The Shigeru Kawai sk-ex concert grand sounds marvellously. I have the portable Kawai es8 and have the chance to have its sample meticulously created by Kawai. After customization i am very close to what i hear in these videos. Itis incredible. The sounds is powerful and dynamic in the bass, clear and the treble have rich sound, its sounds like an acoustic piano and not like the digital. More it sounds close to this masterpiece sk-ex.
Definitely too hot / pointed / narrow in the treble for my taste. Very nice bass, played softly also very nice tone. But when it gets loud, the treble in my ears is always pointed, dry, sharp, as is typical for Kawai. Even with the Shigerus. My simple conclusion: It's a Shigeru, but still a Kawai ;-) Of course a matter of taste, but I like Steinway, Fazioli and even Yamaha better in terms of tone, they have a rounder, fuller tone even in louder passages, especially Steinway of course - Steinway is my reference. But this episode was really very helpful to decide for me whether choosing for a Shigeru SK2 or Yamaha C3X. The Shigeru has the richer tone with more potential - with subtle play. When playing powerfully, the Shigeruy is too sharp-edged, the Yamaha remains less aggressive, rounder in the treble, so I will probably prefer the Yamaha
Why not a Yamaha S3X if you were considering the C3X. It's just rounder than the CX. I like the Shigeru for romantic music. For Classical period, I like upper Yamaha, upper Bechstein, Steinway sometimes, Bosendorfer, more fundamental tone pianos. There's a lot of overtones in the Shigeru Kawai which is a great quality for some types of music. But for others, a "cleaner" sound seems more suitable. The Shigeru is great piano, IMO.
@@ebvs5ou But you were considering an SK2 or C3X. SK2 and S3X aren't far apart in MSRP. Now selling price may differ a lot. SK2 is 5'11" while S3X or C3X is 6'1".
The Shigeru Kawai sk-ex concert grand sounds marvellously. I have the portable Kawai es8 and have the chance to have its sample meticulously created by Kawai. After customization i am very close to what i hear in these videos. Itis incredible. The sounds is powerful and dynamic in the bass, clear and the treble have rich sound, its sounds like an acoustic piano and not like the digital. More it sounds close to this masterpiece sk-ex.
Such a master class! Thank you
merci Katia :)
Beautifully played!
Fantastic musician
I'm in love! **sigh**
ホールの音響は、たぶん、ほかの皆様の演奏をなさるであろうホールだと思われますから、一般的には、ソレなりの音響効果は期待可能だと思います。ピアノの演奏会では、通常客席にて拝聴します。かつて中村紘子さんのピアノレッスンの番組だったと思いますが、演奏者の演奏中に、席を立って、座席の何カ所かで、音色を確認なさっていました。中村紘子さんのコメントは、演奏者と言うよりも、拝聴のお客様向けでもあったかもしれません？ピアノの置く位置から、１番ピアノの音色がよく響く場所や、ナンなら、おててが見たい場合、だとかを、お話なさっていました。つまりは、たったのそれだけでも、聴く側には音色もずいぶん変わってしまう事実かもしれないですね。
ましてや、演奏者の弾き方ひとつで、ついさっき別のどなたかの演奏で同じピアノを使ったのに、何か別のメーカーもしくは別のバリエーショングレードのピアノを使っているか、別の調律師が調律をしなおしたのか？とかも、思ってしまうかもしれないですね？？
別のコメントにも、似たような事が書いてあるようでした。私は外国の言葉が苦手ですから、TH-cam搭載の翻訳にて拝読してます。
ソレニしても、確かに、この演奏の音色は、尖って硬質な感じにきこえます。しかしながら、その硬質な音色を敢えて出しているとしたら、それは、どういう意味ですか？？ピアノ線のクオリティでしょうか？？響板のクオリティでしょうか？？
そもそも録音時の加工具合でしょうか？？
昨今は、地球規模の環境破壊と、呼ぶに等しい事態で、各地の樹林、原生林は、もはや数年単位で消滅しているらしいです。その樹林原生林が命を育むまでに、どれだけの年数を要したかなど知る術も無く、知ろうともせず。我々地球人は、単なる地球上の単なる1個の個体であったことを忘れてしまって、偉そうにこのようにコメントしているが。そうはいっても、いくらスマートフォン越しの音色でもピアノやヴァイオリンやそのような音色を聴くことの、有難くこころやすらぐことも多いことも真実です。
さて、日本国内では、リノベーションだの古民家再生だのと、表面上だけの環境対策流行しているようですが、さて、ピアノという楽器を思いますと、実に選りすぐりの素晴らしい素材をさらなる職人(技術者とは、敢えて、言いたくない！)の永年の経験において、加工していきますよね、ピアノになって素敵な音色を奏でておくれよ！と。
KAWAIの技術は、スタインウェイアンドサンに、承認済みです？よね？？何年かに１度ですか？？モデルチェンジだとか、新技術だとか？新しいグランドピアノが、つくられますね。サテ、古いピアノは？？ワザワザ海外にも拠点を置いているのは、ドコのどのようなメーカーも似たような事では、ありますけれど。
スタインウェイアンドサンに、指定の部材にて、リノベーションやってみろ？なんて、課題は、あるのでしょうか？？それは、イッソ、地球環境破壊を、増進させますか？ストップに近いですか？？
Definitely too hot / pointed / narrow in the treble for my taste. Very nice bass, played softly also very nice tone. But when it gets loud, the treble in my ears is always pointed, dry, sharp, as is typical for Kawai. Even with the Shigerus. My simple conclusion: It's a Shigeru, but still a Kawai ;-) Of course a matter of taste, but I like Steinway, Fazioli and even Yamaha better in terms of tone, they have a rounder, fuller tone even in louder passages, especially Steinway of course - Steinway is my reference.
But this episode was really very helpful to decide for me whether choosing for a Shigeru SK2 or Yamaha C3X.
The Shigeru has the richer tone with more potential - with subtle play. When playing powerfully, the Shigeruy is too sharp-edged, the Yamaha remains less aggressive, rounder in the treble, so I will probably prefer the Yamaha
Why not a Yamaha S3X if you were considering the C3X. It's just rounder than the CX. I like the Shigeru for romantic music. For Classical period, I like upper Yamaha, upper Bechstein, Steinway sometimes, Bosendorfer, more fundamental tone pianos. There's a lot of overtones in the Shigeru Kawai which is a great quality for some types of music. But for others, a "cleaner" sound seems more suitable. The Shigeru is great piano, IMO.
@@benjaminsmith2287 "Why not a Yamaha S3X if you were considering the C3X" - very funny ;-) there is a "little" price difference ;-)
@@ebvs5ou But you were considering an SK2 or C3X. SK2 and S3X aren't far apart in MSRP. Now selling price may differ a lot. SK2 is 5'11" while S3X or C3X is 6'1".
Too much artificial reverb. This piano doesn’t need it.