Chopin

[Holden]

Is Michelangeli in the 2nd piano sonata the one on BBC or something else?

London 1959 is the recorded date and this matches up with a BBC Legends CD I looked up on line. My recording is now oop I believe. It's Music&Arts CD #955.

[staxomega]

London 1959 is the recorded date and this matches up with a BBC Legends CD I looked up on line. My recording is now oop I believe. It's Music&Arts CD #955.

Yeah I have the BBC disc, I was wondering if there was another great one. He certainly had an on day then, really a best of Michelangeli hits with great legato and tonal color. No pounding on the keyboard in the Funeral March that ruins so many otherwise great performances.

[Mandryka]

Yeah I have the BBC disc, I was wondering if there was another great one.

There is

[Mandryka]

By the way, one Chopin recording I've been listening to  is this

[vandermolen]

Having watched the film 'In Search of Chopin' I ordered this CD. My first by Chopin:

[vers la flamme]

Having watched the film 'In Search of Chopin' I ordered this CD. My first by Chopin:

Wow, I'm surprised you have no Chopin in your collection after however many years of listening. You can't go wrong with Rubinstein, that should be a great introduction.

[Florestan]

Wow, I'm surprised you have no Chopin in your collection after however many years of listening. You can't go wrong with Rubinstein, that should be a great introduction.

+1 on both.

[Papy Oli]

That's what happens when he only accumulates CDs of second rate British composers (and 3rd, and 4th and and 5th...)   

TD: I quite like Rubinstein in the Mazurkas  0:)

[vers la flamme]

That's what happens when he only accumulates CDs of second rate British composers (and 3rd, and 4th and and 5th...)   

TD: I quite like Rubinstein in the Mazurkas  0:)

I hate to say it, but you seem to be heading down that dark path as well, Oli! 

[vandermolen]

Hahaha I've enjoyed these last few posts.
I also have a large collection of music by second-rate Russian, American and Scandinavian composers.
:-)

[Florestan]

Hahaha I've enjoyed these last few posts.
I also have a large collection of music by second-rate Russian, American and Scandinavian composers.
:-)

So Chopin is your first encounter with a first-rate composer. Excellent choice! 

[Papy Oli]

I hate to say it, but you seem to be heading down that dark path as well, Oli! 

Not as badly but you might have a point  0:)

TD: I love Moravec in the Nocturnes and Michelangeli in the 1st ballade 

[vandermolen]

So Chopin is your first encounter with a first-rate composer. Excellent choice! 

Absolutely Andrei!
I guess that most of the music I enjoy listening to comes from the later 19th Century and beyond and Chopin has hitherto, despite recognising his importance, not really appealed to me. I know that, for some of you, is probably a terrible thing to admit but it is true. I may have some more Chopin in my collection, probably on a BBC Music Magazine freebie. I look forward to receiving the Rubinstein. Also, it's only in recent years that I've listened more to solo piano music. Interestingly, the art of the period, such as the paintings by Chopin's friend Delacroix appeals to me much more. I love his portrait of Chopin:

[Florestan]

Absolutely Andrei!
I guess that most of the music I enjoy listening to comes from the later 19th Century and beyond and Chopin has hitherto, despite recognising his importance, not really appealed to me. I know that, for some of you, is probably a terrible thing to admit but it is true. I may have some more Chopin in my collection, probably on a BBC Music Magazine freebie. I look forward to receiving the Rubinstein. Also, it's only in recent years that I've listened more to solo piano music.

My impression is that your listening time is devoted 99% to orchestral and symphonic music. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but when listening to Chopin you must put aside any expectations that kind of music might have created in you.

[vandermolen]

My impression is that your listening time is devoted 99% to orchestral and symphonic music. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but when listening to Chopin you must put aside any expectations that kind of music might have created in you.

Another good point. Chamber music has appealed to me more as I've got older. Probably now about 90% orchestral listening and also some non-classical (how many others here have attended a Monkees concert?) but maybe you are right.

[staxomega]

There is

Will check it out thanks.

Another good point. Chamber music has appealed to me more as I've got older. Probably now about 90% orchestral listening and also some non-classical (how many others here have attended a Monkees concert?) but maybe you are right.

The second piano sonata may be a closer approximation of orchestral music, particularly by pianists that really play up the dynamics. I can't recall much about the Rubinstein disc you're getting, hopefully you enjoy it!

[vandermolen]

Will check it out thanks.

The second piano sonata may be a closer approximation of orchestral music, particularly by pianists that really play up the dynamics. I can't recall much about the Rubinstein disc you're getting, hopefully you enjoy it!

I'm sure I will. Thanks. In the film I was especially impressed by the extracts they played of the second sonata, including that famous funeral march and also the finale which sounded almost atonal.

[vandermolen]

Will check it out thanks.

The second piano sonata may be a closer approximation of orchestral music, particularly by pianists that really play up the dynamics. I can't recall much about the Rubinstein disc you're getting, hopefully you enjoy it!

I'm enjoying it very much thank you with, added appreciation knowing more about him now.

Not my normal cup of tea of course, as my musical tastes tend to be orchestral music from the late 19th Century onwards. Having said that I like Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and the music of Tallis and Byrd from the Tudor period as well some Beethoven. Anyway this makes a pleasant change from all those 'second rate' orchestral composers whose music I normally listen to. I'm now listening to the Piano Sonata No.2 for the second time through!

[staxomega]

I'm enjoying it very much thank you with, added appreciation knowing more about him now.

Not my normal cup of tea of course, as my musical tastes tend to be orchestral music from the late 19th Century onwards. Having said that I like Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and the music of Tallis and Byrd from the Tudor period as well some Beethoven. Anyway this makes a pleasant change from all those 'second rate' orchestral composers whose music I normally listen to. I'm now listening to the Piano Sonata No.2 for the second time through!

Chopin wrote some piano concerti as well, the first two are nice pieces with no cadenzas.

[vandermolen]

Chopin wrote some piano concerti as well, the first two are nice pieces with no cadenzas.

Oh, thank you. I heard extracts from them on the documentary I saw. One of them especially impressed me.