In my opinion one of the finest performances of this piece ever. One understands finally why it is called a nocturne: calmly, with ease and tenderness. 🙏🏿
@ I'm ANGRY in the sheet music the accords are ascending cgg gcc cgg gcc. He plays it reversed gcc cgg gcc cgg. Maybe a variation occasionally used by Chopin and transmitted through Mikuli. I doubt he would have just made it up otherwise. All of Koczalski’s variations (e.g. in the Op.9 no.2 nocturne) are faithfully following Chopin’s own, as they have been documented by his other puplis, too.
The long notes are consistently shortened. Why? This procedure blurs the pulse of the piece especially in the march section - yes, a night piece (Nocturne) with a funeral march middle section in C major - even the famous Marche section of Chopin‘s Sonata No. 2 is in a major key. I love Koczalski performances - but I disagree fundamentally with this rendition. I wonder: where the consistently shortened note values a result of having to speed up the piece in order to be fitted to the unfortunate size limitations of the early shellac recording mediums?
This guy really gives us where this music is coming from. His other recordings are a valuable source highlighting the liberality of an earlier era!
In my opinion one of the finest performances of this piece ever. One understands finally why it is called a nocturne: calmly, with ease and tenderness.
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It depends on the Nocturne. Some are quiet and others more passionate. This one is obviously in the second category.
This is magnificent! Thank you for the upload!
This has to be the new étalon for this piece.
Good old days.
Great music, but so painful ....
Thanks.
Sublime
Playing reverse in 1841 at 2:57
What is the "reverse in 1841"? I have checked certain scores on IMSLP, but I remain confused.
@ I'm ANGRY in the sheet music the accords are ascending cgg gcc cgg gcc. He plays it reversed gcc cgg gcc cgg. Maybe a variation occasionally used by Chopin and transmitted through Mikuli. I doubt he would have just made it up otherwise. All of Koczalski’s variations (e.g. in the Op.9 no.2 nocturne) are faithfully following Chopin’s own, as they have been documented by his other puplis, too.
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Erstaunliche Ähnlichkeit mit der Deutung von Moura Lympany, logisch und einfühlsam?
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Karl Mikuli taught him well
The long notes are consistently shortened. Why? This procedure blurs the pulse of the piece especially in the march section - yes, a night piece (Nocturne) with a funeral march middle section in C major - even the famous Marche section of Chopin‘s Sonata No. 2 is in a major key. I love Koczalski performances - but I disagree fundamentally with this rendition. I wonder: where the consistently shortened note values a result of having to speed up the piece in order to be fitted to the unfortunate size limitations of the early shellac recording mediums?
This is 1939 so I presume discs could hold up to 16 min as in the 20s it was around 8 min