[Video] Two Scarlatti Sonatas

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[lafo]

Thank you for your comment

I don`t feel any tension or overwork in fingers/arms. Usually i can play for hours and they don`t feel tired what so ever Maybe yes..it`s the advantage of the big hand i guess

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With reference to that curling little finger: Horowitz' did the same thing and it didn't seem to slow him down any! (as you may know, he also recorded "your" Scarlatti sonata).

Also, for what it's worth, I tend to think that tension has more to do with the way in which the hand is used rather than its size, but I may be wrong.

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First of all, I'm glad someone's playing an acoustic piano.  There are so many videos here of digital performances.  Not that I'm against them or anything, I have one, too.  But the sound and satisfaction of playing a regular piano is no comparison.  Even yours which isn't the best, I admit, has much more timbre, if you get what I mean.  And in this scarlatti, it's particularly adapt.
Be careful not to overpedal.  It gets sort of muddy at times.  I like your articulation, though it is uneven in certain parts.  Especially when you lighten up.  You sort of lose control of the fingers.  And don't be too romantic in your ritardando.  Only at the very end.  And certainly not at the end of the first parts of the sonatas.  
If you ever play at weddings, the e major sonata makes a great entrance number for the bride.  Much more so then the Wagner they usually play!
All in all, though, I liked your interpretation.  Very clavicembalistic!  But like I said, less pedal, and work on those passages that your fingers get carried away with.

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[lafo]

With reference to that curling little finger: Horowitz' did the same thing and it didn't seem to slow him down any! (as you may know, he also recorded "your" Scarlatti sonata).

Also, for what it's worth, I tend to think that tension

Thanks for your comment I agree with you..Horowitz is everything else but slow I don`t know what brings tension to the hands..never had any for my 25 years of playing

First of all, I'm glad someone's playing an acoustic piano.  There are so many videos here of digital performances.  Not that I'm against them or anything, I have one, too.  But the sound and satisfaction of playing a regular piano is no comparison.  Even yours which isn't the best, I admit, has much more timbre, if you get what I mean.  And in this scarlatti, it's particularly adapt.

Thanks Yeah i need a better piano..i am working on that hehe And thanks for the feedback..i`ll do it better the next recording

If it doesn't ache or get sore, then good, I'm maybe a little over conscious at the moment as I've been getting some wrist pain and been heavily investigating piano technique and physiology. In some cases different physical aspects can compensate for what could be considered as bad technique that could provide an impression of good. Pain is really what it comes down to so if you feel none and play as lovely as you do, by all means disregard my comment. I better get uploading.

I don`t have any pain in the hands )