Chopin Prelude No.20 Op.28 No.20

[ericapiano]

Hello, this is my performance of Chopin's Prelude in C Minor, please let me know what you think and how I can improve my performance of this piece.

Thank you,
-Erica

[quantum]

You managed a rich pallet of tone colour in this short piece.  Forte is sonorous and not harsh. 

For the instrument you are playing on, with regard to its tonal and singing qualities, you may want to think about your chosen tempo.  There is nothing wrong with taking a broad approach to the musical line, however, the instrument you play it on is not supporting such line.  The decay of sounded pitches is occurring in a manner that is not flowing from one chord to the next.  The overall effect is that the tone looses support before we get to hear the next chord, and because of this we do not get to hear your complete concept of melodic line. 

Sometimes the instrument we play does not allow us to completely fulfill our interpretation.  Thus comes the compromise: play through despite the incongruence, or adapt and play to the strengths of the instrument.

[debussychopin]

If this is a performance of the piece (not just a practice excerpt) I suggest you speed up the tempo just a bit. It is largo, but however at the chosen speed, I am losing the melody direction of this piece  . Also, ff in Chopin is a bit more subdued. It is not a Rach /Beethoven style fortissimo like you are playing where all the notes within the chord are depressed with equal strength. Chopin has  a bit more rounded chords w the top note voiced more forte than the rest of the chord , try that and see how it sounds.