Format: CD
Barcode: 5906395034017
Catalog number: NIFCCD 047
Releasedate: 08-12-17
The complete Etudes of Fryderyk Chopin in the rendition of one of Poland’s most superb pianists – on a period instrument.
After the Etudes op. 10 and 25 in the interpretation of Krzysztof Jabłoński on a contemporary piano (disc NIFCCD 215, released in the White Series in 2016), we now present to you the Etudes in the rendition of this pianist, but on a piano from Chopin’s era. Each disc is an example of superb piano playing; together, aside from their artistic value, they are also of exceptional research value, as they provide the chance to directly compare sonic and interpretative differences in specific pieces.
One specific feature of Chopin’s œuvre is a peculiar synthesising of different genres. Some etudes, for example, display characteristics of a nocturne (the E major and E-flat minor from op. 10 and the C-sharp minor from op. 25), scherzo (the G-flat major from op. 10, which according to Anton Rubinstein is a kind of ‘refined joke’, and the E minor from op. 25) or an impromptu (also the G-flat major from op. 10). Chopin’s etudes have been called ‘immortal’ works (Ignacy F. Dobrzyński). For Hugo Leichtentritt, they were ‘a succession of felicitous discoveries of the capacities of the piano’; for Vladimir Jankelevitch, ‘a microcosm, a miracle’; and for Mieczysław Tomaszewski, ‘the revelation of new horizons in the domain of piano playing […].
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1Etiudy Op. 10No. 1 in C major Allegro01:56
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2Etiudy Op. 10No. 2 in A minor Allegro01:21
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3Etiudy Op. 10No. 3 in E major Lento ma non troppo03:53
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4Etiudy Op. 10No. 4 in C sharp minor Presto con fuoco01:56
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5Etiudy Op. 10No. 5 in G flat major Vivace01:38
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6Etiudy Op. 10No. 6 in E flat minor Andante02:44
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7Etiudy Op. 10No. 7 in C major Vivace01:35
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8Etiudy Op. 10No. 8 in F major Allegro02:23
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9Etiudy Op. 10No. 9 in F minor Allegro molto agitato02:13
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10Etiudy Op. 10No. 10 in A flat major Vivace assai02:12
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11Etiudy Op. 10No. 11 in E flat major Allegretto02:35
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12Etiudy Op. 10No. 12 in C minor Allegro con fuoco02:37
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13Etiudy Op. 25No. 1 in A flat major Allegro sostenuto02:21
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14Etiudy Op. 25No. 2 in F minor Presto01:35
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15Etiudy Op. 25No. 3 in F major Allegro02:05
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16Etiudy Op. 25No. 4 in A minor Agitato01:54
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17Etiudy Op. 25No. 5 in E minor Vivace03:13
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18Etiudy Op. 25No. 6 in G sharp minor Allegro02:12
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19Etiudy Op. 25No. 7 in C sharp minor Lento04:55
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20Etiudy Op. 25No. 8 in D flat major Vivace01:10
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21Etiudy Op. 25No. 9 in G flat major Allegro assai01:15
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22Etiudy Op. 25No. 10 in B minor Allegro con fuoco04:00
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23Etiudy Op. 25No. 11 in A minor Allegro con brio03:28
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24Etiudy Op. 25No. 12 in C minor Allegro molto con fuoco02:25