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Changing Approaches to the Interpretation of Chopin's Piano Works. (2019)

Lorenzo Laguna Ortega
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At the end of the 19th century, methods of recording sound appeared, but it was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the technical quality of these recordings was advanced enough to allow us to fully appreciate the musical performances they captured. In the approximately 100 years of recordings that have since passed, performances by the world's best pianists have been preserved—forming a kind of canon of 'definitive' interpretations. The world has plenty changed since the beginning of the 20th century, and this has inevitably influenced how piano music has been interpreted, especially though not exclusively as a result of globalization, whereby understandings of ‘standard performances’ of various repertoires have gained strength, leading to fewer personal and divergent interpretations. This phenomenon is partly due to the fact that nowadays the training of pianists is hugely focused on competitions, where a 'right' and 'indisputable' approach to performance is demanded. How can studying the evolution of performance approaches to Chopin's Four Scherzos for piano over the past 100 years via the study of recordings, performance history and wider musical trends, help modern pianists to create new and more personal approaches to playing this repertoire? Being aware of this changes and make an exhaustive analysis of recordings of the entire last century can give us as performers a lot of valuable information with the aim of developing a more informed and even more free performance, getting rid of any dogma.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsFrédéric Chopin, recording, personal style, performance
date10/12/2017
published26/09/2019
last modified26/09/2019
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightLorenzo Laguna Ortega
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/414418/541199
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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