Bob Kasenchak ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Listening to NPR this morning heard part of a segment on the "modern
>virtuoso". They gushed all over Anne-Sophie Mutter of course (who
>wouldn't) and then I almost died when they played her Sarasate
>"Ziegunerweisen". Sounds like she has 4 bloody hands! ...
Is that on a whole disc of virtuoso showpieces? Yup, fun record.
>Anyway, the other interesting thing was about Helfgott. The critics on the
>show seemed to put him in the same category as the Boccelli's of the world.
>Now I admit I missed "Shine" and tried to avoid the hype, but I had always
>thought the guy was bona fide, so to speak. Is it popular consensus that
>he's really second-rate?
I think the general concensus is that the man is so sick that he's not
even rateable and shouldn't be on the stage at all. Exploitation is
the word.
Deryk Barker
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