2009/01/28

Practice note - Chopin, Etude op.10-2

1. Goal: eeriness of supernatural being like a wind blowing
2. Isssues to overcome: utmost smoothness of legatissimo with weak fingers of right hand accentuated by (but with delicacy) of chords marked by both hands perfectly timied
3. Practice tips:
* follow Maestro Cortot's suggestions on sequence to achieve legato with the weak fingers of the right hand
* flesibility of the right thumbs maintained throughout
* weight center of the right hand shifted outward
* steady yet elegant movement of left hand chords
4. Edititions: Cortot's
5. Recommended recordings: Pollini, Yukio Yokoyama, Lugansky, Hiromi Okada, Claire Huangci (YouTube)

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