https://youtu.be/zp4S5LSzUcM

Including a cloud floating piano ;-)

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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 1:26:53 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

https://youtu.be/zp4S5LSzUcM

Including a cloud floating piano ;-)

Very nice... just like maybe 60 or 70 other versions out there, a lot of competition for this offering.

I myself have 3 different versions, including Berman (1973), Katsaris and Moog. They are all terrific in their own way, but the Moog *might* be the best of them all... but then, unlike you, Dan, I am usually quite easy to please.

Give this fellow a listen...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+joseph+moog+chopin+sonata+3%2C+playlist

https://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Complete-Sonatas-Joseph-Moog/dp/B01HSFG6KC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VX3YOZCKPA40&keywords=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonatas&qid=1679455020&sprefix=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonata%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

What do you think?

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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 8:27:13 PM UTC-7, Paul Alsing wrote:

Give this fellow a listen...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+joseph+moog+chopin+sonata+3%2C+playlist

https://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Complete-Sonatas-Joseph-Moog/dp/B01HSFG6KC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VX3YOZCKPA40&keywords=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonatas&qid=1679455020&sprefix=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonata%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

What do you think?

Well familiar, I don't like his tone. I
also have some misgivings about
Pletnev's tone lately when he plays
Shigeru Kawaii instruments. I wish
he would switch to Bluthners or to
Bosies.

dk

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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 9:58:50 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 8:27:13 PM UTC-7, Paul Alsing wrote:

Give this fellow a listen...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+joseph+moog+chopin+sonata+3%2C+playlist

https://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Complete-Sonatas-Joseph-Moog/dp/B01HSFG6KC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VX3YOZCKPA40&keywords=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonatas&qid=1679455020&sprefix=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonata%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

What do you think?

Well familiar, I don't like his tone. I
also have some misgivings about
Pletnev's tone lately when he plays
Shigeru Kawaii instruments. I wish
he would switch to Bluthners or to
Bosies.

Just checked again to make sure I
did not mix things up. Moog's op. 58
sounds very harsh to my ears. Steely
tone, no color, rhythmically inflexible,
played as if in a piano competition.

Sorry to disappoint. Performing
Chopin on Steinways should be
outlawed.

dk

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On Tue, 21 Mar 2023, Dan Koren wrote:

https://youtu.be/zp4S5LSzUcM

Including a cloud floating piano ;-)

Thanks. I prefer more flow and perhaps a more ringing tine in #1,
but #2 and his rather dark #3 strike me as quite remarkable (at least interpretively). Somewhat annoying rumblinb reverberation.
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On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 3:27:13 AM UTC, Paul Alsing wrote:

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 1:26:53 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

https://youtu.be/zp4S5LSzUcM

Including a cloud floating piano ;-)

Very nice... just like maybe 60 or 70 other versions out there, a lot of competition for this offering.

I myself have 3 different versions, including Berman (1973), Katsaris and Moog. They are all terrific in their own way, but the Moog *might* be the best of them all... but then, unlike you, Dan, I am usually quite easy to please.

Give this fellow a listen...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+joseph+moog+chopin+sonata+3%2C+playlist

https://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Complete-Sonatas-Joseph-Moog/dp/B01HSFG6KC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VX3YOZCKPA40&keywords=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonatas&qid=1679455020&sprefix=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonata%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

What do you think?

Thanks for mentioning Moog. I’d heard the Chopin when it came out, and thought at the level of interpretation it wasn’t specially interesting for me - no doubt technically it is excellent. I felt the same when I went back to it yesterday. However I’
ve just found his Debussy Etudes and that seems quite Interesting.

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On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 11:22:55 PM UTC, Al Eisner wrote:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023, Dan Koren wrote:

https://youtu.be/zp4S5LSzUcM

Including a cloud floating piano ;-)

Thanks. I prefer more flow and perhaps a more ringing tine in #1,
but #2 and his rather dark #3 strike me as quite remarkable (at least interpretively). Somewhat annoying rumblinb reverberation.
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Al Eisner

Well, we all know this is a subjective business but really, I have tried to hear anything special interpretively about Moog's sonata 3 and I didn't when it was first released and I don't now! I'll mention in passing that my favourite recording of op 58
is a contentious one (I think!) -- Pletnev on DG. I can hear that that one is interpretively remarkable, I've loved it ever since it was first released and I was prompted to try it after hearing some negative comments from Bryce Morrison! But I may well
have quirky ears. )

In digging out the Moog Chopin I came across his Debussy etudes, I'll check them out later.

