Bach - Goldberg Variations: ARIA

One of my favourite pieces in the piano repertory, I find this little ARIA not only of exquisite beauty, but more difficult to play than one would expect. It appears simple, but great care and concentration is necessary to achieve phrasing as you intend it, to achieve perfect balance from one note to the next, to avoid sudden bumps (loud) or faded, fuzzy soft, almost inaudible notes. I have only scratched the surface in learning this piece, and this was a spontaneous recording (completely unrehearsed). I was motivated to record this as an "after" comparison since the piano was tuned just an hour prior to this recording (I often record "before & after" tunings). This ARIA is a perfect piece for testing a piano for pitch (tuning) but also for subtle refinements in the voicing and the action of the hammers and keys respectively. Listen to what I mean on the first note of this piece: compound octave G ... you hear absolute purity of pitch, tone, voicing, balance with this piece. Try playing this piece on a not-so-high quality piano, then on a top tier piano and see/hear/feel the difference. After listening to this, I must say that I'm disappointed with the audio quality. The camera seems to do an automatic "gain up" on the volume, so that that quieter I play, the louder the microphone amplifies it. It sounds like a bunch of clanging -- I'm unable to achieve the whisper quiet silent moments that I can actually produce in the room. Time to search for new quality AV recording equipment.