Szymanowski's First Piano Sonata

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on April 20, 2012 at 22:33:37

In Reply to: RE: Babe Violinist to the rescue! posted by Chuck Y on April 20, 2012 at 19:18:00:

I like that piece too, but it's somewhat more derivative than his other piano music. In fact, I'd say that it's not really typical of his musical style as a whole. I'm not up on the latest recordings of this piece, but I notice that there's a DG recording by Rafal Blechacz - he's not the latest Chopin Competition winner, but was the previous winner. I didn't think his Chopin Preludes were quite in the top category, but for the most part, I do respect the Chopin Competition winners, and I suspect Blechacz may have more to offer than he showed in that previous recording. Unfortuantely, the Szymanowski recording seems to be available only in Japan, where you will pay top dollar for it - but it might be worth the risk. (It also includes some Debussy works.)

As for blu-ray, there are a lot of unknowns in your set up. Can your player decode and send the decoded DTS HD Master Audio through the analogue outputs? If so, I would think you would hear the difference if you can route the sound directly to your headphone amp. Come to think of it, I can't remember whether the two-channel output of that Naxos recording is DTS HD Master Audio or PCM. I'll try to update this post once I check. In either case, it should be better than plain old CD.

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Topic - Szymanowski, anyone............... - Chuck Y 10:42:25 04/20/12 (17)

RE: Szymanowski, anyone............... - Chuck Y 16:45:37 04/23/12 (0)

You might want to check out Arthur Rubinstein's - mwhitmore 08:08:58 04/22/12 (0)

I, too, imprinted on the Dutoit VC 1/2, but Wilkomirska (on Muza) knocks poor Chantall out of the steamroom - jdaniel@jps.net 20:40:06 04/21/12 (2)

RE: I, too, imprinted on the Dutoit VC 1/2, but Wilkomirska (on Muza) knocks poor Chantall out of the steamroom - jult52 15:48:37 04/22/12 (1)

Oh man, yes: the Lutoslawski is a favorite. Dohnanyi's on CD w/Cleveland is white hot. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 22:55:32 04/22/12 (0)

Performances of the violin concertos . . . - Mali 16:57:49 04/20/12 (2)

I second this Dutoit recommendation from Mali - jult52 04:09:05 04/21/12 (0)

Yes, excellent. Missed this one when I put my post below together :) nt - srl1 18:17:30 04/20/12 (0)

Babe Violinist to the rescue! - Chris from Lafayette 13:59:48 04/20/12 (7)

RE: Babe Violinist to the rescue! - Chuck Y 19:18:00 04/20/12 (3)

Szymanowski's First Piano Sonata - Chris from Lafayette 22:33:37 04/20/12 (2)

Blechacz is available from MDT - srl1 10:35:26 04/21/12 (1)

Thanks - much better deal than from Japan! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 18:13:58 04/21/12 (0)

Two more to choose from - srl1 16:59:03 04/20/12 (0)

2 more - Kal Rubinson 14:35:53 04/20/12 (1)

Didn't know about the "King Roger" Blu-ray - thanks! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 14:52:32 04/20/12 (0)

RE: Szymanowski, anyone............... - Larry I 13:19:38 04/20/12 (0)

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Szymanowski's First Piano Sonata - Chris from Lafayette 22:33:37 04/20/12 (2)

Blechacz is available from MDT - srl1 10:35:26 04/21/12 (1)

Thanks - much better deal than from Japan! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 18:13:58 04/21/12 (0)

Szymanowski's First Piano Sonata

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