Yet another one of those pieces which seems to have over 10 definitive versions. Discuss here.
I love this piece. It will be interesting to see which recordings folks prefer.
Cortot 1933
Michelangeli London 1957
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c5efdaabf63a08b7e62ea590dc5e5dbb7b9bb3d36bd00ac15621d66e282a0ee8
And Gekic
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c5efdaabf63a08b7e62ea590dc5e5dbb90a72830bfb9c421ce018c8114394287
For me Michelangeli is best.
Sorry I don't have the Cortot uploaded.
Quote from: Mandryka on September 05, 2009, 12:19:22 PM
Cortot 1933
Michelangeli London 1957
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c5efdaabf63a08b7e62ea590dc5e5dbb7b9bb3d36bd00ac15621d66e282a0ee8
And Gekic
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c5efdaabf63a08b7e62ea590dc5e5dbb90a72830bfb9c421ce018c8114394287
For me Michelangeli is best.
Sorry I don't have the Cortot uploaded.
I also like the Michelangeli.
I also rate this version by him very highly. It's a far more considered approach and it works very well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKwN_7LnXHw
I think that's from the 1967 DVD on Opus Arte -- It's a very good DVD.
There's also a very very good one from Michelangeli in Prato in 1967, which I think is this: if it's not tell me and I'll hunt:
http://www.mediafire.com/?tymyqz0ymgt
The 1929 Cortot is also good.
I am feeling a bit frustrated because I was sure I had uploaded Cortot 1933 but I just can't find it.
Gekic is just not in this league and I regret mentioning it at all (I just played it to remind myself. )
Show me the album covers! :P
I think I've heard maybe 15 different recordings and the most dramatic, exciting, and lyrical of these (and my stand-alone preference) is from Evgeny Kissin on this CD:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sM-YHZKeL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Ballades-Berceuse-Barcarolle-Scherzo/dp/B00000IWWE/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1252189195&sr=8-8)
(click on image)
Mandryka, thanks a lot for posting those! 8)
(And I do hope you find the Cortot... ;D ;D ;D)
Quote from: Maciek on September 05, 2009, 02:44:40 PM
Mandryka, thanks a lot for posting those! 8)
There should be few more somewhere in the Gilels thread.
Michelangeli video is 1962 Torino.
Here's one I love -- Samson Francois:
http://www.mediafire.com/?44xqnm2ngm5
And here's Fiorentino
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c5efdaabf63a08b7e62ea590dc5e5dbb63b28d83536edf58b8eada0a1ae8665a
In fact I have never heard the Fiorentino -- I forgot I had it until I started to hunt for Cortot (still unfound) . But I thought I would post it because people are interested in Fiorentino in this Forum.
The Francois, Cortot and Michelangeli have a shape and a sense of phrasing which Gekic lacks IMO.
I haven't heard Kissin.
Rubinstein (1959) RCA
Here's the Kissin recording. :)
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d14f6a1ddb8f8668e7ba8e3c6e11ce20e04e75f6e8ebb871
From what I've heard of the above favourites, I'm guessing those who like Michelangeli's recording will like this one.
Youri Egorov - a brilliant and expressive 1983 version of the Ballade in G minor, now in a bargain EMI box (B00151HZ42) . Good pretext to remember a major artist.
Carlos
That's a good one.
Quote from: RexRichter on September 05, 2009, 09:21:25 AM
Yet another one of those pieces which seems to have over 10 definitive versions. Discuss here.
I usually only listen to the four Ballades together, since most CDs I have with the First Ballade have all four. Here's one of my favorites: Maria Tipo (live) - http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=45732805cf458166444b02a37216bb8b2e44ccf4c9642212
Her studio Nocturnes are in there, too. 8)