VIDEO: Claude Debussy - Claire de Lune

[tanjana]

My first recording!

Enjoy and please feel free to criticise.

[stefo78]

Hello,

Technically it sounds OK and you feel at ease with what you're playing. This should help to improve your sound.

I would have prefered something more aery, ethereal with smoother touch. I think first and second pages could be improved in this way. I don't think second page is to be played so fast and so loud.
Next parts are my prefered ones.

And finally, it would have been better if you didn't have to read your score. After wandering a lot in this forum and reading things about that, I'm now convinced that learning the piece by heart and playing without the score will improve your sound. (apart from the need to turn the pages)

Stefo

[j_menz]

After wandering a lot in this forum and reading things about that,

Seems you missed the good bits. 

[tanjana]

Thank you very much for the support. I really appreciate all the constructive critizism.
 

[stefo78]

Seems you missed the good bits.  Roll Eyes

So, would you be so kind to tell me what were those good bits ?

[tanjana]

In the section starting on 0.50, I feel forte works very well. making the piece much more powerful than the pp in the score. What do you think stefo, I tried it with a more etheral sound like you suggested and it just seems a bit bland to me.
PS. I was also wondering about what he meant by the good bits!

[stefo78]

I'm not used to hear this part forte, so it sounds wrong for me.
However, in all cases I think "moonlight" means more light and smooth than what you play. If you find it a bit bland, maybe you've not got what you were thinking of. Or maybe, you're not thinking yet for what it should be.
I think it's not easy, first thinking and finding away of the piano what it should sound, and then try to play.
Maybe you need to listen other recordings, then put away the piece for some time, and get it again.

[tanjana]

Agreed