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--Andy

Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 – BruceD

I love the mood of this waltz, and you definitely do it justice with your playing. Very delicate performance which I enjoyed a lot!

Waltz in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2 - Sam S

You manage very well expressing the mood of this waltz. I also notice that you have a good balance between the right hand melody and the chords of the left hand. Thanks for sharing!

Waltz in G-flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 - Tim Adrianson

This waltz is a difficult one with its long and rapid leaps. I enjoyed the way you gave contrast between the different parts of the piece. Listening to your performance was very pleasing.

Waltz in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 – Ganddalf

This is one of the technically easiest (maybe the easiest of all) pieces of this recital. But why must all piano pieces be difficult? Thanks to Carey who gave me the opportunity to take over this piece. I was a bit disappointed when I returned from my Christmas holidays and found that all pieces were taken,

Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 70 No. 3 - musica71

Great performance! Your piano has a very beautiful sound, and your playing is just amazing. So much fine detail in the lower melodic line. You make this tricky piece sound easy.

Gandalf, Thank you SO much for the nice comment (Farm Girl too), This piece is most certainly NOT easy, the voicing takes some real thought. I am sorry that is is so repetitious! Kind of hard to do that much different with so many repeats.

Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 - BruceD
Don't have anything to say really. It is exactly how I would like to play this. Love it.

Waltz in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2 - Sam S
I like the sound of your piano. It fits somehow with the chromatic runs. :-)
This is a lovely waltz and you play it really nice. The pedalling is like a waltz should be pedalled. Maybe the tempo can be up a notch, but that's personal. Well done and thanks for sharing.

Waltz in G-flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 - Tim Adrianson
I especially love the middle section. You play it with a lot of warmth. I like the contrast with the main theme which is pretty hard to play well by the way. I like it.

Waltz in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 - Ganddalf
Didn't know this waltz. Completely new for me. I pulled out the sheet music to read along with your playing. I like the piece and your interpretation allthough I would like to hear a bit more dynamics.
Thanks for sharing.

Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 70 No. 3 - musica71
Another one I don't know. Geezz I'm missing out.
When I hear you play it, I like the piece right away. Love your little trills. I always find it hard to play them 'in the beat' and you seem to have no issue with that.
Thanks for posting.

Thanks to all who have participated. I cannot wait to listen to all performances in the next few days.

Waltz in A-flat major, B. 21 – Cinnamonbear

Great performance! The piece itself is pretty repetitive, but you managed to make it interesting to listen to all the way through. Indeed you made this simplistic composition a piece of art.


Waltz in E major, B. 44 - Tim Adrianson

Excellent playing! Like the other posthumous pieces this was completely unknown to me. Very good choice of tempi, good rubato and fine dynamics.

Waltz in E-flat major, B. 46 – Cinnamonbear

Once again you demonstrate a great ability to vary the expression in a way that catches my ear. It has been a great pleasure to listen to your contribution here.

And then there is another waltz that was not included in the list. It appears in my Peters edition of Chopin waltzes as No.14 (Op.posth). Until I listened to the posthumous pieces on the recital list I thought this was one of them. Otherwise I would have studied it myself.

Anyhow here is Arthur's performance of it:

http://youtu.be/AauGBCVDMn0

It is played by Dannylux:
https://app.box.com/s/cq46ji3ywyzg161zmx5t

Oh, Sorry! I thought that Set 10. was the final set. This thread is getting very long. The good thing is that I have another three waltzes to listen to. Surely I'll listen to and comment on the performances of Dannylux and the other two in Set.11.

Waltz in A-flat major, B. 21 - Cinnamonbear
Clearly an early work of Chopin. I like his early works because you can hear his style in them waiting to be developed into the Chopin we all love.
I think you hit the nail the way you played it. Clear and jumpy.

Waltz in E major, B. 44 - Tim Adrianson
What a nice piece. Well played. The different themes are well glued together and I like the piano sound.

Waltz in E-flat major, B. 46 - Cinnamonbear
This is one of my favorite waltzes. It brings back memories from my childhood. My mother always played this on the stereo.
Love the sheetmusic presentation! But more importantly I'd buy this recording. You play this so well. The only 'surprise' was the long fermata in the middle somewhere. It sounded as if you got lost. Thank you for playing and sharing!

