Wednesday, 5th March 2025
Fryderyk Chopin - Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
I like Chopin's Ballade No.1 since I was a primary school student.
610 recordings of the tune are available on Apple Music Classical.
I tried to listen to some of them and these are my favourite recordings.
Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming (released in 2004)
Krystian Zimerman (released in 1988)
Philippe Entremont (released in 1971)
Wilhelm Backhaus (recorded at London in 1950 or 1953)
Mao Fujita (released in 2018)
I got to be into this tune in listening to an Entremont's LP record.
It was a compilation of his Chopin's tunes.
When I could listen to his play on Apple Music Classical for the first time in decades, I was really happy.
Coda of the tune in the recording of his was characteristic.
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