Composer: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Main Performer: Grigory Sokolov (Piano)
Date of Release: 09/07/2001
Label / Distributor: Opus 111 / New Note
Pieces in Set: 1
Running Time: 1 hour 47 minutes
Genre(s): Instrumental
Stereo: Stereo
SPAR Code: DDD
EAN: 709861303366
Work 1
Work Title: (26) Preludes
Excerpt(s): 1. Op. 28 - No. 1 in C 2. No. 2 in A minor 3. No. 3 in G 4. No. 4 in E minor 5. No. 5 in D 6. No. 6 in B minor 7. No. 7 in A 8. No. 8 in F sharp minor 9. No. 9 in E 10. No. 10 in C sharp minor 11. No. 11 in B 12. No. 12 in G sharp minor 13. No. 13 in F sharp 14. No. 14 in E flat minor 15. No. 15 in D flat 16. No. 16 in B flat minor 17. No. 17 in A flat 18. No. 18 in F minor 19. No. 19 in E flat 20. No. 20 in C minor 21. No. 21 in B flat 22. No. 22 in G minor 23. No. 23 in F 24. No. 24 in D minor
Composer: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Advantages: The most beautiful performance of a superb collection Disadvantages: The CD has an end!
...Biret.
The CD I have found goes exceptionally well in conjunction with 'The Best of Chopin', also produced by Naxos with Idil Biret as the pianist...! Though some of the tracks are repetitions of one another, some gaps are filled- including a valuable Piano Concerto.
1 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66
2 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2
3 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2
4 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2
5 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64/1
6 Waltz No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18
7 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35: Marche funebre
8 Mazurka No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7/1
9 Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40/1
10 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53
11 Prelude No. 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15
12 Etude No. 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5
13 Etude No. 3 in E major...
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Advantages: Top performance of range of virtuoso piano works Disadvantages: A little too much virtuosity to listen to all in one sitting
...Alkan, Busoni, Feinberg, Godowsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Sorabji have come to be known as the "Eight Composer Pianists" along with the performer, Marc-Andre Hamelin, who is the ninth.
Each of them wrote music requiring the most amazing level of virtuosity to perform it. The obvious danger here is that of virtuosity for its own sake, and some of Hamelin's performances of his own compositions suffer from this, especially Etude No 10, based on the famous Chopin "Black Keys" Etude. Hamelin's Prelude and Fugue is also more suited to display than enjoyable listening.
On the other hand, the Bach Schubler Chorale arranged by Feinberg captures the dignity of Bach's music in a thoroughly pianistic manner, without any sense of display.
The Alkan transcription of Haydn's Andante from Symphony No 94 (the "Surprise...
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Advantages: Little known music played extremely well Disadvantages: Music has harsh dissonances and is not easy to understand
...This is another outstanding performance by Marc-Andre Hamelin, once again championing the piano works of a little known composer. Hamelin plays with imagination and variety, bringing to life this very difficult to understand music.
The style of the music is post-Scriabin. Just as Scriabin took his starting point from Chopin, so Roslavets takes his starting point from late Scriabin, developing it in his own way.
For those not familiar with the music of Scriabin, he was a late nineteenth century, early twentieth century composer, mainly of piano music and orchestral music. Scriabin's early music is based on the music of Chopin, and similar to Rachmaninoff's. His later music is more mystical, associated with his mystical religious ideas. He is famous for his "Poem of Ecstasy", a work he wrote as he moved into his late period...
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