Дарина wrote:Darina, thank you, I´ve missed this article, do you have a link to it?
http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/481920 viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6&start=1240
New could also mean something that he didn´t do recently.
Agree.
Anyway violin music suits him well and I want to see his new programs (I wish it were Roxanne and Vivaldi
) the earlier the better!!!
I think so too, Darina.
He's done very well skating to violin music, I'd say.
Violin would be fine with me!
But I understand why so many people here want change and to see something really new from Plushenko now. Most of you have followed him for a long time and have seen every show or competition. Being an American and living in the rural South, I've not had that same pleasure.
Maybe you're tired of the "same" and want to see Plush really stretch his wings in a new direction. But, in making his changes, it wouldn't be wise to throw away everything that has worked for him in the past. There's a saying: "If it isn't broke, don't fix it." There's many things he may need to adjust and improve if he hopes for gold in Sochi. Maybe music isn't one of them?
Personally speaking, I really LIKE Edvin Marton!
I think that some of the most beautiful programs Plushy has ever skated were done to music that Marton either wrote or arranged for him - and most were very successful, too! (BTW -I don't think musical choices had anything to do with what happened in Vancouver.) I fell in love with Plushenko and became his fan forever while watching his "Nijinski" program - partly because of the lovely music he used (which was mostly an original composition by Edvin Marton) and the way Plushy interperted it so masterfully and beautifully. It was, to me, the combination of all factors coming together to create a perfect masterpiece on ice.
And then there was Torino...
I will say that I'm not very thrilled if Plushenko will be using the same "Tango" as before. It's too overused, too soon, and I was never fond of that music in the first place.
(Just personal taste, maybe.) If he goes with the same composers/musicians, he should at least have new music from them - just to keep things creatively fresh.
As for Vanessa Mae - I like her music but that would not be any real change from Edvin Marton, would it? There may be some small differences in style and ability, but violin is still violin. What does it matter which plays a piece like Vivaldi's "Storm" - Edvin or Vanessa?
I'm not sure I understand why that would be at all important.
I do see an advantage for Plushenko in choosing Edvin Marton's music. Edvin can work personally with Plushy to arrange and compose music that is specifically designed around a new program. He will create it to fit the timing and all the elements that Plushenko wants to perform in exactly the way required. The music can be adjusted so that it fits flawlessly with what Plush wants to expess on the ice. I HATE it when someone skates to music that is "chopped" and patched together to make it fit the program and time constraints.
Music without smooth, natural transitions disrupts the flow and detracts from the emotional (and artistic) impact of the program. Maybe such a program will still get the points because it isn't the MUSIC itself that earns those big scores.
Of course, music is only one part of the total package being presented. Unfortunately, not everyone can be happy with what Plushy picks.
Whatever he and his team decide to use, I'll just be very happy to see him competing again!
I have to trust him to follow his own instincts now. They've rarely lead him wrong in the past. Besides, he could probably skate to "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and still make it look amazing!
I have complete faith in him.
"The artist is nothing without the gift...but the gift is nothing without work."