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Yakov Zak plays Chopin - Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58

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Uploaded by on Jan 30, 2008

Having made his debut in 1935, he rose to prominence when he won First Prize and the Mazurka Prize at the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1937. From 1935 Zak taught at the Moscow Conservatory, becoming a professor in 1947 and being granted a chair in 1965. His pupils include Nikolai Petrov, Valery Afanassiev, Youri Egorov. Eliso Virsaladze and many other outstanding pianists.

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  • Дорогой truecrypt,

    СПАСИБО!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    шопеновские записи Зака - на вес золота!

    Прошу Вас, выложите ЕЩЕ!!!

  • постараюсь! ;)

  • Nikolai petrov I heard playing mendelssohn scottish fantasie on Classical Archives. It is outstanding but there are no posts here so unfortunate his tone is sublime. sorry to deviate but I saw he was a pupil.

  • And I just uploaded L'Isle joyeuse played by Petrov! ;) Enjoy!

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  • It's definitely more Chopinesque, as opposed to Gilels' somewhat Beethovenian reading. Yet some of Gilels' unorthodox choices provide unrepeatable insight into this music, esp in the 3rd movement, wherein he sets up a conspicuous contrast between "a Chopin nocturne" and "a Beethoven adagio", thus drawing into foreground the stylistic heterogeneity of Chopin's music, its too often obliterated aspect

  • Super super piansit.... fantastic this interpretation....

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  • Great pianist and teacher.It's a pity he died after a brutal police...

  • Man, this really is superb! (and I don't garnish praise with ease)

  • Incredible. So modern. In my opinion better than Gilels' Version.

  • im from Ukraine and play this sonata :D

  • Such a delicious tone. Is it just cooincidence that the Ukraine comes up with many of the greatest tonemakers? Or is it just my ears?

  • this is really amazing stuff

    immediately on the top of my list of best interpretations

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