Chopin Vol 5 - At Home
Our Price: $36.48
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
CD Details
Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1999-09-07
Music Label: Opus 111
Music reviews of Chopin Vol 5 - At Home
Music Review: Chopin played on an 1831 Pleyel piano
Rating: 5 Stars
These are truly wonderful performances, played by Janusz Olejniczak of Poland, most famous perhaps for his playing in the film "The Pianist". The star of this CD, however, is most certainly the piano itself.
I ain't no novice when it comes to Chopin recordings; I have well over a hundred. But I have no other that sounds like this, and it's because these pieces were played on an 1831 Pleyel, the same model that Chopin himself banged on (at least when he wasn't banging George Sand). The difference between the Pleyel and a modern piano is the color, the timbre. This old piano is not as "accurate" (whatever the heck that means) as a modern piano but it has character out the ying yang. It shouts, it weeps, it dances around the room, it grabs you by your collar and slaps your face, it revels in life.
This be a must-have for Chopin aficionados. If you are not moved by it, you have no taste, no class, no soul, and you don't really care for music, do you?
My only disappointment is with the "Funeral March," which just doesn't work. The recordings of it by Vladimir "the Impaler" Horowitz are to die for. Here, however, it is but another number, almost a filler. Even so, "Chopin At Home" is still a 5-star disc.
General CDs
Music Genres
Bestsellers in General CDs
Puccini - La Boheme (The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Series)Release date: 2008-09-16; DVD
Best price: $13.67
Price in other shops:
Songs of Joy & Peace Deluxe VersionRelease date: 2008-10-14; Music CD
Best price: $13.50
Price in other shops:
Stephen Sondheim - The Story So Far..Release date: 2008-09-30; Music CD
Best price: $34.13
Price in other shops:
Chant: Music For The SoulRelease date: 2008-07-01; Music CD
Best price: $9.66
Price in other shops:
Andrea Bocelli - The Best of Andrea Bocelli: VivereBOCELLI,ANDREA; Release date: 2007-10-30; Music CD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
Adams: Doctor AtomicRelease date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $29.88
Price in other shops:
Baby Einstein - Baby Mozart - Music Festivalby Disney
BABY EINSTEIN; Release date: 2002-03-12; Published: 2004; DVD
Best price: $8.88
Price in other shops:
Andre Rieu: Live in ViennaRelease date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $12.38
Price in other shops:
Vivaldi: The Four SeasonsRelease date: 2008-09-02; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Songs of Joy & PeaceRelease date: 2008-10-14; Music CD
Best price: $9.98
Price in other shops:
Similar CDs
Liszt: 10 Hungarian RhapsodiesRelease date: 2001-04-10; Music CD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Chopin: NocturnesRelease date: 1991-06-25; Music CD
Best price: $15.29
Price in other shops:
Chopin: The 1848 Concert in ParisRelease date: 1999-09-07; Music CD
Best price: $43.99
Chopin: 9 Polonaises; 23 MazurkasRelease date: 2002-10-08; Music CD
Best price: $12.88
Price in other shops: