Which recording has inspired you the most?????

[Alfonso Van Worden]

I WOULD SAY: ARGERICHīS RECORDING OF RACHīS THIRD.

WHICH ONE WOULD  YOU CHOOSE? 

[lostinidlewonder]

Claudio Arrau's playing of Liszt's 12 Transcendentale etudes. Scriabin playing his Preludes.

[Alfonso Van Worden]

I donīt know Scriabinīs recording (Iīm going to get it. Thanks)

[thierry13]

Rachmaninoff playing his four concertos and the rhapsody on a theme by paganini. It's so great to hear what composers have to say on their own compositions. Rachmaninoff is one of my favorite composers.

[ted]

In recent years, the music of David Thomas Roberts - no doubt about that.

[musik_man]

A couple recordings that recently inspired me are Horowitz doing the Bach/Busoni "Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland" and Schubert/Liszt "Staendchen."  It amazed me how much control he has over the individual notes in the RH.  When playing a chord, he can make the melody mf while keeping the other notes pp.  I certainly can't do that.

[steinwayguy]

Claude Frank's Schubert D.960

Not only definitive, but divine too!

[Floristan]

Horowitz's 1965 Fantasie in C by Schumann, live recording, Carnegie Hall.  Amazing pianism.

[minimozart007]

Arthur Rubinstein's recording of Chopin's Op. 36 Impromptu

[Rez]

Schoenberg: The Piano Music, by M. Pollini.  Music in an alien language perfectly translated by Pollini.  I've worn out the grooves on that CD.

Also, Horowitz' recording of Kabalevsky's Sonata #2. From Horowitz: the Private Collection. Vol 2

It is mostly due to these recordings that I returned to the piano after a long break.

[pseudopianist]

Idil Biret - ALL her Chopin (esp the nocturnes)  I love her playing!

Freddy Kempfs recordings of the Transcendental etudes

[Alfonso Van Worden]

GOOD ONE FLORISTAN!!!

[thierry13]

Floristan is it a CD you have or you found on internet. If you could e-mail it at

counter_striker325@hotmail.com

I would not know how to thank you 

And if it's a CD... well too bad 

thanks

[rodrk352]

Claude Frank's Schubert D.960

Not only definitive, but divine too!

    Would you believe Claude Frank used to play free recitals at Yale? He is a teacher there. (Recently they decided to charge $10 for faculty concerts. ) Probably makes trips to NYC too.
   He said in an interview that his favorite composers are Beethoven, Schubert, and Bach.
   The man has an Old World air about him. Reminds me of Artur Rubinstein the way he sits upright at the keyboard without over-emoting or making faces. Nothing of the charlatan in him. Very sensitive performances.

[bachmaninov]

I'm a huge fan of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies! Listening to Cziffra play them, makes me want to play them all! 

[thepiboy]

Beethovens Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement. So much expression, yet so much depth.

[shotkong64x]

I have a recording of Arcadi Volodos playing HR 2, its freakin amazing.

I also have a recording of Liszts "Mazeppa"  thati s unbelievable, but i dont know who is playing it.

[m1469]

One of my former teacher's private recordings... including

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Schubert: sonata Op 53 D 850
A mystery piece I may never know

When I first heard it, I felt like I finally knew why I was alive 

m1469

[apion]

Rachmaninoff playing his four concertos and the rhapsody on a theme by paganini. It's so great to hear what composers have to say on their own compositions. Rachmaninoff is one of my favorite composers.

I second this.

[DarkWind]

Claudio Arrau's playing of Liszt's 12 Transcendentale etudes.

I was going to say that!

Well, a few others would be:
My teacher playing Ravel's Ondine
Andrew Russo playing Crumb's Makrokosmos
Artur Rubinstein playing Spanish Music (Falla, Granados, Mompou, Albeniz, etc.)
Rubinstein playing Navarra (This is on a whole seperate level. So incredibly powerful and amazing)

[Alfonso Van Worden]

I would also say:    all the Horowitzīs recordings with Shumannīs music!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rohansahai]

1. Gilels playing Chopin's E minor concerto with Ormandy.
2. Richter playing the Brahms 2nd concerto with Leinsdorf and CSO.
3. Arrau playing Beethoven's 4th concerto with Abbado.
4. Rosalyn Tureck playing the Goldberg variations by Bach.

[elongar]

Floristan is it a CD you have or you found on internet. If you could e-mail it at

counter_striker325@hotmail.com

I would not know how to thank you 

And if it's a CD... well too bad 

thanks

I myself have check for this on the internet but haven't found it. I think that it would be illegal too. I have to CD though. Check the CD here:
https://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/horowitz_vladimir/

The actual webpage plays some nice music too.

[vivacegirl]

also chopin's impromptu, and moonlight sonata 3rd movement

[dolce cantabile]

Yundi Li's Chopin   The recording made me picked up piano again!

