Truecrypt plays Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 (1/4)

[ATB9795]

3:38 THE 4th is the best.... :) 5/5

[TheBluKeys]

Wonderful !

[vstasov]

Your playing has a richness and depth, a textured lusciousness that is irresistible. And rhythmic zest. And what color. So Russian.

[acortot]

@vstasov I don't know of any russian pianist alive today playing with such rhythmic articulation and clarity of intention. I find most russian pianists of today to be heavy-sounding by comparison. That's just my personal opinion

[PianoForteAndrew]

you sound like a true professional, better than some of the pianists you upload even.

[chopinopus28]

bravo bravo and bravo! the 8th is in one word exelent! you are not just a good pianist. you are a good musician.

[SwePianoholic]

Thank You for the lesson :)

[RabidCh]

Now that I have listened to it many, many, many times, I can say WOW. Sometimes I wished the dynamics could go a little farther, but I don't think there's anything missing. The tone and phrasing is all there, thank you once again.

[skowarsky]

It stands up to the most critical listening, but, better yet, it affords the sensitive listener the luxurious sense of being in the hands of a master, which is the place where one can simply let go, enjoy, and be grateful that such a thing can be.

[RenoRaider]

Wonderfully expressed.

[acortot]

@skowarsky Exactly! nobody REALLY cares about 'sound' and technique, they just want to participate in the music, get lost in the performance.. truecrypt is really the only modern pianist I am aware of who is able to pull it off!

[skowarsky]

Truecrypt is an artist of the first magnitude. Like Nasedkin, one of his teachers at the Moscow Conservatory, he makes the piano sing. This is a special gift, one I think they don't teach anywhere else. It seems to defy the laws of physics, but it's there in plain hearing for anyone who wishes to listen. This is an absolutely authoritative version of the magnificent Preludes. They have been played differently, but they have not been played better.

[RabidCh]

Is there some way you could host the pre-YouTube versions of this? I don't like to rip things off of YouTube, with the thought that there is a better version somewhere, but I do want this recording on a CD very badly...

[truecrypt]

no problem... Send me your e-mail address and I'll get this file to you ;)

[AngelicaTross]

This is really moving; thank you! Busoni wrote in December 1906 "the 24 Preludes are not easy... They have given me very much to do. They do not sound so difficult, but they are not any easier than the Brahms Paganini Variations and they are so very varied in technique. One has to be able to spring about..." Is that really true?

[truecrypt]

Yes.

[pjioayncoe]

"Good" is not good enough. They are of the highest degree! :)

[acortot]

very good!

[ejasiewicz]

bhairava2's comment is right on: your naturalness of phrasing is rare today. You must have very intelligent and inspired practicing methods. Thanks for posting these beautiful performances.

[MuSiCoLoGyCures]

I AWARD THIS 3 OLD SOULS...EVERYTHING IS GOOD HERE.Probably the chief virtue of your playing here is that everything maintains a fastidious and meticulous balance at all times.Interestingly,as much as you admire Ricther's tone production yours is the antithesis...cajoling where his would have been forceful...Yet you are straight and he was gay.What a wonderful world it is.

[chacoteris]

Dear Truecrypt,

You are an astonishing pianist, your Chopin is so well played... an also Debussy. I think your Chopin Preludes are the best of all recordings

Congratulations!!!

[jero13595]

Your interpretation of the first prelude is one of the best I've heard!

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

You are a very talented pianist, this is sure.

As sure is the very high aestethic (and technical) quality of these your recordings.

Thank you for sharing, and congratulations by heart both for you playing and your channel.

[GnarlyPanda]

I revised my rating policy and focused on the audio alone, I'm willing to make exceptions when it comes to original content, and this absolutely qualifies. 5 stars for contributing with good, self-produced audio.

[willistara]

Enthralling! I am just now discovering what beauty, passion and sensitivity you possess. You bring honor and more glory to the Masters. Thanks for sharing......

[LVB1770]

This is truely great playing! Bravo, Truecrypt!

[chad410]

there is no Russian school just Russian musiccians whom seem to exceed any other nation. Much of this is in the eraly preparation of these students. re. sound ,technic and imagination. Then the fun bit . a new personality is born. ther is however a romantic old school of playing some say traditional ie. when you play you sing your legatos are not half hearted. The soul is there well done.

