4.5 hrs, 11 items

Practice
Debussy - 25 min. - Ondine - Last 1.5 pages. Play 12-tuplet. Next time: Review 12-tuplet sections at steady tempo. Work on one separate section (and its parallel).

Debussy - 35 min. - Bruyeres - Work on sections with triplets running into 16ths. Think about GPS in long phrases and lines. Next time: Review what I did today briefly, working on continuity and time. Isolate one section.

Debussy - 30 min. - Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses - Work on 2-3 trills on p.6 Work on Mouv't to the end on last two pages. Next time: continue working on 2-3 trills in trill section. Review opening and ending.

Rachmaninoff - 25 min. - Prelude op. 32 no. 5 - Think GPS throughout, especially on 32nd note pick ups. Play middle section continuously and under tempo. Next time: Play middle section under tempo continuously and accurately 5 times.

Rachmaninoff - 45 min. - Prelude op. 32 no. 6 - GPS. Slow down so that I can hear where I am at all times. Metronome first page. q = 40-44. Next time: Start on 3rd page. Metronome p. 2 and 3. Play p. 1-3 at q = 40.

Bartok - 15 min. - Allegro Barbaro - Work on learning notes to first two pages. Next time: Review and go on with next two pages.

Chopin - 40 min. - Barcarolle - Learn third to last page. Next time: Review third to last page. Metronome maybe?

Schubert - 20 min. - III. Allegro - Learn three systems on 4th to last page. Next time: Review and continue learning notes!

Schubert - 15 min. - II. Adagio - Work on alberti bass sections. GPS. Run through movement. Next time: Think about pedaling and work on overall continuity.

Schubert - 15 min. - I. Allegro Moderato - Work on 16th note pickups throughout. GPS. Work on dynamics of triplet chords. Next time: Review 16th note pickups. Think about how I am interpreting the piece as a whole.

Bach - 5 min. - Fugue - Separate voices of third to last system. Next time: work on GPS with Fugue, testing various problem locations. Work on previous Prelude assignment.

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Recordings
Debussy - Ondine
Spencer Myer - Van Cliburn 2009 - Generally played slower than I expected it to be. I liked the careful attention to sound in silences. He made it look and sound more virtuosic. Effective color changes when the texture changes. Seemed to flow continuously, although I didn't really understand the big picture.

Artur Rubinstein - 1964 Moscow Conservatory - I liked the time taken in the opening. More percussive in the middle in the build up. Maybe dryer than Myer's. Clear voicing.

Khatia Buniatishvili - She took even more time than Rubinstein in the beginning to the extent there was a fermata. I liked the watery depiction that pervaded the interpretation. Often very slow.


Debussy - Bruyeres
Walter Gieseking - Quick flourishes like quick strokes of the brush. One gesture instead of dividing into two parts. Seemed to make parts move more.


Rachmaninoff - op. 32 no. 6
Sergei Babayan - very colorful performance with diverse touches!