Rameau Gavotte avec 6 Doubles (vatiations) Sandro Bisotti pf

[Atys44]

C'est une interprétation très personnelle mais extrêmement émouvante. Le mystère et la grâce qui émanent de cette exquise gavotte prennent par votre jeu tout en subtilité et en nuance une dimension rarement atteinte en concert. Bravo ! et continuez à nous enchanter.

[parlantia]

Bravo ! une interprétation remarquable de cette sublime gavotte, sommet de la musique pour clavecin. Une indicible émotion transparaît au travers de votre jeu tout en nuance.

[raohaichi]

感情丸出しの自己満足演奏に少し嫌気を感じました。この曲はバロ­ック・スタイルです。しかし、あなたの演奏はロマン・スタイルの­音楽です。あなたが演奏する、この曲の解釈が非常に不快です。こ­の演奏は不適格だと思います。

I felt some aversion for a self-satisfaction performance of the feelings full exposure. This music is a baroque style. However, your performance is music of the romance style. This interpretation that you play is very unpleasant. I think this performance to be inadequate.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@raohaichi

Yiu are wrong: all music one play at this time is contemporary music, not romantic or classic or what do you want.

[Glacebunny]

great!!! n__n

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@Glacebunny

Thank you!!

[Grenrick]

Congrat´s!

Behavior is also part of art. When I see your interpretation is impossible not to remember of Glenn Gould. Is there any intentional propose in it?

Grenrick

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@Grenrick

Thank you for attention and so kind commenting.

No, I like GG but it's not a reference for me. I search another kind of sound, I use 10 times more pedal than him,

and obvious.....I'm 10 times less pianist. I hate his Chopin versions........

[ucscspcs]

a special interpretation, i like it. thank you!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@ucscspcs

You are very kind. Thank you for attention and commenting.

[meaghanek]

I love this piece. Great job! I wish I had your talent :)

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@meaghanek

Thank you by heart!!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@meaghanek

Too much kind, thank you; and happy you liked it!

[ulissegarnerone]

Hi, I ' m a piano tuner, and a musician. I' m italian but I write in english so everybody can understand. Why the upper notes of your piano are always out of tune, more than the others? This could be the sign of a bad "crafted" tuning. When the piano tuner is bad, or lazy, he doesn' t pay enough attention to the high notes... That' s what I wanted to say.

Nice to meet you, Bye!

Ulisse Garnerone

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@ulissegarnerone

First of all thank you for attention and commenting.

And then......Garnerone is the name of my piano-tuner (I find him very valid, probably here the piano was not tuned since 3-4 months)......

[ulissegarnerone]

@SarrasaniPianoCircus

This is unbelievable!! Your piano tuner is my father!!

And he is a very good tuner, so the problem couldn' t be that!

Small world, amazing!

Ciao!

[inviniveritas]

Wonderful, very "romantic" and virtue interpretation, but a litlebit slow for me, tempo is broken.

There is fantastic Marcelle Meyer`s version of gavotte et doubles, she is playing those as one piece:

gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6­k127477w.r=Rameau.f1.langFR

Thank You very much!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@inviniveritas

really kind your attention and criticism.

Thank you and all the best,

S.

[littletigervn]

you pay attention so much to behaviour. less than is better. any, good performance.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@littletigervn

it's exactly the contrary, I don't care of my behaviour at the piano.

Thank you for attention and commenting.

[pcma1970]

Amazing performances Congratulations !!!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

@pcma1970

thank you!!!

[piannelly]

rubato =/= rameau i don't like your selfish interpretation

[Hippowitz]

very interesting!like gould!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

thank you.

[BobbyFischer0000]

I'm sorry, I don't agree with your interpretation of this piece. It does't "feel" a true Baroque piece the way that you play it. Having said that, you play very well.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

thank you much for your attention and serene criticism.

[jcisarik]

I love the sound of your piano, especially in what seems to be a small space.

I had a Seiler grand (186cm) that had a wonderful singing tone, and your piano reminds me of that one. (Alas, I sold my piano last year!)

From Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Thanks for your posts.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Incredible!! I too had a Seiler grand (186) for many years, and I adored and adore that piano. I sold it, and when I began again with piano, I bought this Rieger Kloss (Bohemia piano). Less refined than Seiler, but equally good, warm sound.

Yes, small space.....but good mics:

Rode K2.

