For Christ sake.. that piano is alive!!! Beyond beautiful and perfection, it's even greater than stunningly graceful... Ingrid Fujiko's performance is out of all measures! W O W fkn W O W !
Tsujii's is beautiful, but Fujiko's made me really cry. She devoted herself to this Campanella, and established her own one. 辻井さんのも好きだけど、フジコへミングのはホント涙出る。
Fujiko Hemmings is a healer! She has given so much comfort/wrmth to so many people in pain. Thank you for the wonderful interpretation of La Campanella!
My favorite version - had been for years. Thank you Fujiko for this performance! This is definitely very different from Yundi or Kissin's version, but this one to me is the most enjoyable to listen to. While I admire the speed and power of the two world famous players, it just all seem so rushed. It reminds me of listening to a speed talking competition - you can hear what is being said only if you already know the script. Campanella is such a unique, beautiful piece and I really enjoy savoring it, hearing the bell like ring and echoes, the twist and turns of the harmonic like a story unfolding, rather than having it jammed into my ears in under 4 minutes. Purely my personal preference, probably unorthodox and most likely nowhere inline with what Liszt intended. I do play this piece myself but still prefer the gentle version played by Fujiko. Like water trickling down the river of life.
I always feel accepted whenever I am with you. I want to be the same to you. All l know right now is that I feel exactly like I am made of you, I am fully filled by your everything and I am calm and happy in peace. I feel honored to be found by you, and I am honored to be myself. You are glorious. I am glorious. We are glorious.
This rendition is a reminder that it isn't about how vigorously, how briskly, how demonstratively, the bells are rung. It's about vibration and frequencies that can be just as brilliant to the soul when they are not rushed but feel almost coy and coquettish with this presentation. IMO, this performance is every much as endearing as the speedy interpretation of other performers.
I watched her documents and can't forget her performance at this La Campanella. I would say it's her life and time experience that supply her unique interpretation of his piece, which can't be easily obtained by young and talented players. Just like literature, this ability can not be trained, no matter how hard you try, it's about the weight and quality of life itself.
This is my favourite interpretation of La Campanella. It has the perfect speed and a softness to it, which I love! And the fact that she's super old and plays this is incredible! :D
I have to say, since I began undertaking learning and mastering this piece 10 years ago, I have probably heard almost every version on RU-vid and elsewhere. Although Valentina Lisitsa and Kissin do unbelievable justice to the piece, it is obvious to me upon finding it on my watch list that this version played by this woman may be the very best that there is. She doesn't rush and cram chords at the last trill. It is a slow passion that is so unique and beautiful. She gives the notes time to speak. Unreal
I am back. Alicia De LaRoccha reminded me how much I enjoy this piece, so I came back Ms.Hemming's interpretation of it, as it is so much more deeply beautiful, played with her controlled fury. Exquisite!