I think people being critical of his performance exemplify one of the most natural and important parts of art: critical commentary. As a global society, we are still discovering the best ways to be critical of commentary itself. Expressive professional performance. Bravo!
Un bain de fraîcheur.. Quel plaisir aussi d'échapper aux conventions viennoises... J'aime beaucoup les enjolivements,ce que faisait aussi Landowska dans Mozart...après tout. Raffiné et intelligent.
Childlike? Get a clue.....Haydn is all about happiness and the good nature of the human spirit.....Mozart learned all he could from the old master. Yes, he is one of the greatest of all time....and this piece proves it............
This is why I love classical music that much , it's ever changing with different musicians, and only those who have their own character and imagination, could bring out the different atmosphere to the audience.
He plays amazingly, such a control over touch. But I am sort of on both sides of the fence - there's nothing wrong with physical expression, but there is rather a lot of it... :/ it ought not distract from the music, since music is about what you hear, and the trouble with a video of this guy is it does distract a bit. It's great that he's enjoying it and all! And like I said, he plays AMAZINGLY. But sometimes it's just a little much, I'd say. And Haydn wasn't childlike, just good humoured!
Yes ,different opinions reflecting the degree of cynicism and jealousy of the writer. This guy is wonderful and life affirming which is what Haydn is about.
I've nothing with musicians that express their feeling with face expressions, but actually it seems he's acting. By the way is redention of the Sonata is everithing but good.
Jesus when the fuck did you all become classical critics.. first the guy is obviously loving what he is playing and so what if he expresses it?.. Haydn was not virtuoso and since there probably no real recording of this piece by Haydn then who really knows how the song is expressed? One of the main ideas of playing earlier works in concert is to add your own feeling. Just look at Glenn Gould that guy pretty much danced in his seat while he played classical.
Listen to Brendel play this, or Richter if you want to know what artistry is. Shimkus, while technically accurate and somewhat creative is immature and silly by comparison. I think most knowlegable critics would discount his sustainability as a popular classical artist based on this performance. Perhaps he would be better suited to playing parlr music in the Women's Department at Macy's.
Richter's Haydn - is NOT to my taste, virtuosobut totally misses the point of Haydn. Brendel is better, a master in fact, but he often misses the depth of humour and warmth and exhuberance that undeniably characterised not only Haydn but his vast output. I have some issues with the hardness of Vestard's tone occassionally, but that could be the recording rather than him per say. It's wonderful to see a young pianist with imagination!
man, you cant give the missing feeling with your face, piano is not acting... ok? oh my god since this lang lnag every bodya thinks piano is an acting show,,, acutally ears is what matters!!
agree with you entirely, this performance is intellectually dry and out of character. agree with okiou456 as well. He can play the piano, very well in fact. But I do not like this interpretation, it is just silly, it is a charicature of Haydn, not Haydn.
