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Schubert Eb Major Impromptu op. 90 No. 2

on: September 10, 2018, 08:49:11 AM

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Re: Schubert Eb Major Impromptu op. 90 No. 2

Reply #1 on: September 10, 2018, 11:24:54 AM

Nice performance!

the 2nd section around 1min 24sec - 3 minutes or so, a little slow compared to what I'm used to hearing. is that intentional?

I don't know enough about the piece to determine if it should be this speed or if other performers generally speed it up.

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kairosophia

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Re: Schubert Eb Major Impromptu op. 90 No. 2

Reply #2 on: September 10, 2018, 01:43:13 PM

Thank you for your comment!

Yes I am slowing down in the middle section a little bit, I don't do so every time and intentionally, but I think it worked out fine to deepen the contrast to the other part and give it a life of its own so to speak. But yes Schubert didn't write a different tempo for this part and other performers don't generally speed it up, but somehow always when I'm listening to it I think that something is getting lost there. Maybe I should play it a little bit slower in general so not to change tempo or play it as nuanced yet in tempo. Always a process

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Re: Schubert Eb Major Impromptu op. 90 No. 2

Reply #3 on: January 08, 2020, 11:34:28 AM

I'm not a pianist by any means, so please take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. Based on what I hear in your op 90 no 2, the group of notes at 1:24 - 1:26 (and repeated thereafter) sounds "fundamentally" different if slowed down as it is in your recording. Compare it to this, for example at 1:29:

... It's a kind of "galloping" rhythm, wouldn't you say?

What I mean to say is that even if you slow down the rest of the section, or incorporate a lot of rubato etc., I would personally prefer keeping that group of notes "intact". Does that make sense?

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kairosophia

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Re: Schubert Eb Major Impromptu op. 90 No. 2

Reply #4 on: January 08, 2020, 11:01:40 PM

Oh, you found that old post

First of all, I really love the Zimerman-Interpretation, I think it's the best. But I guess that 'galopping' feel to the quavers in the right hand was the main reason why I slowed it down... I wanted those notes to have a meaning on their own, not only pushing the melody on, but sort of like commenting on it. I can understand when you rather prefer to have this galopping feel, but I like to experiment to see what other understanding you can get out of a piece.

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