Goldberg Variations # 26 - J.S. BACH (rough practice 1)

Recorded on Oct 10, 2014 -still in the learning stages of this variation. This is a particularly difficult variation because of the awkward overlapping of hands and tight spaces. This was a "cold" practice session...fingers not entirely warmed up here, so it sounds a bit "rough". I'll do a proper (prepared) recording another time, but this is one of my favourite variations so I just recorded it spontaneously. It's a funny camera angle, I don't have a way to rotate it 180 to get the keyboard with proper orientation.

[@douglasmccannpiano]

the sound is raw, and i love that....

[@VincentSPICER]

douglas mccann LOL. It sounds like loud, reverberating clatter to me, lacking refinement. Honestly, my playing is not quite that bad here, there IS some refinement actually, but the audio quality hacks it up. It is interesting if you compare recordings of Angela HEWITT, Rosalyn TURECK, Andras SCHIFF, Glenn GOULD - different ways of bringing out different character of this piece. GOULD has a rougher, raw, somewhat percussive sound--you might like his version.

[@clau2138]

If I could play that Variation as you do, I would be a happier man!

[@karthikpai]

Wow! That was fabulous!

[@VincentSPICER]

Thanks!

[@oddcorelostandforgotten6151]

Hi Mr.Spicer