Chopin preludes recording

[steinway23]

I'm looking for a good chopin preludes recording. Any nice ones that you can recommend? Thank!!!!  

[Noah]

Argerich, Pollini, Sokolov is my top 3.

[BoliverAllmon]

kssin is good also.

[allchopin]

Tzimon Barto's are excellent and clean.

[pianiststrongbad]

argerich, pollini

[Egghead]

Only have two - I like Argerich (Deutsche Grammophon). It is ADD (quite old recording, with funny sounds).

I personally cannot stand the Sokolov-version. It's "rhythmic freedom"   (cover text) is beyond my musical understanding. Maybe this has more to do with my limited musical understanding than with anything else  :-/. Please would someone (who likes Sokolov) enlighten me? Why does he do it?

[IllBeBach]

I love Argerich's recording.  You might look for Cortot's recording of these, it would definitely be interesting.

Incidentally, if you'd like to see them played as well as hear them, you might be able to order an episode of A&E's show called "Breakfast with the Classics"  ( I think) that was aired some years ago.  It was a special broadcast of Artur Papazian performing all the Chopin etudes and preludes at Carnagie Hall.  I don't like everything he does with them, but I think his performance is overall very musical.

[bernhard]

Ivo Pogorelich
Maria João Pires
Jorge Bolet
Alfred Cortot

to add to the ones already mentioned.

(Kissin has recorded them as well, but I don't like it as much as the ones above).

[bernhard]

Incidentally, if you'd like to see them played as well as hear them, you might be able to order an episode of A&E's show called "Breakfast with the Classics"  ( I think) that was aired some years ago.  It was a special broadcast of Artur Papazian performing all the Chopin etudes and preludes at Carnagie Hall.  I don't like everything he does with them, but I think his performance is overall very musical.

How can you order it?

[maxy]

I will add Arrau.   I am not usually a great fan of Arrau playing Chopin, but I love the preludes.

[jcromp78]

I think personally the best I have heard are first of all

artistically: Artur Rubinstein

pianistically: Louis Lortie

for excitement and virtuosity go for: Pogorelich, Kissin or perhaps Argerich.

Rubinstein is great in the slower poetic pieces like 4, 6 or 15 Lortie is straightforward and very solid. I think Pogo makes the most of 5 and 16 while Kissin creates visceral excitement in especially the difficult 12th in G#m.
hopefully this helps

[Valour]

Nikolai Lugansky's recording of Chopin's 24 Preludes (and other works) has received numerous awards, including:

Gramophone "Editor's Choice" June 2002,
Daily Telegraph "Top 10 Discs of 2002"
and
Diapason d'Or 2002

There are links to sound files and articles concerning
this CD at:
https://lugansky.homestead.com/Chopin_Preludes.html

[rohansahai]

try and get your hands on the Nelly Akopian recording for Melodiya, its awesome, though not always available!

[IllBeBach]

How can you order it?

I searched the A&E website but couldn't find the particular episode for sale.  I have emailed them asking if it is still available.  The video I saw was recorded off television by a professor.  There was an ad at the end of the program that said you could order it, but of course that was years ago.  I'll give an update if when they respond with availability information on it.

[bernhard]

I searched the A&E website but couldn't find the particular episode for sale.  I have emailed them asking if it is still available.  The video I saw was recorded off television by a professor.  There was an ad at the end of the program that said you could order it, but of course that was years ago.  I'll give an update if when they respond with availability information on it.

Thank you.

I will be watching this space!