Bach Goldberg Variations

[corrado64]

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Please, I resumed studies in Composition after 20 years and would like to resume playing the piano with continuity. I'd like to get some opinion and advice for my interpretation of Goldberg's Aria. Anything can help me get back to acceptable levels of performance. Thank you.

[chopin2015]

If you embed the video, I will view it. But most youtube pages I am unable to load.

[j_menz]

This should go in the audition room, and I have requested it move to there.

On the piece:

Love the tempo and your interpretation is really quite lovely. 

Two matters for consideration, though. Some of your ornaments feel like add-ons rather than being integrated into the flow of the piece - at a faster tempo you would probably get away with it, but at this pace it really stands out and spoils the gentleness of the piece.  I also would like to hear more of what you are doing in the bass line - it is mostly overwhelmed by the treble and it really should be treated as an equal here, not just as an harmonic accompaniament.

[corrado64]

Thank you for your comment j_menz. The recording quality is low, I put a simple iPhone near the piano. The strings of the bass were more distant than acute. A few months later I feel a kind of mechanistic few moments. The touch was still heavy and the dynamic range was limited. Today I have already recovered a little more about these points. The interpretation which I took as a reference for the ornamentes is that of Maria Tipo, an Italian pianist, but she runs the Air slightly faster. My execution is very slow, I think that today I would do a little faster. Sorry if I put the post in the wrong forum. 

[faulty_damper]

I fully agree with j_menz's analysis.  I also like the tempo but would like a fuller sound at that speed (i.e. use more pedal).  I would describe the tempo as very reflective.

Elaborating on the "your ornaments feel like add-ons" comment: the ornamentations are accented very hard for the mood - I was startled many times when you played them.  A more legato touch, as well as matching the dynamics with the previous notes would help resolve this accent.

Also, certain notes are detached and I hear the gap which breaks the lines apart.  If you connect them, the flow of the piece would be much better.  Also, for repeated notes, use the pedal to connect.

I really like how you came in at 0:35-0:36.  It entered unobtrusively, elegantly.  I'm going to steal it!

[chopin2015]

I liked it as well! very sweet sounding.

[corrado64]

I agree with your analysis guys, thank you for your patience. After a few months I find many flaws in the execution. But I've spent too many years without dedicating the piano. Now, I hope to help me taking up studies in Composition. In 2013 I have a piano exam and I can work with a great teacher. I think some improvement in my playing you can already find. In Italy we say that "there is still a lot of rust to scrape."