Allan Gotthelf ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>For the Ballade no. 1, you must hear Josef Hofmann's version -- on The
>Complete Josef Hofmann, vol. 2 (VAIA/IPA).

I don't have the CD reissue, but I agree:  Hofmann's G minor ballade (along
with Richter's) is my very favourite.  And certainly there are times when
I think this is my favourite piece of Chopin.

Deryk Barker
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