• Bavouzet Haydn @ Wigmore Hall

    From Herman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 22 00:55:12 2023
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performed an all-Haydn program in Wigmore Hall this week, including the wonderful A flat sonata, nr 46 (in some counts).

    For some reason he's playing a Yamaha which for all we know may have sounded great IRL, but on my end it sounds awful.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzEtuWCaEkE&t=1732s

    I seem to recall these streams disappear from YT after a fortnight.

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  • From HT@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 22 15:02:59 2023
    Op woensdag 22 februari 2023 om 09:55:14 UTC+1 schreef Herman:
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performed an all-Haydn program in Wigmore Hall this week, including the wonderful A flat sonata, nr 46 (in some counts).

    For some reason he's playing a Yamaha which for all we know may have sounded great IRL, but on my end it sounds awful.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzEtuWCaEkE&t=1732s

    I seem to recall these streams disappear from YT after a fortnight.

    Thanks. Bavouzet is life even better than on CD.

    Henk

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  • From Dan Koren@21:1/5 to Herman on Wed Feb 22 18:55:24 2023
    On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 12:55:14 AM UTC-8, Herman wrote:
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performed an all-Haydn program in Wigmore Hall this week, including the wonderful A flat sonata, nr 46 (in some counts).

    For some reason he's playing a Yamaha which for all we know may have sounded great IRL, but on my end it sounds awful.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzEtuWCaEkE&t=1732s

    I seem to recall these streams disappear from YT after a fortnight.

    Download and save them before they disappear.
    It doesn't take any bowing.

    dk

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  • From Herman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 22 23:29:43 2023
    On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 12:03:02 AM UTC+1, HT wrote:

    Thanks. Bavouzet is life even better than on CD.


    Isn't every performer worth mentioning more engaging in live performance?

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  • From Andy Evans@21:1/5 to Herman on Sat Mar 4 02:47:46 2023
    On Thursday, 23 February 2023 at 07:29:46 UTC, Herman wrote:
    On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 12:03:02 AM UTC+1, HT wrote:
    Thanks. Bavouzet is life even better than on CD.
    Isn't every performer worth mentioning more engaging in live performance?

    Performers requesting a Yamaha at the Wigmore need to give notice:
    "The Hall will provide a Steinway model D grand piano tuned to A440. If a piano other than the Hall’s resident piano is required the Hall must be informed at least two months before the concert, in which case rental, transport and other related costs (
    including insurance) will be the responsibility of the promoter."

    I'm not a fan of Yamaha pianos either, but some pianists like to play them. Hard to argue with Richter.....

    "Sviatoslav Richter consistently favored Yamaha pianos. He first encountered a Yamaha piano in 1969 in Padua, Italy and first selected Yamaha CF at the Menton Festival in 1968. Richter again chose the piano for his concert at the World’s Fair in Osaka
    with a serial number of 1000000.2 He had both Steinway and Bösendorfer pianos during his life but only played on Yamaha grand pianos and was sponsored by Yamaha Japan."

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  • From Herman@21:1/5 to Andy Evans on Sat Mar 4 04:20:19 2023
    On Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 11:47:49 AM UTC+1, Andy Evans wrote:


    I'm not a fan of Yamaha pianos either, but some pianists like to play them. Hard to argue with Richter.....

    It's obviously Bavouzet's piano of choice for music of Haydn's and Mozart's era.
    Of course it's hard to judge the sound on this recording.

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