This is one of my favourite pieces from Ponce. I’ve wanted to record it for the longest time. It is a technically challenging piece with lots of movement and precision work. When approaching this, I try to play it gracefully, with a soft but lyrical touch. It is a beautiful tapestry of musical intricacy.
Here it is:
[audio:http://www.dedrickkoh.com/Music/Baletto.mp3|titles=Balletto]
Performer: Dedrick Koh
Guitar: 2006 Wataru Tsuji Grand Suprema
Recorder: Rode NT4/ Tascam US 144 Mk II
Year of recording: 2012
Composer: Manuel Maria Ponce
I love this piece too!
Great job in recording the piece!
But I think if you could smoothen out the timing for the slurs, it would sound better.
I feel the some of the slurs cut short the timing that changed the rhythm too much.
Also work on getting that Segovia vibrato in this piece.
To me this is what brings out the essense of the piece 🙂
Hi Sen, thanks for listening I’m glad you liked it. I do realize I exercise a bit of rubato when interpreting this piece and I get your point about the slurs.It’s hard not to get carried away by such a lovely piece.As for the vibrato, I always found Segovia’s interpretation a little too liquid for my tastes but I understand the appeal.
Thanks for listening and commenting though!:-)