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On Thu, 23 Mar 2023, Mandryka wrote:

On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 11:22:55 PM UTC, Al Eisner wrote:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023, Dan Koren wrote:

https://youtu.be/zp4S5LSzUcM

Including a cloud floating piano ;-)

Thanks. I prefer more flow and perhaps a more ringing tine in #1,
but #2 and his rather dark #3 strike me as quite remarkable (at least
interpretively). Somewhat annoying rumblinb reverberation.
--
Al Eisner

Well, we all know this is a subjective business but really, I have tried to hear anything special interpretively about Moog's sonata 3 and I didn't when it was first released and I don't now! I'll mention in passing that my favourite recording of op

58 is a contentious one (I think!) -- Pletnev on DG. I can hear that that one is interpretively remarkable, I've loved it ever since it was first released and I was prompted to try it after hearing some negative comments from Bryce Morrison! But I may
well have quirky ears. )

In digging out the Moog Chopin I came across his Debussy etudes, I'll check them out later.

I think it was clear I was referring to Pletnev, not to Moog.
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Al Eisner

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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 4:24:16 AM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:

I'll mention in passing that my favourite recording
of op 58 is a contentious one (I think!) -- Pletnev
on DG. I can hear that that one is interpretively
remarkable, I've loved it ever since it was first
released

No contest! ;-)

I was prompted to try it after hearing some
negative comments from Bryce Morrison!

Negative opinions from Bryce Morrison are
automatic recommendations for me. That
guy impersonates everything evil and ugly
about the Gramophoney.

But I may well have quirky ears. )

Better quirky than deaf.

In digging out the Moog Chopin I came
across his Debussy etudes, I'll check
them out later.

Did you mean Unimoog?

https://d9z1tpn605xsl.cloudfront.net/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/973/content_MB_Unimog_bg1.jpg

dk

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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 4:24:16 AM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:

I'll mention in passing that my favourite recording of
op 58 is a contentious one (I think!) -- Pletnev on DG.
I can hear that that one is interpretively remarkable,
I've loved it ever since it was first released

No contest! ;-)

I was prompted to try it after hearing some
negative comments from Bryce Morrison!

Negative comments from Bryce Morrison are
automatic recommendations. That guy is the
perfect example of what is dumb, stupid and
evil about the Gramophoney. Stiff upper lip,
no brains and no ears. Deceitful, dishonest
and disingenous. Cannot tell C# from Db.

But I may well have quirky ears. )

Quirkies are far better than deaf ones.

In digging out the Moog Chopin I came across
his Debussy etudes, I'll check them out later.

I wouldn't bother. He plays them like a Unimoog:

https://www.unimog-community.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1971M33.jpg

dk

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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 6:28:07 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 4:24:16 AM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:

I'll mention in passing that my favourite recording of
op 58 is a contentious one (I think!) -- Pletnev on DG.
I can hear that that one is interpretively remarkable,
I've loved it ever since it was first released

No contest! ;-)

I was prompted to try it after hearing some
negative comments from Bryce Morrison!

Negative comments from Bryce Morrison are
automatic recommendations. That guy is the
perfect example of what is dumb, stupid and
evil about the Gramophoney. Stiff upper lip,
no brains and no ears. Deceitful, dishonest
and disingenous. Cannot tell C# from Db.

But I may well have quirky ears. )

Quirkies are far better than deaf ones.

In digging out the Moog Chopin I came across
his Debussy etudes, I'll check them out later.

I wouldn't bother. He plays them like a Unimoog:

https://www.unimog-community.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1971M33.jpg

dk

But Unimogs are spectacular back-country vehicles, why would you want to disparage them?

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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 9:58:50 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 8:27:13 PM UTC-7, Paul Alsing wrote:

Give this fellow a listen...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+joseph+moog+chopin+sonata+3%2C+playlist

https://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Complete-Sonatas-Joseph-Moog/dp/B01HSFG6KC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VX3YOZCKPA40&keywords=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonatas&qid=1679455020&sprefix=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonata%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

What do you think?

