Best technique of the 20:th century

[stevie]

quite frankly, thats bullshit

cziffra played bartok 2, superbly too

the most important thing in technique when it comes down to it is raw dexterity, the sheer mechanical abilities of the joints(wrist, fingers), this means raw speed agility endurance, etc.

cziffra's mechanism is virtually second to none, and pollini's is fantastic sure, but not as special.

i have a couple videos of pollini playing, and his technique struck me as nothing more than average.

his chopin etudes too, whilst very 'perfect' and all, were very heavily edited apparently..

[sevencircles]

i have a couple videos of pollini playing, and his technique struck me as nothing more than average.

his chopin etudes too, whilst very 'perfect' and all, were very heavily edited apparently..

When where the videos recorded?

I have seen recordings if him executing those Chopin etudes as clean as the studio recording.

Same with Stravinsky´s Petrouchka. Many people think it´s edited but I have seen recordings where he did play stuff that was easily as impressive.

I have always been impressed with people that master the hardest serial music and Cziffra was not one of those.

Schoenberg, Webern´s and Boulez hardest works have all been performed by Pollini and with a perfection that no one else have been able to match yet (he has done many sloppy performances during recent years though)