[daniel15671]

Your playing of this masterwork makes good sense musically. I agree that it is not necessary to use the piano to "imitate" the clavecin slavishly.

This is such a lovely work. Thank you for posting it.

[Grigor99]

The ornaments use are not what I was taught. There may be various ways to play them I guess. Also, the first variation is technically supposed to be played using "note inagale" or unequal notes. Are you familiar with this type of playing(articulation)?

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you for attention.

The "note inegales" are obliged with the harpsichord, at piano I find more effective another kind of "time distribution", based on the different duration of the sound.

The ornaments here are really nothing of particular.....again thanks.

[Grigor99]

Yes. The notes inegales is not necessarily required for the piano.

[mercoid]

I find agreeable your approach to this piece. It has provided me a fresh insight into the work. I have always been fond of it, and you looked as though you enjoyed playing it. In a detached way, I enjoyed enjoying it with you. Thank you.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you! Happy you liked it.

[visionbach]

Sandro Bisotti is not a cold perfectionist, but a talented amateur-musician. Though he demands his freedom of playing just as he likes, he never does harm to a piece of music because he simply has a good taste and honours all those great composers. Go on, man!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you much for attention and information.

[zurzica51]

its not really a ortodox way to play this piece and rameau,, but i like it! well done! but in my vision rameau cant be so romantic! dont understand me bad! please! thanks for the video!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you much for attention and so kind comment. About your serene criticism....your tastes have at least the same quality of mine. This is not more than a view, a free interpretation. Again thank you,

Sandro

[zurzica51]

bieng romantic is not bad.. its only a choice! thats you playing! thats no rule for playing like Rameau done in his time! upload more videos! ;)

[bjoartec]

close your eyes, listen, and you will feel you are in heaven, so peaceful, thanks Mr Sarrasani!!!.......

[baracine]

Ces pièces se prêtent à une infinité d'interprétations. Je les ai découvertes moi-même sur l'album électronique de Bob James (qui faisait pousser des hauts cris aux puristes). Votre version va encore plus loin dans le, comment dit-on?, rubato. C'est très personnel et très vivant. Ça donne le goût de vivre et surtout de s'exprimer. Merci.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Merci bien, thank you! And also for the notice of this electronic version.......

I continue to wonder about a rock version of "Les Sauvages"......I'm not a rock fan, but....

[bjoartec]

Beautifully executed, loved it,

Merci pour votre interpretation de Rameau c'etait tres bien execute, et different!.. peut-etre ne devriez-vous pas repondre aux commentaires negatifs, vous avez raison de le jouer comme vous le sentez , et comme votre coeur vous le dicte!!....Merci;

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Meci a vous, vraiment gentil.

[OhShutUp15]

wow, beautiful playing

May I ask... how long have you been playing?

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Bye! And thank you a lot for attention.

I studied much as a boy, then silence for about 20 years, then I began again 5-6 years ago. As amateur, 60-90 min X day.

[9Z8Z7ZSIMS]

What a beautiful, heartfelt interpretation of this astounding piece. Art is a gift to people we will never know. From Rameau to you, from you to me, from me (an amateur poet) perhaps to someone else.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Amateur poet.....I like and respect poetry and literature also much than music, really. I prefer to make public my musical results because here I have more confidence, but without poetry and literature also music is a non-sense.

[meilingleiko]

Dear Mr. Sandro,

I appreciate your piano performance and dialogue between you and listener. i personally think i could learn something from the nice words or articles on youtube. (I'm sorry for my poor English, hope you understand what i mean.)

Meiling

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Your english is better than mine, and thank you by heart for attention.

[jermy000]

"L'interprète ne peut émouvoir son publique que lorsqu'il est lui-même ému." And I think it was quite obvious how you felt while playing! I really did enjoy your performance. I am a fan of this particular peice too.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

These your words about music interpretation are, in my opinion, more important than my possible good or bad playing. Really, I don't think to be nothing special as pianist and I'm happy of my amateur dimension, but I feel so important the emotional aspects in playing, and I try to give a modest example of this approach (without I'm not interested in music). Thank you by heart.

[ruru1975]

you are full of life, my friend. bravo!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

REally kind, thank yoiu by heart!

[sandyhackney]

My friend - it was fantastique!!! And, thrilling. More please. It is great to hear the classic French harpsichord music through these new ears. Many thanks!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Proud of your attention and your so fine words. Thank you!

