At some point Chopin got hold of this book on counterpoint by Cherubini, and in a sort of malicious mood figured he was going to unleash all this counerpoint onto his listeners, and really throw them. Not a guy to hit the books, or even watch much television, he liked to relax with a little weed, ordinarily. Anyway, Mr. Lipatti here cuts through all the Chopinesque trickery and makes the movement convincingly transparent.
I have heard many marvelous recordings of this work. Lipatti's version is my favorite. Here is a man that plays with mastery, artistry and he expresses what really can't be put into mere words. He communicates the ineffable, sublime meaning that I think Chopin meant to convey.
What is astonishing is the choice of tempi , the balance between strict structure tempi and the "souplesse" , the liberties which always keep into that "equilibre" structurewhich is always present. Lipatti never goes for a nice effect in a phrase but keeps in mind the whole structure of the piece. He is the most honest musician with good taste. Then to say this is it and no other interpretation is possible, is not right but there will not be big differences as the text does give the frame....
One can only love such a beautiful soul. As soami2u says, he breathes the music. He lovingly brings into the world and nurtures every single note, as did Chopin himself, fulfilling his task as the perfect performer, 100 percent true to his calling.
To my ears he is up there with Hoffmann in a somewhat higher class than all others. Cortot is also a great Chopin player,and if memory does not fail me-somewhat of a mentor of Dinu.
Avevo questa sonata su un disco vinile 78 rpm negli anni 50'.
Non ho mai sentito un altra interpretazione così majestic, piena, romantica, sonora e intensa come questa di Dinu Lipatti. Moving forever again and again.
Il suono e la registrazione sono perfetti.Dinu soprattutto suona quest'opera come si addice ad una 'Grande Forma Sonata', in ciò neppure Rubinstein e Horowitz sono all'altezza.
Il culmine è il "canto spiegato con la mano destra" del tema principale. allievo di Cortot...
Well said, this is a miracle, but I do not understand the reference to Rubinstein and Horowitz. Rubinstein plays with natural feeling, but without colors, rhythm, phrasing and clear compared to the score and Horowitz does not play that! Never recorded! Never played at Concert!
Volevo soltanto significare che Lipatti è unico in questa sonata, e per innalzarlo in questo suo monumento ho voluto nominare i massimi pianisti che conoscevo.
Rubinstein l'ho sentito live 2 volte a Torino nel 1958 mi pare. Aveva un tocco e un carisma fantastici. A quei tempi era considerato l'interprete per eccellenza di Chopin.
Cortot ERA Chopin anche fisicamente, rassomigliava allo Chopin della fotografia.
Congratulations, I understand you are a piano expert.
Lipatti doesn't so much play the music as breathe it...his phrasing, tone and feeling for the structure (and it seems a rather forbidding and diffuse movement when you first start to learn it) is nothing short of superb. Any aspiring pianist has to think--THIS is the way I would play it, if only I could!
He plays very much like his teacher--the great cortot. I have no doubt that he worked extensively with Cortot on this piece. That being said, Cortot's playing is still more soulful, more natural, more romatic and elegant, though more wrong notes. I think Cortot's Chopin 3rd is the best I've heard so far though technique-wise not perfect at all.
I've always considered Lipatti's Chopin 3rd the most miraculous Chopin performance on record. It's absolutely definitive, the performance against which all others must be measured. Hearing it again only confirms that evaluation. Thanks so much for bringing it to YouTube.
What can one do if not to feel touched most intimately in the soul when hearing the melody at 1:25 played with such a beautiful tone and such disarmaingly natural phrasing... I'm speechless. Lipatti renders like nobody else that Chopinesque love declaration, filled with joy but also resignation between 2:11 and the climax at 3:32). This whole recording is full of magic moments which really render justice to Chopin's genius! Lipatti opens my heart!
He is the sweetest pianist, romantic, so so so charming. poetic, pretty, His message, his piano comes and touch people's soul. I am glad so many people love him in here!
Agreed - his Chopin concerto recording is nothing short of miraculous, considering it was a live performance made only a short time before his tragically early death.
He also made a beautiful record of the Schumann piano concerto. A truly great man.
too bad he died so young...i would have loved to see him get in his 70 and record all he could have. damn. one great romanian...good thing another wonderful romanian came along in the person of Radu Lupu to further explore this eastern european pure lyricism.
perfection!
