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Diapason wrote:So I've been very remiss here, but how did you find the Michelangeli, Fergus?

Another recording well worth a listen is Yuri Egorov. I know quite a few of us bought that box set a while ago...

mcq wrote:Noriko Ogawa's versions of the Préludes are refined and understated and subtly nuanced interpretations that I find profoundly rewarding.  Not as emotionally expressive as Bavouzet's readings, they retain some of the objectivity of Aimard's performances whilst incorporating rather more grace and warmth.  These are carefully cultivated versions, remarkable for their sense of stillness and spareness and austerity, which require the listener's close attention in order to reap their considerable rewards.  It is Ogawa's significant achivement that she succeeds in the evocation of a series of emotional impressions that are as fleeting and ambiguous and fugitive in nature as the harmonies and tonal centres of the musical structures which they inhabit.

cybot wrote:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp6qXJMR ... ata_player

mcq wrote:I think you'll enjoy them, Dermot. It's certainly not the only way to play this music but I loved the subtle refinement of her playing which never glossed over the complexities of the music. I imagine you will have worked your way through the Beatles mono box by the time the Debussy box arrives.