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2016
Solo Recording
Description
A collection of mainstream and obscure, lyrical yet powerful pieces for solo piano written by one of the most revered composers of the Romantic Era. An excerpt from the album notes written by Daniel Felsenfeld reads... "The fact that Chopin excelled at a form called “Impromptu”, and the fact that it was Chopin’s skill as an improviser which so entranced Georges Sand and consequently posterity is something of a game of opposites. No, the music you hear, the disc you hold, is full of dedicated and serious compositions so flawlessly rendered that they seem inevitable—in other words, like any virtuoso, Chopin, now and for eternity, makes it look easy."
Album Listing
Hexaméron, S.392: Variation No.6
Nocturne, Op.27, No.1 in C-Sharp Minor
Prélude, Op. 28, No.15 in D-Flat Major
Trois Nouvelles Etudes: No.1 in F Minor
Étude Op.10, No.9 in F Minor
Tarantelle, Op.43 in A-Flat
Étude Op.25, No.1 in A-Flat Major ("Aeolian Harp")
Écossaises, Op.72 No. 3
I. Écossaises in D Major (Vivace)
II. Écossaises in G Major
III. Écossaises in D-Flat Major
Berceuse Op.57
Nocturne Op.32, No.1 in B Major
Variations sur un air national allemande in E major, B.14
Introduzione - Andantino
Theme - Andantino
Variation I - Elegamente
Variation II - Scherzando
Variation III - Tranquillamente
Variation IV - Meno mosso / Tempo di Valse
Nocturne, Op.72 No.1 in E Minor
Andante Spianato, OP. 22 in E-Flat Major
6 Chants Polonais, S.480 ("Frühling")
Nocturne Op.9, No.2 in E-Flat Major
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Hexaméron, S.392: Variation No.6