The best Chopin interpret

[eduard]

Who is the best Chopin interpret from the living pianists?

[kreso]

For me-Ivo Pogorelich!!

Totaly diffrent playing from the others, but with so much power, so many beautifull colour and with great drama...

I'm corious why Kissin is not mentioned, or Sokolov maybe (althought he recorded just Preludes, Etudes op.25 and Sonata no.2, but with great mastery)

[freakofnature]

And you should definitely add Rubinstein to your list...

[Kassaa]

Some people might want to vote for Argerich, Horowitz, Ingulf Wunder etc.

[musicsdarkangel]

Garrick Ohlsson!

[arpeggiosnake]

And you should definitely add Rubinstein to your list...

He is dead

[crazy for ivan moravec]

cmon, man! give ivan moravec a chance! you will definitely experience his chopin, instead of just hearing it!

change all your votes, hehehe! 



crazy for ivan moravec!!! 

[pabst]

HAHA INGOLF

[freakofnature]

He is dead

Oh, haven't noticed that eduard only wanted to know of living pianists. Then it would be Mr. Zimerman...

[pianistimo]

jean-yves thiboudet.   he plays on a broadwood piano and tries to emulate chopin's style as best as he can.

i heard a russian who specialized in chopin, too, but can't remember his name.  he was on  public radio station awhile back.

[MattL]

Th way that Zimmerman plays Chopin, especially the Ballades, is hypnotic in its beauty

[rohansahai]

Zimerman ...easily !

[sonatainfsharp]

I just saw Zymerman in concert a few weeks ago and it redefined Chopin for me!!

[pianistimo]

I'm so irritated because my earphones won't work.  But, anyway, I found a site of someone who specializes in Chopin by the name of Angela Lear.      www.angelalear.co.uk   If anyone wants to take a listen and see what they think.

Also, (odd, hmm - the computer is automatically capitalizing my writing - I am no longer unique)  www.geocities.com/Vienna/2217/records.htm   has a list of recommended recordings.  The recommendation for her is www.geocities.com/Vienna/2217/lear.htm

[contrapunctus]

Pollini makes Chopin bearable to the human brain.

[lisztisforkids]

Pollini makes Chopin bearable to the human brain.

Are you csaying something bad about bad about Chopin? Thats Heresy! Explain yourself immediatley!

[contrapunctus]

Are you csaying something bad about bad about Chopin? Thats Heresy! Explain yourself immediatley!

The inherent sloppiness and romantic gushings of most of Chopin's works suggests an immature composing style. I prefer clearer peices where every note doesn't need to be slurred over. Pollini plays Chopin in a more restrained style which is why he is my favorite romantic pianist.

[lisztisforkids]

The inherent sloppiness and romantic gushings of most of Chopin's works suggests an immature composing style. I prefer clearer peices where every note doesn't need to be slurred over. Pollini plays Chopin in a more restrained style which is why he is my favorite romantic pianist.

 I find Chopin's compositions to be of the highest caliber(even though he also is not my favorite composer). His compositions are very reminescent of the works of Mozart, and Bach. Both were extremley well at crafting their compositions. Chopin also was very influenced by the opera's of his day, and tried to somewhat incorporate their stlye of singing into the piano. Chopin is supposed to played with an air Romanticism, but that dosent mean he was immature at all.

I have not hear the recordings of Pollini, but I am sure to check them out. What are some good recomondations

[thracozaag]

The inherent sloppiness and romantic gushings of most of Chopin's works suggests an immature composing style. I prefer clearer peices where every note doesn't need to be slurred over. Pollini plays Chopin in a more restrained style which is why he is my favorite romantic pianist.

  Why don't you listen to a Midi instead, then?

koji

[contrapunctus]

I find Chopin's compositions to be of the highest caliber(even though he also is not my favorite composer). His compositions are very reminescent of the works of Mozart, and Bach. Both were extremley well at crafting their compositions. Chopin also was very influenced by the opera's of his day, and tried to somewhat incorporate their stlye of singing into the piano. Chopin is supposed to played with an air Romanticism, but that dosent mean he was immature at all.

I have not hear the recordings of Pollini, but I am sure to check them out. What are some good recomondations

etuden are fabulous, preludes and polonaises are amazing, basically anything

[mrchops10]

The inherent sloppiness and romantic gushings of most of Chopin's works suggests an immature composing style. I prefer clearer peices where every note doesn't need to be slurred over. Pollini plays Chopin in a more restrained style which is why he is my favorite romantic pianist.

That's funny, because to me Chopin was among the most restrained of 19th century composers. The etudes are models of composition as well as technique, extremely rigid in each individual limitation but still rich and varied. The mazurkas are to me also model studies in the miniature form, maximizing harmonic interest and expression. The transparence and economy of the harmony reminds me of Mozart, while the perfection of line is very much like Bach. The elusive, ironic, subtly humorous side are all Chopin. How these works are immature is beyond me.

In larger scale works, Chopin only falls to Romantic excess when played that way. Pollini is not my favorite interpreter, but I do admire to way he structures his Chopin playing. Everything is beautiful organized, if not, to my mind, very passionate. Dinu Lipatti is one model for me of perfect Chopin playing--check out his waltzes. Elegance, restraint, subtly, but underneath it all a powerful mind.

[stevie]

cziffra is one of the great chopin interpreters