and the latter, claudio arrau in his later years....painful to listen to.
I donīt know what are you all people talking about when refering to technique.Speed? That you can call fingers, dexterity, SPEED.Technique's the way to make music not runs."painful to listen to." Ok, Iīve got it now
painfully slow and inaccuratebrew, im not saying he didnt have a good technique, just that his was perhaps the weakest among the legendary so-called 'greats'
firstly of course there are some piansits who arent that famous but have managed to scrape livings as concert pianists, of these which do you know having a really sucky technique?and of all the big names, who do you think has the worst technique?of the first category, maybe john rusnak.and the latter, claudio arrau in his later years....painful to listen to.
Technique's the way to make music.
then what is 'musicality'? the way to make music musically?
Nobody guessed what I was thinking ...Vladimir De Pachmann
How about Liberace?
David Helfgott?
Amid all the rhinestone, glitz and crap, he actually was a pretty good pianist.koji
Was it all recording studio tricks, or has anyone actually heard him perform this?
Couple of months ago, I heard Brendel play Kresleriana in Minneapolis--it was pretty embarrassing, technically.
You have to understand, though, that when you go see Brendel, it is because you want to see the man, not really hear him play. It is clear that he is past his prime.
thats no excuse for him to suck balls.horowitz recorded the wagner/liszt liebstod a couple days before he passed away, and its AMAZING.no respect to brendel the slacker.
im just saying that some piansits still manage to have kickass technique in their old age, and that an artist shouldnt slack off and not practice as much and rely on their 'past glories'.