Gaspard de la Nuit(Ondine) Take 2

[david456103]

Here's my second try at this piece:

[awesom_o]

Definitely some improvement from the earlier rendition!

All I will say is that I'm hearing the sound of two hands with five digits on each.

Being a pianist is all about what possibilities in sound you can create from having one extremely powerful unit of ten fully-functioning independent voices.

Improvisation, and rigorous study of the earlier style periods are the best methods to develop this mighty unit of ten.

I would love to hear you play some Baroque or Classical music.

Congratulations on delivering a polished performance on video! 

[barnardo]

Skillful control and touch particularly from the beginning and again at the climax. You have developed a lyrical interpretation of the masterpiece, and I hope you keep this in your repertoire for a lifetime. The first half of the piece can benefit from many degrees of delicacy in the flourishes, and you are moving towards this, though in this take sometimes RH was more beautiful than other times. The phrases that build before we get to the climax bars could begin with a slightly broader rubato at the top before they cascade downwards. On the penultimate pages before the unaccompanied confessional melody I would like to hear the gentle glissandi and phrases blending into each other more perfectly, as this is the moment Ondine approaches most closely to offer her hand (perhaps) the plaintiveness and yearning need to be at their most affecting. You play the unaccompanied answer with exceptional feeling and dramatic poise. The final page is delivered abruptly and slightly rushed for my taste. OK, she is spurned, but as the poem suggests, she swims out of sight with laughter more than humiliation, and the last bars have the same supple tempo as the beginning.
I've only said so much because this is one of the best video contributions I have seen for a while! Well played!

[lisztmusicfan]

Great recording. You sir are the reason that I am in love with this piece again, but I'm also now obsessed with it. So thanks  but seriously, great performance!