Chopin PC's 1 & 2 CD reccommendations

[Don]

Yeah, I was wondering if these were the recordings Don referred to as favorites.

No, I was referring to the RCA recordings.

[Don]

Can you just crawl back to whatever hole you came out of? No one wants you here.

I certainly don't have a problem with Josquin being here and would appreciate that Bonehelm simply speak for himself. 

[orbital]

Who is that - it looks like Hofman?

Yes sir. Vol.1 from The Complete Hofmann series.

[DieNacht]

This thread could need some update ...

Recommendations on top of my head would be

Cto 1: Yundi Li (he has developed a much freer style in recent years, different from his robotic beginnings), supplemented with some vintage: Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1937) and Rosenthal/Weismann (1931; VERY vintage).

Cto 2: Pogorelich, Abbado, plus two historical ones: Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1935), Cortot/Mengelberg (1944), and perhaps the more sketchy Hofmann (1938).

There is also a Cortot/Barbirolli in Cto 2 (1935) which has quite good sound for its age, but the interpretation is not that special, to my ears.

This is based on having
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Rubinstein,Barbirolli,LSO/rad ye mono 37-98 ry 10 + LP emi
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Argerich,Dutoit,MontrealSO/emi
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Rosenthal,Weissmann,O/piano libr 31-99 pl 319
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Paulacheva,Thrlik,CassPh/linz hnh 93 48102 (poor, but coupled with Mozart Cto 20 with Peter Breiner !)
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Weissenberg,Skrowaczewski,ParConcO/emi 3lp cvb2081-83
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Lipatti,SO/emi 48-xx c80934
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Pollini,Kletzki,PO/emi 60 sxlp 30160
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Mewton-Wood,Goehr,NethPO/crowell collier guild mono rg127
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Sokolov,Rowicki,MünchPO/euro 66 9283
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Kilenyi, Prohaska,ØstrSO/remington mono r-199-44
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Kilenyi,Mitropoulos,MinnesotaO/cbs mono rl 3028
CD  Chopin:1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Li,A.Davis, PO /dg

CD  Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Rubinstein,Barbirolli,LSO/rad ye mono 31-98 ry 101 + emi LP
cd   Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Rubinstein,Steinberg,NBCSO/membran 4cd 46-05 222361-354
CD  Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Cortot,Barbirolli,O/piano libr 35-95 pl 206-8
LP  Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Pogorelich,Abbado,LSO/dg 83 410507-1
LP  Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Weissenberg,Skrowaczewski,ParConcO/emi 3lp cvb2081-83
LP  Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Vasary,Kulka,BPO/dg 64-77 2535 221
LP  Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Argerich,Rostropovich,WashSO/dg 78-87n 419 859-1
lp   Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Haskil,Markevich,LamO/ph 6747 055
LP  Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829)/Hofmann,soli/mel 38-81 m10 43481-82
dwl Chopin:"2.Klaverkoncert" f-mol op.21 (1829): uddrag ´/ Cortot,Mengelberg,SO/fra net

It´s been a while since I heard the lot though, and there might be some revision now. But my impression was that the Argerich DG and EMI recordings perhaps-perhaps weren´t among her most spectacular.

[Henk]

Listened this recording once, sounded very nice.

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[Holden]

This thread could need some update ...

Recommendations on top of my head would be

Cto 1: Yundi Li (he has developed a much freer style in recent years, different from his robotic beginnings), supplemented with some vintage: Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1937) and Rosenthal/Weismann (1931; VERY vintage).

Cto 2: Pogorelich, Abbado, plus two historical ones: Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1935), Cortot/Mengelberg (1944), and perhaps the more sketchy Hofmann (1938).

There is also a Cortot/Barbirolli in Cto 2 (1935) which has quite good sound for its age, but the interpretation is not that special, to my ears.

This is based on having
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Rubinstein,Barbirolli,LSO/rad ye mono 37-98 ry 10 + LP emi
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Argerich,Dutoit,MontrealSO/emi
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Rosenthal,Weissmann,O/piano libr 31-99 pl 319
CD  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Paulacheva,Thrlik,CassPh/linz hnh 93 48102 (poor, but coupled with Mozart Cto 20 with Peter Breiner !)
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Weissenberg,Skrowaczewski,ParConcO/emi 3lp cvb2081-83
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Lipatti,SO/emi 48-xx c80934
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Pollini,Kletzki,PO/emi 60 sxlp 30160
LP  Chopin:"1.Klaverkoncert" e-mol op.11 (1830)/Mewton-Wood,Goehr,NethPO/crowell collier guild mono rg127

This is my favourite and it's also available on CD though somewhat hard to find.

[Herman]

Krystian Zimerman (both recordings); young Kissin; Rubinstein.

I have to admit, though, that years can pass without my listening to these concertos.

[Oldnslow]

Zacharias with his Prague Chamber Orchestra on MD & G is my favorite modern recording of both concertos on one CD. The Pollini/Kletzki on EMI is my choice for overall best for the first concerto

[Orpheus]

Not mentioned, but one of my favourites...