Second movement of Beethoven's op 2 no 1

[faa2010]

Hi,

I have loaded another video. It took me more time to learn than I thought.

https://youtu.be/Z6uCtJmjLcs

Feedback is welcome.

[quantum]

Good job learning this one. 

As this is a lyrical slow movement, you can do more to bring out those longer melodic lines.  You are doing a lot with the indicated slur marks, but now I think you need to bring the crispiness level down a bit, because it is overtaking the entire piece.  Crispy phrasing is nice in an Allegro, but too much of it in an Adagio, especially one as lyrical and tuneful as this one, can be distracting.  Use the pedal to help you.  That does not mean hold the pedal for an entire bar, all you need are touches of pedal.  You also don't need to use the pedal all the way to the bottom, 1/2 or fractions of it are all that are needed. 

In bar 1 and similar passages, many people play the little note before the beat, as part of the turn. 

Try to make your phrase shapes more deliberate.  Make it clear where a phrase ends and another begins.  Just like speaking, where we insert a longer pause after a period so it is clear that the sentence has ended, and another is about to begin. 

Bar 17 accompaniment, can you make these 16th groups more legato.

Be mindful of how you play chords.  It needs to fit in with the surrounding material.  Just because it is a chord does not mean you just drop a block of notes.  For example, can you make sound of the cadence in bar 16 fit with the sound you were producing in bar 15, it is part of that musical sentence.

Some pedalling suggestions attached.  These are in no way definitive, rather only a starting point to get you thinking of how you could use the pedal.

[faa2010]

Hi quantum,

Thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate it. I'll try what you recommend me.