Ossia Cadenza Rach 3

[sissco]

Hello dear members,

I was wondering what pianists are playing this ossia cadenza? The only one I know from is Yefim Bronfman. I think this cadenza is much more powerful than the other one. I have listened to Yefim Bronfman a million times I think.
Sissss

[minor9th]

Berman, Volodos, Pletnev, to name a few.

[retrouvailles]

Andsnes is also a great pick for this one. His performance of it is one of the best recent performances of the piece, bar none. It beats other recent ones like Volodos, Pletnev, and Bronfman.

[weissenberg2]

Feltsman's is terrific.

[aslanov]

the clarity and power of lazar berman's is...exceptional.
Although i think many people play the ossia because its more...showy.
I prefer the alternate version actually.

[omar_roy]

Sokolov and Ashkenazy as well.

[minor9th]

the clarity and power of lazar berman's is...exceptional.

Indeed! I just received a Japanese CD of it coupled with his 1979 Carnegie Hall recital. Both are stunning.

[sissco]

Ok thank you guys...Its a shame Lugansky isn't playing the ossia version

[tuufy]

Ok thank you guys...Its a shame Lugansky isn't playing the ossia version

I totally share your PAIN. The glorious RachMan not playing ossia

[otyler27]

Daniil Trifonov plays the ossia.  It makes the best sense because it corresponds with the vivace section at the end of the third movement. 

[roberth]

Van Cliburn used to play it. I still like his old live performance of this on RCA, recorded with Kirill Kondrashin in Carnegie Hall right after winning the Tchaikovsky Competition, better than most others. I think it is probably the very best recording of anything that Van Cliburn ever made.

[chopinlover01]

Although i think many people play the ossia because its more...showy.
I prefer the alternate version actually.

The ossia is the alternate. It's a substitute for a passage, usually to make something easier (not in this case) or to give a different musical idea.
That said, I've also heard that Rach wrote the ossia as the original cadenza, but then made it an ossia so the written cadenza would be easier and appeal to more pianists, as he did with his B flat minor sonata revision.