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Hi,
I've been listening to Pires' interpretation recently and I wanted to know what other sets out there are worth getting.
To those who recommended Klein's Mozart Set and the Richter/Ferenck Liszt 2nd Concerto, thanks!
Peace,
Daniel.
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Sokolov. He's very, very romantic with these pieces. I think one reviewer at Amazon.com even went so far as to call this recording "erotic." (edit: actually, I went back to amazon and couldn't find that review. But it's a good word for this anyway.) LINK Kissin is a bit more boisterous - I greatly prefer Sokolov, but I also do enjoy Kissin's recording.
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Sokolov is amazing in these pieces and I also really like Freire's recording, which is budget priced. LINK
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I also like Freire's and Argerich's.
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Aside from the ones already mentioned, Pogorelich is another one that comes to mind.
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I have Pogorelich's recording as well as Pollini's; of the two, I do prefer Pollini's.
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I have 24 preludes on an vinyl LP, pianist Gheza Anda (I cannot check the name just now - think the publisher was Deutsche Grammophon.
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Geza Anda - what a wonderful pianist! But I'm not sure about his Chopin myself.
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amazon sells to america latina?
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Originally posted by KoRnU:
amazon sells to america latina? Yes. 
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Cortot 1933-34: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=29882 I think he's slightly physically exhausted in the last few preludes, but I think it's neat that he plays the whole set straight through from beginning to end, without taking a cup of coffee between some of the preludes, or anything (and Cortot's playing still never gets bad, or even mediocre, unlike Barenboim's pitiable live Dante Sonata (I just listened to the Barneboim recording today, and it was a horrible experience, in a bad way  )).
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Originally posted by Antonius Hamus: Cortot 1933-34:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=29882
I think he's slightly physically exhausted in the last few preludes, but I think it's neat that he plays the whole set straight through from beginning to end, without taking a cup of coffee between some of the preludes, or anything (and Cortot's playing still never gets bad, or even mediocre, unlike Barenboim's pitiable live Dante Sonata (I just listened to the Barneboim recording today, and it was a horrible experience, in a bad way )). I just listened to the last three, and he doesn't *sound* exhausted at all (if a wildly unevenly "voiced" series of chromatic thirds near the end of the 24th prelude doesn't count)... Imagine that!
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Guys,
Many of you recommended Sokolov, the CD link that Iamc posted is for--according to a reviewer--a recital in 1999. I have found some CDs of Sokolov playing the pieces in 1990 and 1995. Can any of you confirm for sure what's out there ?
Peace,
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Originally posted by Daniel--:
Guys,
Many of you recommended Sokolov, the CD link that Iamc posted is for--according to a reviewer--a recital in 1999. I have found some CDs of Sokolov playing the pieces in 1990 and 1995. Can any of you confirm for sure what's out there ? This is the one that I have: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...2259?s=classical&v=glance&n=5174
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There is a recording of Bolet performing them all in live concert. It is simply unbeatable if you can find it (I think it's out of print).
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