[magicvince2000]

Well, this is not Rameau, this is new age :p

I found it very incoherent, sometimes almost unbearable. And so much pedal ! It makes this gavotte sound like a strange "soup", at the end :-/

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you for attention and comment.

Also happy you know what "IS" Rameau.

I've not this privilege, and I'm not interested in philologic fashions than I play as I like and as I can.

[magicvince2000]

I'm not sure I know what Rameau "IS", but I know a little what he "IS NOT" :o). For instance, the 6th variation, played as you do with pedal (and so quickly you can't avoid some visible mistakes), loses all the kind precision it has on an harpischord, and that you can achieve on a piano (listen to Marcelle Meyer for instance). I'm not speaking about "composer wishes", just about what is written on the score.

And by the way, it is written with repeats on each first part.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

If you tell "this is not Rameau" it's because you know who he is, no doubts.

Don't you like my version? No problems, other

ones (probably ignorant of Marcelle Meyer and other correct references, and lovers of the perverse pedalling) like it, and on the other side I do not like your not requested (and boring) lesson. Both we must have patience, bye.

[goldberg72]

da 7:36 assomiglia a una variazione degli studi sinfonici di schumann...e' veroooooo!!troppo forte!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Giusto, la terza o quarta, mi pare.

Certo che questa musica è tosta, altro che;

sbagliato, anche da pianisti, ignorarla.

[bremehn]

I'm quite thrilled to hear a "non-reference" version of this piece. God knows there are enough "correct" versions out there. It was Rossini who said "every kind of music is good, except the boring kind." This may not be exactly what Rameau wrote, but it certainly isn't boring.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Uh, thank you, very kind words.

The problem is that I must enjoy myself when I play, I'm an amateur and then I take all the

licenses I will...And I add that musicologic fashions change every 10 years, why to take care of them? Again thank you and all the best.

[adrianoxyz]

è un morire a stenti

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Perfetto. Così è la vita. Grazie per il commento.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

I love Rameau..you play this well Sandro!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Very kind, thank you originalMoonbeam.

[zrshwe]

Wonderful as ever.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Too much kind zrshwe. Thank you by heart.

[albertopertusa]

This is my favorite piece and I had never heard anyone play i like this before... there is no way I can thank you enough for having played it and shared it...

I really have no words, this is pure art...

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Too much kind, thank you.

[christina197]

Beautifully played! I`ve listened to it several times and always come back. Will ask my teacher if I can play it, too. That is, if it`s not too difficult... Keep up the great playing!!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you, you are very kind.

[sassycatwsu5]

hilarious......I preformed this piece but at the upside finger at 1:28 is killing me dude!!!!!!!!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

If this make you so happy, I'll use this attack more frequently....

[bremehn]

My piano teacher would kill me if she saw me hit a key like that, BUT you are able to produce a wonderfully soft tone with the technique. It fits perfectly with your interpretation of the piece. More power to you, and thanks for this incredible performance... it's influenced me in a few ways with the way I play this piece.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Hi bremehn! Thank you for your so kind feedback. But pay attention: for exams, competitions and similar things, do not play so! Assured failure, eheh. But I play only for my pleasure, and then I can do as I like.

Happy someone like you and other ones appreciate some aspects of my playing. Again thank you and all the best.

[bremehn]

Apologies for this late reply! I played this piece for a final exam in college (minus the upside-down finger) and scored almost perfectly! I have you to thank for some of the musical interpretation! Now I can play it on MY terms... and I will be using the upside-down finger hahahaha

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Again thank you. And now I'm waiting for your version (with upside-down finger, eheh).

All the best.

[kunstistmist]

I have one question: Why do you stick so rigidly to the notes? As far as tempo, dynamics, expression and so on is concerned, you take every liberty which is thinkable. But what makes you stick to the notes? Seriously, to me your play seems not inspired but on the contrary inhibited by what the composer wrote. Maybe you feel fine when playing like that, but when watching this I personally felt the strong need to break out of the piece completely. Don't you feel emprisoned by the notes?

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Curious. Many write me to tell that my sound

is particullary plastic and coloured in urposing melodies. And you the opposite....

at each one his ears....Bye and thank you.

[reinpost]

I don't think he's the opposite at all ...

