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Pogorelich plays Chopin Preludes; Fascinating, but not for purists.
Topic Started: Sep 4 2017, 05:27 AM (73 Views)
jon-nyc
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If you're a purist, stop reading now. This is a bit like Glenn Gould playing Beethoven Sonatas.

But I think there's really interesting stuff here.






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The reason I like Pogorelich’s recording is because it treats the preludes impressionistically, as highly concentrated musical textures rather than as a set of (merely) elegant and pianistic salon pieces. There is a glut of fascinating details: the wafer-thin lightness of No1., the unremitting bleakness of No.4, the coyly throwaway end of No.5, the strangely songlike No.8, the vertiginous tempo chances of No.10, the rarefied tenderness of No. 15 (one of the best recordings of all time, with a transcendental and outside fortissimo in the middle sections), the precision and (often-neglected) rhythmic rigour of no. 16, the schizophrenic convulsions of No.18, the roar of No.20, the incredible RH cantabile of No.21, the way the melody floats over the thunderous bass of No.24 as if rhythmically detached from it (see also No.3 for a similar effect).
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jon-nyc
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If you want to pick out a few of your favorites.


No.1 -- 00:00
No.2 -- 00:40
No.3 -- 02:49
No.4 -- 03:44
No.5 -- 06:14
No.6 -- 06:42
No.7 -- 09:27
No.8 -- 10:34
No.9 -- 12:34
No.10 -- 14:25
No.11 -- 14:59
No.12 -- 15:37
No.13 -- 16:41
No.14 -- 21:39
No.15 -- 22:04 ("Raindrop")
No.16 -- 29:26
No.17 -- 30:29
No.18 -- 33:52
No.19 -- 34:49
No.20 -- 35:56
No.21 -- 38:05
No.22 -- 41:04
No.23 -- 41:49
No.24 -- 42:33
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George K
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Just breezin' through some of them.

#3 :hair:

#2, was it just my old ears, or did he delay the right hand's entry on some of the phrases just *that* much? He does that a bit in #15 as well (last measure of the first line on the 2nd page). Lots of fluid tempo in #15's middle section, I might add.

Quality of the recording seems pretty good, by the way.
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This is a bit like Glenn Gould playing Beethoven Sonatas.
Nah. Gould went out his way to be weird (see his recording of the Mozart A - Major (K 331) (theme and variations movement). His phrasing is *all* wrong. His tempo is just odd for the sake of being odd. For example variation 5, marked "Adagio" is played "Allegro," if not faster. Here, at 6:20:



But, sorry for the hijack. I think Pogo is more true to the music, and more true to the intents of the composer than Gould ever was, despite his own idiosyncrasies.

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Thanks for the link. I'm a big fan of Pogorelich. I love his Scarlatti recordings a lot.
I listened to the first half so far. Pretty good. Not particularly extentric imo.

Incredible voicing in no. 6.
Didn't like #8. Too slow and mushy.
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