Well familiar, I don't like his tone.

His tone? I am clueless as to what you mean by this. The tone of the piano? The tone of his playing on any piano? If it were any other instrument I could understand, but what you claim is foreign to me.

I listened to Plenev and to Moog, about 1 minute at a time, back and forth between the 2 of them, and while I could tell there was a slight difference between them, I could not say for sure which I preferred. They were both just fine, even better than
fine, they were both great. Like I said before, I am very east to please and rarely despise any performance, and even then that is usually due to inferior recording qualities... I can't take much of poor recordings, so higly regarded recordins of the 20'
s and 30's and 40's often leave me less than happy, no matter how great the performance itself.

If you dislike Moog because of his "tone" then I pity you, because you enjoy a lot fewer performances than I do! Sucks to be you!

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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 8:04:42 PM UTC-7, Paul Alsing wrote:

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 6:28:07 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 4:24:16 AM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:

In digging out the Moog Chopin I came across
his Debussy etudes, I'll check them out later.

I wouldn't bother. He plays them like a Unimoog:

https://www.unimog-community.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1971M33.jpg

But Unimogs are spectacular back-country vehicles,
why would you want to disparage them?

Unimogs are great off-road vehicles, but
they are no particularly well suited to
playing Chopin. I am not disparaging
the vehicle. I am only evaluating the
pianist. ;-)

dk

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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 8:22:49 PM UTC-7, Paul Alsing wrote:

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 9:58:50 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 8:27:13 PM UTC-7, Paul Alsing wrote:

Give this fellow a listen...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+joseph+moog+chopin+sonata+3%2C+playlist

https://www.amazon.com/Chopin-Complete-Sonatas-Joseph-Moog/dp/B01HSFG6KC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VX3YOZCKPA40&keywords=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonatas&qid=1679455020&sprefix=joseph+moog+chopin+piano+sonata%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

What do you think?

Well familiar, I don't like his tone.

His tone? I am clueless as to what you mean by this.

Ask your piano teacher for a quick tutorial.

The tone of the piano? The tone of his playing on
any piano? If it were any other instrument I could
understand, but what you claim is foreign to me.

You need more piano and listening training. The
"tone" of a pianist is the sounds the pianist tends
to produce every time they play. It is a function of
how notes ara attacked, held and released, of how
the pedal is applied, held and releasted (if at all),
how the sound resonates in the acousti space
where the workl was performed and recorded.
It takes time and training to learn how to
recognize and analyze the tone of a pianist.

I listened to Plenev and to Moog, about 1 minute
at a time, back and forth between the 2 of them,
and while I could tell there was a slight difference
between them,

SLIGHT ?!? OMG !!! It is night and day.

I could not say for sure which I preferred.

That is a different matter altogether. One may like
or dislike the tone, and one may like or dislike the
interpretation (or whatever). These are different
aspects, even if not completely unrelated.

They were both just fine, even better than fine,
they were both great. Like I said before,

To your ears. Not to other people's ears.

I am very east to please and rarely despise any
performance, and even then that is usually due
to inferior recording qualities...

See? Your ears need additional training.

I can't take much of poor recordings, so higly
regarded recordins of the 20's and 30's and
40's often leave me less than happy, no
matter how great the performance itself.

Then you are clearly not interested in music.

If you dislike Moog because of his "tone"

I disliked Moog for other reasons than just
his tone. His "intepretation" is completely
mechanical.

Here are other op. 58s. See if you hear the
differences in tone, phrasing, articulation,
texture and color:

https://youtu.be/C-4H_57BW_o

https://youtu.be/LMeqaxs5UwI

https://youtu.be/lFuuBmimgQ8

dk

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On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 10:12:13 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:

I disliked Moog for other reasons than just
his tone. His "intepretation" is completely
mechanical.

Here are other op. 58s. See if you hear the
differences in tone, phrasing, articulation,
texture and color:

https://youtu.be/C-4H_57BW_o

https://youtu.be/LMeqaxs5UwI

https://youtu.be/lFuuBmimgQ8

Here's another one to try:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5evycct4n1lkz7l/Chopin%20Sonata%20No%203%20op%2058.m4a?dl=0

Please let us know what you think about
the sound and the tone of this pianist.

dk

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