06/11/05 21:48:57 hPQOjqBv
NHK and Ashkenazy at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
The performance itself didn't quite measure up to the building,
but it wasn't bad. Heléné Grimaud joined Ashkenazy
and the NHK during the first half for Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1.
Despite her theatrics at the piano, she was magnificent.
I'd never heard the concerto in person before,
and it's amazingly powerful.
On its own, though, the NHK was a little lacking.
They're too...deliberate. They worked so hard to play the notes,
and they were so proud when they did, that the music itself fell by the wayside.
They made up for it with technical pyrotechnics and sheer volume,
but they didn't have much dynamic range.
演奏自体は建物に添うとは限りませんでした。
グリモーは壮大でした。しかしながら、NHKが少し欠けていました。
また、行った時、彼らは非常に高慢でした
音楽は途中で挫折しました。技術的な咆哮技術とボリュームでそれを補いました。
しかし、それらはあまりダイナミック・レンジを持っていませんでした。