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Chopin: Brana Records Collection, Vol. 3
Frédéric Chopin

Blumental

Chopin: Brana Records Collection, Vol. 3

Price: € 23.95
Format: CD
Label: Brana Records
UPC: 0821158103326
Catnr: BR 0033
Release date: 01 November 2010
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Label
Brana Records
UPC
0821158103326
Catalogue number
BR 0033
Release date
01 November 2010
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To mark the 200th year anniversary of Chopin’s Birthday, this delightful 3 CD collection celebrates the music of this much loved composer and features the Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 and the popular Scherzos, Waltzes, Mazurkas, Nocturnes and Polonaises.

These recordings of Chopin solo piano music show Felicja Blumental further exploring the music of her homeland while demonstrating her love and affinity for the music and dance forms that inspired Chopin. Her stirring and illuminating interpretation of the 2nd movement in Chopin’s Concerto is beautifully balanced by the four lively Scherzi.

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Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin is one of the greatest composers of the Romantic piano tradition. He was a master in making the small form great. His ballades, mazurkas, polonaises, preludes, etudes and nocturnes all belong to the most popular standard works for piano ever written.  As a child prodigy, Chopin grew up in a middle class family, who lived among the literati of Warsaw. When in 1830 the November Uprising broke out in Poland, the twenty year old Chopin stayed in Vienna. He became an exile and never returned to his mother country. He eventually settled in Paris.  He avoided public concerts, but he did like performing in small settings, such as salons and at home for his friends. This way, Chopin built a...
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Frédéric Chopin is one of the greatest composers of the Romantic piano tradition. He was a master in making the small form great. His ballades, mazurkas, polonaises, preludes, etudes and nocturnes all belong to the most popular standard works for piano ever written. As a child prodigy, Chopin grew up in a middle class family, who lived among the literati of Warsaw. When in 1830 the November Uprising broke out in Poland, the twenty year old Chopin stayed in Vienna. He became an exile and never returned to his mother country. He eventually settled in Paris. He avoided public concerts, but he did like performing in small settings, such as salons and at home for his friends. This way, Chopin built a reputation as an exceptional pianist, teacher and composer.
Chopin brought a unique synthesis between the Viennese bravado and the French/English lyric style. Even though his pieces often are technically very demanding, the focus was always on creating a lyric expression and poetic atmosphere. He invented the instrumental ballade, and brought salongenres to a higher level with his many innovations and refinements.


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