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Donald Satz, on Chopin's piano concertos:
>I don't have the Duchable/Plasson, but a review in Gramophone was highly
>negative. The Gramophone conclusion was that Duchable displayed not one
>trace of poetry - just a bunch of note banging. I'm going to acquire it
>regardless; I have a very high opinion of Duchable and am very interested
>in his approach.
I don't have it either, but here is a fast summary of the recent review by
Jean Roy in the French 'Monde de la musique' ('World of music', monthly):
Duchable is a great pianist, and he is intelligent enough to avoid two
pitfalls: sentimentality and a too brilliant playing. He masters the
score and offers a virile Chopin. His virtuosity never contradicts the
beauty of the score. It is a pity that the Toulouse Orchestra is not at
his best. Plasson gives too much volume to the orchestra. Unlike
Duchable, his approach is too sentimental.
In the same issue, the Pires/Krivine (DG) recording of the 1st concerto
gets the highest marks. In other recent issues, Mewton-Wood/Goehr (Dante)
and Argerich/Dutoit (EMI) also got the highest marks.
Weissenberg/Skrowaczewski (EMI) was also reviewed, but described as too
sober and austere.
Simon Corley
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