Chopin Scherzo No 4 in E Major Op 54 Godowsky Rec 1930

Undoubtedly, one of Godowky s finest recordings and for one listener, his greatest recorded performance of a Chopin work. All the restraints and inhibitions that sometimes marred some of Godowsky s earlier recordings vanish in this 1930 recording. By this time, Godowsky seems to have become accustomed to the process and this allowed him to show what he really could However, this was to be his last recording. He suffered a stroke while recording the four Chopin Scherzi and never played publicly again.