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Discussion: Chopin: Etudes - Pollini

Posts: 9

Post by sunnydaler March 28, 2012 (1 of 9)
http://concerthuis.radio4.nl/concert/1263/Omroeparchief_Nederlandse_recitaldebuut_van_pianist_Maurizio_Pollini

His Nederlandse recitaldebuut (5/1/1973) program includes--
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D.845
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Chopin: Études, Op. 25; Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12; Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1; Prelude in D minor, Op. 28 No. 24

Post by YvesC March 28, 2012 (2 of 9)
Not really SACD ;-) but thank you very much for the link, I would have missed this wonderful concert if you didn't mention it here !

Concerning the SACD, did anyone compare this one to the redbook version ?
The DG CD-recording isn't good at all (very clangy), so I am rather doubting that this SACD version will be able to improve sonics sufficiently to justify spending 60 euros or more for it...

Post by Orpheus March 28, 2012 (3 of 9)
I wouldn't bother with this recording. If you want to hear how these works should be played with great passion, get the one played by Andrei Gavrilov (who was a student of Richter). This is on a cheap EMI CD.

Post by operamuso March 29, 2012 (4 of 9)
.......or Perahia's superb reading on Sony.

Post by tream March 29, 2012 (5 of 9)
operamuso said:

.......or Perahia's superb reading on Sony.

Personally, I have always loved Arrau's on EMI.

Post by Fugue March 29, 2012 (6 of 9)
Freddy Kempf's is quite good on a BIS SACD.

Post by Orpheus April 6, 2012 (7 of 9)
operamuso said:

.......or Perahia's superb reading on Sony.

I've heard Perahia's and he lacks the passion of Gavrilov. Go and hear the passion in young virtuoso piano students live and you will know what I mean.

Post by Polarius T April 7, 2012 (8 of 9)
Orpheus said:

I've heard Perahia's and he lacks the passion of Gavrilov. Go and hear the passion in young virtuoso piano students live and you will know what I mean.

Yes, that is very true; but Gavrilov in turn doesn't quite have the same tremendous power and depth that Pollini brings to these virtuoso pieces that in his (Pollini's) hands become something larger and more meaningful than what they otherwise seemed to be. And Pollini's is a better recording engineerinwise, too, if that matters. But what's obvious in any case is that the two of them (Pollini and Gavrilov) stand head and shoulders above the others here.

Post by sunnydaler April 7, 2012 (9 of 9)
I prefer his 1960 recording(Testament) to this. Richer tone, crisper articulation, and more emotion and wit.

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