In Reply to: I think one needs to pick and choose posted by rbolaw on August 27, 2014 at 06:52:42:
Sounds to me as if Distler is not too far off here. She really does misread (or misplay) the rhythm in "Ritter vom Steckenpferd" ("Knight of the Hobbyhorse"), as Distler noted - I don't know what it is about this piece, but I've heard a couple of other recordings wherein the pianists make a similar rhythmic misinterpretation. Another thing I don't like is that she doesn't hold some of the longer notes for their full value - sometimes, this can be part of the rhetoric of an interpretation, but my feeling with Lise is that it's more a mannerism caused by unawareness. I asked by my wife what she thought of the playing, and she said, "Oh. . . it's OK. Lots of people could play it [Kinderszenen] that well."
Nice picture on the booklet cover though!
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Follow Ups
- Finally listened to Lise's new Schumann disc on Spotify - meh! - Chris from Lafayette 12:21:58 08/27/14 (1)
- Wow! What an annoying mannerism / affectation. - rbolaw 09:24:24 08/29/14 (0)