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Constance Keene Plays the Complete Chopin Preludes (1978)

It is with some trepidation that I post this. I bought this record years ago. It looked mint. The first time I played it, however, it sounded as if the record had been sandblasted - repeatedly. Moreover, from what I could hear, these hardly sounded like the Preludes I have known. It sat on a shelf for years. I was about to donate it, when I thought I would give it another listen. I decided to try to get it up to par to be posted. I will admit up front that this is the most heavily processed LP I have posted. So there is no need to point that out to me in the comments. There are a few artifacts, odd noises, bad dynamics - but they are mostly from me and not the pianist or the LP's engineers. Constant Keene's (1921-2005) interpretation is the slowest I have heard the Preludes played. But the more I listened the more interesting it became. Ms. Keene clearly made a conscious choice to play these in a manner that the listener could actually hear all the notes. (There are some Preludes she plays at familiar speed, such as No.12). As a result of her choices, there are phrasings and nuances that I heard for the first time - despite having listened to the Preludes from dozens of other pianists. After listening to it so many times in preparing this, I grew to like it, and to see it as a brilliant alternative vision of the Preludes. I will have to look around for truly mint copy in the future. For those who might like to hear the orginal completely unedited version: click on the link to hear Prelude No.2 exactly as it sounds on the record.    • Example of Original Recording - Constance ...   Tracks: 00:00 Preludes 1-6 No. 1 C Major (Agitato) No. 2 A Minor (Lento) No. 3 G Major (Vivace) No. 4 E Minor (Largo) No. 5 D Major (Molto allegro) No. 6 B Minor (Lento assai) 09:13 Preludes 7-12 No. 7 A Major (Adantino) No. 8 F Sharp Minor (Molto agitato) No. 9 E Major (Largo) No. 10 C Sharp Minor (Molto allegro) No. 11 B Major (Vivace) No. 12 G Sharp Minor (Presto) 16:36 Preludes 13-18 No. 13 F Sharp Major (Lento) No. 14 E Flat Minor (Allegro) No. 15 D Flat Major (Sostenuto) "Raindrops" No. 16 B Flat Minor (Presto con fuco) No. 17 A Flat Major (Allegretto) No. 18 F Minor (Molto allegro) 33:17 Preludes 19-24 No. 19 E Flat Major (Vivace) No. 20 C Minor (Largo) No. 21 B Flat Major (Cantabile) No. 22 G Minor (Molto agitato) No. 23 F Major (Moderato) No. 24 D Minor (Allegro appassionato) 44:01 Preludes 25 and 26 No. 25 C Sharp Minor Op.45 No. 26 A Flat Major (Without Opus No.) Details: Album title: Constance Keene Plays Chopin Released by: Laurel-Protone Records (LP-15) Year released: 1978