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Post by MartinT on Jun 25, 2019 20:57:49 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 25, 2019 22:42:28 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jun 26, 2019 20:37:23 GMT
She plays it quite percussively, a bit like Lupu's style. She doesn't glide across the keys quite like Argerich. I don't hear anything too idiomatic or offensive, the orchestral accompaniment is well played and the 24/96 hi-res recording is excellent. It wins my approval! |
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 26, 2019 21:05:58 GMT
Yikes, ok I've not listened to that one so will give it a go.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 27, 2019 5:49:50 GMT
I should have added - of course - that she plays the Rach 3 very well, not an easy Piano Concerto for anyone to master, I'm sure.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 27, 2019 7:36:55 GMT
Her technical ability has never been in doubt, it's her musicality I have previously questioned.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 27, 2019 7:38:39 GMT
You'll have to listen to it. It worked for me.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 27, 2019 17:48:06 GMT
I confess I couldn't listen to much of it Martin, I find her phrasing just too heavy handed again.  This is much more to my taste, I love the fluidity and delicacy to her playing. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 2, 2019 23:57:15 GMT
Anyone going to see Carmen at the ROH this week might have to climb over ' 'dead bodies'. Not sure what I think about it. Any opinions? |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2019 5:36:49 GMT
Carmen would be the only opera that I would be prepared to go and see (I've been to a few and they have mostly been not for me).
Oh, you mean the extinction rebellion? I suppose that BP are the local target but there are so many worse polluters in the world, not to mention the alarming rate that Brazilian forests, for instance, are disappearing.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2019 7:31:21 GMT
Ha - yes, it's the only opera I was prepared to see for the music but the tickets are so fiendishly expensive I gave it a miss.
Would have liked to have seen the live relay though!
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2019 8:18:16 GMT
Listening to her Rach 3 now. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 3, 2019 13:20:51 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 4, 2019 14:46:38 GMT
At the Barbican now you can have a drink made by robots! People were standing in front of this utterly entranced by it when I was there last.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 6, 2019 8:34:52 GMT
Piano legend Radu Lupu is finally retiring.
We wish him a most happy retirement.
Well done Martin for getting to see him play recently.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 6, 2019 9:13:38 GMT
I thought these might be his last performances. He looked frail but there was nothing wrong with his hands. A legend and I feel lucky to have seen him twice.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 24, 2019 0:14:34 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jul 24, 2019 5:56:29 GMT
A quick 5-minute listen to the Ma Vlast suggests further listening is required.
Not a Joshua Bell fan, Jules?
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 24, 2019 9:25:03 GMT
No - he's a haircut ...
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Post by Slinger on Jul 24, 2019 12:52:40 GMT
 But does he talk in a genuine "mockney" accent, like Nige did?
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But does he talk in a genuine "mockney" accent, like Nige did?