To my ears, your playing is great, doing justice to Rameau and to the piano.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

You are too much kind. Thank you by heart, I'm really happy you appreciated.

[goldberg72]

di dove sei maestro?

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Ciao, ti ho scritto in privato. Sto in Piemonte, comunque.

[enantiodrom]

ps... e già dire licenze è chinare il capo alla fantasia -oscena- di una norma. Forse la vera licenza poetica è supporre un ordine da violare.

Grazie

[enantiodrom]

Ahah, il numero di telefono Rameau avrebbe sicuramente desiderato averlo, si congratulerebbe per le licenze poetiche e per l'indice supinato sui tasti.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Sei veramente gentilissimo, grazie della "difesa". In realtà il commentatore che ha iniziato la questione delle "intenzioni dell'autore" ha poi proceduto con un commento insultante che non ho approvato (non voglio flames qui). Ma la questione rimane, e senza soluzione, come saprai meglio di me.

[GTestarossa]

This attracts me somehow, even though I am usually a fanatic!

But I still tend to say what I say to all pianist colleagues:

1- Keep the tempo stable always

2- Do not use the pedal too much

Otherwise; nice nice interpretation. I am usually disgusted by pianists who make faces, but your playing still has soul when you scroll down and only listen (which is the point, I guess?)

I state: You overdo it, but with a remarkable sense of good taste!

And one last thing: Nice trills ;-)

J

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Really good feedback for me, thank you.

I appreciate your honest, personal and motivated reserves about certain behaviours at piano. And the fact you admit some values in my work (from a different point view from mine about tempo and pedalling and gestures) speaks not about my qualities (modest) but about your being open-minded and intelligent

[GTestarossa]

I like because that is how I sometimes play myself, when I am alone and really just want to enjoy every chord in itself. Rameau is such concentrated joy of life that it is pefectly suited for meditation. I guess you are thinking many things through while playing.

It gives me joy to play around with tempi and accentuations, because it gives pleasure to control ones fingers completely.

But for a concert, remember that the human ear demands stability and regularity: Tempo and phrasings :-)

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

>But for a concert, remember that the human ear demands stability and regularity: Tempo and phrasings :-)

Ok, but "stability and regularity" as an actor

on the stage. The human, relative stabilty and regularity of the emotions, and not the not-human quantization of time. But it's a question of (also here, subjective but not completely) measure, and this my consideration is not necessarly in contrast

with your one.

Again than you for attention and so intelligent feedback.

[sarabija]

"Rameau is so concentrated joy of life"

what simple but greatly true words.

[elizabeth09812]

that's interesting...definitely not anywhere near the rococo style, and i'm not sure i like it. i think you should cut down on the accentuation of every chord because it gets repetitive.

also, if you're trying to draw attention to the harmonies shouldn't you maybe cut down on the physical expression? it distracts the viewer from your music.

this isn't supposed to be insulting, it's constructive criticism.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you for your interesting feedback.

Not near rococò style, you tell....

Tou are right, but I'm not interested in re-create history. Only in the present, this is the only story we can (partially) know and above all live.

The emotional and gestures aspects are IMHO

fundamental and I'm not interested in their

inhibition. They can be disturbing or not,

but it's none of my business....neither

competition to win nor "philologic" expert to conquer. again thank you.

[elizabeth09812]

so you don't care about what the composer intended?

i never said it had to be near the rococo style, i just mentioned that it wasn't.

if you're more focused on your experience while you're playing, and don't care about what people think, then why are you posting it on youtube?

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Please tell me telephone number of Rameau, so I'll know his thinking.

For my opinion these is a silly approach, (to respect the composer's wishes, as they are known....

really silly, also because these eternal wishes are different year after year, as the

fashion. I'm more interested in beauty and comunication than in musicologic fashion).

Why I update here? Because someone is interested in, as you can read in some comments (sorry for you).

Sad thing, the "unique thinking"....

[elizabeth09812]

Okay. Sorry to offend you with my opinion.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

It was perfectly clear to me.

I repeat, very nice your words (in both case you like GG or not....)

All best,

Sandro

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Thank you.

My simple, obvious idea is only to consider

seriously and with surprise these harmonic

dynamics, also if our ears are full of these

pattern (in clasical, pop, jazz and others).

Enjoying your words, if they are criticism or/and if they are good evaluation.