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kelly_kelly

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Chopin's Barcarolle - Favorite recordings?

on: March 30, 2011, 01:28:21 AM

As yet, the best I've heard is Lipatti (if I recall correctly he didn't record "officially" but there's a version on YouTube), but I would like a few suggestions so I can get a "balanced" perspective on the piece. Any favorites?

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stevebob

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Re: Chopin's Barcarolle - Favorite recordings?

Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 02:29:56 AM

Rubinstein! (There are actually five recordings of the piece, made between 1928 and 1964, on the enormous Rubinstein Collection box set from RCA.)

Other performers may rival Rubinstein's competence and sensitivity, but none, in my opinion, surpasses it.

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emilye

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Re: Chopin's Barcarolle - Favorite recordings?

Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 08:42:41 AM

A. Rubinstein.

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Reply #3 on: September 21, 2014, 09:51:12 PM

Dinu Lipatti. He gets it. The piece has a solid flow whereas others treat the piece as a series of etudes.
There is one spot where Lipatti seems to have a collision then recovers. I have thought this was intentional as Chopin often does this, big or little.

I have listened to dozens of recordings and think only Zimmerman sees the flow, but finds distractions so does not see it all the way through.

My feel is that this is a short trip on water and the swells and local currents drive the tempo and mix and resume and finally get out on a grand flow, quickly arriving, being drawn to the dock and finishing.

Please answer if you can see this in the Lipatti. Can you hear this anywhere else? After having this piece tease me for sixty years, I have not had a decent answer.

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erick86

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Reply #4 on: September 23, 2014, 11:17:30 PM

Zimmerman's performance has always been one of my favourites... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU-5u2dmXdM

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fleisbeck

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Re: Chopin's Barcarolle - Favorite recordings?

Reply #5 on: December 31, 2014, 02:48:30 AM

Dear kelly_kelly,
Lipatti did not like the recording due to some flaw and was not interested in its release. He never recorded it again, so it is the only recording and it has had many releases. I do appreciate its availability on YouTube, although it is still under copyright.

Quote from: kelly_kelly on March 30, 2011, 01:28:21 AM