F. Chopin - Scherzo op.31 n. 2

[lollonapo]

Hi everyone!

Here's my recording.

Advices would be really appreciated, but taking account that:

- i still have to improve some technical problems like tempo

- My piano is really bad and a bit out of tune

-  recording quality is not the best. it seems bass and treble are not well-balanced 

- this was made in front of my family, so you can feel a little bit of "stage fright" 

 

[erick86]

Hey nice work!  I'm also studying this piece so it's great to compare whats going on.  Someday i'll try to record it as well and it'd be great to get your feedback!  

My music for this piece doesn't have the measure labelled, so i've done it manually.  I hope the accuracy isn't catastrophic... hopefully you can get the idea of where i'm referring to.

65-130  -  Nicely done!  nice delicate left hand.  Maybe to give a different colour the next time it's repeated, you could try letting the base notes ring out a bit more on one of the three times this theme shows up.

101-102 - This is written differently than what you played, at least in my edition.  You played it as it is written when this theme is repeated later on (in bars 233-234).  But the first time around, it's simpler.  Minor detail.  

265 - This is much slower than I would have chosen, but I guess that's open for interpretation.  

310-333 -  Give that high melody line more shape -- more defined long phrasing.  Take us to the heart of the phrase!

334-364  -  Nice movement and shape!  I loved the voicing.  

460-474  -  Maybe try with just a bit more breath and silence between the E major arpeggio and the diminished arpeggio.  Really make the most of the impact that the one single bar of "rest" brings to the anticipation and dramatic buildup that is about to be unleashed.  

476-491 -  That left hand octave melody line could use more shape.  Even though it's loud, and it's definitely supposed to be loud, sculpting it a bit more gives it riveting bite.  

The ending section on the last two pages starting from 716 (if my count is anything close to accurate),

at 716 - really nice body to the left hand!

733 -  I personally think those triplets are a little too mashed together.  I think they still need to be articulated a bit more.


at the very end, from 763-771, you could capitalize more on the dramatic dynamic swells that could be happening as the voices toss back and forth and you set the stage for the final chordal triumph!    

I think that puts my final measure at 780.  Hopefully that isn't so inaccurate that you can't figure out what parts I'm referring to!

Nice work!  it was a pleasure to listen to.  Congrats!

Eric