2000年留声机大奖
1890年，20岁的戈多夫斯基（Leopold Godowsky，1870-1938）娶了位美国妻子，自然成了美国公民。现在人们把他视为波兰-美国钢琴家、作曲家，尽管他其实出生在立陶宛。
戈多夫斯基因友人去世噩梦频频，悲痛欲绝。为了转移心思，化解苦痛，他就开始拿肖邦的练习曲“出气”，而且尝试着左右手的声部互换弹奏，一段时间下来，就写就了这部旷世奇作：53首肖邦练习曲研究。准确说，那一年他只完成了其中的第一部分，后来补写，又几经整理，才按53首出版。
我只选择了为Op10写的26首上传（肖邦的Op10共12首，戈多夫斯基对其中好多首写了好几个不同的研究）。这套研究，在技术方面是“超级”的，它探究了钢琴的表现力的极限，在复杂的复调手法、现代和声的尝试，特别是研究左手的技术方面都是空前绝后的，53首中有22首专门为训练左手而写。历史上没有几个钢琴家敢在舞台上演奏这些研究，敢录音的也寥寥无几。所以这套哈梅林演奏的版本显得异常突出，获得2000年留声机大奖就毫不奇怪了。鲁宾斯坦夸张地说自己要达到戈多夫斯基的演奏水平要练500年，无怪乎戈多夫斯基会被奉为“钢琴家中的钢琴家”。
近年来戈多夫斯基的另一首作品Passacaglia 44 variations，cadenza and fugue on the opening of Schubert"s ＂Unfinished＂ Symphony又受到热捧，霍洛维茨声称要演奏它“需要六只手”！可见其技术要求令人恐怖。戈多夫斯基的这些技术巅峰之作，当然也是音乐的一部分，而且是独一无二的瑰宝。我从下面这张CD里找来这首录音一并上传了。
1. Godowsky Passacaglia 44 variations, cadenza and fugue on the opening of Schubert"s "Unfinished" Symphony
Godowsky 53 Studies On Chopin‘s Etudes (Op10)
2. No 01 C major. 1st version from Etude in C major, Op 10 No 1
3. No 02 D flat major. 2nd version from Etude in C major, Op 10 No 1
4. No 03 A minor. 1st version from Etude in A minor, Op 10 No 2
5. No 04 A minor "Ignis fatuus". 2nd version from Etude in A minor, Op 10 No 2
6. No 05 D flat major. Etude in E major, Op 10 No 3
7. No 06 C sharp minor. Etude in C sharp minor, Op 10 No 4
8. No 07 G flat major. 1st version from Etude in G flat major, Op 10 No 5
9. No 08 C major. 2nd version from Etude in G flat major, Op 10 No 5
10. No 09 A minor "Tarantella". 3rd version from Etude in G flat major, Op 10 No 5
11. No 10 A major "Capriccio". 4th version from Etude in G flat major, Op 10 No 5
12. No 11 G flat major. 5th version from Etude in G flat major, Op 10 No 5
13. No 12 G flat major. 6th version from Etude in G flat major, Op 10 No 5
14. No 12a G flat major. 7th version from Etude in G flat major, Op 10 No 5
15. No 13 E flat minor. Etude in E flat minor, Op 10 No 6
16. No 14 C major "Toccata". 1st version from Etude in C major, Op 10 No 7
17. No 15 G flat major "Nocturne". 2nd version from Etude in C major, Op 10 No 7
18. No 15a E flat major. 3rd version from Etude in C major, Op 10 No 7
19. No 16 F major. 1st version from Etude in F major, Op 10 No 8
20. No 16a G flat major. 2nd version from Etude in F major, Op 10 No 8
21. No 17 C sharp minor. 1st version from Etude in F minor, Op 10 No 9
22. No 18 F minor. 2nd version from Etude in F minor, Op 10 No 9
23. No 18a F sharp minor. 3rd version from Etude in F minor, Op 10 No 9
24. No 19 D major. 1st version from Etude in A flat major, Op 10 No 10
25. No 20 A flat major. 2nd version from Etude in A flat major, Op 10 No 10
26. No 21 A major. Etude in E flat major, Op 10 No 11
27. No 22 C sharp minor. Etude in C minor, Op 10 No 12