[Lontano]

I've known these preludes for over 50 years, heard them played many time by many pianists, and here I hear yet another remarkable interpretation. Absolutely beautiful playing, Bravo!

[huhas1]

You touched me so much. Besides I absolutely love your playing is the fact you never stopped practicing! I agree with all comments and reviews, will not repeat it but, believe me I KNOW how wonderful your performance and what a great shape you are in. You said you are getting old, I would not say it from listening Preludes. Bravo.

Deeply respect you for doing this..

[managementcen]

I was imagining that somebody who posts many recordins from fantastic and historical russian pianists was also a russian pianist,and somebody who loves very much music and piano,and this is one of the most important things. When I listen to your playing, I know that you studied at the Tchaikovsky conservatory and probably with a great teacher. Your Chopin is learned from russian school.

Your playing is very nice.

Congratulations.

[bineblies]

If only pianists were made this way

[LisaKandinskaya]

absolutely fascinating, dear mr. "truecrypt" !

what a happy "рок", you made records and we are allowed to take part in your art...

being still a fairytale-princess I'd wish to hear you live...;)

[go9zu]

I spend the last 2 hours listening to the Preludes of Chopin played from your hands and I am very touched.You are amazing!!Great performance!Thanks for sharing this with me/us:-))Kind Regards,merci merci merci!

[bhairava2]

Truecrypt = true poet of the keyboard.

Again, this naturalness of phrasing which is unhapilly so uncommon.... Thanks to part your own recordings & please don't stop, even by modesty.

On top of that, you are true, technically much better recording than the others.

[flugelmaniac]

Can we buy this on CD anywhere?

[truecrypt]

No,flugelmaniac;

I have never had professional recordings...

This one made by myself for my friends. Small DAT + old steinway + 1 stereo mic. I still have them ;) I played it 2-3 times from the beginning to the end. There is no editing to pieces, but it was an editing in terms of "takes", f.e. #5 from first take and #3 from the second one. This is as close to professional recording as I've ever got. ;)

[flugelmaniac]

truecryptly an achievement!!

[flugelmaniac]

The sound quality is very nice( as is the playing of course).... What model and year of Steinway is it?

[truecrypt]

It was an old (but restored) Steinway "D". Keys were a bit too heavy, but sound was very nice.

[flugelmaniac]

I prefer this type of Steinway tone to most of the more recent ones made in the last 20years....I have got one like this myself.

[GetMeThere1]

Very beautiful playing, Mr Truecrupt!! Bravo!!

[GetMeThere1]

oops, there go my spelling mistakes again, due to my effusiveness!

Why have you kept all these perfomances of yours from us for so long? They range from merely "extremely good professional work" to SUBLIME.

[truecrypt]

no problem with spelling! ;)

As for "keeping performances from you", - I truly have never considered them worthy to be published - who needs those if you can have Richter, Michelangeli or Hofmann... On other hand YT is such a tempting (and crazy) place! Exhibitionism became the way of life! ;) I just thought that posting these recordings with real name detached could have some sense... plus I'm getting old and sentimental... ;)

[flugelmaniac]

I don't want to give you a big head truecrypt!,

but I actually prefer a great deal in your playing of these preludes to some of the playing of Richter,Michelangeli or Hoffmann. I'm not denying the greatness of these three, but Richter can be brutal at times,Michelangeli soul less, Hoffmann has his episodes of being mechanical......what I have heard of you does not on the other hand is NEVER brutal,soul less or mechanical.

[truecrypt]

Thank you! I must have the same "weaknesses" as everybody else - these compliments do melt my "coldblooded Russian heart"! ;)

It's an honor just to be compared to great musicians... Yet my sense of humor is preventing me from taking it too seriously! Anyway, I'm happy if you like it.

[flugelmaniac]

You have your own totally distinctive style which is very nice to listen to. I second the opinion of getmethere1 that much of it is SUBLIME.( that lovely old instrument you are playing is also contributing) I don't think I would like this so much if you had done it on a brassy modern piano)

[GetMeThere1]

You're wrong to think that your recordings are unwanted if we can have Richter, et al. Your recordings are in the same league as theirs, in that SOME of your work (just as SOME of their work) is absolutely sublime. I like to have the option to listen through ALL, in order to be moved where I'm moved.

In the case of these preludes, MUCH of yours are better than the others! BRAVO AGAIN!

[RabidCh]

Wow again.

:)