Waltz in E minor, B. 56 - dannylux
Wow. That's some energy. Technically demanding piece it seems. This is another waltz I don't know. It sounds as if you have a lot of fun with this piece. The arpeggios are convincing, although maybe to blurry. I experience the same with the fortissimo bass runs in the middle. But you make it work to fit it in the piece. I liked listening to your playing.

Waltz in E-flat major, B. 133 - maxmila
Lovely. This in my opinion should be last. The closing piece of this wonderful recital, to mull over the pieces played.
Well played.

Waltz in A minor, B. 150 - FSO
Personally, I'm not fond of interpretations like this. Don't take it personal please. I think the way you did it was really good. I'm certainly not able to play like you played this piece.
Thanks for sharing.

This concludes my comments on the pieces played. Thank you everyone for making this a killer recital. It was the first time for me and I will certainly joining more in the future (Tchaikovski is coming up!)

Also thanks to Joel for organizing this. Maybe it is indeed a good idea to sum all performances with their links in one post. That makes it easier to listen to the recordings for people not actively monitoring this thread.

Waltz in E minor, B. 56 - dannylux

This is a demanding piece and you make a lot out of it. I appreciate your great level of contrast and rubato playing. Nice job!

Waltz in E-flat major, B. 133 - maxmila

You play with great sensitivity. Excellent performance of the right hand “duetto” parts. Thanks for sharing this.

Waltz in A minor, B. 150 – FSO

Sounds like a pretty complex piece. Very interesting to notice the extra ornamentation you applied. Your performance reminded me a bit on Gypsy music.

Well, as PW member BDB said once, regarding recitals, "Those who don't know your mistakes don't need to be told, and those who do know your mistakes don't need to be reminded." And so, I can neither confirm nor deny, yet you will notice at that point in the visual presentation the sudden appearance of a penciled-in fermata, as the horse has mysteriously freed itself from the cart and grazes in bucolic serenity until finally coming to its senses, realizing that there is work yet to do, and so finishes the course.

I'm so glad that it brought you a measure of joy, though, chopinoholic! Please feel free to download the mp3:

https://app.box.com/s/tmb5fjrtqmvacl1qlun2

Hahaha. Well said!

Thanks for the mp3.

Woohoo, 100 playbacks of my recording. I never had an audience THAT big!

Hey everyone, I'm new here. Sorry to bring up this thread as I know it hasn't been used in a while. First, i'd like to say that I've listened to ALL of your recordings, and all I can say is that you all sound really talented. It is quite motivating to be honest, you all sound really good

Anyway, I just wanted to ask about this whole e-cital thing going on here. This has really interested me as it seems to be a great opportunity to share your music and get great feedback from others. I was just wondering how often this is done? or is it just a once-a-year thing?

I know I can post any recording that I wanted feedback on in the members' recording sub-forum, but I was just wondering about this activity, and how often it happens. Thanks in advance, and keep up the great work, all of you!

Hi Pover and thanks for listening
There's one coming up in November, a recital of Suites. Members are playing either a full suite, or teaming up with another member to do a few movements each. That thread is available near the top of Pianist's Corner.
Over at the Adult Beginners Forum there are quarterly recitals. Those are not restricted to beginners. The comments tend to be more positive/encouraging and brief than the constructive criticism over here.

Hey hreichgott, thanks for your answer.

I guess suites are too early for me as of now, since i'd rather learn a whole suite instead of just a few pieces from it. So basically, there are 2 recitals per year in the pianist's corner?

And I don't mind being criticized. On the contrary, it is very much appreciated, especially since i'm self-taught. About the ABF recitals, I just went over there to check them, but I only found the tchaikovsky themed recital. Do they propose a new themed recital every 3 months or am I missing something? Because in a thread discussing that upcoming recital, people were talking about all kinds of pieces; Beethoven, Mozart, and others. Thanks in advance for your help

P.S: I don't think you love Beethoven more than i do

I do.

About themed recitals: the last three before the Tchaikovsky one have been the Mendelssohn Songs Without Words recital, run by Rostosky, the Chopin Mazurka recital, run by me, and this Nocturne and Waltz recital, run by JoelW.