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I can't find any board here that is for asking about specific recordings etc so I thought I try it here. Pls pardon me if posting in wrong board.
I want to get a really great recoding of ALL Chopin etudes, can anyone recommend ?
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What do you like? Wild and crazy, or more conservative? for the former, try Cziffra . for the latter, Ashkenazy 's pretty good, too. (neither of those includes the 3 Nouvelles Etudes, but they both include Op. 10 and Op. 25)
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thanks sam, I think I will stick with Ashkenazy style out of the two since I have his other works. 8-)
OTOH, has anyone had any opinon on the V. Lisitsa etude dvd performance? Manage to get a glimpse of a few on youtube.
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Originally posted by pianojerome: for the latter, Ashkenazy's pretty good, too. That's a fine recording, though I marginally prefer his earlier Melodiya recording. I'm no great admirer of Pollini (at least pre Bartok), but his recording of the Etudes is quite spectacular.
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Rubinstein´s Moscow recital. He plays 4 etudes.
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Perahia's set by Sony is another popular recommended set. The playing is typical of Perahia's extremely polished and scholarly, though if you are looking for fiery or passionate performances Cziffra's set is undoubtedly the one to get. Sokolov recorded complete Op 25 in a CD coupled with the 2nd sonata, I think it is the best Op 25 in the market now. Richter recorded some selections of the etudes in his Richter in Praque set, which are also worth listening.
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If you can find a re=print of Agustin Anievas' set on Seraphim--his debut cd--quite wonderful.
I have only two etudes posted on YouTube recently: Op 25, no. 5 and Op 10, no. 4 if you type my last name in the search box. Perhaps someday I should record all, if asked by a company to do so.
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My favorites in order are:
Anievas Polinni Browning
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I also like Anievas. Also add Abbey Simon and Tamas Vasary.
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Originally posted by Phlebas: My favorites in order are:
Anievas Polinni Browning Browning's 25/1 is by far the finest I've ever heard. Worth the price of the whole CD just for that one track. Mel
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My choice:
Pollini Ashkenazy (Melodya-his 1st traversal) Louis Lortie Gavrilov Anievas
and a few others. The above, stand out for me.
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thank u everyone for your replies!!! I will go shopping now 8-)
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Originally posted by soccer_daemon: OTOH, has anyone had any opinon on the V. Lisitsa etude dvd performance? Manage to get a glimpse of a few on youtube. I have the DVD - it is excellent IMO I am also relieved to know that there is at least one other soccer loving piano player in the world. I thought I was the only one
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My two cents: Edward Kilenyi and Guiomar Novaes and Alexander Jenner! There are a number of good recordings, as to be expected, so it sort of depends on the type of playing you prefer, also mentioned above.
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Juana Zayas got the vote fot the best recording in an extensive review of all the recorded perfomances of these works in International Piano magazine some years ago. I haven't heard her recorded performance but I did hear her play them all at Klavierhaus in NYC several years ago.
I was quite disappointed(for starters, she seemed to be struggling a lot technically) in her performance consdering her review in IPQ. But perhaps, she was having a bad day. I would assume that to play all these Etudes well in one performance you have to be at the top of your game.
I'm curious if anyone else has heard her play live or on recordings.
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Thanks for Private Messages at my email--well, if I can get around to recording the 24 etudes, I should. In teaching them often enough, they should be getting ready.
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Originally posted by JBiegel: If you can find a re=print of Agustin Anievas' set on Seraphim--his debut cd--quite wonderful.
I very much like the Anievas recording of the Etudes; I grew up on the original vinyl issue. It's been re-issued on two CDs, along with the four Ballades and 19 of the Waltzes : EMI Classics 7243 5 74290 2 3. It's well-worth trying to find. Available used from Amazon.com Anievas: Chopin Etudes, etc Regards,
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My favorite is Perahia-- and while some list Cziffra as a passionate counterexample, I certainly hear as deep a feeling in Perahia's recording as anywhere else-- he's just not so flamboyant.
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