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Originally Posted by Kezza
I don't get it.... lol?
Anyways I heard Yo-yo Ma play Shostakovich Cello No.1 concerto today on the radio and it sounded pretty pathetic tbh. I think he is just too gentle and elegant which is not how you play shosta from what I gather. The recording I have which is played by Han-Na Chang with LSO is much better. That Girl is crazy. Totally thrashes her Cello and it sounds SO good. Just like shosta should sound like. From what i've heard of yo-yo so far I haven'e been like OMFG he is awesome. Yes he is good. But not Jaw Droppingly good like Perlman on the violin. Love that guy  |
Hello Kezza. I was wondering... "I'm going to participate in this thread just to say that I didn't like to see Han-Na Chang performing the Shostakovich's 1st cello concerto".
But first, I agree with you, and I will go further and say that probably Yo Yo Ma will never understand Shostakovich. He is very sweet, elegant, gentle, not "in tune" with the russian soul. And otherwise Han-Na chang tries to catch that "soul", that "force", by... forcing it. And forcing it makes it ridiculous.
Now, I'm not in the position to say that I hate this or that musician. I'm far from it. I just didn't like Mrs. Chang performing this cello concerto. And I really think that Rostropovich's performance was not surpassed yet. This is only my opinion.
I'm sorry for my english.