This is my first post here So, hello to everybody!
And here is my first record of Mozart's concerto for flute and orchestra G-dur. www.isound.com/#/Flyingflute I made this record at home, using mac, "motu" sound card , Ableton Live, and Shure58 mic))) Also I used an orchestral phonogramm from Edition Peters flute sheets.
The air temperature was 39c in Moscow that day, so it was so hard to do something))))) But maestro Mozart inspired me to do it anyway!

Very nice playing ... and I love the Rampal cadenzas too !!!!

Thank you for your kind words
Best wishes from Moscow!

Wow that's awesome! I'm learning the Mozart concerto in G as well. A beautiful piece, isn't it? I really love your playing, it's just...wow. It's amazing stylistically and technically...The technique IS the style in your playing! Wow...The accompaniment is also great! I truly admire the Russian music school...

Hi! Thank you so much))
I really didn't expected such a good reaction on my playing
This concert is one of my favorite too, and it is not so simple, as it can be seen))) It is very transparent music and every note should be on the right place. And I should be very careful to get to the orchestra record, cause it moves inside the bars sometimes
I appreciate your words So, thank you again, keep in touch!
Ilja Dvoretskiy.

P.S.Sorry for my bad english)

Thank you for posting. I liked the recording a lot too! I'm still a beginner, but I definitly agree with that Mozart is so inspirational that it is worth the effort to try to play well.

Thanks a lot)))))

Hi Ilja,

Concerning your flute playing I have only compliments for you. I liked your overall sound and mostly your intonation is very good.
From my personal musical point of view I would just do a bit less vibrato, what would add about the transparency of the music, although it's just my personal preference. Congratulations on your playing, I liked it very much.
On future recording projects though I would like to give you a suggestion. Just move the microphone some 15 cm to your right (so it points almost to the center of the headjoint). This way the recording will seem more like if someone were acctually hearing you play live in a concert. The effect of putting the mic right in front of you (like showed in the picture of your recording) is that it captures all the secondary sounds of the flute playing (which acctually don't reach the ears of the hipothetic audience), not only your breathing but the sounds that come out from the air hitting the embouchure hole.
I hope I could help in improving the quality of your recording, since you seem to have an already beautiful sound, excelent tone and perfect intonation.
cheers,
Zevang
(just like you, I also live far far away from the States... :-)

Hi,Joze!
Big thanks for your compliments)) The problem with mic was not about placing it to the right or to the left, but with itself!
I used shure 58, and you know, this type of mic is not for studio recording))) I'll try to get normal studio condencer mic like neumann soon! But your information was very useful to me, and I'll try to do my best next time
My kindest reguards to you!
Ilja.

The orchestra is great. You have a wonderful style and amazing interpretation. Your intonation is very good. My personal opinion was that your tone was too airy. Maybe it was because of the mic though, because, as Zevang said, different placements can pick up on excess noise (breathing, air over the embouchure, etc.). Your technique is fantastic. I thought your tone in the 2nd movement is much clearer than in the 1st. Yes, your sound seems gorgeous in this movement. Maybe it was just the mic picking up too much sound in the first mvt. Bravo and Best Wishes for a successful life in Music!

Prokofievisaflutesonata

Thank you very much)))
I hope, I'll slove the problem with mic soon. And I'll think about little bit less vibrato too

Hey,

I think you have a very good sound and it is a lovely recording. My only critique is to watch intonation. It gets a little harsh at times, especially as far as your air-stream goes. I also think that the lower range could use a much warmer sound. It's not bad at all, don't get me wrong. It just seems like it's not as well worked as the other ranges. I also think you have a lovely vibrato, but maybe a little less on phrases with lots of sixteenth notes. Overall, beautiful. :-) Best wishes on your flute playing in the future and I hope I helped.

-K

Ilja, let me add to my comments above saying that all these good advise you've been receiving lately are interesting in a sense that they don't mean you "have" to change something. As I've noted earlier and others here at this topic, there is much quality in your flute playing. This is a fact. What I and others are trying to point is maybe more about some details that could help in your search for a style of playing.
When I say "do less vibrato", I mean that you should search other kind of style in this particular peace. I'm sure that your vibrato is fine when applied into a different musical context, mostly romantic, in my opinion. Keep open to this reachness in variations and you'll see a whole world of possibilities in flute playing :-)

Hi, Joze! I'm absolutely agree with what you saying
I was made a post here, because I'm in a creative search now and I need some raction to my playing to analyse, what I should do and what I shouldn't. It's a good expirience I understand, that my flute playing is far from ideal. That's why this post is so necessary!
Thank you for your understanding!
Ilja.