Elegant and sensitive, and very cleanly played; but do I wish that the performance were on a larger scale. But I will add that, given his age, John-Henry Crawford has a really impressive technique.
Agreed. So many nice little details at the micro level, but the large-scale structure eludes this listener - the performance sounds so "constructed" of little building blocks, each of which tended toward a "vertical" structure rather far removed from, say, the "whimsical" and "spontaneous" nature of a Gendron or Fournier performance or the long lines of Rostropovich. Still, interesting and well done.
I'm curious to know: with whom did he study? I was tempted to say that he's the new Starker.; But then I thought better of it, and decided that he plays even better than Janos, with a more focused tone and with none of Starker's mannerisms!
I really liked your other recordings, but that was sort of weak, especially the very first note and parallels, the accents are so soft and you get weak so quickly
BRAVISSIMO!Should be 1 prize on the TCHAYKOVSKIY COMPETITION!
Elegant and sensitive, and very cleanly played; but do I wish that the performance were on a larger scale. But I will add that, given his age, John-Henry Crawford has a really impressive technique.
Agreed. So many nice little details at the micro level, but the large-scale structure eludes this listener - the performance sounds so "constructed" of little building blocks, each of which tended toward a "vertical" structure rather far removed from, say, the "whimsical" and "spontaneous" nature of a Gendron or Fournier performance or the long lines of Rostropovich. Still, interesting and well done.
I'm curious to know: with whom did he study? I was tempted to say that he's the new Starker.; But then I thought better of it, and decided that he plays even better than Janos, with a more focused tone and with none of Starker's mannerisms!
I can't wait for him to come to perform here in Italy, where I have been living ever since 1980. I do hope that he'll play here in Milan.
I think that John-Henry Crawford is destined for a great career.
Great Playing
Superbe ! Bravo
Merveilleuse musique et artiste de grand talent!
I really liked your other recordings, but that was sort of weak, especially the very first note and parallels, the accents are so soft and you get weak so quickly