Chopin's 4 Ballades

by **Philip Daniel** » 02 Sep 2004, 23:19

WinterWind_23 wrote:Alkan is sometimes gratuitous, IMO.

To that I'd sensibly add pretentious and derivative. If it is true that Alkan was a genius, he was totally unlike any other :wink:

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by **Comme_le_Vent** » 03 Sep 2004, 07:21

indeed, unlike any other.

if alkan is gratuitously aggressive, chopin is gratuitously elegant and poncy

DA KAN just unleashes da fury, he dont give a crap if u cant handle da aggression

i prefer alkan's climaxes FO SHO cos they are simply overblown , pretentios,and WIKID

phildan, you appear to use the word pretentious with a negative connotation - how ironic

by **mazeppa** » 03 Sep 2004, 10:44

did u know dere r live recs of dre playing all 4 choplades.

by **Comme_le_Vent** » 03 Sep 2004, 10:50

i did, due to your informing

he does play normal repertoire indeed!

by **WinterWind_23** » 03 Sep 2004, 21:14

Hey zep, welcome to the forum.

Anyways, I didn't know Hamelin recorded the ballades. Are they good recordings?

by **mazeppa** » 03 Sep 2004, 21:42

To ask whether a dre recording is good is to demonstrate blatant ignorance.

and NO, i don't have those recordings.

thanks for your kind welcome too.

by **WinterWind_23** » 03 Sep 2004, 22:25

Yes, you'll enjoy it here.

I do agree that most anything Hamelin records is great, but I didn't know he played Chopin. Did he record any other Chopin?

by **Comme_le_Vent** » 04 Sep 2004, 03:14

he didnt record it, but played it live - and it is ASSUMED that someone bootlegged it

he has recorded the 2nd sonata too apparently

to ask if a pianist play chopin or not is a bit silly, every one does - even gould did!

by **k-nar** » 04 Sep 2004, 03:34

hamelin is in the Chopin pianistic lineage :
http://angelachan.ca/familytree3.html

conclusion : Chopin taught hamelin

how could he not play him ?

by **PianistSk8er** » 04 Sep 2004, 11:54

I can't imagine Hamelin playing the Ballades.. they seem almost, too easy for him. Every time I hear a recording by him, there's usually flying arpeggios, octaves, or any extreme technical difficulty you could imagine.

Sure the Ballades are difficult, but they're not the hardest. I'm very curious as to how he played them. Extremely well, I'm assuming.

PS

by **virtuoso_735** » 04 Sep 2004, 14:29

PianistSk8er wrote:I can't imagine Hamelin playing the Ballades.. they seem almost, too easy for him. Every time I hear a recording by him, there's usually flying arpeggios, octaves, or any extreme technical difficulty you could imagine. Sure the Ballades are difficult, but they're not the hardest. I'm very curious as to how he played them. Extremely well, I'm assuming.

PS

Yeah I can't either because I always think of Hamelin playing only virtuostic and overly difficult obscure pieces such as rare Liszt pieces and Alkan's music, though I would think he would play the Chopin pieces quite well due to his large technique and musical prowess.

by **WinterWind_23** » 04 Sep 2004, 23:25

So what label is it on? How do you know it exist? Was it an earlier recording or something?

by **ChopinBallade** » 05 Sep 2004, 22:05

As you can see from my avatar G minor is my fav.

by **TheRach** » 05 Sep 2004, 22:06

As I can see, you do not have an avatar.

by **PianistSk8er** » 05 Sep 2004, 22:23

ChopinBallade wrote:As you can see from my avatar G minor is my fav.

Wow, you sure love the Ballades! :mrgreen:

That is also my favorite. (and the only one I play well

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PS

Chopin's 4 Ballades

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