Go listen to Hamelin's recording of Ballade 4 and tell me he's second rate
Ok, I'm following your instructions:1. I just listened to ballade 4.2. Ok, "He is second rate". Did I pass?
You didn't like his Chopin...why don't you try something else?
You just don't understand little man...
You assume I haven't? I mean I'm not saying I could do better, I just don't like him. Kind of like katsaris
Other.That other probably is Lisitsa. Mediocre musician with a professional's technique. For the record, LL is imo considerably better than her. He makes stupid faces, does odd things musically, but his touch is much better and when his performance works, it's usually very good. He is insanely overhyped by the industry, but comes in for so much flak I find it hard to consider him overrated.Hamelin I'm not a fan of, but he has done so much good for neglected composers (plus having a fine technique) that I'm usually loth to criticise him overmuch.Bolet? What??? One of the finest Liszt and Rachmaninov pianists who ever lived. Absolutely beautiful tone, and a technique to match, just one he never flaunted. He's still a connoisseur's pianist, even now. How can he possibly be overrated?
Well basically most people who graduated from Curtis have good touch. But musically Lisitsa has more understanding than Lang Lang has IMO (I'm a fan of pretty rubato and accelerandos hehe, I'm NOT a fan of metronomic senseless playing)
who did you like again?
So, you don't like Katsaris who fools around with the music and you don't like Hamelin, who almost never does, but plays everything by the book...
Uh boy, do you really want to get that one rolling?
Hamelin is all fingers and no soul. I would rather watch someone painting a fence than listen to any more of his bland efforts.
Hamelin is all fingers and no soul. I would rather watch someone painting a fence than listen to any more of his bland efforts.Thal
Certainly! I am much interested in what you like In addition to Rafal whose last name I cannot spell right now...
I like: Zimerman, Blechacz, Pollini, Ashkenazy, Lugasky, Tiempo, Roge, Barenboim, Kissin, Ugosrki, Chen, Kholodenko, Schmalfuss, Goldman, and Biret. I DO NOT like Schiff, Rubinstein, Horowitz, Katsaris, Argerich, Hamelin, Pogorelich, Lang Lang, and Trifonov isn't my favorite.
Schiff is another matter, I love him, but that's because I'm so much into Baroque. He's one of the few pianists that can even make me feel compelled to listen to Bach.
Surprised you like Barenboim, because his Chopin kind of sucks...? (But I do also like his Mendelssohn recordings).
Yes I am guilty as charged I listen to Chopin like a lot. Lol look at the file I attached. The sad thing is that after 10 years of listening to that exact same recording, I still listen to it almost every day.
he really needs plastic surgery. He looks creepy..
So it seems we do both agree and disagree...I He's one of the few pianists that can even make me feel compelled to listen to Bach.Surprised you like Barenboim, because his Chopin kind of sucks...? (But I do also like his Mendelssohn recordings).
Plastic surgery for Wei Luo would be nice, too... Give the Koreans some more money
I do love Trifonov, though, but he really needs plastic surgery. He looks creepy..
She's Chinese, not Korean
Yes, Schiff is pretty good at Bach, but he puts random slurs in here and there that kind of bug me. And I might add that his Chopin preludes are some of the worst ever recorded... It's like he thinks he's playing Bach when he's off by like 100 years!Yes I am guilty as charged I listen to Chopin like a lot. Lol look at the file I attached. The sad thing is that after 10 years of listening to that exact same recording, I still listen to it almost every day.Yes his chopin is terrible but I can see past that, unlike many people here seem to think.
His Chopin is merely played without conforming to "tradition." I wrote this long-ass comment about it:(that's the beauty of the internet btw, you can act like you're a New York Times critic when really you're just a teenage music student w too much time on his hands):I've never heard Schiff play Chopin, so this is interesting. I think the criticism here comes mainly from the fact that Schiff's interpretation is certainly not the most 'conventional.' There are definitely differences in tempo, nuances, and particular phrases that are not 'standard.' But I think this is important, to study Chopin from a more "intellectual," musical perspective, and not necessarily from how pieces have been played traditionally; there are some things in the score, some things suggested by the composer that don't always match that. So I don't think this is bad, only studied independent of that "tradition." And there are also some places I find very good."I'm also somewhat proud that I got 11 thumbs-up on that thing... but that's a once-in-a-who-knows-how-long event
I do agree that it is perfectly fine to break "traditions". Although we might be able to live without the Sayers ones...
Pletnev adds tons of notes to the Scarlatti SOnatas.
It's ok to break tradition but IT'S NOT OK TO BREAK SCARLATTI!!Kidding aside, I hate his Scarlatti, but if some people enjoy it, then let him do his thing...
JK. Do you like Yuja Wang and Clare Huangci? Or are you more of the Tipo/de Larrocha type?
If I ever get lucky enough to take a masterclass from him, I'll tell him you said that. That's how I'll win World War III.
I'm more like Michelangeli/Weissenberg/Ciccolini/Schiff type...
nah, ill win World War III
We're on the same side, remember? U've to be consinstent.
The only person I ever heard in your list playing Scarlatti was Michelangeli
These ones seem pretty overrated by me:- Lugansky- Pollini- Rubinstein- Argerich- Katsaris- Goldman- Lang Lang- FrayJust my opninion.
Outin is from now on wrong about everything
Pletnev's Scarlatti were the first Scarlattis I listened to LOL
ikr his playing of K. 24 sounds so FREE, but everyone else sounds so TIGHT!
That is probably true, but I believe there's enough freedom in Domenico's music as it is written, no need to add more
But everyone else sounds SO HARD TO LISTEN TO!