Agatha Posted December 12, 2000 Report Share Posted December 12, 2000 I haven't heard enough of him to have an opinion but I heard a concert of his a couple of months ago and I'm interested to see what you all think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaccona Posted December 12, 2000 Report Share Posted December 12, 2000 I heard him a while back and was not impressed. Very brash bowing style and rather illogical and temperamental interpretation. I love temperamental interpretations, but his sounded a bit silly to me... I also managed to sneak into the orchestra rehearsal and was witness to his mother and teacher directing him as he played. I think he was at least 22 then. But maybe he's improved since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuangKaiVun Posted December 13, 2000 Report Share Posted December 13, 2000 What did you think of the concert, Agatha? I'm interested in hearing your commentary because you've demonstrated your violin expertise time and time again in past posts. I haven't heard Rachlin yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pety Posted December 13, 2000 Report Share Posted December 13, 2000 I also think his playing is silly. He does frases without sense, and his technic is not special. I think he takes too much drugs, really. When he was 16 he was playing very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agatha Posted December 14, 2000 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2000 Well, to be quite honest, I didn't think much of him. He sounded out of tune all night, he missed lots of the high notes (he played the Brahms concerto) and between every movement he tuned his violin for at least a minute. I also heard him play the Sibelius on the same tour and I wasn't too impressed with that either - apart from not liking his sound, vibrato etc, I don't like his interpretations much. Those are just a few of my impressions from the little I have heard of him but I'm quite biased when it comes to violinists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corine Posted December 14, 2000 Report Share Posted December 14, 2000 quote: Originally posted by Pety: I think he takes too much drugs, really. okay, you may not like his style or interpretations, but I think what you're saying here is really biased. I haven't heard him for a long time, but I have to say that I quite like his recordings (he recorded Saint-Saens #3/Wieniavsky #2, Sibelius Concerto and Serenade #2, and Prokofiev #1 and Tchaikovsky on Sony). I do like his kind of vibrato and that deeply involved playing. Just the other opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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