That second theme is incredible, but it's simply the most beautiful thing in the world when Lipatti joins. Especially in the recapitulation! His rubato is just perfect.

Sometimes i think that people who lived 100 years did nothing to enrich humanity while others lived a short life but left soo much to us.Bravo Maestro Dinu.

10:09 What a miraculous touch. So powerful and graceful. No one plays this part better. No one.

First time hearing this version - Outstanding as always; vintage Dinu.

I've been touched to the maximum by this Lipattijevom performance which is the best I've heard so far. People do not know what they are missing if they do not listen to his performance!

The sparing use of pedal is so wonderful. He doesn't rely on it. His fingers are good enough by themselves……..and what a mind!

何度聴いても、涙がでます。できることなら　帰って来てきてください。

Thank You for this recording. There were three I admired, Rubinstein for his mastery, Neuhaus for his refinement and Gilels for power, but Lipatti took me somewhere I have never been before and it will take long time for me to know where it is.. fabulous.

Excellent performance! His playing showed a lot of emotions and articulations which the pianists nowadays would not really care about! He emphasized on the fz which Chopin took really serious about it!

I bought Emi`s cd of this about 1993 and have since then refused to listen any other version of this wonderful work of Chopin. I wrote in the booklet then "Magic 14:30-15:40" and still the beauty & grace of that special moment (and every moment on this 1st movement of unique beauty) amazes me. After hearing this over hundred times, I am just so grateful of this gem !

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The best Chopin i ever heard ! Mare talent ,sensibil ,ton extraordinar ,nu se poate compara cu nici-un alt pianist.

Sunt fericita ca l am descoperit pe dl.Dinu Lipatti,o personalitate fascinanta.Niciodata nu este tarziu sa ne iubim valorile!!

Miracle de la technique ! Dinu Lipatti nous parle au delà du temps qui passe ... Un jeu délicat, passionné mais d'une élégante retenue , d'une technique parfaite, avec le supplément d'âme d'un artiste exceptionnel . Lipatti a su restituer ce concerto qui , avec son jumeau , est un sommet de la musique , peut-être moins mis en exergue que les autres concertos pour piano ( Mozart , Schumann , Rachmaninov ou Bach ...) . Et pourtant... Il est sans doute un de ceux qui parle le plus à l'âme, et exige de ce fait, outre une technique irreprochable , une intelligence et sensibilité affirmée. Dinu Lipatti avait tout cela , à profusion ! Ce moment musical est un trésor, il enrichit la suite innombrable de versions du concerto de Chopin . Il y eut depuis d'excellentes interprétations de cette œuvre. Mais la disparition prématurée de Lipatti donne à celle-ci une résonance particulière, une émotion évidente, et le témoignage d'un talent trop tôt disparu. Et aussi sa grandeur , comme suspendue dans le temps...Merci pour ce beau cadeau !

An Angel, his play is a prayer, deep and luminous

This is such a great, spirited performance! It is so fortunate to still have some of his great performances...

Thank you so much for remastering this recording. Lipatti's playing is so astounding, powerful, passionate, crisp and full of pathos.

Over 24,000 times listened to and no one clicks the thumb-down sign. I guess no one feels unmoved by his power and passion.

Hvala Geniju za sve ❤️❤️

He is one of my favourite pianists! He died so young!

J'ai entendu beaucoup d'interprétations mais ici j'avoue que je suis émerveillé! Le phrasé, la délicatesse, les articulations, et bien plus quelle émotion!... Merci

The piano, orchestra embrace here in a timeless interpretation... Thanks for remastering it!

It´s so beautiful. One of my favorite pianists with my favorite composer.

Wish God had let his angel play a bit longer

Performanța ta rămâne peste ani ! Un maestru al pianului! Cate mai aveai de dat!!! Superbă interpretare! 👏👏👏

Miraculos! Câtă sensibilitate..... probabil un moment unic.

Lipatti played beautifully with lots of dignity.

