Di Wu, pianist, and Davidsbundlertanze

[Ray]

Di Wu just played in a recital here, and got a rave review for her rendition of Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze, as well as for her pairing the more well-known work with wife Clara Schumann's Mazurka, which riffs on the opening theme of Davidsbundlertanze. From the review: "her performance of Schumann's Davidbundlertanze most clearly suggests she has an interesting future, not simply a bright one."

You can hear samples here.

[dirac]

Thanks for the link, Ray.

[dirac]

I recommend strongly that people take a listen to the excerpts. It's wonderful what's available online these days.

[bart]

Interesting, indeed. Thanks, Ray, for the link. I did a little comparing a couple of the sections with Gordon Boelzner's version on the NYCB videotape. Until the playlist froze up on me for some reason. So I finished up with Boelzner and Balanchine, not a bad trade-off.

[ballet_n00b]

I haven't heard her in the Davidsbundlertanze but in other repetoire I haven't been terribly impressed. Musically she doesn't do anything for me, I couldn't understand how she made the finals of the last Cliburn.

[dirac]

Thank you for posting, ballet_n00b. Do you have a preferred recording of Davidsbundlertanze?

[ballet_n00b]

Thank you for posting, ballet_n00b. Do you have a preferred recording of Davidsbundlertanze?

probably Cortot, I really like his Schumann.

[dirac]

Thank you for posting, ballet_n00b. Do you have a preferred recording of Davidsbundlertanze?

probably Cortot, I really like his Schumann.

I have a recording of Cortot playing Schumann and I agree, for what my opinion is worth. I like Gieseking's recording of Davidsbundlertanze, too.