Alberto Ginastera - Rondo on Argentine Children's Folk Tunes

[pencilart3]

[chopinawesome]

I saw your post on youtube. I am the guy from chess.com! Good Job!

[philolog]

Nicely played and thanks for posting, I'd never heard it before. Perhaps you should play more Ginastera or investigate Vill-Lobos (not to mention the many other appealing Latin American composers).

[pencilart3]

I saw your post on youtube. I am the guy from chess.com! Good Job!

Wait... which guy from chess.com? Daniel piano? Well anyway thanks for watching!!

Nicely played and thanks for posting, I'd never heard it before. Perhaps you should play more Ginastera or investigate Vill-Lobos (not to mention the many other appealing Latin American composers).

yes! There's a lot of great music composed down there

[chopinawesome]

Nicely played and thanks for posting, I'd never heard it before. Perhaps you should play more Ginastera or investigate Vill-Lobos (not to mention the many other appealing Latin American composers).

I enjoy Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas.

[chopinawesome]

I enjoy Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas.

...and Granados Allegro  de Concierto

[chopinlover01]

I've been looking forward to hearing this, having played it myself.
Initial thoughts:
Articulate the intro more perhaps?
You could put a little more space between the sections at 0:18 and 0:21
I'd put more emphasis on the fortes in general, but especially at 0:27
Pleease, piano at 0:37! I don't know what your score has, but definitely this bit needs more contrast, especially given what it leads into.
Whyy must you rush the beautiful F sharp figure? It's a lovely phrase when played expressively. I don't have my score in front of me, but I don't think Ginastera gives any tempo change at that moment.
From the F sharp major section until the end- make sure to give the chordal accompaniment contrast. It's a quarter to eighth note rhythm, so give it a looong-short feel to it. Also, make sure to let the F# pedal point sing.
Your melody here would benefit from a little less erratic of a tempo, as well.
Nice transition.
With the first recapitulation; try and give the LH a little more snappiness to it, perhaps. It makes it much more interesting.
At 2 minutes (ish), my edition has a marking of "non legato" in it; so, if I were you, I'd play this bit with no pedal and disconnected (though most of the time making a conscious effort to play staccato results in tension, so don't worry too much!).
At 2:13, I think you're using too much rubato here. Again, your tempo is somewhat erratic, and it doesn't feel organic. I'd play them about the same tempo at first, gradually getting slower until you have the ascending figure that plays around with the minor second.
2:20- You could improve the balance here; don't worry, I had this same issue. The chords tend to overpower the tenor melody, so make sure to really bring it out.
2:45- Love the staccato run.
Penultimate recapitulation (in b minor)- I'd play this pianissimo, personally, to really make people sit on the edge of their seats.
Nice glissando and final presentation.
I'd take a little more time after 3:17, but that's just me.
Nice ending!!
All in all, not bad, Noah. There's certainly stuff I would change for my own interpretation, and that I think you would benefit from changing, but I'll leave that up to you.

[pencilart3]

Thanks so much for all that feedback! I read through it once but I will chew on it tonight and let you know what I think in the morning. Thanks again!