[kghayesh]

Vladimir Ashkenazy's  Essential Chopin

[IanT]

When I was about 12 years old I discovered an LP in my parents collection called 'A Chopin Recital' played by Vlado Perlemuter.  Prior to listening to this I wasn't really interested in playing the piano, although my parents had made me take lessons from the age of 7.  I became absolutely entranced by the sound of the piano and music on this recording.  It really opened up the world of the piano and classical music for me.  Definitely the most inspiring/influential recording that I've listened to.

From what I remember it contained:

Berceuse
Bacarolle
Fm Fantasie
Bb Minor Scherzo
Op10 #12
Tarentelle

and maybe a couple of others.


Ian

[Alfonso Van Worden]

Thanks for your replies!! I will try to get and herad every one, please keep writing.

I want to add another cd, I just bougth it this week:

Bachīs concerto in d, Liszt first concerto and Bartokīs third concert with DINU LIPATTI  Have you heard it??

[nicko124]

Ravel - Gaspard De La nuit (Pascal Roge)

Ravel - Jeux D'eau (Pascal Roge)

In my opinion the best recordings ever produced of both masterpieces.

[anda]

kapell's khatchaturian concert
radu lupu's brahms, schumann and schubert (anything)
lipatti anything

probably others too, can't remember right now

[Awakening]

I WOULD SAY: ARGERICHīS RECORDING OF RACHīS THIRD.

WHICH ONE WOULD  YOU CHOOSE? 

I very much enjoy listening to Rachmaninoff himself play anything.  Though the recordings are generally poor quality and accompanied by an annoying, static hiss, the interpretations are invaluable.  I also greatly enjoy Cziffra's recordings of Chopin's etudes.  Cziffra's etudes are explosive and have more emotion than other recordings I have heard. 

I find Horowitz's Ballade in G Minor very touching, especially the first agitato section.  His tone is incredible. 

I'm quite fond of Rafael Orozco's Rachmaninoff Concerti.  I also love Richter's recording of Brahm's 2nd Piano Concerto. 

Just a few of my favorites.

[robo1001]

Maurizio Pollini's recordnings of all the Chopin etudes! 

[rohansahai]

Adding more:
Sokolov with the op. 25 etudes
Pletnev- Tchaikovsky Nutcracker
Gilels- Stravinsky-Three movements from Petrouchka
Ashkenazy-Rach preludes and etudes
Gould-Bach toccatas
Badura Skoda- Mozart sonatas (highly underrated)

[Derek]

After this many posts I feel small and insignificant, but oh well,

Ashkenazy's recording of Chopin's waltzes, preludes and scherzos was what made me originally fall in love with piano music in general. I had liked some classical before that, but that recording really got me hooked on Romantic piano music. Especially the scherzo in B flat minor. I should learn that piece...

[Alfonso Van Worden]

I donīt like Ashkenazy's recordings, but his Chopinīs recordings are extremely good, good choise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alfonso Van Worden]

And I would add Solomonīs recordings!

[DarkWind]

When I was about 12 years old I discovered an LP in my parents collection called 'A Chopin Recital' played by Vlado Perlemuter.  Prior to listening to this I wasn't really interested in playing the piano, although my parents had made me take lessons from the age of 7.  I became absolutely entranced by the sound of the piano and music on this recording.  It really opened up the world of the piano and classical music for me.  Definitely the most inspiring/influential recording that I've listened to.

From what I remember it contained:

Berceuse
Bacarolle
Fm Fantasie
Bb Minor Scherzo
Op10 #12
Tarentelle

and maybe a couple of others.


Ian

Ahh, Perlemuter. He was the only piano student of Ravel!

[Motrax]

I very much enjoy listening to Rachmaninoff himself play anything.  [...]
I'm quite fond of Rafael Orozco's Rachmaninoff Concerti. [...]

Exactly what I believe. My favorite recording of all time is Rachmaninoff's Schubert Impromptu No. 4 from Op. 90. Orozco's Concerti are also incredible. In fact, Orozco's set is a great bargain, too. You can find it here:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000004167/qid=1082408439/sr=1-13/ref=sr_1_13/002-7082501-3945643?v=glance&s=classical

I've just been getting into Kapell's 2nd Rach concerto, and I love Edwin Fischer's Gb major Schubert impromptu. But many of the other recordings mentioned here are superb, and there are many others which also deserve listening to.

[paris]

zimmermann-chopin valses
aldo ciccolini-dante fantasia quasi sonata

[lfischer]

John Ogdon playing Lizst, especially Gnomenreigen...
Also Ashkenazy playing Rach 2,3,4 with LSO.

[bravuraoctaves]

I first heard the Tchaikovsky PC1 played by Horowitz when I was young.

[fred smalls]

First of all, What A Great Topic!
Definately Cherkassky's recording of Chopin's Barcarolle, truely amazing!

[Alfonso Van Worden]

THANKS!!!

And I second that!Cherkassky's recording of Chopin's Barcarolle, IT IS truely amazing!, it is extremely beautiful!!!!!! Have you listen to Lipattiīs recording of the Barcarolle? ? ? ? ?
 I think it is the other recording as good as the Cherkassky's(even better, do you belive it??? )