Nojima is the Japanese pianist for this performance of Liszt’s La Campanella. He uses less pedal in his playing, which makes the music rather “dry”. The speed used in here by Nojima is one that in my opinion was faster than Adam Gyorgy, Yundi Li and Lang Lang, but somewhat similar to Valentina Lisitsa. Different from Yundi Li and Lang Lang, he did not speed up towards the end but instead used the same speed, which I felt it was less exciting. There was a part of Ritardando towards the end at the last 2 bars, and he counted the quaver rests longer as a result.
My personal impression of this performance is one that doesn’t excite me as a listener. I found his playing rather dull. But I couldn’t deny that he is truly good in his finger technique and virtuosity.
Stereo Review magazine said, "...a stunning demonstration of technique put at the service of profoundly musical ends..."
"Nojima's mastery of legato pianissimos and the palette of brilliant colors he possesses allowed for a performance reminiscent of the kind Walter Gieseking would have delivered ..."
- Washington Post
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According to Robert E. Greene of The Absolute Sound magazine, “Anticipating the judgment of history is no doubt presumptuous, but to hear Minoru Nojima is to find irresistible the idea that here is a pianist destined to join the pantheon of keyboard immortals.”
Albert Goldberg of the Los Angeles Times said, “The pianistic hurdles leaped with incredible fleetness and lightness, punctuated by volcanic outbursts of power and majesty. It was the sort of impossible thing rendered possible only by genius. Repeat: genius.”
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