Grieg Piano Sonata in E minor, Mvt I

Grieg Piano Sonata in e minor, Mvt I performed by Kristin K. Yost

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• Grieg Piano Sonata
• SMU

[darryaz]

Tempo is perfect. To me most others are too fast and Gould's is too slow. Bravo!!

[MusicalMindsTX]

@darryaz - thank you for your nice comment!

[lissstten]

it's not slow, tempo is ok :) you should then listen to Gould performace it's even slower

otherwise good performace I play this too :)

[MusicalMindsTX]

thanks lissstten :) I think so too...Gould plays everything slower...kind of nice to hear

[MusicalMindsTX]

No, you are inaccurate. Grieg wrote "Allegro Moderato", NOT "Allegro"...therefore, my tempo is accurate...it's not a virtuosic interpretation, it's what the composer wrote.

[MusicalMindsTX]

thank you for your comment but I respectfully disagree

[Dragan8Djokic]

Great performance. Great sonata to. Honestly I am enough playing Haydn's and Mozart's sonates(don't mean they are not great, but I have playing their sonates whole life), so I would probably ask my professor to give me this one. Grieg rules. So do the girl(women) who just played it. Thank you for opening my eyes. Cheers!

[tfpp1]

I, for one, like your tempo. For me, it's "in the ball park" of a tempo that I would choose, not precisely, but very acceptable and close (I'm also a professional pianist).

I think it's an interesting topic of discussion, however. How DOES one go about interpreting Allegro Moderato?? There isn't a metronomic marking in the score. So, Is the word Moderato a modifier to an otherwise Allegro tempo? Or is the word Allegro an energetic descriptor to an otherwise Moderato tempo? Hmmm???

[herisauer]

@jordanryda7 no its not. piano playing is not a sports competition, it is is about musicality, feelings, drawing a usical picture. his picture here was painted with a few scrappy strokes, but it is still a beautiful picture.

[lovemandysam]

i dun think its too slow....i think the tempo is reli perfect,,,,,the others are reli too fast ....

[ltownrecords]

Very expressfull. I never heard such a good performance - thank you!

[diamnut]

I am a professional musician and pianist, as a matter of fact I am playing this piece in concert on Saturday. I was so please to hear another pianist play this at the proper tempo Bravo! Even with the mistakes, you stilled played with great feeling and you bring out the melodies so well. I am so sick and tired of hearing this piece at lightning speed,. Your performance would have made Grieg proud I am sure.