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RE: I was a bad boy last Friday and missed the rundown of the week's new releases. . .

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In Reply to: RE: I was a bad boy last Friday and missed the rundown of the week's new releases. . . posted by pbarach on October 02, 2024 at 05:08:02

EDITED version of the above (AA won't let me edit):
There are two Avdeeva recordings of Chopin Concerto 1. The first is with Wit and the Warsaw Phil. It's the same performance you can find on YouTube, with the most beautiful slow movement and sparkling finale I can imagine. The other recording is on a fortepiano, with Bruggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century. She makes it work, but I want the other performance (on a Steinway).

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I most want to hear some of her other Pentatone and Mirare recordings. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:57:03 10/02/24 (2)
. . . which I haven't heard yet. I must say that it was quite an interesting experience how this new recording made me completely change my mind about her playing. Not that she was bad before, but to me, she was merely OK (and I expect more from a Chopin Competition Gold Medal winner - LOL!) - whereas this new recording just seems to me to be in a different category. I haven't heard the recordings below, but we just had the thread about the Chopin Preludes, so I'm wondering if hers will be added to my list once I hear it.
- RE: I most want to hear some of her other Pentatone and Mirare recordings. . . - pbarach 13:54:41 10/02/24 (1)
  Avdeeva is at her best in Chopin (although her Preludes aren't my favorite). There is a video of her in the second Prokofiev concerto--she is hanging on for dear life but does manage to play the notes.
  
  Eva Poblocka is a wonderful Chopin pianist whose recordings should be better known.
  - I don't know Poblicka's recordings either - I've got lots of catching up to do! - Chris from Lafayette 14:10:52 10/02/24 (0)
    In the meantime, I've been able to hear Avdeeva's Bach album on Mirare - she gets an Argerich-like tempo going at the end of the D-major Toccata (a fugue in gigue form - or is it a gigue in fugal form?), and she's totally in control of it. Pretty darned exciting!
    EDIT: Typing mistake in the subject line. Should have been "Poblocka's" - sorry!
    
    Edits: 10/02/24

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