VIDEO: Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne Posthumous

[tanjana]

First set of recordings

Enjoy and feel free to criticise

[chopinlover01]

The second two chords need to be slurred- that's a phrase by itself.
Your left hand sounds bangy in most passages. Make sure it's just accompanying the right.
This nocturne is hard to get right, so honestly Id play some other Chopin first before this nocturne. It's done to death by mostly mediocre pianists, who bang out everything. You're not mediocre, but your tone production needs quite a bit of work. Play some mazurkas first and you'll be better off...

[bonesquirrel]

Not too bad. But there is 1 problem with the start and another for almost all the piece. At the beginning you seem to add unusually large gaps in between chords, play a little faster for that part. The big problem that is present for most of the piece is the fact that you appear to be playing 85% of the piece at the same volume instead of alternating (going up and down) the volume when it is necessary.

My advice would be too listen to some other recordings of the piece and try to copy the emotion and volume levels they apply. The best recording I can recommend is of Szpilman -

[tanjana]

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

[pianoman53]

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

I think the ones who spent time to reply, would appreciate if you took time to reply, and not just copy/paste the same thing into all your threads.

[mjames]

I think the ones who spent time to reply, would appreciate if you took time to reply, and not just copy/paste the same thing into all your threads.

tell it like it is brotha

[tanjana]

You’re entirely right, I’m sorry but I was in a real rush and I didn’t want to leave the people who had commented hanging. I really do appreciate all the points and will be recording again taking care with the pedal and especially the left hand. Unfortunately my right pedal isn’t working very well and I can’t press it halfway like I want to so as to not blur the phrases. Again thank you so much for the comments they are extremely helpful
 
However pianoman53 since you weren't one of the ones who took the time to reply to any of my videos, there was also no reason for you to be the one to scold. Nevertheless, you are right.