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Topic: a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?  (Read 2363 times)

Offline bartlebythepianist

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a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?
on: September 17, 2014, 05:22:51 PM
I am learning Chopin's Etude No. 1, and slowly working my speed up...  I know that the given tempo marking is 176, and that's where I hope to be eventually...

But in the meantime, does anyone happen to know of any musically interesting recordings that take the piece at a slower tempo?  I just want to hear the range of interpretations possible as I play around with ideas while doing my slow climb up for speed.
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Re: a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?
Reply #1 on: September 17, 2014, 05:47:14 PM
Quote from: bartlebythepianist on September 17, 2014, 05:22:51 PM
a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?

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Re: a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?
Reply #2 on: September 17, 2014, 06:01:52 PM
Found the worst:
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Re: a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?
Reply #3 on: September 17, 2014, 06:07:47 PM
Slow:


Really slow:


also:


Slow but good:


and finally the only recording I've ever heard that's nearly what Chopin wanted!
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Re: a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?
Reply #4 on: September 17, 2014, 08:59:12 PM
Thank you so much for the quick responses so far!  I do like the Vasary interpretation and the different give and take that the piece can have when it breathes a bit more at the slower tempo. 

And... the worst recording was...  Amazing.  Thanks for sharing that too.  It made me feel a little better about my own playing.
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Re: a good slower recording of Chopin Etude Op 10 No 1?
Reply #5 on: September 18, 2014, 03:07:53 AM
Quote from: bartlebythepianist on September 17, 2014, 08:59:12 PM

And... the worst recording was...  Amazing.  Thanks for sharing that too.  It made me feel a little better about my own playing.

I made the mistake of checking his YT account...He plays the violin and cello also...pretty amazing as well  :o
I wonder if he is in fact some kind of a performance artists or if this is a carefully constructed practical joke?
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