Chopin: Oeuvres pour Piano [Piano Works]

Chopin: Oeuvres pour Piano [Piano Works]

Chopin: Oeuvres pour Piano [Piano Works]
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Composer: Frederic Chopin
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Performer: Alfred Cortot
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2002-08-05
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Berceuse En Ré Bémol Majeur In D Flat Major, Op.57
  2. Chant Plonais Nº 12 'Moja Piesczotka'
  3. Etude En Sol Bémol Majeur In G Flat, Op.10 Nº 5
  4. Etude En Sol Bémol Majeur In G Flat, Op.25 Nº 9
  5. Etude En La Mineur In A Minor, Op.25 Nº 11
  6. Impromtu Nº 1 En La Bémol Majeur In A Flat Major, Op.29
  7. Impromtu Nº 2 En Fa Dièse Majeur In F Sharp, Op.36
  8. Etude En La Bémol Majeur In A Flat Major, Op.25 Nº 1
  9. Valse Nº 7 En Ut Diè Mineur In C Sharp Minor, Op.64 Nº 2
  10. Berceuse En Ré Bémol Majeur In D Flat, Op. 57
  11. Ballade Nº 1 En Sol Mineur In G Minor, Op.23
  12. Préludes Op.28 Nº 1 En Ut Majeur In C
  13. Préludes Op.28 Nº 4 En Mi Mineur In Minor
  14. Préludes Op.28 Nº 8 En Fa Dièse Mineur In F Sharp
  15. Préludes Op.28 Nº 12 En Sol Dièse Mineur In G Sharp Minor
  16. Préludes Op.28 Nº 17 En La Bémol Majeur In A Flat Major
  17. Préludes Op.28 Nº 19 En La Bémol Majeur In E Flat Major
  18. Préludes Op.28 Nº 24 En Ré Mineur In D Minor
  19. Sonate Nº 3 En Si Mineur In B Minor, Op.58 I Allegro Maestoso
  20. Sonate Nº 3 En Si Mineur In B Minor, Op.58 II Scherzo (Allegro vvace)
  21. Sonate Nº 3 En Si Mineur In B Minor, Op.58 III Largo
  22. Sonate Nº 3 En Si Mineur In B Minor, Op.58IV Finale (Presto Non Tanto)
Music CD 2
  1. Prélude En Sol Dièse Mineur In G Sharp Minor, Op.28 Nº 12
  2. Nocturne En Mi Bémol Majeur In E Flat, Op.9 Nº 2
  3. Sonate Nº 2 En Si Bémol Majeur In B Flat Major, Op.35: I Grave-Allegro
  4. Sonate Nº 2 En Si Bémol Majeur In B Flat Major, Op.35: II Scherzo
  5. Sonate Nº 2 En Si Bémol Majeur In B Flat Major, Op.35: III Marche Funèbre
  6. Sonate Nº 2 En Si Bémol Majeur In B Flat Major, Op.35: IV Finale (Presto)
  7. Polonaise Nº 6 En La Bémol Majeur In A Flat Major, Op.53
  8. 4 Ballades Nº 1 En Sol Mineur In G Minor, Op.23
  9. 4 Ballades Nº 2 En Fa Majeur In F MajorOp, 38
  10. 4 Ballades Nº 3 En La Bémol Majeur In A Flat Major Op,47
  11. 4 Ballades Nº 4 En Fa Mineur In F Minor, Op.52
  12. Fantaisie En Fa Mineur In F Minor, Op.49
  13. Tarentelle En La Bémol Majeur In A Flat, Op.43
Music CD 3
  1. Barcarolle En Fa Dièse Majeur In F Sharp, Op.60
  2. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 1 In C
  3. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 2 In A
  4. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 3 In E
  5. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 4 In c Sharp
  6. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 5 In G Flat
  7. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 6 In G Flat
  8. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 7 In E Flat
  9. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 8 In F
  10. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 9 In f
  11. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 10 In A Flat
  12. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 11 E Flat
  13. 12 Etudes Op.10 Nº 12 In C
  14. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 1 In A Flat
  15. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 2 In f
  16. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 3 In F
  17. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 4 In a
  18. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 5 In e
  19. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 6 In g Sharp
  20. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 7 In c Sharp
  21. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 8 In D Flat
  22. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 9 In G Flat
  23. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 10 In B Flat
  24. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 11 In a
  25. 12 Etudes Op.25 Nº 12 In c
  26. Valses Nº 1 In E Flat, Op.18
  27. Valses Nº 5 In A Flat, Op.42
  28. Valses Nº 10 In b, Op.69 Nº 2
  29. Valses Nº 14 In e, Op. Posth.
Music CD 4
  1. Piano Con No. 2 En f Op.21 I Allegro
  2. Piano Con No. 2 En f Op.21 II Larghetto
  3. Piano Con No. 2 En f Op.21 III Allegro Vivace
  4. Impromptu No.3 In G Flat, Op.51
  5. 14 Valses No.1 In E Flat, Op.18
  6. 14 Valses No.2 In A Flat, Op.34 No.1
  7. 14 Valses No.3 In a, Op.34 No.2
  8. 14 Valses No.4 In F, Op.34 No.3
  9. 14 Valses No.5 In A Flat, Op.42
  10. 14 Valses No.6 In D Flat, Op.64 No.1
  11. 14 Valses No.7 In c Sharp, Op.64 No.2
  12. 14 Valses No.8 In A Flat, Op.64 No.3
  13. 14 Valses No.9 In A Flat, Op.69 No.1
  14. 14 Valses No.10 In b, Op.69 No.2
  15. 14 Valses No.11 In G Flat, Op.70 No.1
  16. 14 Valses No.12 In f, Op.70 No.2
  17. 14 Valses No.13 In D Flat, Op.70 No.3
  18. 14 Valses No.14 In e, Op. Posth.
Music CD 5
  1. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.1 In C
  2. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.2 In a
  3. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.3 In G
  4. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.4 In e
  5. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.5 In D
  6. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.6 In b
  7. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.7 In A
  8. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.8 In f Sharp
  9. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.9 In E
  10. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.10 In c Sharp
  11. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.11 In B
  12. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.12 In g Sharp
  13. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.13 In F Sharp
  14. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.14 In e Flat
  15. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.15 In D Sharp
  16. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.16 In B Flat
  17. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.17 In A Flat
  18. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.18 In f
  19. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.19 In E Flat
  20. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.20 In c
  21. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.21 In B Flat
  22. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.22 In g
  23. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.23 In F
  24. 24 Préludes Op.28 No.24 In d
  25. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.1 In C
  26. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.2 In a
  27. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.3 In E
  28. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.4 In c Sharp
  29. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.5 In G Flat
  30. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.6 In e Flat
  31. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.7 In C
  32. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.8 In F
  33. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.9 In f
  34. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.10 In A Flat
  35. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.11 In E Flat
  36. 12 Etudes Op.10 No.12 In c
Music CD 6
  1. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.1 In A Flat
  2. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.2 In f
  3. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.3 In F
  4. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.4 In a
  5. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.5 In e
  6. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.6 In g Sharp
  7. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.7 c Sharp
  8. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.8 In D Flat
  9. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.9 In G Flat
  10. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.10 In b
  11. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.11 In a
  12. 12 Etudes Op.25 No.12 in c
  13. 2 ChantsPolonais Op.75 (Transcription F.Liszt):Printemps ('Wiosna')
  14. 2 ChantsPolonais Op.75 (Transcription F.Liszt):L'Anneau ('Pierscien')
  15. Nocturnes No.4 In F, Op.15 No.1
  16. Nocturnes No.5 In F Sharp, Op.15 No.2
  17. Nocturnes No.7 In c Sharp, Op.27 No.1
  18. Nocturnes No.15 In f, Op.55 No.1
  19. Nocturnes No.16 In E Flat, Op.55 No.2
  20. 3 Nouvelles Etudes Pour La Méthode De Moscheles & Fétis No.1 In f
  21. 3 Nouvelles Etudes Pour La Méthode De Moscheles & Fétis No.2 In D Flat
  22. 3 Nouvelles Etudes Pour La Méthode De Moscheles & Fétis No.3 In A Flat
  23. Prélude In c SHarp, Op.45

