chopin...

Posted by: ken c on 19 April 2001

bought chopin nocturns (piano livia rev) on the hyperion label today. have a soft spot for piano, see...

there are obviously some real chopin afficionados out there waiting to pounce on pretenders like me... i'd be glad to be put straight and be told some REAL chopin's to listen to, yes??

however, for me, this is a truly great album, breathtakingly beautiful music!!!

enjoy...

ken

Posted on: 26 April 2001 by ken c

fred s: many thanks. i will pick up a runbistein/chopin next month - i am way over my april budget for cd's!!

you lucky person you -- attending all those recitals!!!

interesting, i mentioned dinu pipatti and rubinstein to my daughter's piano teacher after one of her lesson, and her eyes lit up. we spent the next 0.5 hrs in the car park with her telling more quite a lot about these piano players. she did encourage us to get recordings by both as they have different styles.

fred: many thanks again for your continued input. when is the followup to "dreamhouse"???

enjoy...

ken

Posted on: 27 April 2001 by fred simon

quote:
fred: many thanks again for your continued input. when is the followup to "dreamhouse"???

I'm ready whenever NAIM is.

Posted on: 27 April 2001 by ken c

frank: many thanks for your input. looks like i have quite a bit of homework to do before my next visit to hmv or tower.

frank, i recall you work part time in a hifi shop. which one is it?? i am sure you have mentioned this before, if so, apologies for asking you to repeat. also i hope such questions are allowed on this part of the forum.

enjoy...

ken

Posted on: 21 May 2001 by ken c

quote:
We have a CD in our catalogue of Chopin's Scherzi 1-2-4 and Preludes Op 28.

i have this now and have played it a few times already. many thanks for the recommendation.

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 21 December 2001 by herm

remember Chopin?

Wow, this is an old thread. I'd just like to say that I have a recording of the Chopin Scherzi by Ivan Moravec on Dorian (90140) and especially the middle scherzi are stunning. Moravec is one of those guys who just play their kind of music rather than go for the career perspective. His Chopin is very much located in the middle register. A late classicist pushing the envelope, instead of a romantic demon.

Very few pianists manage to get the 4th scherzo right. Pollini's take is pretty great. He makes it kind of blue. Pollini's Sonatas aren't too bad either.

I just don't get it how anyone can ding Ashkenazy (in Chopin). His Preludes is one of the best. The Ballades too. Certainly the best modern one, IMO. There's toxic perfumes coming from the piano there. I'll name two that are simply ridiculous; Pogorelich (DG) and Grigory Sokolov (Opus 111), two cult figures out here, but boy are these boring or what?

The nocturnes. Maria-Joao Pires is hugely popular in Europe right now. The 3 opus 15 nocturnes are astounding: the yearning never stops. And then it does. After Op. 15, there's no yearning whatsoever, so I don't hear any connection between the early pieces and the not-so-early ones. As far as I'm concerned Rubinstein (1965) takes over.

Waltzes? Lipatti or Rubinstein.

Anyone else with new perspectives on Chopin?

Herm