The "Scholar" we know and love is now a hypocrite!

[chopinlover01]

So, as you all may or may not know, BachScholar (who, for being an "expert" of bach, plays his specialty the same as everyone else) has consistently bashed the Chopin etudes...
And, here we are. I just found out about this.

And, it's a complete mess. Well, it's a mess, but there are one or two moments where I feel he may have actually used a little rubato, as opposed to say, the Rach C# minor prelude- a complete travesty.
But it's ironic, because he has continually bashed the Chopin etudes- and as one of the posters on that particular thread mentioned, "in other words, he can't play them". And, they were quite right. (Don't remember who that was. J_menz, was that you?)
So, he proved that he can't play them. I might see if he's uploaded more of them.
EDIT: He indeed has! The Etude op 25/7 in C# minor! One of the less mainstream ones, too.
Aaaaand, he butchered it. Agh.

[pianoman53]

Love?! He's a pretentious prick who seems to know absolutely nothing about a ton of things

[Bob]

It odes sound a bit mechanical and MIDI-like.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Senza espressione sempre. What a dullard.

[j_menz]

(Don't remember who that was. J_menz, was that you?)

No idea, sorry. Memory like a sieve.

[chopinlover01]

No idea, sorry. Memory like a sieve.

I went back to the original thread- https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=42179.0 and found that it was actually nyiregyhazi who said it.
Well, you were right!

[j_menz]

it was actually nyiregyhazi who said it.

That you would confuse us will probably give us each a sleepless night. 

[chopinlover01]

Oh I know, all of PS was waiting with bated breath about who said what on a thread three years ago. I sure would have been

[mjames]

His playing isn't bad. I mean he may be a pretentious prick for saying the things he did, but you're being just as bad going as far as to say he butchered it

Why not focus on your own music instead of pursuing and attacking the ones of others? Seems like you're wasting your energy.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Actually I have to agree with the OP, having endured two minutes of the op 25/7 etude. It's dull, unmusical, and any sense of poetry or nuance is almost completely lacking. About the only mitigating circumstance I can think of is the poor audio recording quality.

[chopinlover01]

About the only mitigating circumstance I can think of is the poor audio recording quality.

It's not- his audio quality is fine.
The audio quality that Youtubers tend to be looking for is zero "white noise", I think it's called. Fans, humming, birds in the background, etc. He has this, and so we can listen to it with clarity.
And yes, the 25/7 etude was quite bad.