Chopin Waltz in e minor, Op. Post.

[scrabblekid]

I got to play an amazing Steingraeber & Söhne piano while visiting Markson Pianos in London this summer. I learned this Chopin waltz especially for my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. Still working on it for an upcoming recital if anyone has comments. Thank you for listening!

 

[visitor]

great job skid! sgraebers are amazing rare instruments of the highest order/caliber. be careful they can ruin your imression of a lot of great but lesser instruments if you play them too much ha ha  lol.

what a nice gesture and gift you gave  your grandparents!

please continue doing what you're doing and sharing!

again glad you had a chance to play one of those.

keep looking for opportunities to see what other fine pianos you can experience, I suggest
Shigeru (my absolute favorite instrument on the planet) , Seiler, Sauter, Grotrian, Schimmel, Bechstein, August Forster, Fazi's , etc. there's a lot beautiful instruments to experience and you can begin understanding what you want/demand so you'll have a better idea of what to shop for when you purchase/upgrade pianos in your life later on

[scrabblekid]

Thank you! I got to play a Bechstein at the same store. It was a great afternoon and I felt pretty lucky to try both pianos in the same day!

[thirtytwo2020]

That's beautiful! Well done! You've got some lucky grandparents

Good luck with the upcoming recital, I am sure it's going to be a success! I think the best thing to focus on when you continue working with the waltz is to try to make the main "grazioso" theme even more crystal clear, so that all the little details - the repeated notes, the trill, the grace notes - are shaped with great care and very gracefully. I think you could also experiment a bit more with rubato (for example, take a little more time at bar 25 dolce) And perhaps use a more massive ff for the final chords. Even if they are not marked with pedal, I don't think they need to be that dry or short.