The joy of music-making

[Belle]

Take a look at this beautiful young man playing Bach - with a lightness of touch and sheer joy!! David Fray:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgS_n...eature=related

[Peter]

Hmm I find the mannerisms truly affected and deliberately imitative of Glen Gould - especially don't like the pedal stomping. Still he does at least seem to enjoy what he's doing which is more than can be said for many a miserable classical musician face!

[Belle]

Agree about the mannerisms and the posture - OMG!! That's unsustainable. However, there's a joy there which, as you suggest, is usually absent in classical music. And he's still young. I'd prefer him to Lang Lang any day (especially since LL has just posed with the Communist hierarchy in China in a 'photo opportunity'!)

[Megan]

Good playing, but I wonder if the sheer showy joy was a display of, see how brilliant I can play this piece. I do wish he could have done something about his hair before his perfomance, and kept it in place with some gel or spray instead of having to keep flicking it to the side.

[Belle]

Nothing but the music and that beautiful face interested me. This is wonderful musicianship and Fray has a huge repertoire and is enjoying tremendous success. Good luck to him!! There's a lightness of touch with orchestra and pianist which really suits this Bach concerto.

[Peter]

Nothing but the music and that beautiful face interested me. This is wonderful musicianship and Fray has a huge repertoire and is enjoying tremendous success. Good luck to him!! There's a lightness of touch with orchestra and pianist which really suits this Bach concerto.

Yes certainly good luck to him! Don't forget most of Bach's keyboard concertos were originally written for violin and transcribed later - actually I often prefer the keyboard versions, the D minor being one of my favourites.

[Michael]

Facial contortions are one of the reasons I prefer listening to music on CD rather than watching on YouTube.
Personally, I think Mitsuko Uchida's expressions are painful to watch - especially when she's playing Mozart.

[Belle]

Sans facial contortions, ceiling contemplation and physical gyrations, this is another kind of Bach performance for piano which contrasts very much with the previous link I provided of David Fray's performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwpeK...eature=related

And then there's this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-AT...eature=related

Comments?

[Peter]

Sans facial contortions, ceiling contemplation and physical gyrations, this is another kind of Bach performance for piano which contrasts very much with the previous link I provided of David Fray's performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwpeK...eature=related

And then there's this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-AT...eature=related

Comments?

I like the Richter performance but the Grimaux is just mechanical bash bash bash!

[Megan]

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