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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 09:49:47 +0000
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 6:52:59 +0000, Rachmaninoff wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:01:33 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:
>
>> Polina Leschenko with unknown orchestra 2016:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4yc_bFLrgc
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> TIA!
>
> Her live performances are amazing. This is not
> how I would always want to hear this concerto
> played, but it's an exhilarating interpretation.

Thanks for listening. Glad you like it.

> I think my overall favorite is Sokolov from the
> mid-90s. This concerto can sound very repetitive,
? yet Sokolov plays the runs and other repeated
> passages differently every time, with phrasing
> unlike others, it's an utterly fresh interpretation.
> Here is one recording.
> https://youtu.be/U72SFliOgm0?si=Ne-kLo153KiPJaWA

I am quite familiar with it. It is very good in a
traditional sense, however I got tired of it. To
my ears it sounds overthought and overwrought,
just as so many post-50 Sokolov peformances.
Leschenko sounds more intimate, spontaneous
and improvised. Another quibble is that one
can clearly hear the metronome in quite a
few sections, as well as a dry, percussive
attack. To my ears, this concerto should be
played legatissimo from the beginning to the
end. Too much pearly playing is bad for one's
health! It makes one cough! ;-)

Cheers!