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Originally Posted by matt78
I'd agree with previous postings about Lang Lang. Superficially, his playing his impressive but when you listen to him playing music you know, its clear that he is often not understanding its meaning OR playing the right notes. As someone who worships the playing of Clifford Curzon and Claudio Arrau, I can't stand hearing Lang punish the piano as he does.
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What do you find so interesting in Clifford Curzon? What can you say against this?
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Originally Posted by Pianophiles
I feel that Curzon's reputation has been "blown up" in the British
press, and one reason would be because he is British, period. It has
been argued that the Penguin Guide bestows its hallowed Rosette to a
disproportionately large number of British artists as well.
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Another musician I can't get on with is Ivo Pogorelich (...)
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Shame on you.
Never heard his
Gaspard de la Nuit?
I agree his interpretations are excessively personal, but he does a monumental expressive work too; and that should not be overlooked.