Chopin Etude Op.10 No 3.

[vincenzo]

Looking for some criticisms. Please excuse the terrible recording quality - I'm not sure if a good recording is possible with my phone.
Reviewing my recording I can hear already some issues with the interpretation / dynamics - I am attempting to make recordings for college submissions, and I was feeling frustrated after many attempts. Found it harder to connect with the music well the more frustrated I got. Using this take since it is mostly mistake free at least. Be as harsh as you would like.

General description of my piano, should it help you:
-George steck baby grand
-Extremely heavy action, with a very slow bounce up from the keys.

[perfect_pitch]

It's going to sound weird, but it sounds like you are missing a few notes in the lower voice mainly in the RH (bar 4, 6, same at 12) just to name the A section.

I initially suspected that maybe your voicing was so good they were just too soft to hear, however I don't hear any trace of them... at all.

Apart from that, you're on the right track. If you want to really help your muscle memory in the B section, I would suggest slow practice HT but with your eyes closed, help you with all those slurred jumps.

[vincenzo]

It's going to sound weird, but it sounds like you are missing a few notes in the lower voice mainly in the RH (bar 4, 6, same at 12) just to name the A section.

I initially suspected that maybe your voicing was so good they were just too soft to hear, however I don't hear any trace of them... at all.

Apart from that, you're on the right track. If you want to really help your muscle memory in the B section, I would suggest slow practice HT but with your eyes closed, help you with all those slurred jumps.

Thanks for the advice!
You heard the missing notes correctly. One of my biggest frustrations when playing on my heavy keys. Good to know it can be heard they are missing - definitely needs to be corrected before I make final recording for submission.

[perfect_pitch]

Thanks for the advice!
You heard the missing notes correctly.

Oh good - I'm not losing my hearing then. Yeah, unfortunately there's just a feeling of emptiness there without them. The piece is so well known that you won't be able to get away with it.

[bobbys]

You mention a heavy action.  These can be so frustrating to play soft as often the keys just don't connect.  Is there way of adjusting this somehow?  I played a 9' Steinway once that was just horrible this way. I had so many missing notes on more quiet areas.  Piano from hell.  Later I heard Rubenstein play it effortlessly with wonderfully hushed passages.  That was rather humbling!  The guy was in his early 80's!

[vincenzo]

You mention a heavy action.  These can be so frustrating to play soft as often the keys just don't connect.  Is there way of adjusting this somehow?  I played a 9' Steinway once that was just horrible this way. I had so many missing notes on more quiet areas.  Piano from hell.  Later I heard Rubenstein play it effortlessly with wonderfully hushed passages.  That was rather humbling!  The guy was in his early 80's!

I've had the piano looked at, and improved somewhat since I got it. At the time of the recording middle C simply did not work. Now that is fixed, and the guy tried to make the action even across all keys. Unfortunately now it seems that the action is getting out of wack again, and individual keys now require different amounts of force to press down. I suppose I can't complain too much because I really like the tone of this piano, and it was cheap. It isn't like those hopeless, tinny pianos that you can't really sink into when you play.