This was a Quora question. Actually the verbatim question was "What other pianists are there who play Bach similarly to Gould? i.e. quite detached and rhythmic (no rubato)". So I offered an answer:
No one plays similarly to Gould,…Read more
Jan 1 2019
This was a Quora question. Actually the verbatim question was "What other pianists are there who play Bach similarly to Gould? i.e. quite detached and rhythmic (no rubato)". So I offered an answer:
No one plays similarly to Gould,…Read more
Nov 4 2018
Takahiro Yoshikawa is a piano player from Nishinomiya, Japan who released last year (2017) on the Ypsilon International label a very standard Debussy program: the Bergamasque, Estampes, both books of Images. But the playing is unique for the repertoire. And…
Read moreJul 12 2018
I am not the greatest fan of the pastiche recording: the Greatest Hits of Paganini, My Favorite Debussy, and the like. But everything old is new again, and I’ve found one I enjoy from I player I’ve never heard of…
Read moreJun 3 2018
I’ve had the album *Dualità* in my queue for some months but just getting around to listening to it, in part. The playing is not particularly distinguished or distinctive, but it’s listenable enough. What makes the album worth putting on…
Read moreMay 28 2018
Well I don’t know if she has or not but she’s certainly doing something very lovely and I don’t care whether it’s an innovation or not. From Medici, here is the blurb:
Hélène Grimaud transforms the genre of the recital…
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