OrganoGoldRussia 1 month ago
Uno dei miei brani preferiti! :)
TheChopin37 3 months ago
transcendently assured
Moiseiwitsch 7 months ago
I don't think he ever makes a mistake. how is that possible? too bad so few people listen to such things .
The education is so rotten that only a few kids even know how to read music, much less have a taste for such things.
PianoforteMaestro 9 months ago 3
Dinu Lipatti's last recital at Besancon in 1950 on 16th sept will remain always a
tribute to the finest of playing, his bravery playing in such pain, and his legacy
leaves us with a lifetime treasure.
Angel recording 3556 B (35438-9). Two 33 1/3 L.P's
schlusnus 1 year ago
At some point Chopin got hold of this book on counterpoint by Cherubini, and in a sort of malicious mood figured he was going to unleash all this counerpoint onto his listeners, and really throw them. Not a guy to hit the books, or even watch much television, he liked to relax with a little weed, ordinarily. Anyway, Mr. Lipatti here cuts through all the Chopinesque trickery and makes the movement convincingly transparent.
fredericfranc 1 year ago
I have heard many marvelous recordings of this work. Lipatti's version is my favorite. Here is a man that plays with mastery, artistry and he expresses what really can't be put into mere words. He communicates the ineffable, sublime meaning that I think Chopin meant to convey.
bgarri57 1 year ago 3
What is astonishing is the choice of tempi , the balance between strict structure tempi and the "souplesse" , the liberties which always keep into that "equilibre" structurewhich is always present. Lipatti never goes for a nice effect in a phrase but keeps in mind the whole structure of the piece. He is the most honest musician with good taste. Then to say this is it and no other interpretation is possible, is not right but there will not be big differences as the text does give the frame....
uhartchristian 2 years ago
Magical
vivacelife 2 years ago
One can only love such a beautiful soul. As soami2u says, he breathes the music. He lovingly brings into the world and nurtures every single note, as did Chopin himself, fulfilling his task as the perfect performer, 100 percent true to his calling.
wardropper 2 years ago 7
To my ears he is up there with Hoffmann in a somewhat higher class than all others. Cortot is also a great Chopin player,and if memory does not fail me-somewhat of a mentor of Dinu.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Avevo questa sonata su un disco vinile 78 rpm negli anni 50'.
Non ho mai sentito un altra interpretazione così majestic, piena, romantica, sonora e intensa come questa di Dinu Lipatti. Moving forever again and again.
Il suono e la registrazione sono perfetti.Dinu soprattutto suona quest'opera come si addice ad una 'Grande Forma Sonata', in ciò neppure Rubinstein e Horowitz sono all'altezza.
Il culmine è il "canto spiegato con la mano destra" del tema principale. allievo di Cortot...
marioconsole 2 years ago
Well said, this is a miracle, but I do not understand the reference to Rubinstein and Horowitz. Rubinstein plays with natural feeling, but without colors, rhythm, phrasing and clear compared to the score and Horowitz does not play that! Never recorded! Never played at Concert!
GiovanniEMB 2 years ago
Sono totalmente d'accordo!
Volevo soltanto significare che Lipatti è unico in questa sonata, e per innalzarlo in questo suo monumento ho voluto nominare i massimi pianisti che conoscevo.
Rubinstein l'ho sentito live 2 volte a Torino nel 1958 mi pare. Aveva un tocco e un carisma fantastici. A quei tempi era considerato l'interprete per eccellenza di Chopin.
Cortot ERA Chopin anche fisicamente, rassomigliava allo Chopin della fotografia.
Congratulations, I understand you are a piano expert.
marioconsole 2 years ago
He is the BEST!!! What a genius!!!!!!
ghardvyu 2 years ago 5
Great!!
