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Arthur Rubinstein pf Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Wallenstein; NBC Symphony Orchestra / William Steinberg. So in part, this is also a “best of list” of my Chopin blog posts.
Rivages – A beautiful new ECM release by Jean-Louis Matinier and Kevin Seddiki, A wonderful new Chopin Concerto recording by Benjamin Grosvenor, Beethoven Piano Concerto No.
He, like Blechacz, Zimerman above and Argerich below, is also a winner of the Warsaw piano competition (Not that this competition is held only every 5 years, winning it is truly a big deal).
In spite of this piecemeal type recording, the result is just fantastic, and can be described with only one word: fantastic. I’ve also mentioned this Album in My 25 Essential Classical Music album, as it is so important to me. She can tear all complacency aside. This disc is a classic. If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information. Eldar Nebolsin pf Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit. And thanks for your feedback and kind words overall.
In the First Concerto, while recognisably the same pianist, Rubinstein is altogether more subtle, following his characteristic exuberance and extroversion with playing of a rapt magic and delicacy.
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Our lists of the 50 greatest Mozart, Beethoven and Bach recordings have proved phenomenally successful, and so we are proud to present 50 of the finest recordings of Chopin's music. Receive a weekly collection of news, features and reviews, Gramophone Not only are they faster, but they are also of a more scintillating, scherzando-like lightness. It is not by coincidence that I’ve ranked Moravec in my in My Top 10 Favorite Classical Pianists for this album alone. In a way, you could think that for this blog post pretty much all I did was copy this box set. The expressive range of the Philharmonia on top form under Kletzki is exceptional, as is the accord between soloist and conductor in phrasing and shading.
As enthusiastic audience applause (discreetly rationed on the disc) makes plain, these two concertos were recorded live at Tel Aviv’s Mann Auditorium. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. And if her free spirit leaves us tantalised, thirsting for Chopin’s First, Second and Fourth Scherzos as well as his Third, for example, she has also left us overwhelmingly enriched, forever in her debt. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Gramophone is part of The music causes me to dream of fabulous empires, filled with fabulous sins. This is altogether a recording of magnificent playing. Tuesday, November 14, 2017, Our guide to the ten best ways to expand your Chopin collection, One of the most loved and frequently recorded composers of all, here is our guide to the ten best ways to expand your Chopin collection, Martha Argerich pf Montreal SO / Charles Dutoit, 'Allure, brilliance and idiosyncrasy' Read review, 'The expressive weight of each phrase is carefully considered' Read review, 'Lesser mortals may well weep with envy at such unfaltering authority' Read review, 'Every intricacy is resolved with a translucency that few could equal' Read review, 'The greatest on disc? Tempi are judged to a nicety and, once again, in the finale of the concerto, Nebolsin’s insouciant playfulness is a real delight. But in a guessing game perhaps it would be the two finales that would most betray the identity of the soloist.
I know he won the Chopin competition like many of those on my list, but for whatever reason Ohlsson here in Europe is relatively unknown. The Piano Concerto No. Blog of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of the things not meant for you.” ~ Buddhist saying. All of these lists are, of course, subjective, but every recording here has recieved the approval of Gramophone's critics and are artistic and musical benchmarks. Pollini is typically the perfectionist, rational architect, and Argerich is known for her energy and fire. Interesting selections… I once listened to 20+ recordings of the Nocturne op.27, No. 2, in a row. The performance of the Chopin Sonata is unusually successful. Once with the LA Philharmonic under Giulini in the late 1980s.
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Knowing that Zimerman is one of the most perfectionist pianists out there, if he records something twice, you can be sure, he does it for a reason.
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