Stephen Hough Piano Recital at the Louvre

It's rare to hear someone with knife-sharp perfect control of everything who at the same time completely eliminates all emotion structure orchestration and tradition. But maybe it's what audiences want these days- an idolatry of the machine? On the other hand I think eg Horowitz had a period like this in his younger years while adopting to european standards, fortunately his "crazy" came back..

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Here's the Liszt 2nd concerto by Grosvenor (plus a Cziffra transcription, if you click through the other parts) It's interesting how different it sounds if you don't look at it. In particular, when I saw the Cziffra transcription, I found it rather cautious. However, I downloaded a rip of the audio from the radio, and it somehow sounds totally different when not looking. His new CD is superb. Some very unusual things. His style of leggiero playing (frequently with no pedal) is extremely reminiscent of Hofman. There's scarcely another living pianist I think of who cultivates that style of sound.