<p>Li Ying<br />Quite nicely done Haydn. Usually I don’t pay critical attention to one or two missed notes, but in music like Haydn or Scarlatti, where everything is so exposed, clarity it very important. Generally I liked sensitivity of your sound but I missed very much the humor and rhythmical flexibility in Haydn. Due to restrictions in sound diversity in keyboard instruments, it was very common to use flexibility in time as a major expressing tool during Haydn’s era. Your playing was rhythmically not very creative. </p><p>Very beautiful, full, rich sound in the beginning of Liszt. While holding the big D flat octave in the right hand, make sure, that music does not lose the energy – don’t hold it too long. Another weak spot was the long fast, going down passage (in 6), which should have been much more passionate, not poetic. Still, Liszt impressed me with the full-scale playing and so did “Triana”. </p><p>You seem to feel much more “at home” in expressive music rather in meticulously detailed pieces like Haydn. I will look forward to hearing your Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto soon! But you also need to develop your feel of style and sophistication of earlier music: Soler, Scarlatti, Haydn. Good luck.</p>