Chopin Valse in e minor Op. Post

Waltz in e minor #14 Op postumos

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[ofohsho]

you are that rare pianist that brings me to hear a thousand new things in a piece I thought I knew completely...

[12bar88]

I think your one of the great piano players of our time

[rodrigo100330]

In my opinion, you play Chopin perfectly!

[pianoprodigy987]

@Twinkytoe to meet you half way, the vladimir horowitz interperatations of the ''heroic'' polonaise uses the pedal to make the piece sound much more powerful, yet does not abuse it to distort the sound, once you learn the to use the pedal the way the ssheets tll you to, you can then add on suattain to suit your vision of how the piece should sound. :)

[pianoprodigy987]

@Twinkytoe well yes, the use of the pedal depends on the interperater as well as the sheet music but for a learner who might use the sustain without release should rely on the sheet music until the skill is refined. and yeas the Gm prelude by rachmaninoff should have the pedal to make the piece sound more powerful but when used contantly throughout the piece can make it very difficult to make out the accual notes that rachmaninoff intended people to hear :)

[Twinkytoe]

@pianoprodigy987 Pedalling is about context too - I'd never pedal Mozart or Bach, for example, but here, it is entirely appropriate! It's very unlikely that Chopin and the like would had intended its use to be avoided, or for the depress-and-release directions to be totally stringent. Once the pedal became a key part of performance, as opposed to a new-fangled invention on more expensive pianos (in the very late classical era), it became part of interpretation - as well as the learning process.

[Twinkytoe]

@pianoprodigy987 Well, if we're talking specifics, I think Rach's Gm Prelude calls for pedalling in some places, and not in others, and the key thing with that piece is getting the pedalling just right, as opposed to avoiding it entirely. Liszt, I wouldn't claim any experience with. And the Chopin Etudes are again, about technique and precisely how the pedal is used as opposed to its actual presence.

[pianoprodigy987]

@azaquarium123 true but i guess i think this because i perform ona forte piano :P

[azaquarium123]

@pianoprodigy987 That is ridiculous many composers did not write in pedaling notations as it depends on the sustain of the piano, where you play and whether or not you need to hit a chord or note beyond reach while maintaining legato/connected notes. Debussy certainly didn't write any in due to these issues. Beethoven called for the sustain pedal to be depressed fully throughout 1st mov. moonlight sonata, but with the longer sustains of today's modern pianos it would not work.

[pianoprodigy987]

@Twinkytoe yes but i am refering to pieces such as chopins etude op 25 no 9, op 10 no 4, rachmaninoffs prelude in g minor,and a great many pieces frrom liszt where using the sustain pedal would be way out of context if used where not marked. the use of sustain would make any of these pieces sound muddy and compeletly ruin the intentions of the composer, unlike waltzes and nocturnes, these fast pieces should nopt have an abusive sustain pedal, otherwise you are correct :)

[Twinkytoe]

@pianoprodigy987 The fingering and technique required for many pieces would make them very un-musical without use of sustain pedal; the markings are guidance, or to point out the spots where the composer intended the pedal be heard in every rendition. Many pieces have entire sections where the pedal is not marked, for the writer's convenience, or to indicate that any musical pedalling is appropriate. If you're following the (lack of) marks to the letter, you're not a very individual pianist.

[pianoprodigy987]

@jcjcjc94 well, here is a tip from me, DONT USE THE SUSTAIN PEDAL UNLESS THE SHEETS MUSIC TELLS YOU TOO >;O. :)