Re: A Truly Imperial Emperoar!

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:54:37 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:48:46 +0000, Owen Hartnett wrote:
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On Dec 24, 2024 at 12:58:30 AM EST, "DeepBlue" <dan.koren@gmail.com>
wrote:
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Mūza Rubackytė, Vladislav Chernushenko 1993
Saint Petersburg State Academic Capella
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfbSQzLOlbE
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Move over old fart Michelangeli! ;-)
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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah,
and a Happy New Year everyone!!
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Cheers!

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It is a wonderful performance. Unfortunately,
the orchestra blatted the first note, sounds
like it's in the next room, and the timpanist
couldn't be discouraged one whit. But then
again, you do have a penchant for recordings
that favor the pianist vs. orchestra. Here,
the orchestra is definitely in the back seat.
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Rubackyte does have a great feel for the music,
maybe a tiny bit too forceful in the second
movement, otherwise a great performance by her.

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Dude, methinks you are nitpicking too much.
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This is a live performance likely recorded
in less than ideal conditions. Who knows
where the mikes were positioned and how
the soundracks were mixed and balanced.
Give them some slack.
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Cheers!

That all works for me. The things I care about most in this concerto are
the piano and the timpani.