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by imsevimse » Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:36 am
Okey, I give my thoughts. I have played that etude but not as many times as to remember the sheet and it was years ago.
To me it sounds as you play the tune with comfort, and you play it very rubato, very slow, with a good sound, and good articulation. If there are triplets or not does not bother me when I listen without knowing the sheets. As long as you are conscious about what you are doing and why you are doing it I consider it to be interpretation. If this is the way you feel about the piece and if it is your preffered version then keep it and don't change if you do not believe.
The few things I heard (only listened once) that can improve the interpretation:
Here and there the phrase ends and the music rests. There you are excellent and take your time and start the next flow as expected, but here and there the phrase ends and allows for a breath but continues. Here you loose the tension. You need to be quicker and connect those phrases. Imagine a monologue where those places is where a comma is placed, you can breath but you need to connect and go on. It sounds as if you instead add a dot. What comes after a dot at that place will sound a bit off the time. It's a kind of a bad timing problem. If somebody tells a joke you may laugh, but if you wait too long the moment is gone.
You took a breath just before the end note too (I think) near the end anywhare and that interrupted the flow. Unfortunately that kind of mistake near the end stays. If you had done that in the middle I might have forgotten about it. Plan the breaths.
I do not mind the slow tempo, but it makes it a lot harder to play.
To sum: You play at a very high level, also this was very good playing, like everything you share it is very musical.
/Tom
