OMG - such a great pianist.... silver medal winner in the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition.... the best performer of the Chopin's sonata ...... in such a poor hall..... what a world we are living in......
Apparently Kim Kardashian's arse can fill more illustrious venues than Charles Richard-Hamelin's fingers. *That's* the world we're living in - bit of a bloody hellscape really.
In my childhood I was listening this ballad performed by Svaytoslav Richter. Now I compare everyone's performance with Richter's (this is an imprint in my mind and I regard it as an exemplar performance). This performance is the closest to Richter.
A fantastically unique rendition- etched in drama. The contrasts in his sounds are mesmeric. Really wish he indulged in those slower sections in E flat major a bit more!
Audio (and video, too, for that matter) that is unworthy of this outstanding pianist. I suspect there’s a great interpretation buried somewhere in this mess of a recording, and I hope Richard- Hamelin will get the chance to make a quality audio-video recording in the future. ☹️🎹
Tempo and dramatic pulse is far too slow and weak. This peace is not about peace. So, better hear Horowitz, Rubinstein or Rafal Blechasz. This peace is about a dream of a better world which is not existing.
