Polonaise op. 53 - F. Chopin

[lollonapo]

(Live)

It was the first time I played this piece in a  live performance.

There are a few mistakes , but i hope you'll enjoy it anyway.

[awesom_o]

Bravo!

I found this to be quite stylish, and genuinely refreshing! Good taste, good touch, good pulse, good tone.... very good scales.... a fine performance indeed. A bit splashy in terms of the accuracy, though.

What is your name? And what is your quest?

[lollonapo]

Thanks for your opinion!

(What does "splashy" mean?  )

Anyway, i think it just misses something, apart from scattered mistakes;
but i don't know how i can manage to improve it.

[awesom_o]

Yeah I just meant there were rather too many scattered mistakes. You did a great job of not letting them bother you, though, and that's the most important thing.

It would be best to not make any, like this guy!

[dima_76557]

Anyway, i think it just misses something, apart from scattered mistakes;
but i don't know how i can manage to improve it.

Not bad. I don't care about your mistakes. My wishes have to do with the rhythmical execution.

Your interpretation misses something "masculine" at times because the military repeated chords seem to be partly swallowed too often, and you also make too many unmovitated rittardandos in certain places that take away the relentless military character and the patriotic pride of the piece. If you work on that, nothing will be "missing" anymore.

[thesixthsensemusic]

I agree with what Dima said. Your performance is good but it's also a bit too docilely played during parts of it. For example the mid part with the continuous runs of left hand octaves. I'm not sure I;d use the term 'military' myself because that'd suggest a more steady pace though I feel this piece can do with a free approach to rubato. You got that right, but could have been a bit more forceful in your striking of the keys at points.

Overall a VERY good job, I know how hard this piece is and there was not a single moment in which I thought it got dodgy, your recording even has significantly less wrong notes than the 1952 studio recording by Alfred Cortot.