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Whats the best one to you?

Ballade 1: 9 (33.3%)
Ballade 2: 4 (14.8%)
Ballade 3: 6 (22.2%)
Ballade 4: 8 (29.6%)

Total Members Voted: 27

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Topic: Your favorite Chopin ballade (Read 7062 times)

csharp_minor

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Your favorite Chopin ballade

on: January 16, 2009, 04:46:00 PM

This has probably been done before but so what, I only recently(ish) discovered them! So I'm a still obsessed about them.

Feel free to mention your favorite / not so favorite performances of them too if you like...

Heres mine in order from my most favorite to the somewhat least favorite - but its still all very very good!

Ballade 3, Op 47 - Ab major

Ballade 4, Op 52 - F minor

Ballade 1, Op 23 - G minor

Ballade 2, Op 38 - F major

Really like Zimmerman's preformance of them esp of numbers 3 and 4, I find Pollini's version a little rushed, but really like the 1st one by him...Rachmaninov's version of number 3 is intresting but not to my taste

, sorry Rach.

Discuss!

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gerryjay

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Re: Your favorite Chopin ballade

Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 07:07:24 PM

i vote for the second, because is the one i am playing by now. however, my real vote would be the whole set.
best!

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communist

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Re: Your favorite Chopin ballade

Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 09:01:50 PM

The only one i like is the second.

My least favorite is the god damn fourth, because it is vapid and soporific.

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kitty on the keys

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Re: Your favorite Chopin ballade

Reply #3 on: January 19, 2009, 03:29:11 PM

This is really a tought call!!

When I discovered them it was the Ab--f minor--F major---g minor. Performed the Ab---was working on the F major--Coda you learn FIRST!

Enjoy them!

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pianisten1989

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Re: Your favorite Chopin ballade

Reply #4 on: January 19, 2009, 09:09:46 PM

The Forth is my favourite, but the other 3 is also really great.

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kelly_kelly

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Re: Your favorite Chopin ballade

Reply #5 on: January 20, 2009, 02:16:45 AM

I think it varies between 2 and 3 depending on my mood... Of course I like 1 and 4 too, but I guess I just don't relate to them as well.

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