Scarlatti Sonata 2 - again

[andhow04]

Here is K212 again, i also found my earlier version too tame:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,23493.0.html
Please compare and tell me what you think.
THANK!

[pianistimo]

there is a certain amount of tension and harshness to your playing.  i'd put less worry into it and more just 'let's have fun.'  it's easy to say, though, because i know scarlatti can be tricky.  the places where you suddenly speed up and become very 'brittle' sounding in your playing isn't as attractive as thinking about what a guitarist might do.  try taking a listen, imho, to some guitarist playing this.  it's fairly low key.

[ramseytheii]

This performance has an overload of exuberance!  It reminds me a bit of the Perahia though I think this one is faster.  I think this extreme tempo leads to a few unsightly errors, which are unnecessary.  That said, I love a fast, rolling tempo for this sonata.  It seems that everything you've uploaded has this intense forward drive, and charismatic energy, but what if it was held back just a bit?  I felt the same way for the Medtner sonata.  It could be just a bit slower, and just as exciting, and probably a bit more accurate. 

Walter Ramsey

[andhow04]

i'm gonna try this again more "Melodic".  Maybe its too fast.  i've never heard a guitar player play it, is there a recording?
I think the first versions of all these i was really shockced, because when i listened to them They sounded boring.  So i wanted to really make them exciting and interesting, but maybe i just went slightly overboard/ Hehe.  Now I guess i have to try and record them a third time

[frederic chopin]

I love the energy you have put into this and it was played with such style!!!

I think you should aim for a tempo between this and your previous version so that the energy is maintained but not too fast leading to less than perfect coordination between the hands and technical slips in the fast running passages.

Perhaps you could vary repetitions with changes in dynamics - this was done very well towards the end.

I attribute the 'harshness' to the closeness of the recording - your touch for most of it is actually rather good and you really get into the keys.