Re: Superb D.940 by La Wang and Le Viking

On Dec 3, 2024 at 10:13:02 AM EST, "Zionazi" <marcs12212@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:23:44 +0000, Owen Hartnett wrote:
 

On Dec 3, 2024 at 4:32:25 AM EST, "Zionazi" <marcs12212@gmail.com>
wrote:
 

Dan meets Wang After the concert:
 
„yo this was really an excellent performance“
 
Wang:
 
„Wow thank you“
 
Dan:
 
„It’s only worth hearing once though“
 
Wang:
 
„Wtf?!“

 
To paraphrase one of the better slogans of the womens movement:
 
"So many recordings, so little time."
 
-Owen
 
P.S. I thought it was excellent performance. There isn't any attempt at
glitter, it's fine music making. The opening theme, which sounds like a
painful request for relief which is expected by the supplicant to be
refused
(sorry for interjecting some programme into the music!), is full of
emotion.
BTW, I've listened to it 3 times so far.

 
Yes, I find it in some ways over dramatic maybe — i was at First caught
off guard by this (in a positive sense - i like the pacing), Not quite
Sure what to make out of it (one of the parts i thought were beautiful
or at least interesting (she seems to bring out some things more than
Eschenbach (also because of Pacing ofc), but maybe she accentuates too
much too often; just listened to it again)) — there is much more
innocence conceyed in how Eschenbach plays it… although id like it
played a Little slower; Olafsson is just super dry btw

I hadn't connected this work with innocence, more like guilt. But that kind of
emotional richness is not something you usually expect from Yuja, and I think
that's why both Dan and I reacted positively to it.

-Owen