Chopin: 4 Ballades; Scherzos; Mazurkas

Chopin: 4 Ballades; Scherzos; Mazurkas

Chopin: 4 Ballades; Scherzos; Mazurkas
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Composer: Frederic Chopin
Performer: Emanuel Ax
Edition: Music CD
Music CD: Region Code 0
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-11-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Music Label: RCA
Product features:
  • Emanuel Ax - Chopin - Ballades & Mazurkas Scherzos And
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Ballade No.1, Op.23, In G Minor
  2. Ballade No.2, Op.38, In F Major
  3. Ballade No.3, Op.47, In A-Flat Major
  4. Ballade No.4, Op.52, In F Minor
  5. Scherzo No.1, Op.20, In B Minor
  6. Scherzo No.3, Op.39 In C-Sharp Minor
  7. Mazurka, Op.24 No.2, In C Major
  8. Mazurka, Op.56 No.3, In C Minor
  9. Mazurka, Op.59 No.1, In A Minor
  10. Mazurka, Op.59 No.2, In A-Flat Major
  11. Mazurka, Op.59 No.3, In F-Sharp Minor
Music CD 2
  1. Andante Spianato/Grand Polonaise Brillante, Op.22
  2. Nocturne, Op.62 No.1, In B Major
  3. Scherzo No.2 Op.31, In B-Flat Minor
  4. Scherzo No.4, Op.54, In E Major
  5. Etude In F Minor
  6. Etude In D-Flat Major
  7. Etude In A-Flat Major
  8. Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op.61, In A-Flat Major

Music reviews of Chopin: 4 Ballades; Scherzos; Mazurkas

Music Review: Richly-crafted Chopin
Rating: 5 Stars

Amoung the great composers, Chopin's compositions to me have a special richness and deeply satisfying quality to them - both intellectually and emotionally. There rarely tire the ear. The Ballades especially have a richness to them - taking us on a unique journey in Chopin's world, freer to explore and probe the depths of human experience.

Equally so, the quality of Emanual Ax's readings here (of especially the Ballades) also possesses this deeply satisfying quality that makes one marvel of Chopin's greatness. Maybe it is the lack of excessiveness or showmanship and just spinning out the works with a keen clarity as the score indicates that creates this response. You get the sense that he serves the music wholeheartedly and with honor. Yet it is not playing that lacks emotive depth and virtuososity - just not calling attention to itself. Ax is one of our great Chopin players and the Ballades here may be the finest example. The other pieces are excellent too but the Ballades strike me as a special recording event for this humble artist. Perahia and Ohlsson also recorded some fine Ballades worth hearing.

Especially exceptional too is the sound quality from Sony - one of the finest I have on disc for solo piano. Beautiful, clear, deep, optimal resonance. And it is one of the very few piano discs that sound good on an average car audio system (most sound horrible). Compositions - 5 stars; Peformance - 4.5 stars; Sound - 5 stars.
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