Ivo Pogorelich Chopin Prelude Op 28 No. 20

[PopCultureSucks]

this is so cinematic, I could imagine this being playing in a movie orchestrated or with just basic piano. Its such a spectacular piece.

[DoctorMexico]

Fucking commercials I het them

[Monxiful]

Nunca un preludio ha albergado tanto sentimiento en tan pocas notas...

[nasser972]

great,,,the best performance

[ArtQuakedoom95x4]

Angra - Visions Prelude.

[1hipster1]

*Favorited*...amazing interpretation of this piece.

[sades1988]

Could It Be Magic.......

[Bassman911]

Wow, such a slow tempo! But the phrasing is so delicate I love it!

[GrotrianSeiler]

He has more respect for the dynamics than most players. A true genius of our times.

[May1south]

This is the most inspiring performance I've heard, to be played over and over again.

[argekay1]

Simply sublime

[argekay1]

Simply sublime.

[tonymountifield]

What a pity he plays Eb instead of E on the last chord of bar 3.

[MissElle0x]

@tonymountifield On the sheet music, it says to play Eb not E.

[tonymountifield]

@MissElle0x Not on my sheet music it doesn't (Augener's Edition circa 1970). It definitely has E natural. The Eb seems to be a more recent fashion. Chopin's original score had E natural, which sounds much more correct and musically logical, but more recently someone discovered a copy purportedly belonging to one of Chopin's pupils, which had a flat sign added by hand. It was concluded for some reason that this was a "correction" by Chopin himself, although that seems a bit tenuous to me.

[MissElle0x]

@tonymountifield Well, I didn't know that, thank you for educating me. However, I prefer the Eb :-)

[FlyBoy7X7]

@MissElle0x MY sheet music says E naturalized... I believe both were played by Chopin himself - nobody will ever know for sure

[MissElle0x]

@FlyBoy7X7 Meh. Either way, I loooove it.

[DiesIrae676]

@FlyBoy7X7 right. there are copies of Chopin's Students where Chopin had written in a Flat for the E as well. hmmmmmmmm! :)

[Jarnobh]

his version is brilliant, really

[Suckyea]

this piano is out of tune.

[carltonpowers]

@Suckyea that adds to the whole pathetic tone of the piece. haven't you ever listened to an organ on an old LP? Sounds more creepy that way.

[anonymousQ45]

this is a sketch of a funeral march

[Phobi82]

Oh, the Ghost'n'Goblins Soundtrack ^^

[Gusakov]

Bravo !

[tomdopdakar]

This one is definitely the best I ever heard.

[MinorKeys1]

Great!!

[MiscellaneousBytes]

Thanks for posting this. I just ordered a copy of the compact disc. In my opinion, Pogorelich's rendition stands out head and shoulders above so many of the heavy-handed stumbling and doomy recordings available. A piece like this should be like a comforting blanket of darkness, not a bleak cloud of impending doom, gloom and foreboding. Pogorelich's rendition is so subtle and so restrained, just perfection!

[dimitar205]

@MiscellaneousBytes

I would have to disagree that this pianist has captured the tone of the piece as I am convinced there are a few discrepancies with the dynamic symbols written by Chopin himself...

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[yeahitsme58]

Beautiful! Thanks for posting :)

[oldoz09]

I really like the ending of this interpretation. Nice.