Smetana: Má Vlast — Dvořák: Symphonic Poems (Diary 2014-04-17)
Bedřich Smetana: Má Vlast — Harnoncourt, Vienna Philharmonics;
Dvořák: Symphonic Poems opp.107, 108, 109, & 110 — Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
All just my personal opinion
Bedřich Smetana: Má Vlast — Harnoncourt, Vienna Philharmonics;
Dvořák: Symphonic Poems opp.107, 108, 109, & 110 — Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
(…) concert performance reminded me of observations I made earlier on when watching Yulianna play the piano — particularly, I think, with music of the romantic period. It has to do with what Yulianna does with her arm & her body while playing — but to explain this properly, let me first go back to one of my early “piano heroes”, the late Friedrich Gulda…