Who played the greatest Chopin Preludes? | Ep. 1 The Chopin Podcast

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0:09 Chopin's discography is astronomic
1:06 Moiseiwitsch's "big piano playing"
1:59 Prelude in F-sharp major, Op. 28 No. 13
4:32 Prelude in B-flat minor, Op. 28 No. 16
5:44 Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7
7:08 Cortot's brooding sonority
8:10 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Hosted and created by Ben Laude.
Thanks to Jed Distler for sharing his years of careful listening.
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This video is part of my partnership with the Chopin Foundation of the United States, which presents the National Chopin Competition every 5 years. The partnership was forged on the eve of the 11th National Chopin Competition, to be held in Miami in January 2025.
The Chopin Foundation is a national non-profit organization founded by its President, Blanka A. Rosenstiel in 1977, and inspired by the first US Chopin Competition she presented in Miami in 1975.
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Special thanks to Abby Tilton for her assistance in the production of this video.

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Комментарии : 96

@HighlyShifty 2 дня назад

Genuinely was overjoyed when I saw you announce this series. Thanks so much Ben

@andrewanderson6121 2 дня назад

Moiseiwitsch has always been one of my favorite pianists. He always delivers elegance, charm and delight in playing.

@markngrant9510 День назад

One of the great musical experiences I had in the concert hall in my teenage years was to hear Rudolf Serkin in New York play the complete Chopin Preludes live. Though he was never known as a Chopinist, I found his performance extraordinarily compelling, organic as a whole and beautifully expressive in individual pieces. There were no dull noncommital moments. As usual with Serkin (I saw him play the Hammerklavier and other Beethoven sonatas on other occasions), his intense concentration and absorption in the music held you in his thrall from start to finish. I don't remember if it was the February 1969 performance at Carnegie which appears on RU-vid, recorded by a low fidelity surreptitious recording device in the audience (before the advent of Joe Patrych)---as Serkin played the Preludes in concert many times, according to the late Harris Goldsmith.

@ThePianoFiles 2 дня назад

These are my two favourite traversals also! Beautifully described, Jed!

@nintendianajones64 2 дня назад

The first recording I ever heard were by Walter Klein and I still love the way he played them. Highly recommended.

@JOSHUA-hs4zt День назад

Exquisite examples of peerless poetic historical performances on this video. Many thanks.

@JamesVaughan 2 дня назад

Moiseiwitsch’s Chopin is to die for…but also Cortot, Vlado Perlemuter, Guiomar Novaes, and Dinu Lipatti (who died at 33 and unfortunately never got to record the Preludes) are also among the greatest Chopin interpreters of the last century….

@jackatherton0111 19 часов назад

What his assistant Karol Mikuli called the “chaste… at times almost severely reserved” playing of Chopin was soon swamped by romantic virtuosi. Jed’s choices are great but I’d suggest also sampling Merzhanov’s mono Preludes and even that “dry old bird” ( per the critic Piero Rattalino) Nikita Magaloff. Argerich plays more passionately yet she admired Prince Nikita.

@Chopin-Etudes-Cosplay 2 дня назад

I’ve always loved how Moisewitsch hangs on that top note in 5:03. I also like how he repeats the 7th prelude (in his 1961 recording), and generally enjoy the various liberties he takes in the set. So great to see him featured here! I would also recommend Yekwon Sunwoo’s preludes on youtube - not a radical take, but just extremely convincing and perfect to me. I found out later in an interview that Sunwoo feels most proud/satisfied of that particular performance.

@ct3293 2 дня назад

Moisewitsch’s prelude is soul-soothing. (Thank you for the podcast, Ben and guests. Your videos are always a treat)

@nicolasgut6534 2 дня назад

ARGERICHHHHHH Tokyo recording !

@vespertine27 2 дня назад

Pollini live Tokyo 1974 ❤

@Daniel_Zalman 2 дня назад

Interesting. I have listened to a ridiculous amount of recordings of the Preludes and I don't think I've listened to Moisewitsch. My favorites (probably) are Pogorelich (1989), Cortot (1933), Pollini, Sokolov (1990), Arrau (1973), Katsaris (1992), and for one from this century, I'd go with Blechacz (2007).

@jdistler2 2 дня назад

It was a difficult choice to recommend just one complete version! All those you mention are terrific in their disparate ways. I'd also add both Ivan Moravec recordings, Pollini's first DG traversal, Argerich, the first and very underrated Ashkenazy version on Decca, Alexandre Tharaud, and a really distinctive and totally undervalued recording by Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy.

@wardm4 2 дня назад

Sokolov is one of the only times I've heard an interpretation of something and thought, "Wow. That's definitely how this should be done. What have I been listening to all these years?" Right from the very first one where he starts soft and builds up to an actual climactic moment with rubato to enhance it. It's romantic music through and through not a technical Czerny study like many interpretations.

