Rachmaninoff Chopin Variations, Op.22, Piano Sonata No.1(Full Album) played by Zlata Chochieva

[@thebananatuna]

Regarding the Rachmaninov Sonata, this is absolutely the PERFECT interpretation for me - above all others BY FAR. I have loved the music for many years but never could find an interpretation that satisfied my needs until this one. She has such a wonderful grasp of the giant demands, technically and EXPRESSIVELY, of this monumental composition!!! I just LOVE it!!!! The Chopin Variations are wonderful too, but I am just now becoming familiar with them. Surely she is the right one to introduce them to me. What a magnificent musician!!!!!!! She deserves world acclaim.

[@williamdiffin28]

Yes. My thought exactly with the First Sonata. I had been familiar with it for many years before hearing Chochieva's standout interpretation. Lugansky's is worthy too.

[@cybrfc5315]

In less than five min we find ourselves completely absorbed in this magic

[@ziegunerweiser]

I own this CD Chopin variations are among my favorite compositions ever written, I don't think it's possible to have enough recordings. Both sonatas are just incredible works of genius

[@davidmarsh5274]

Many thanks to Zlata Chochieva for introducing me to this wonderful sonata.

[@danieldelarocha3227]

Beautiful. It reminds me of Barry Manilow Chopin variation - Could it Be Magic. The most amazing offset of classical music I have ever heard.

[@marioescudero7103]

Gracias

[@alfredoarruda2988]

Thanks fron Brasil

[@luisdeorueta9748]

❤

[@chankim5811]

превосходно

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Very well played and conceived, but i really miss a certain.....weight of sound, a darker sort of...Russian Roar; here it seems the piano, (as recorded), has no bass. Certainly we benefit in clarity and logic but the rather plasticky sound becomes too monotonous for me. Is this a strategy of the record label, the taste of the artist or just an unfortunate unplanned result? Or is it a Yamahaha? And why on earth didn't they tune it properly? The theme is already slightly wobbly! I'm remarking only on the Chopin Variations so far; haven't heard the 1st Sonata. This pianist has great clarity and musical logic; i'd like to hear her in concert.

[@michaelcappette6072]

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[@alexculbreti3169]

I suggest you turn your volume up from 10 to 50 at least. This is the best preformance of this beloved work I've heard including Askenazy. Can't stop listening to it. Strongly recommend her Chopin etudes as well. She's one of the bright stars of the new generation, with Yuga, Grosvenor and Trivanov. She bests Trivanov with this piece.

[@nosehow2liv525]

@@alexculbreti3169 So turning up the volume x5 would improve musical and tonal quality? Thank you for such a revelation! Better re-read my comment as you've not understood at all. I like this pianist and most things about her interpretation. The issues are mostly with the recorded sound and the instrument. If you take Ashkenazy as a reference here, you'll be easily satisfied by anyone else; he was too old and had an arthritic condition when he recorded this! Trifonov's disc may be ok, but he could never play it in public, (heard him 3 times: catastrophic each time), and his invented "return to theme" instead of Rach's coda is criminal damage. Possibly a visit to your ear specialist would be advisable? Best regards.

[@alexculbreti3169]

@@nosehow2liv525 Ah, my dear chum! If one can only listen to the 4th variation with it's Rach bells and triple fff bass octaves one should hear enormous bass, at least through me headphones. But enough of quibbling, have you heard Giltburg's opus 39 etudes or Gavrylyuk's 2nd sonata. The exciting thing is there are young pianists who are changing my visions of these works through their fresh interpretations. My ENT was amazed at my remarkable hearing by the way. Warmest heart felt condolences

[@EmptyVee00000]

No excitement in her playing.

[@thebananatuna]

You’ve got to be kidding.

[@williamdiffin28]

No engagement in your hearing.

[@EmptyVee00000]

@@williamdiffin28 She has powerful hands, and a big piano technique, but lacks the orchestral expansiveness and large-scale phrasing required to make great music; some nice mini-phrasing in and voicing places, but one "beautiful" moment after another does not cut it. Needs more solemnity in the hymn-like chanting second subject in the first movement.