Title: All technique - no music
Product review: I bought this CD after visiting a rather weak concert performance of Waldstein. The pianist in question just didn't manage the technical difficulties. Knowing Fazil Say is a virtuoso I wanted to hear a new and technically perfect version. For sure that's what I got. Fazil plays everything in the speed of light and is technically brilliant but I find the result absolutely terrible. I can't stand it, after two of the sonatas I had to stop. I'll miss his version of "The Tempest" since I won't ever be able to put this record on again. I can't understand what he's doing. It's like he wants to win a contest of playing "Appassionata" and "Waldstain" as fast as possible. There's no depth in this recording, the touch is hollow and thin and he just hammers on lika a maniac. He gets one star for playing so fast. He gets the gold medal. He can join the olympics.
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