@sonholee5769 2 дня назад

I've listened to that Pogorelich recording since I was an early teen. Not perfect, but I've spun that disc countless times and still enjoy it.

@Daniel_Zalman 2 дня назад

@@jdistler2 Yes, the Pollini version that I was referring to was, of course, the early one. Tharaud is fantastic. Moravec is elegance personified. Argerich I like but I don't recall very well. I have never heard of Schmitt-Leonardy, Mr. Distler. Thanks very much for the recommendation. I have been reading your writings on music for years. All the best to you.

@andre.vaz.pereira 2 дня назад

@@jdistler2yes, Leonardy recording is incredible. N° 5 has a lot of voicings inside the caos. I also liked Pletnev live in Moscow. I grew up with Dimitri Alexev recording but other like Arrau made me have several favourites. More recently Eric Lu also delivers a great cicle.

@armandodelromero9968 2 дня назад

Argerich for the dark butterfly or the soleil noir de la mélancolie.

@dietmarfalke1099 День назад

I like the cat in the background!

@HelloEveryonez678 23 часа назад

Christoph Eschenbach for me. The only recording where I feel a true sense of continuity between all preludes, like one huge piece.

@meredith218461 2 дня назад

Moisewitsch along with his contemporaries such as Friedman, Cortot and the young Dinu Lipatti possessed a beautiful and subtle tonal range. This artistry in Cantabile playing made these great pianists ideal interpreters of Chopin.

@jasontaiwan 2 дня назад

Cortot hands down

@farazhaiderpiano 2 дня назад

Busoni recorded Prelude No. 7 in A major, connected to the Ètude in G-flat Op. 10 No. 5, which is a remarkable recording of Chopin's work-definitely worth checking out, at the very least for the novelty of hearing Busoni's preluding into the G-flat ètude from the A major prelude!

@ThePainist 2 дня назад

While I’m not a super big fan of Pogo, his recordings of the preludes are one of the pinnacles of classical interpretation

@Pablo-gl9dj 2 дня назад

Love the Bolet live at Carnegie Hall performance. Alexander Tharaud also delivers a great set of preludes.

@PolarBear-we2ct 2 дня назад

Sokolov Salzburg Recital should be mentioned especially it was live

@dorfmanjones 2 дня назад

There's Cortot, of course, not just the classic recordings but also the late one given live in Munich. I very much admired Ivan Moravec's Supraphon op. 28. Beatrice Rana, too.

@bartremmelzwaal5775 2 дня назад

Pogorelich, without a doubt

@TheRobyMann 2 дня назад

Personally, I think that Aimi Kobayashi’s performance in round 3 of the Chopin competition from 2021 to be the most compelling and wonderful performance of the Chopin preludes. Simply stunning.

@Chopin1995 2 дня назад

True

@MarshallArtz007 День назад

@@TheRobyMann : I agree. I tried several times to leave a comment recommending Amy Kobayashi’s 2021 Chopin Competition, but it kept disappearing or was deleted. 😎🎹

@catherineslatter День назад

Agree. I also love Alexander Gadjiev's performance of the op45 prelude in that competition.

@JuanAMatos-zx4ub 2 дня назад

Vladimir Horowitz will forever be my favorite Chopin (and Rachmaninoff) performer. He brought so much life into every piece he played.

@jdistler2 2 дня назад

It’s wonderful to see so many responses to my comments. And you might also enjoy my own podcast The Piano Maven with Jed Distler, as well as my weekly radio show Between the Keys

@MisterPathetique День назад

@@jdistler2 I'm currently catching up on your podcast, which RU-vid recommended to me very recently. I've read so many of your reviews already (especially on ClassicsToday) so there are times when I kind of anticipate your comments! But it's great content and always very informative, of course.

@jdistler2 День назад

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words!

@789armstrong 2 дня назад

Pollini playing #24

@Higgon 2 дня назад

Question... Some years ago I saw an interview on telly - a Polish pianist talking about Chopin and the melancholy nature of his music as a national trait. I really liked his playing, but unfortunately I have no idea who he was. I guess it was 10-15 years ago, when he looked to be in his 50s. Anyone got any ideas?

@paulmeisel339 День назад

Maybe it was Adam Harasiewitsch, who won the Chopin Contest in the 60ies, about the same time as Pollini. Both of them great players of the Chopin music, but the first one totally underrated.

@petervonberg2711 2 дня назад

Michelangeli my favorite for this.

@matthewbbenton 2 дня назад

7:25 You just know he’s had to fish that cat out of the piano at some point.