Music reviews of Chopin: Oeuvres pour Piano [Piano Works]

Music Review: Why can't today's pianists play Chopin like this?
Rating: 5 Stars

It's beyond the scope of this review (not to mention the time I have) to discuss all the works here, or even all of the many highlights. Suffice it to say, as a whole, this is some of the most expressive Chopin playing ever put to wax, shellac, vinyl, magnetic tape, digital tape, flash memory, or anything else. The whole approach to this kind of music was different 80 years ago, when the artists were just one generation removed (and sometimes not even that) from the music they were performing, and grew up steeped in the traditions. Today's pianists learn the affectations of the Romantics at music schools and universities, and impressive as they are, they are just that, affectations. As Miles Davis said once regarding the neoboppers who were imitating the likes of him, you can tell it's a copy. While the two- and three-star idiots below me berate this recording because it's not DDD sound and Cortot drops a note here or there, they are missing the flow of the *music,* the understanding of architecture and drama, the communion between composer, performer and audience. Such attitudes, though, do help me understand why modern piano playing has become so obsessed with being correct that it rarely tries to get beyond that to owning the text, making one's approach to it virtually beyond criticism. So many of today's "virtuosos" are too worried about what the audience and critics will think of a finger-slip that they don't worry about anything beyond pressing down every key as directed by the holy score.

But to hear Cortot launch into the Sonata No. 2, for example, is to enter another realm, one where individual notes don't matter as much as the journey. And in his journey, Cortot plays the most extraordinary, perfectly- (and darkly-) shaded funeral march I've ever heard--just listen to those bass notes. Has anyone ever played it that well since then? Rachmaninoff, in his equally ancient recording, comes close, but since...? Sorry, you modern-day Chopinists, you have a lot of work to do.

Other standouts are the Third Sonata, with an otherworldly slow movement, a truly heroic but never overblown "Heroic" Polonaise Op. 53, and the best set of Etudes I've ever heard. Those who think Cortot had serious technical problems might listen to how well he navigates these incredibly difficult miniatures. I don't see today's virtuosi stepping up to the plate to tackle these works, let alone tackle them without the benefit of splicing and overdubbing. The Preludes are almost as satisfying, though other Chopin specialists--Pogorelich, Moravec, Arrau (the early cycle, not the Philips redo), and others have been highly successful and can give Alfie a run for his money. Some other performances here, such as the F minor Fantasy Op. 49, are superb and blow the competition out of the water. (The great, or at least famous Zimerman sounds particularly feeble in comparison.) Listen to Cortot's pedaling in the repeated ascending phrases of the climax (at 10:20 on the recording) and then the lonely, disembodied hush of the coda. Who plays with this richness of expression today? Now, if a little crackle (actually surface noise is well-suppressed by engineers, maybe a little too much) is keeping you from enjoying such extraordinary and unique sounds in the piano literature, then you deserve Lang-Lang.

The Ballades--some of my favorite Chopin--are well-done here, but even better-served on a Music & Arts disc, "Cortot Plays Chopin, the Legendary 1925 - 1929 Recordings," that unfortunately is out of print. (M&A CD-871...hunt for it used on the web; it's worth the effort.) Still, this set is a gold mine of great Chopin-playing, the sort that died in Europe a long time ago.
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