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Opening post by giovannip

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What do you think of David Fray, the French pianist and son-in-law of Maestro Riccardo Muti? Does he act a bit pretentious, or can he afford to?

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Reply 2 by Thesimon

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Well, he is very good, very expressive; technically, even if the piece does not lend itself much to technical judgments, he seems very clean to me. I would only have something to say about the posture and mannerisms, which seem to excessively echo those of Glenn Gould, almost as if wanting to imitate him. To express more truthful opinions, one would need to listen to something more demanding. Bach, aside from the matter of polyphony, does not present great technical difficulties. It would be interesting to hear some of his interpretations of Chopin and Liszt.

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Reply 3 by giovannip

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Zero.... not even a note of Chopin and little of Liszt; the young man prefers Bach and Schubert, and as you said, he reminds one very much of Glenn Gould in his manner of posture and how Gould plays on a chair.

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Reply 4 by Thesimon

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Ahahahah I hadn't noticed the chair... Anyway, it is high-quality Bach, even if, as I repeat to you, it seems to me that it emulates Gould a bit in everything, even in the interpretative choices. The fact remains that this is excellent Bach.

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