William Kapell plays Chopin Sonata 3 (mv. 1) (audio)
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Exquisite performance.the just touch for this strange work of chopin.strange...the melancholy can't go more forward...without destroy ourselves with its delightful poison..delightfula and terrible..
Love,absolute love...I canread this in every note...and more forward..more forward!!!
ankhsnammon
3 years ago 5
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Kapell is my favorite pianist as you can tell by my handle. However, if this is taken from the CD, and it sounds if it was, you must hear the LP record. Even better. Go to Ebay and get yourself a copy. It comes up with a pretty good frequency.
Now before we state Kapell was the best, has anyone here heard Percy Grainger on the Columbia 78s perform it?
Kapell1959
3 years ago 5
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Like everything Mr. Kapell performed, this is unique. He never tried to imitate anybody else. The man was a hard worker, and besides practicing several hours a day, he sought out the best pianists in the world for help.
For those who don't know, Kapell was killed in a plain crash in 1953 at the relatively young age of 31.
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america s greatest homegrown pianist. i also love the lipatti version but this is still my favorite,
although his tempo in the final movement is probably too fast it is so exciting i forgive him!!!! absolutely breathtaking and brilliant!
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...he alters the voicing so that the movement simultaneously "speaks to you" more directly than usual, and you like that, but also seems more mysterious than usual, because he obscured some of the voices you are "too familliar with" and you subconsciously wonder "where they went", and your ears/mind like that too...anyway, quite a pianistic conjuring-concealing act we got going here...
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Im usually quite skeptical when someone says, "By far the best performance of this piece". But, this is far superior to Lang Lang, Ingrid Fliter, and even Horowitz and Rubenstein... In Kapells hands, this sonata doesnt even sound like the same piece.
Life changing.
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@seremerow 可能只是錄音表現不到強弱等罷了
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This is the finest performance of this piece that I've heard on record, and I've heard a lot. Yes, I've heard Argerich - When Martha Argerich plays this piece I hear Martha Argerich. When Kapell plays it I hear Chopin. I've listened to Rubinstein, Bolet, Gilels, Cortot, Zak, Igumnov, Badura-Skoda, Hamlin, Lipatti, Neuhaus, Poli, Rosenthal, etc. etc. etc. Kapell's is still the best.
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kapell... there are no words.
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gorgeous interpretation of the B minor Sonata. What a great pianist. I must say, however, the Martha Argerich's playing of this sonata, in particular, the first movement is definitive to date................... but this is great thanks so much for posting it.........................
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Very impressive! Sad that he died so young, he had a great career ahead of him! :(
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The 3rd movement has also been loaded. You are exactly right about the clarity and structure in this performance. kapell's playing is divine. It was a pity that he passed away so young.
a6282 3 years ago