Author: Bobo
Date: 2007-01-10 02:44
It doesn't seem fair to compare Leleux and the young Europeans to American players of the past...I'd put Izotov, Klein and Nancy Ambrose King toe to toe with any of them (and I'm a Leleux fan). There's no doubt that the biggest change has occurred in the French sound, which is MUCH less nasal...Lothar Koch, the icon of the previous German generation, still sounds awesome by any standard. As for me, I will never get wholly used to the Holliger sound, musicality notwithstanding. Ralph Gomberg begat Izotov. Caldwell begat Klein...i'm not sure about King, i'm just very impressed with her Concerto album, the mozart there is nonpareil, not to mention the Martinu. I'm not that impressed with Douvas that I've heard (at least I don't think she lives up to the rep). For me Harold Gomberg is still King...I love the personality that comes through in Vogel's playing...and Izotov, the current ideal.
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