the first piece I've learned.

[pianoplayjl]

This is one of those pieces which are easy to play but take a life time to understand to play with musicality and etc. Really, I think there is no definite boundary of good and bad for this piece. To me, you've done a fine job of doing justice to this decievingly easy piece. All I just want to say is it was a bit fast for my taste. I usually play it alot more slow. But you bring something new and anticipation into this piece. Well played.

JL

[krandiash]

Thanks! I absolutely agree that it looks easy but isn't. I practiced it at least 100 times before attempting a recording.
As to the speed; well, one of my favourite recordings is one by Cortot which is only around 1:30 in length! Obviously, I cannot to inspire a performance like that anytime soon but my personal preference is a pace at around 1:50.
But, that's the beauty of classical music. To each his own!