Vladimir de Pachmann (1848-1933): Chopin - Etude in Gb op.10

[pianopera]

At 1:35 two glissandi on black keys right after each other, first with the left hand, then with the right hand! The octaves on black keys in contrary movement at the end are in fact more easy to play... these changes and also the "modernized" left hand (credited to Godowsky) sound mannered to my ears and are not an improvement at all...

Pachmann also seems to complain about the "heavy piano" (1:25) that makes him "fatigué" (1:52)... that would explain the rather sloppy playing.

[lovesGenet]

I didn't know he talked during the recs .I thought i had this onan old rec from70's and he was nottalking. PLante I'm dieing to her more of.these are our closest links to Chopin's time .but places were farther apart in that day where did all these traditions come from.I've heard the glissando a few times too.

[BrendanKennedy96]

Was that him talking? Where is he from..?

[wks1978]

Born in Ukraine of Russo-German ancestry

[sagalat]

Superb archive....Wow!

[hymntonight]

Ah ... the good old days when pianists knew how to let their fingers & imaginations run free.

Absolutely loved it.

[sll10]

Hilarious! I love it!

[shilloshillos]

Was that a glissando before the coda?

[d60944]

It sounds rather like one to me too. Compare the Michałowksi recording as well which I posted - he does something similar. As my note says, I think Pachmann is telling us that Godowsky plays in this manner - so perhaps Godowsky introduced the glissando idea......? Then again perhaps Pachmann doesn't mean that particular moment, but just the other alterations. So maybe it's part of an older Chopin tradition. Who knows? Planté plays all the notes carefully, individually with no gliss though...

[stienwayz]

this was a really interesting recording!

[nickus32000]

Weird shit