Cimarosa - Sonata in g minor, largo - fortepiano

Domenico Cimarosa's Sonata in g minor, largo played on fortepiano by Alexandra Grabarchuk.

Audio and video by Umberto Belfiore.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• alex grabarchuk
• fortepiano
• cimarosa
• early music

[VelikyRostov9]

I apologize for being tardy in my comments here. For months now I have listened to this performance in my playlists almost daily. Although it is not the kind of impressive piece that might take the listener by storm, you are; for your playing has a remarkably delicate touch and a transparent light. Perhaps you were a lutenist 300 years ago. Whatever the case, you have a clarity of mood that less than 1 in 1000 professional musicians possesses. You would be stunning with Field nocturnes.

[shoora84]

@VelikyRostov9 I'm very flattered, thanks. :)

[shoora84]

@VelikyRostov9 if you poke around in my other videos, you will find a nice exploration with baroque organ as well you might enjoy

[cechema]

the piano is in sale?

[shoora84]

@cechema No, it's not for sale.

[Chrisjuchniewicz]

Beautiful music, beautiful instrument, and beautiful girl.

[shoora84]

@Chrisjuchniewicz you are very kind. :)

[shoora84]

@UKnowMe327: you have to make love to the fortepiano much more gently :)

[VelikyRostov9]

@shoora84 I pray that you continue to develop these unusually musical talents of yours and don't succumb to the voices of Satan whispering discouragement in your ear. Marry a capitalist if you must... but don't become one... for you already own a disciplined perceptive aesthetic wealth which cannot be purchased by any credit card... nor sold on any stock market.

[VelikyRostov9]

@shoora84 I will 'poke around' and have a gander. With great relish I hope to see other fortepiano posts of yours... when you feel a piece is ripe for your standards.

[KriBlackRoson]

hehe no, why?

you as a pianist should know that the color doesn't matter, you know your instrument, you can play it with closed eyes, you know where every key is, so the color doesn't really matter ;)

[ThaRemco]

i'm a pianist too, but don't you get confused with the reversed keycolors?

[VelikyRostov9]

@focronos This may or may not be good advice, for all musicians DID NOT PLAY at A-430 in the classical period. I have found examples that range from A-398 to A-458.... with those of Cimarosa's period tending to the lower. And while I share your love of the late classical eraly romantic pitch of A-430 for it's moonlit beams across the dark blue waters, the tuning and temperment must be a matter for the musician, and how he or she feels they want their 'classical' instrument to sound.

[fdfdfdfdsss]

@focronos Interest in various temperaments has gone up significantly in recent times, as ludustestudinis said in part due to the ease that digital pianos and various software can allow their exploration. Fixed pitch instruments like the piano are the only reason temperaments even exist. Temperaments allow pieces to move through greater degrees of consonance and dissonance than modern equal temperament will allow, something composers of the past made great use of.

[leoncioviolin]

bravoo