Thank you very much for this recording. I have loved Lipatti since my teens in the 60s. To come across this for the first time is a great gift.

Marvellous to hear this in really excellent sound, doing fine justice to a full-blooded performance. The bass especially (including some extras from Lipatti?) is extra sonorous, much better than what i remember of the commercial issue. I like many touches but especially the wistful return of the second theme (about 13.50). For me, Lipatti was the most natural of Chopinists; thank heavens this recording survived.

So glad you like it... could possibly do a better one now, as the technology always improves...

oui Dino Lipatti fait partie des rares pianiste se mettant au service de la musique du compositeur

15:14 This is the part I stopped breathing. No one plays like him. Sublime.

I think very few pianists understood Chopin as Lipatti. I always loved his concerts...and he was so young...thanks for doing this...

This is absolutely fantastic, thanks for posting!

EMI's version is shameful... My colleague and I offered them a fine remastering (not as good as this but still very good) back in 2000 and they weren't interested. Most regrettable. An amazing performance - indeed amazing articulation and tonal production.

Dinule drag.... , ai fost , ești și vai fie mereu CEL MAI MARE! (chiar și Martha Argerich spune asta...)

Amazing... simply amazing

The sound in this remastered version is absolutely wonderful.The old EMI release which I have is not a patch on this. If it is available on the market I would love to get it. His pianism and his articulation are as always amazing but he manages to avoid that cold clinical sound. Such a shame such a talent was lost so early.

Great performance! Thanks for sharing!

Lipatti plays Mozart as Mozart, plays Chopin as Chopin. Me too think that he is now playing piano in heaven.

Thanks for wonderful recording!

Escuche esta interpretacion con siete años en un disco de vinilo y nunca mas me llego alguna otra en especial la del adagio. Gracias por compartirla hace muchisimo tiempo no la pude volver a oir.

Muchas gracias por este aporte. Es maravilloso. Y lo que han hecho con el remasterizado es increíble. Simplemente maravilloso. Thank you, this is really outstanding. If you ever come to my city, I will buy you a drink or a good meal. Truly.

Stunning sound!!

Thanks a lot for this!!

I'm glad I'm not the only one to approve of how he plays the sforzandos. It's so much more passionate that way and I'm astounded by some of the ignorance towards them in some interpretations. However, I'm also astounded that they took a cut in the orchestral exposition. There's absolutely no reason for it and I'm sure it wasn't sanctioned by the composer.

Although Chopin played only 30 times in his life, i think he would have liked this interpretation...

Thanks for the superb sound. I had not heard this for a long time, since the References release. Ackerman's sluggish opening is not promising, but Dinu gets the fire lit under him and then works his magic.

Magnifique

I am amazed of his playing, he made justice to the nickname "Angel".

wow that is simply amazing sounding

Sublime ! majestueux !

Perfect !!!!!!

Methinks Chopin is dancing in heaven!

Wonderful! Thank you so much!!

Superbă interpretare ! 💐

Beauty..

I know of noone whose recordings I have heard who can play Chopin with equivalent rhapsodic sensitivity. His phrasing is extraordinary and his mechanical command is Horowitzian! If you know the piano, and listen closely, you may even agree with me. Maybe he has recorded 3.5 hours of music, and it is all of the highest integrity!

Magistral Piano !!!!!

Ce tușă minunată avea, ce interpretare deopotrivă tehnică și emoționantă!❤

Thank you so much for this recording! What a miracle he was! What happened with the second & third movements?

Bellissimo suono

Grandissimo pianista, fra i migliori del 900, morto troppo presto, come spesso capita ai più grandi purtroppo.

Si mi alma pudiera describir con palabras, estaría hablándome ahora mismo, cuan maravillosa se siente, envuelta en un pasaje de belleza misteriosa, lenta y tranquila. excelente pianista, y su interpretación es indudablemente cargada de un sentimiento tan profundo. La música de chopin , la música de los mismisimos angeles ~

Quels sons quelle musicalité.! incomparable tel doit être le paradis.!

