Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2016-09-03 07:03
Johan, Neidich's version impressed me the same way: wow, he can really play. He is also musical, again at a very high level, but his technique obviously imbues much of what he does.
I think that's natural. If someone CAN play extraordinarily well technically, they will often be playing that very way. It isn't a matter of showing off or exhibitionism, it's how they feel and experience the potential in the music. It's who they are. This notion came to me after many years of being a pianophile, listening to classical pianists. Criticisms are often levied at musicians like Cziffra, Horowitz, or Argerich that they're "all technique", but that isn't true, they just like(d) their music hot. Not everyone does. Of course none of them play the same all the time. They're very capable of great poetry and beautiful expression. But if the music can take more heat, the one's who can deliver it just will.
Which comes back to Harold Wright. He never played that way (as far as I know). Even though some of his Rossini and Bozza and Weber certainly sounds virtuosic, it never has that blowtorch quality. His technique matched what he wanted to do, and the result is (for me) uniquely marvelous. Likewise, the technique of Meyer and Neidich and other top players matches their natural inclinations. It isn't really about what they can or can't do, it's who they are.
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