Schubert - Sonata in A Minor D784

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&feature=feedu (Allegro giusto part 1)

&feature=related (Allegro giusto part 2)

&feature=feedu (Andante)

&feature=related (Allegro Vivace)

I will be happy to have some feedback.
Thank you,
Gabriele

[kellyc]

Hi Gab , and I would be glad to give you some feedback. Very nicely done, your concentration was admirable. You stuck to the score very nicely. I enjoyed your performance despite the fact I am not a big fan of the larger Schubert works.  I do so much more love his impromptus, etc.

Now two  very small points.  You can get away with mediocre recording equipment on lighter works LIke I do  . But, bigger works with lots of notes and chords and busy scales tend to get somewhat blurry. It was hard for me to follow your left hand and I lost some of the beauty of this piece because of it.

The last thing is a piece of advice I was given by one of my professors. I quote " When playing Schubert make sure you don't play Beethoven". He didn't amplify that but I have always taken it to mean that just as Mozart and Haydn , Liszt and Chopin , need to have a different voice , so does Schubert and Beethoven.

Thank you so much for sharing with us and look forward to more. 

Kelly

[pianowolfi]

Sure, Kelly is right about the recording equipment, but actually I forgot that problem completely while listening to the first bars. My impression: You have a very clear idea of this work and you are communicating this idea insistently in all seriousness and maturity, and in the spirit of the Schubertian "simplicity". You don't mind any conditions, you are concentrating on your message, on this huge, wonderful sonata! It looks like nothing could ever distract you, you are keeping the pace and rhythm almost relentlessly! And I think you know precisely what you are doing and why

Congratulations on a great performance!

And thank you for confirming once more my secret "prejudice" about young musicians: that they are often stunningly mature Schubert interpreters!

P.S. I have also listened to your Schönberg Suite op. 25, and somehow I get the impression, that you are a pianist whom I can "trust", so to say, means that whatever you tackle will be good and will get the message of the composer across to the listener! And I admit that I'm not really a fan of that particular opus, at least not yet

[mmmegaa898]

Hi Gab , and I would be glad to give you some feedback. Very nicely done, your concentration was admirable. You stuck to the score very nicely. I enjoyed your performance despite the fact I am not a big fan of the larger Schubert works.  I do so much more love his impromptus, etc.

Now two  very small points.  You can get away with mediocre recording equipment on lighter works LIke I do  . But, bigger works with lots of notes and chords and busy scales tend to get somewhat blurry. It was hard for me to follow your left hand and I lost some of the beauty of this piece because of it.

The last thing is a piece of advice I was given by one of my professors. I quote " When playing Schubert make sure you don't play Beethoven". He didn't amplify that but I have always taken it to mean that just as Mozart and Haydn , Liszt and Chopin , need to have a different voice , so does Schubert and Beethoven.

Thank you so much for sharing with us and look forward to more. 

Kelly

Yes, you're right: I'm just right now thinking about an external microphone.. 

[quote  author=pianowolfi]Sure, Kelly is right about the recording equipment, but actually I forgot that problem completely while listening to the first bars. My impression: You have a very clear idea of this work and you are communicating this idea insistently in all seriousness and maturity, and in the spirit of the Schubertian "simplicity". You don't mind any conditions, you are concentrating on your message, on this huge, wonderful sonata! It looks like nothing could ever distract you, you are keeping the pace and rhythm almost relentlessly! And I think you know precisely what you are doing and why Smiley

Congratulations on a great performance!

And thank you for confirming once more my secret "prejudice" about young musicians: that they are often stunningly mature Schubert interpreters!

P.S. I have also listened to your Schönberg Suite op. 25, and somehow I get the impression, that you are a pianist whom I can "trust", so to say, means that whatever you tackle will be good and will get the message of the composer across to the listener! And I admit that I'm not really a fan of that particular opus, at least not yet Smiley[/quote]
Oh, thank you very much for your passionate opinion, it's really encouraging!

[pianoplayjl]

Wow, I couldn't spot anything I didn't like, probably because I'm a bad pianoplayer. your spped was definitely up there. nice intensity and passion in that pice.

ps When I first heard this piece I thought It was something by Liszt.