William Sommerwerck
7/1/2010 4:36:00 PM
>>> I've got to disagree here. I found Volodos' Scriabin 10th to be
>>> unsatisfactory - amorphous, directionless, and out-of-focus.
>> Then it should be perfect, because that is how I find Scriabin's music.
> Accepting your premise (which I do only partially), does a performance
> of this music need to compensate these weaknesses, or highlight them?
> I say it needs to compensate. That's why the Horowitz works for me -
> he brings a sharpness and strong sense of shape to the piece.
I never had problems with Ruth Laredo's performances.
There was a set by a Russian pianist -- whose name I forget, and don't feel
like rummaging through my collection to locate -- that made the pieces sound
like Chopin! If it's in the Arkiv listings, I don't recognize it.