The bedt performance of this concerto ever

Electrifying! Thank you. Have you posted the other movements?

A great pianist who played with tender love and warmth. I cannot find this warm tone in any modern pianists, except maybe for Krystian Zimerman or Sokolov or Radu Lupu.

GENIU.

yes he was wonderful

emocionante,forte ainda assim delicdo,- entra pelo uvido e chega ao coração.....

oh i like this vesion

Sublime

¡ GREAT PIANIST ! ; MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE .

Lipatti and Cortot are to me the best ever when intepreting Chopin's music.!!!!

Is this actually available for streaming in high quality at home?

Does the Chopin/Lipatti set published by the Instituto Discografico Italiano contain your remastering of Chopin's 1st concerto by Lipatti ? Est-ce que le coffret Chopin/Lipatti publié par l'Instituto Discografico Italiano contient votre restauration du 1er concerto de Chopin par Lipatti ?

It Is possible to buy this record?

Thank you, that is the favorite concert of my departed husband. Where can I find 2nd and 3rd movement?

❤

I started listening to many pianists, playing this concerto, and finished very few of the renditions. The best interpretations just repeat Lipatti's approach: tempo, dynamics, nuances, intonations, all his findings. They take this rendition as a model, for examples, Olga Scheps. The other renditions are uninteresting or even horrible, for example, rendition of Daniel Barenboim. Please, tell me, who called him a "genious" musician? May be, somebody deaf?

Dear Piano Files: I read that the version of Lipatti playing this concerto on Seraphim (angel records in the U.S.) was NOT actually Lipatti playing but entirely a different pianist. It has been decades since I heard that version, but I am wondering and hoping that this is actually Lipatti...?

0 dislikes as it 100% should be

リパッティのショパンいいですね。 一番は特に好きです。しかし、私はシューマンの方がいいです。 シューマンの精神の高さがいいのです。 ショパンは、ワルツかマズルカがいいと思っています。 シューマンは子供の情景や交響曲4番が好きです。 でも、二人ともいいですね😊😊😊 どうかお健やかに😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

CHOPIN. CORTOT. LIPATTI

are you sure it is Lipatti and not Halina Stefanska?

Do any body knows what brand of this piano ? it sings well but dos not sound Pleyel never be a Steinway ,

Wow, the sound is fantastic - much better than my CD from early 1990. I grew up with the EMI LP from mid 1960 - the one claiming Lipatti, but actually was Czerny-Stefanska. I liked her attention to detail, and her pianistic playing, but IMHO the orchestra and the pianist never really played together. The orchestra and pianist had their own sense of musical flows. I had not been able to listen to the LP for about 10 years when I bought the CD, but what I heard was so obviously different from my memory that I knew it had to be a different recording. Poor sound quality, but a heavenly performance. And most notably, orchestra and pianist are making music together - all musical lines flow uninterrupted between soloist and orchestra. In my mind, there must be more to the mixup then is mentioned. The recordings simply are too different.

conductor?

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10 pollici verso...solo incompetenti?

I am not sure about the "improved" sound. No offense, but any electronic processing cannot but alter the original sound; even the very recording process, without any amplifications, manipulations or "improvements" introduces an unavoidable alteration. The only authentic music is the one heard in the concert hall, directly from the musicians. It is debatable whether one should ban recordings; that would deprive humankind, and especially young musicians of treasures like this. But on the other hand, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and their musical worlds existed and thrived without any artificial recording.

I can't stand this sluggish opening tempo.

Apart from the cantabile tone, higher respect for sforzato markings (as others have noted), and the technique, there's IMO little to root for in this performance. 02:53 is played like Lipatti were an Indy 500 contestant, and abrupt tempi changes such as 11:03 can hardly be considered organic or natural, or even observant of the score. Just looking at the timing for the Romanza, I know I can hardly bear it; hardly anyone these days seems to take Chopin's indicated MM=80 marking seriously, and anything slower than Heinrich Neuhaus or Marek Drewnowski in that mvt just flows poorly and fails to convince me.