🇦🇹Franz Peter Schubert ： 34 Valses sentimentales No.23 in d-moll D779 Op.50

No. 23 from Schubert’s Valses sentimentales is a miniature built on the light triple meter of the waltz, shaped by a wistful melody and a concise musical texture. Listening closely to the exchange of short phrases and the shifting harmony reveals subtle changes in its intimate expression. At the opening, it is important not to weigh down the meter and to let the melody sing naturally. Keep the left-hand accompaniment even, while allowing a slight breath at the peaks of the phrases; leaving a lingering resonance at the cadences brings out both the unaffected dance character and the delicate emotion. Avoid rushing, and listen carefully to the way the sounds overlap throughout.