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In Reply to: RE: One that didn't make the cut.... posted by andy evans on September 11, 2021 at 00:50:01
I went through the ten semifinalists, listening for as long as I could before my interest switched off, which in many cases was minutes.....The three I wanted to hear more of were:
Ariel Lanyi
Hyunjin Roh
Xiaolu ZangI enjoyed all three. I was quite taken with Hyunjin Roh in Stravinsky's Firebird and her Schumann was good too. She can certainly turn on the gas in the big pieces. Ravel's La Valse was a real tour de force! This unassuming looking dame likes it loud and exciting.
Xiaolu Zang played a good Schubert sonata and a sensitive and imaginative Scriabin Sonata 4.
Lanyi played some good Debussy and an interesting Szymanowski Variations.
Can't pick a winner but I feel these are the contenders. For thrills it's Roh, but the other two are both good.
Edits: 09/11/21Follow Ups:
The replacement speakers for my computer room are supposed to arrive today, but the arrival time may not be until very late in the day.
. . . somewhere between Lafayette and Turlock (about 100 miles away).
Still no replacement speakers for the computer room yet. :-(
And when I track my delivery at FedEx, it just says "pending" - which is the same thing it's been saying since Saturday.
I had something coming via FedEx a couple of weeks ago. It sat in Sacramento for 3 days past my "delivery date", with the comment "may be delayed" and the expected delivery date 3 days in the past. It wasn't something I was in a hurry to get, but it was ridiculous. I'm having better luck with USPS!
Hope your speakers arrive soon.
In this era of buying equipment sight unseen (and sound unheard), the Dali Oberon 1's arrived earlier this evening. They weigh more than I expected for their size. I hooked them up and they sound fine (although, as expected, there's really nothing below 50 Hz - maybe I should get a small subwoofer at some point!). "Designed and engineered in Denmark" proclaims the information on the box - but on the back of each speaker, in much tinier letters, it reads "manufactured in the PRC". LOL!
Finals next. A few disappointing choices like Thomas Kelly and the guy from Kazakhstan, who I feel are both basically not very interesting. More crowd pleasers. It doesn't pay to be too original in these competitions. You need to be media friendly and probably fairly extravert and demonstrative. Like "professional" even if that means a bit boring. The other three are more interesting possibles. Maybe my vote goes to the guy from Ukraine, but the Japanese guy was good too and slightly ahead of Ariel Laniy who is OK too.
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