DorianGray2005 2 years ago
the best and only version
Rani9000 2 years ago 2
Well this is also perfect, but I think Dinu plays op.11 better. he plays this sonata a bit in Rachmaninovs style.
rva25 2 years ago
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yeahweiting 2 years ago
Lipatti doesn't so much play the music as breathe it...his phrasing, tone and feeling for the structure (and it seems a rather forbidding and diffuse movement when you first start to learn it) is nothing short of superb. Any aspiring pianist has to think--THIS is the way I would play it, if only I could!
soami2u 2 years ago 10
perfect! so beautiful
mdoub 3 years ago 3
He plays very much like his teacher--the great cortot. I have no doubt that he worked extensively with Cortot on this piece. That being said, Cortot's playing is still more soulful, more natural, more romatic and elegant, though more wrong notes. I think Cortot's Chopin 3rd is the best I've heard so far though technique-wise not perfect at all.
tx647 3 years ago 3
what a sound, what an inspired melody playing, what a genius...
Masmorra84 3 years ago 4
he sounds so confident! and everything sounds so beautifully in place
mdoub 3 years ago 4
Accattivante ma preferisco il modo in cui la concepisce PAVEL EGOROV
DERFNAM72 3 years ago
best interpretation
morvensky 3 years ago 5
kissen does a nice job on this at carnagie hall
pianofat 3 years ago
I prefer Rubinstein's.
superstition222 3 years ago
I've always considered Lipatti's Chopin 3rd the most miraculous Chopin performance on record. It's absolutely definitive, the performance against which all others must be measured. Hearing it again only confirms that evaluation. Thanks so much for bringing it to YouTube.
cufflink44 3 years ago 8
What can one do if not to feel touched most intimately in the soul when hearing the melody at 1:25 played with such a beautiful tone and such disarmaingly natural phrasing... I'm speechless. Lipatti renders like nobody else that Chopinesque love declaration, filled with joy but also resignation between 2:11 and the climax at 3:32). This whole recording is full of magic moments which really render justice to Chopin's genius! Lipatti opens my heart!
voolare 3 years ago 26
@voolare
You are right in my opinion!!
I know his performance since 1962
Was stunned
He represents a bettr world......
No more words,listen
Greetings
Jan
janvkimm 1 year ago
du Chopin pur et sans "frime" comme c'est agréable par les temps qui courent !
plocplocplocploc 3 years ago 5
He is the sweetest pianist, romantic, so so so charming. poetic, pretty, His message, his piano comes and touch people's soul. I am glad so many people love him in here!
GirlNo555 3 years ago 8
Just as fresh today as the day it was cut. What a great artist!
armandcalinescu 3 years ago 18
A truly singing tone with clear inner voices.
I, too, regret his early passing.
sfkcbf 3 years ago 12
also is divine his recording of chopins 1st concerto .
paradajz13 4 years ago 8
Agreed - his Chopin concerto recording is nothing short of miraculous, considering it was a live performance made only a short time before his tragically early death.
He also made a beautiful record of the Schumann piano concerto. A truly great man.
WelshSaddler 4 years ago 4
whaaaa??? where can i listen to this recording with the chopin 1 ???
echipafantoma 4 years ago 2
Now on Youtube!
GiovanniEMB 4 years ago 4
His recording of the Db Nocturne Op 27 # 2 is also the best.
halloerde 4 years ago 2
back on my belly in 1960, the 78 rpm spinning. thanks, you-tube lovers
berge126 4 years ago
fantástico!!!!
lean68 4 years ago 8
oh my god... how he plays this one!... he played Chopin so well...
asorescu 4 years ago 11
too bad he died so young...i would have loved to see him get in his 70 and record all he could have. damn. one great romanian...good thing another wonderful romanian came along in the person of Radu Lupu to further explore this eastern european pure lyricism.
numaiplange 4 years ago 5
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ibclappin 4 years ago
man, you are racist. sound like you have a problem with lipatti being from romania...
castleless 4 years ago 3
still today this is the best 3rd sonata of Chopin interpretation.
voolare 4 years ago 4
It's more than beautiful, it's truth. There are no finest pianist than him
dagonrod 4 years ago 4
Wonderful! This is the real thing. As I listen, this performance keeps raising over all others I know with amazing new details!
Ernesto7608 4 years ago 4
Wow, what a fantastic recording.
tranquilasadove 4 years ago 8
i would really appreciate it if you poseted the other 3 movements.
ibclappin 4 years ago
exactly how chopin should be played: pure and unfiddled-with. absolutely great.
ibclappin 4 years ago 10
I wish I could give you more than one thumb-up, so true is the "unfiddled-with".
Ernesto7608 4 years ago 3