tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post4929879216946146158..comments2023-04-26T06:05:00.274-07:00Comments on CrackCritic: Whang Bang No Thank You Lang²crackcritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636906216971477946noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-35732647360121268912015-02-24T19:04:41.371-08:002015-02-24T19:04:41.371-08:00Hello Edward,
I've stumbled upon this article...Hello Edward,<br /><br />I've stumbled upon this article of yours as I was reading a Slipped Disc article which referenced to this. You're absolutely spot-on here, and you have my utmost admiration for speaking the truth. <br /><br />I've also written a long comment on the same referenced blog article on Slipped Disc regarding my unfortunate personal experience with Lang Lang in two of his concerts.Antonionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-25091358942315210462014-03-16T09:35:19.666-07:002014-03-16T09:35:19.666-07:00Hello esteemed Mr. Crack Critic,
I always seek y...Hello esteemed Mr. Crack Critic, <br /><br />I always seek your reviews out since I most often am struck by your incisive insight to the real issues behind a performance. An outstanding review here. I first met Lang Lang when he was 16 at the Ravinia Festival outside of Chicago. Then, as now, flamboyance and being an attention whore are of prime importance to this performer. Plushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915413894260815930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-30358789553448538762014-02-23T02:44:46.221-08:002014-02-23T02:44:46.221-08:00lol what a fucking hilarious review. Keep up the g...lol what a fucking hilarious review. Keep up the good shit broAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-44330990591180027162014-02-07T15:35:14.621-08:002014-02-07T15:35:14.621-08:00Dear Mr. Andrew R. Barnard,
Concluding Joseph B...Dear Mr. Andrew R. Barnard,<br /> Concluding Joseph Brodsky's poem In Memoriam from 1985 are these lines.<br /> <br /> That's why the snow, this poor man's marble, devoid of muscle power,<br /> melts, blaming empty brain cells for their not so clever<br /> locks, for their failure to keep the fashion in which you,<br /> by putting powder<br /> on your cheek, had meant to look forever.<br /> What is left is to shield the skull, with raised arms, against<br /> idle glances,<br /> and the throat, with the lip's nonstop "She has died, she has died,"<br /> while endless<br /> cities rip the retinal sacs with lances<br /> clanging loud like returning empties. crackcritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636906216971477946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-60852466404241920042014-01-31T21:59:17.427-08:002014-01-31T21:59:17.427-08:00I feel sorry for Lang Lang until I see him. His f...I feel sorry for Lang Lang until I see him. His father beat him consistently to practice harder. Now he thinks his is more important than the music he does not understand.<br />db.mechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403581187236454615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-77344186450736272722014-01-31T15:02:44.497-08:002014-01-31T15:02:44.497-08:00I think anyone who listened to this CD blind would...I think anyone who listened to this CD blind would hear great musicianship. Leaving aside the remarks in this "review" that border on racist, there's simply no substance to the criticism. Serious critics who got beyond a preconceived bias of Lang Lang didn't complain about him hammering. Actually, many found his pianism to be lacking a bit of the bite and percussive qualities appropriate to the Bartok. Like so many Lang Lang reviews, this material is complete hogwash, and the snide tone shows this is more about punishing an artist for media fame than actually making sense of a recording.Andrew R. Barnardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07549640268767026867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-22871457604705579172014-01-31T08:38:10.962-08:002014-01-31T08:38:10.962-08:00Great. And perhaps equally worthy of discussion is...Great. And perhaps equally worthy of discussion is the preposterous fee his managers extort from promoters and orchestras around the world, an obscenely disproportionate slice of any annual budget, leaving the other, greater artists to pick up the crumbs. His fees, as has long been the case with opera singers nowadays, should be capped out of fairness to the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-87507276725504554642014-01-31T06:42:45.599-08:002014-01-31T06:42:45.599-08:00It's quite fitting to compare him to North Kor...It's quite fitting to compare him to North Korea's brat-in-chief, but not only in his taste. At the start of the season some years ago, I was surprised to find Lang's nemesis Yundi Li had been scheduled to perform in the main hall of the Carnegie, in late january! A revolution must have taken place at the top of the food chain in the music business, I thought happily. But just a couple of weeks later an announcement comes in from Carnegie Hall letting its patrons now that Mr. Li's appearance had been postponed...to May... I wonder if a temper tantrum was involved... davehttp://www.blank.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-44983355551033675112014-01-31T01:59:09.035-08:002014-01-31T01:59:09.035-08:00Bravo Mr Laurel for offering a refreshing change f...Bravo Mr Laurel for offering a refreshing change from the usual sycophantic or "aren't his fingers amazing?" write ups of Lang Lang! While I take my hat off to Mr Lang for his indefatigable crusade to make the piano accessible to all, I have never enjoyed his playing. One may marvel at his fleet fingers, but these piano pyrotechnics do not serve the music, only the ego of the performer. As a pianist myself, I well understand the need to ensure technique serves the music, and the sound thereof. Sadly these days there are rather too many young pianists who seem to come from the same school of "fast/louder" playing as Mr Lang. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-53023735032792650232014-01-30T21:54:42.054-08:002014-01-30T21:54:42.054-08:00Allow me to share a comment from a colleague in Al...Allow me to share a comment from a colleague in Alberta Canada about my latest review. I am honored that he feels as strongly as I do. Even to the point of threatening violence, to which I am no stranger ~CrackCritic.<br /><br />Bill Rankin: Even if there's any truth in this, if I read this guy got gutted on his way home from the office, I wouldnt feel his pain. What a base human being, regardless of his taste. This isn't criticism; it's psychosis.<br />2 hours ago · Edited · Likecrackcritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636906216971477946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309208991183927181.post-68432153013547378742014-01-30T14:21:10.814-08:002014-01-30T14:21:10.814-08:00I share your lack of enthusiasm. And I'm remi...I share your lack of enthusiasm. And I'm reminded of Robert Simpson's remark about Elgar after a performance of one of his symphonies - "I refuse to be addressed in that manner"<br /><br />Could equally apply to a performersgfnorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907624120309466286noreply@blogger.com