Chopin Preludes Op 28 No's 1-14 Koczalski Rec 1938- 39.

[@AshtonnnM]

Crazy, op.24 no.4 is played much, much faster than I ever felt was most appropriate. Considering he is a student of Chopin's student he is more than likely playing it the way Chopin himself had actually intended! So awesome to have these.

[@findelka1810]

9:50 no.10 in c sharp minor is crazy- and I love it!

[@MyAlbertoLive]

Well, I actually red that this guy, was quite very close of the Chopin's way of play. it's interesting so far to hear this. Refreshing and why not, just the way it should've be played after all. Thanks for posting!

[@kantorlive]

Such a convincing way of "speaking", I could say a sort of the art of pronuncation.... I just mean that without the use of "rethorical" figures a lot of modern Chopin interpretations risk to lack the essencel! And here it works even better than in Cortot's playng. It is just more natural.

[@philiprostek]

Thank you for this exquisite post..... for me, too, the Preludes 'were' Cortot - alone - but this playing is so rich with sensitivity and imagination! a revelation.

[@papapowley]

wow, best c major prelude i've heard

[@Marco1281]

Very fascinating. This is a whole universe of interpretation. From the pianissimo to the forte, very subtile modulations. I didnt know this pianist but it is an astonishing playing. Music is completely alive, mysterious and captivating.

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

A wonderful discovery. Thank you for uploading.

[@alombredeslava2468]

Une personnalité incomparable. Des instants miraculeux.

[@papapowley]

1, c major - 0:00 2, a minor - 0:34 3, g major - 2:00 4, e minor - 2:57 5, d major - 4:14 6, b minor - 4:53 7, a major - 6:27 8, f# minor - 7:04 9, e major - 8:44 10, c# minor - 9:52 11, b major - 10:18 12, g# minor - 11:02 13, f# major - 12:10 14, eb minor - 14:47

[@fulviozanoni8450]

Voici un très grand pianiste, devant lequel tous les contemporains pâlissent.

[@ТТ312Лайселл]

какой замечательный пианист Koczalski.Прослушала Прелюдии.Спасибо.

[@johnbarry5036]

13 is played with extreme feeling, my favorite version.

[@jackatherton0111]

Remarkable, but a question: Mikuli famously spoke of (his teacher) Chopin’s emotional reserve, but did he hear Chopin play, for example, the left hand chords in the E minor Prelude (the fourth) staccato - almost like a tom-tom? There’s a tendency through the years to perform great composers reverentially, to lay on “profundity.” Koczalzki never does this. Sometimes, though, I miss the sense that he’s a great soul. To be fair, connoisseurs like James Methuen-Campbell and Paul Kildea think Koczaski was our closest link to Chopin. Thanks for posting.

[@marksmith3947]

The difference between this pianist and modern competition winners is that he is not conquering the music.

[@IlyaSobolev-t7z]

True, well said.

[@martinadler73]

Thanks for this fantastic upload!

[@Jimyblues]

Ty Uploader - wonderful rubato !

Thank You for putting up.

[@olipippocinque]

Great Raoul !!

[@AKTVUK]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@gerardbedecarter]

This is Chopin playing.

[@thewizardii1638]

awes. thanks fr this..

[@sandrokurkhuli3339]

"musical political correctness" spot on

[@steveegallo3384]

This must be what they mean by 'bel canto' style. Interesting to contrast with Richter.....

[@_PROCLUS]

💝💝💝 oh...💝💝💝🐝

[@JosquenD]

Chopin died on 24th November 1948

[@_PROCLUS]

JosquenD Armand Georg Raoul von Koczalski (3 January 1884 in Warsaw - 24 November 1948 in Poznań) .....I understand what you saying 💝

[@joelrigal4622]

1848!

[@1937franco]

nel 1849!!!

[@geoffreywarren3781]

He died in 1849 idiot!

[@cbooth2004]

Proclus caught it. You others missed JosquenD’s point.

[@bme7491]

Too fast overall, especially #4....no way that was played "Largo" and it just sounded horrible at that speed, no emotion whatsoever.

[@findelka1810]

Too fast for our contemporary ears. But very likely Chopin played his own compositions ‘too fast’, too. Considering his own crazy metronome marks (when he still used them), and the fact that the pianos of his time had a different mechanism and the sound lasted much shorter, like that of the guitar. Even with pedal and legato, you have to play faster on those pianos in order not to have awkward gaps in between notes.

[@elias7748]

@@findelka1810then there’s the theory of whole beat which in our contemporary ears is too slow. I’m a bit skeptical of it though.

[@shobarsch]

You're right to be skeptical, it's a conspiracy theory based on absolutely no tangible proof, only conjecture