Re "piu lento": at the bottom of page 2 of most editions; at any rate, just 2 bars prior to the in tempo repeat!

JG

Absolutely exquisite playing, John. I too can't see how you could have found anything not to like about your interpretation here (though I also understand the feeling of looking back on a recording and not liking certain things). The only negative remark I would have it about the sound, which, although highly professional, seems a bit artificial.

But as for the playing, not so at all: wonderful arching melodic contours, subtle accentuation of inner voices, and a lyrical expansiveness that is so characteristic of the German spat romantiks -- your performance has an almost Wagnerian tension in the climaxes (despite the rivalries between the two Brahms and Wagner schools, their music seems to share that sometimes).

Wonderful playing.

Joe

An artificiality about the sound: yes, I agree completely.

JG