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Yeah! Reviewer Ralph Moore on Music Web International tells it like it is with Nina Kotova's recording of the Bach Cello Suites:her sound is big and warm and both technique and intonation are flawless. It's better than Rostropovich['s], profound as his recording in Vézelay is. She negotiates the intervals in the tricky descending passage of the Prelude in No. 4 better than he. She favours a broad legato and creates an extraordinarily rich, burring tone, such as in the frenetic double-stopped passages in the Prelude to No. 3. Her choice of tempi is moderate; overall she falls somewhere in between the luxuriance of Rostropovich, who takes, 148 minutes, and the lean incisiveness of Starker, who comes in at a mere 112.Uh. . . the reason Starker comes in at only 112 minutes is because he leaves out some of the second-half repeats! Nevertheless, for the most part, Ralph gets it right! A link to the whole review is below:
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does music web only review Classical?
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Chris-
I really enjoy this source for Jazz music reviews!
Thank You.
Did you have fun, the last Saturday?
“Somebody was always controlling who got a chance and who didn’t. - Charles Bukowski
There were some minor blemishes, but nothing serious. I have not heard a recording of the concert however, so maybe I'll have to modify my opinion if I ever do get a chance to hear it. ;-)
Christine was wonderful to work with and, in a couple of spots, really pushed me to my limits in terms of tempo (end of the Debussy Sonata for instance). She left yesterday and I believe she's back at Julliard right now, where I think she's resuming her studies with Joel Krosnick.
One funny thing that happened however was that in Pärt's "Spiegel im Spiegel", the music is SO technically undemanding that it can lull you into a trance (of higher consciousness?). Anyway, at one point, Christine (and I hope she won't mind my reporting this) skipped a couple of measures, so I had to jump too to catch up. As one of the YouTube posters says about this piece, "So simple, yet so profound!". That should read: so DECEPTIVELY simple! LOL!
I would guess that the audience was about 90% Korean, and my page turner, one of Christine's friends, observed, "The people at this concert seem like they're on some kind of stock-footage television show about Korea!". ;-)
Anyway, I'm sure Christine will be very successful in whatever musical endeavors she chooses to undertake. I certainly wish her the best and I hope I'll get a chance to play with her again if she returns to the SF Bay Area.
Actually, I'm reminded that I also accompanied another very fine Korean cellist many, many years ago: Eileen Moon, who is now the assistant principal cello in the NYPO. In some ways, it's amazing for me to think that I actually get paid for doing stuff like this (although, the extensive preparation can sometimes be gruesome - especially when your schedule may not allow you the time you'd like for it!). For instance, during the past weekend, I also had a string of private rehearsals on Saturday morning and early afternoon, Christine's concert (preceded by a short rehearsal) on Saturday evening, a two-hour cello class on Sunday morning, and a competition where I accompanied 14 people on Sunday afternoon, one of whom was playing the Walton Viola Concerto, a piece I had never played before. I was completely wiped out on Sunday night! ;-)
I'd like to hear/see it if ever shows up on youtube!
Sounds like you are having a lot of fun! Great! Thanks for the update ;)
“Somebody was always controlling who got a chance and who didn’t. - Charles Bukowski
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