BRAHMS Intermezzo in E Flat Major Op.116, No.4

[matterintospirit]

https://soundcloud.com/classical-soul-pianist/brahms-intermezzo-in-e-major-op116-n04

[abielikesu]

Very beautiful.

[matterintospirit]

Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

[birba]

Yes, beautifully played.  Nice touch (digital?) musical and coherent phrasing.  A very sensitive interpretation.  The only thing that bothers me sometimes is the rhythmical pulse.  Your eighth notes tend to be played all at the same speed.  For example in bar 9, the left hand must follow the same pulse as the right hand in the preceeding measure.  You play them as triplets and the right hand as a consequence, is rushed.  This tends to happen throughout the intermezzo.  I'm not saying it has to be metronomically exact,  but the play between binary eighth notes, triplets and sixteenth notes is fundamental in this intermezzo.
But i have to say you created a magical atmosphere in this Brahms.

[matterintospirit]

Thanks for the thoughtful feed back. I see what you are saying. To me those passages call for a slight acceleration. It's just how I feel it--you know--it works for me. If I played that passage you mentioned for instance in "tempo" it would drag out for me, as I am already taking a very slow tempo to begin with. Just my way of seeing it.

[dcstudio]

sweet...    I like your playing..  a lot of attention to creating a real feeling to this.   I have heard this one really get butchered.   This one really loses continuity easily... you did a great job of keeping that "atmosphere" going throughout.

[matterintospirit]

Thanks I'm so glad you enjoyed it. You know Brahms is such a challenge, especially with this piece as you mentioned. All I can say is I "try!" It's hard, hard work interpreting such works of genius especially when you are not yourself one (at least not "so much", at any rate    ) It's only my love of the music and where it can take you, that keeps me going.

[glennross]

Nice playing. However, since I played this one when I was eight, I would like to give you some advise if you won't mind:

Since you already start at a pretty slow, I think that at the una corda section (it's around measure 35 right?) you can accelerate a little bit more to really differentiate between the first, very tender one-and-a-half page, and the more strong lyrical section that later on melts together with the first soft and tender mood.

Anyway, very good recording (even though I'm not a real fan of digital piano's). And just as a sidenote: the subject says Intermezzo in E-flat Major .

BW,
Glenn

[matterintospirit]

It's not a digital. It's my Steinway B in my home.