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Yeah I didn't want to troll, but I am thinking "Umm this is slow..."
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Wow. Interestingly slow tempo. Yep. I was wondering how the Hammerklavier and the Shostakovich were going to fill up one hour, and now I know....
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This is bad Beethoven so far. Lacks integrity and harmonic tension.
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It got better as it went, but yes that was on the slow side.
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This is a big surprise for me. I expected to be blown away. Instead I'm dosing off trying to keep my eyelids open.
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This is a big surprise for me. I expected to be blown away. Instead I'm dosing off trying to keep my eyelids open. Was just going to say. What a snooze worthy slow movement. It's too colorful and pretty. The structural integrity isn't there, neither is the harmonic tension.
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This is going to knock him out of the running. Sorry to see him go, but I don't see him getting past this.
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Odd...Why aren't competitors playing to their strengths? I haven't gotten to
listen to all the recitals, but according to all of you it seems like a lot of competitors haven't chosen the best programs for themselves. Why!?
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Things haven't been going well since the flubbed opening LH leap. So bizarre. I swear he was special in the prelims and quarterfinal.
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Those leaps are treacherous. I tuned in a little late so I didn't see the very beginning.
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They are treacherous. He played them with LH like he's supposed to, but they were too slow. The very first one was flubbed as he hit at least one extra note in the Bb triad.
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I think he tried to conserve early on for the fugue, but I didn't think a good fugue can make up for the rest.
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They are treacherous. He played them with LH like he's supposed to, but they were too slow. The very first one was flubbed as he hit at least one extra note in the Bb triad. Wow, a bad start for sure. That can definitely throw you off for the rest of the piece.
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Wow. No back weight or even full arm weight on the final cadence. This had been a very weak Hammerklavier. Especially weird coming from a heavy weight Russian virtuoso.
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2 seconds into the Shostakovich and I'm like "HERE'S the Favorin we know and love!"
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SMH, had to have been the rep.
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2 seconds into the Shostakovich and I'm like "HERE'S the Favorin we know and love!" Yes....maybe Beethoven isn't quite his wheelhouse, although I didn't hear the same problems other people did, once I had recovered from that initial tempo.
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I guess we'll find out if Mozart is in his wheelhouse on June 4 ! At any rate I still totally dig him and really hope the Beethoven doesn't knock him out. I will be heartbroken if I don't get to hear him in the Prok. #2.
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Why isn't the Cliburn Hamburg Steinway getting any love? At least the NY was used like what, 4 times?
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