agreed, did you see the FF?
Yes, I did.
Thank you for posting it. It is actually very different from what I remember on Tchaikowsky Competition in 1990.
To be honest, it leaves quite ambigious feeling. Of course, I respect and admire his mastery and phenomenal facilities.
The thing which bothers me is that he actually does quite a few things one should not do in Feux Follets.
First, he plays "hard" parts slower and "easier"--faster. In fact, it is a cheating.
Second, he does the usual trick--to start passages slow, and then accelerate at the end. That way he has enough time to rest, to "feel" and "get used" to the pattern, and then unleash at the end. This trick does not pass with professionals--immediately they see the cheating.
He plays extremely light, to the extend that written forte passages he actually plays piano. It is much easier that way, but is contrary to what Liszt wanted, and how it should be played.
His double notes are not nearly up to Richter's, Mei Ting's, or Kissin's velocity, but overall due to the above tricks, his timing is much faster.
Needless to say, as far as I remember, he did not do anything like this in 1990.
I still have to decide whether I like it or not.
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