Tristan and Isolde Prelude arranged by Kocsis

[nyiregyhazi]

Any thoughts? I find it rather lumpy at times, although some things worked better than others.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

A few impressions:
the piano isn't very even in tone in the treble, which doesn't help.
I assume the sound is camcorder audio; it is rather constricted dynamically, which also doesn't help. 

I would think very carefully about how to shape the motivic phrases and resolutions in the introduction and try to be consistent between them. The one from 1.17 to 1.26 is very nice. I would also try to find a way of making more of the magical harmonic changes into C, especially the passage from 1.53. The r.h. scales from 5.30 were curiously unconvincing, not because they were badly played but because they sounded like they had been transplanted from a different context. I can't say for sure on a first or even second listening, but my inclination would be to play them not strictly a tempo: perhaps with an accel and cresc through them, and shaped so as to be aiming for the final note of the scale.

All of that being said, I definitely enjoyed listening. You do make a case for the piece, and I think it would sound great on a concert grand.

[starstruck5]

I don't really get on with Wagner -but I think you play this beautifully. Since you don't have a Concert Grand you have to work with what you have, and I think you did a great job of communicating those Wagnerian harmonies - the piano has a character and beauty unique to itself -Sometimes a concert grand can be a very cold beast.

[birba]

It's certainly better then what you usually find in the piano-vocal scores.  But I think to succeed in concert, it's got to be "bigger".  There are times when some arpeggios would have enhanced it.  Or it just might be your piano.  Why didn't you play it on your grand piano?  In fact, that brings me to a question.
I'm just curious.  Are you the person who played that wonderful grand polonaise without the andante spianato?  because you look different.  I mean your hair looks different.