N I haf noticed da YUJA iz wikid in light fingawork
Wikid articulation, nice tone etc n a wikid zhitzo vibe
but da VOL haf a much mo MOFO zound…big round ruzzian chordz, full and luzciouz penizm
I try to be fair n objective n wunda if I iz influenced by da VIZUAL prezence ov each ov deze peniztz
Maybe da difference in MOFONEZZ n ZOLID ZOUND n tone iz partially pzychological n influenced by deir appearance…or iz it juz a FACT dat da VOL haz a beefiah zoundin tone
tiz all in yo head - da YUJA iz a zkinny chick but if u cloze yo eyez zhe haf a truly BEEFY tone too
haha tiz juz objectively tru - a big beefy mofo iz bound to zound mo BEEFY n mo MOFO
I put Yuja because she the real deal and could do fat Russian projection tone, glassy serkin clarity and brendel warmth as though she picking a lipstick. ‘Twas insane… also vol rep learn rate somewhere near me and I don’t play piano so I handicap him for lazy bones disease. Overall I’d still rather listen to Vol perfs though as a musical personality.
That makes it seem like the teachers actually do something. It really is 90% talented kids trained elsewhere, and da rest it da teacher rigging comps and at best - treating da student well.
Dunno if this is heresy, but I preferred Yuja’s Op. 39 no. 5 (rach) over Horowitz’s ones. It gets too technical with him. (not sure if this adds to the discussion. i still prefer horowitz in general though.)
a commie Chinese laundering institution run by frauds, as all the “top schools” are. The kids often play pretty well, but that is more of a testament to da level of education in Russia, Korean, China than the level of groping that goes on in Curtiss.