This rendering full of temperament and warmth of spirit of Harold made my day today and showed the wonderful strength of the viola if played by an artist of the incredible stature of Nobuko Imai. Bravisimo.
the viola solo is under-miked, and too often lost in the crowd. AND there is NO EXCUSE for a violist of her stature to be reading from sheet music - she should be playing from memory! I was nowhere near her stature, and I ALWAYS played from memory!
What is more important, the music itself or whether one plays with sheet music or not? Some musicians play with sheet music because they are nervous, some because they were hired in the very last moment as replacements, some had emergencies preventing them from learning a piece by heart due to lack of practice time, etc. Why be so judgemental? Bringing this kind of expectations to a performance, you are automatically setting yourself up for disappointment.
Random TH-camr disrespects person with legendary career. Yawn. Primrose in his writings said he thought memorization requirements were not intrinsically artistic.
Such a noble sound, from a noble instrument (a rare Guarneri) and masterfully played by Ms. Imai, one of the world's greatest violists!
Hi Nobuko, you’re always an inspiration for me, hope to be watching more of your live performances around here.
Lovely conductor, lovely orchestra, wonderful Nabuko Imai, and wonderful Berlioz. What a treat!
Great Nobuko, always very musical!!!
Greetings from Castellon in Spain!
She is such an icon!
Dear Nobuko, This was beautiful to watch. I have such happy memories of working with you in Sion, and am so glad you are able to perform like this!
This rendering full of temperament and warmth of spirit of Harold made my day today and showed the wonderful strength of the viola if played by an artist of the incredible stature of Nobuko Imai. Bravisimo.
That's always a pleasure to hear Nobuko playing!!! My thoughts returns to the beautiful period in Detmold.
Thanks! Stefano Zanobini
A great BRAVA and best wishes from Berlin, Germany, Nobuko
Wonderful performance by all! Marvellous!
ありがとございます. Very good interpretation!
Magnificent!
Best of the best, what an interpretation!!!
Tout en douceur et profondeur. Bravo!
Beautiful! 💐
Beautiful playing, and such a wonderful sound from the orchestra. So glad I discovered this on YT.
とても凄い。感動しました、、
Bravo!!
Merci!
Wow! Awesome!! ❤
尊敬します！☺️
❤️❤️❤️🌅
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Naja…..
the viola solo is under-miked, and too often lost in the crowd. AND there is NO EXCUSE for a violist of her stature to be reading from sheet music - she should be playing from memory! I was nowhere near her stature, and I ALWAYS played from memory!
What is more important, the music itself or whether one plays with sheet music or not? Some musicians play with sheet music because they are nervous, some because they were hired in the very last moment as replacements, some had emergencies preventing them from learning a piece by heart due to lack of practice time, etc. Why be so judgemental? Bringing this kind of expectations to a performance, you are automatically setting yourself up for disappointment.
You always play from memory, so what?
Random TH-camr disrespects person with legendary career. Yawn.
Primrose in his writings said he thought memorization requirements were not intrinsically artistic.
She is 77 in this recording
Bravo!!