Vladimir Sofronitsky plays Chopin Impromptu No. 3, Op. 51

Chopin - Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51

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[meruiz65]

Absolutely agree!

What GREAT MUSICIANS they both are! I constantly oscillate having one or the other (and Haskil) as my dearest pianists!

Truecrypt, the recordings of Sofronitsky that you post are marvelous! In particular, Beethoven´s Moonlight sonata and Schubert´s 980 are, to my taste, the best performances I´ve ever heard! And are better than other Sofronitsky recordings that I have of the same pieces!. Could you tell me please which versions are they, and in which label are published?

[truecrypt]

I mostly own old LPs made in 60s-70s, but you may find the same CDs on russiandvd web site.

[benedetti]

@truecrypt Which website do you mean. tell me please. Thank you Sir in advance.

Regards,

Benedetti

[truecrypt]

@benedetti

Google for "russiandvd"

[tedly10027]

if you try to really listen to his attacks and phrases - the pace, the way he allows especially 8th notes to "come out of" the longer notes, the timing, you can sing it just like it would suggest according to OUR human breathing and tensions...incredible how he shows that.

[nocturne163]

omg , one of my favorite pieces by the genius !

i so love Chopin , and this is a very beautiful interpretation by this great artist !^^

[uhartchristian]

Horowitz and Rubinstein had a great chance that there was the iron curtain, as Sofronitzky would have been a big milestone amongst them.... But he was hidden and so they had the western public for them.... When I was a piano student I knew recordings of Richter and Gilels but never imagined how many great musicians were ther in Moscou....

[cabbycab]

Oh my god, the music. This is perfection. God plays.

[bineblies]

Every time I listen to this it makes me feel as if I am the saddest person on earth and then the happiest person on earth....weird feeling its amazing what music can do to you...

[tedly10027]

while these passing dissonance are not "chordal dissonance" against a ruling chord under one pedal ..they are CLEARLY meant to be sounded and HELD throughout the ruling chord..mixing the passing and appogiatura tones with the Triad Tones ....it proposes a queston: WHY? it is clearly heard EVEN if the piano was a weak one...in fact, they are so pronounced. it points to possibilities that even chopin's instructions may lead to other things , but not necessarily towards "strictness"...

[tedly10027]

a very good example: his Fantasie-polonaise..true that the harmonic structure itself demands and had instructions of pedal to distinguish, say, opening Aflat minor harmony/motive from the next harmony: Cflat Major..but from THIS harmony...the pedal is sustained from lowest base to the highest treble -- EVEN IF in that arpeggiation , especially as it passes the middle range -- clearly create DISSONANCE of the passing tone Dflat and F-flat around the HARMONIC tones Cflat/E-flat..

[tedly10027]

@townsendjean ..Quite true about evolved piano constructions. they are obviously more resonant or louder, or perhaps generally are able to have more carrying power of the prolongations of the decay of the sound. However, i think that it's not so much the character of the pianos per se but the 'idea' of what might actually be even desirable mixtures, blurring, even , and even a defiance of HIS own instructions , which can be part of the evolution of the "hearing" of tonalities.

[townsendjean]

@tedly10027

Certainly music appreciation is a very personal experience. But Chopin was very particular and precise about pedaling and his published scores that he approved provide copious instructions accordingly. One unknown variable of course is

that piano mechanics have evolved, and resonance and sound sustenance characteristics have changed. I suspect though that Chopin’s reaction would have been even more restrictive in the use of pedaling.