@sonholee5769 2 дня назад

Did Moiseiwitsch record the preludes more than once? Is the one on Naxos, the one that is being played here?

@jdistler2 2 дня назад

He only recorded the complete Préludes once, in 1948 I believe, and it's the one reissued by Naxos, as well as by APR.

@sonholee5769 2 дня назад

@@jdistler2 Wow, Thanks for the reply! Looking forward to a great listen!

@bobbiecat7139 2 дня назад

Has Yunchan Lim taken on the Chopin preludes yet????? 🙂

@sun-youngsunnykim8794 2 дня назад

I hope so!

@bobbiecat7139 2 дня назад

@@sun-youngsunnykim8794 If so, then there will be a new #1 at the top of the etude category very shortly lol 😀

@MarshallArtz007 2 дня назад

None of his RU-vid videos features any Chopin Preludes. I’m sure he’ll get around to them eventually. 😎🎹

@Pablo-gl9dj 2 дня назад

Have you already declared them the greatest ever ?

@bobbiecat7139 2 дня назад

@@Pablo-gl9dj Nope

@serwoolsley День назад

7:24 nyan nyan spotted 🐈

@TunesOfTheEarth 2 дня назад

Not sure i totally agree with this man's assessments. I found his b flat minor to be messy, overly dry (which as a Bachian i almost never say), and labored.

@TunesOfTheEarth 2 дня назад

Whats weird is for me, on the Preludes, one of my favorites is Pollini. Normally hes not one of my favorites. There is no pianist that i like all of them they do, but Pollini is very musically sound throughout. Argerich's performance is noteworthy because its just so fast and technically stellar. Her b flat minir is ridiculous.

@every5thman947 2 дня назад

Anyone who doesn't play number 15 too fast.

@adamnabil6931 2 дня назад

Before watching i say the beast himself Mario

@pauperdiamond8733 2 дня назад

Super Mario?

@MarshallArtz007 2 дня назад

Mario Lanza? 😀

@nyc2cal902 День назад

Larrocha

@yundichen8332 8 часов назад

Moravec

@Artislife-x4r 2 дня назад

András Schiff

@dukimanx6228 2 дня назад

I think we are romanticizing the past here. Pun intended. The old guard took too many liberties with the music like that ghastly mid-pause in op. 16.

@r.i.p.volodya 2 дня назад

"Liberties" are exactly what was expected in the Golden Era of performance and recording. These days, everyone sounds the same.

@TunesOfTheEarth 2 дня назад

@@r.i.p.volodyathat's right. Many of the pieces have even gotten sounding so canned for the chopin competition. That said, you should be a bad ass to deviate from the score too much.

@rikidozan93 2 дня назад

You'd probably say the same thing if you heard Chopin himself play!

@cadriver2570 2 дня назад

@@r.i.p.volodya there are a dozen recordings of these that truly sound the same. The only difference is the instrument, room, mic, engineer, etc. which pianists typically spend very little time thinking about. Wish more musicians would just take whatever liberties they feel.

@chester6343 2 дня назад

Kissin live in Tokyo 1998

@ulsan88 День назад

sokolov❤

@mcberto4969 2 дня назад

Rafal Blechacz for best preludes

@militaryandemergencyservic3286 2 дня назад

Tiffany Poon plays them best. I am from the Chopin lineage (through Decombes, Cortot, Haskil, Feutchwanger). Here is my utterly beautiful first prelude entitled: 'Laude' (from my magnificent set of 24 original compositions) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cOGsIW8a2TM.html

@chester6343 2 дня назад

I saw her perform them at her London debut, great pianist

@militaryandemergencyservic3286 2 дня назад

@@chester6343 yes - she is certainly the best female pianist today.

@chester6343 2 дня назад

@@militaryandemergencyservic3286 there is not a best, there is a lot of talent out there who do not have such a following, but she is great live that's for sure I would see her again

@philipk4475 2 дня назад

@@militaryandemergencyservic3286 well she's definitely your favorite

@militaryandemergencyservic3286 2 дня назад

@@philipk4475 that's not the point - the question is: what is your favourite of my 24 Carnival Preludes? Perhaps no. 24 ( 'Schumann-Chopin') or maybe no. 4 ('Schubert'?)

@militaryandemergencyservic3286 2 дня назад

to be honest I never used to care much for his preludes. They are hardly his best. His scherzi and polonaises and etudes and mazurkas and concerti are his best, in my humble opinion. His preludes, ballades and waltzes are not as good, Actually not all his polonaises are first-rate, either. But after Ashkenazy's Decca recording and Ms. Poon's swansong-like performance, they have grown on me. Check out my polonaise (yet another one of my superb compositions) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDnJNk17q8E.html