Chopin Etudes

Fryderyk Chopin, Murray Perahia - Chopin Etudes

Chopin Etudes
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Artist: Fryderyk Chopin, Murray Perahia
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-09-17
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Etude No.1 In C Major
  2. Etude No.2 In A Minor
  3. Etude No.3 In E Major
  4. Etude No.4 In C-Sharp Minor
  5. Etude No.5 In G-Flat Major 'Black Keys'
  6. Etude No.6 In E-Flat Minor
  7. Etude No.7 In C Major
  8. Etude No.8 In F Major
  9. Etude No.9 In F Minor
  10. Etude No.10 In A-Flat Major
  11. Etude No.11 In E-Flat Major
  12. Etude No.12 In C Minor 'Revolutionary'
  13. Etude No.1 In A-Flat Major
  14. Etude No.2 In F Minor
  15. Etude No.3 In F Major
  16. Etude No.4 In A Minor
  17. Etude No.5 In E Minor
  18. Etude No.6 In G-Sharp Minor 'Thirds'
  19. Etude No.7 In C-Sharp Minor
  20. Etude No.8 In D-Flat Major 'Sixths'
  21. Etude No.9 In G-Flat Major
  22. Etude No.10 In B Minor 'Octaves'
  23. Etude No.11 In A Minor
  24. Etude No.12 In C Minor

Music reviews of Chopin Etudes

Music Review: Chopin in grand style!
Rating: 5 Stars

This CD is definitely a "must" for all classical music collectors. Particularly, it addresses to those aficionados who adore Chopin's musical output and consider him a forerunner of the modern piano. Yet, no less this recording is intended to those who instantly succumb to the charms of the unique flavours that compound - by means of his intelligent virtuosity and poetic approach - the renditions of the keyboard genius Murray Perahia.

Whatever he choses to play, but especially in Chopin pages, this tireless musical gold-digger is fond of offering us the very essence of the music he interprets, its deepest meanings and most fascinating facets. For the Chopin Etudes opp. 10 & 25, Perahia conjures up from his marvellous keyboard a stunning palette of feelings such as tender love (op.25, No.7 - "Cello"), despair and melancholy (op.10, No.3 - "Tristesse"), exuberance (op.10, No.5 - "Black Key"), grief, boldness and fury (op.10, No.12 - "Revolutionary"), or natural phenomena such as rain (op.10, No. 4 - "Torrent"), tempest (op.25, No.11 - "Winter wind"), spring aromas (op.25, No.2 - "Balm"), starry sky or big weaves of the ocean (op.25, No.12 - "Ocean").

In other words, through this prize-winning recording, Perahia is sharing with us all that Chopin's music has so uniquely treasured. And - believe me! - he is doing it in grand style!

As a personal note, I am proud to add that I`ve had two times the rare opportunity to listen to Murray Perahia performing live to a crowded Romanian Athenee (a gem concert hall in Bucharest), during the recent editions of the "George Enescu" International Festival in 2007, and 2009 respectively. On the former occasion, Perahia offered a sparkling recital that included Chopin's Etudes op.10 No.4 and op.25 No.1, along with the 3rd Ballad, gathered, as one of the encores, by the Fantasie-Impomptu op.66. On the latter one, Perahia assumed gloriously the double role of conductor and soloist of his renowned Academy-of-Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields, in Mozart and Bach keyboard concertos. Overwhelming and unforgettable experiences for me!

Both his live concerts and his recordings made me regard Murray Perahia as a subtle poet of the piano, a mature artist who loves to combine artistic boldness with stylistic rigor in order to obtain valuable renditions of the masterpieces he tackles.

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Through channeling his intelligent virtuosity toward musical ends, Murray Perahia reveals the distinctive voice of each Chopin Étude, rather than imposing a "one style fits all" aesthetic upon the music. His easy mastery of the right-hand double-note challenges of Op. 10 No. 7 and Op. 25 Nos. 6 & 8 and the taxing rotary patterns of the famous "Black Key" and "Winter Wind" études enable him to clarify their significant left-hand component. Note, too, the "Octave" étude's long-lined ebb and flow, or a sharper, more aggressive C-sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4, than the one Perahia recorded in the early 1990s. But his unusually brisk take on the E-flat minor (Op. 10 No. 6) trivializes the music's aching harmonic tension, and the two C Minor Études (including the "Revolutionary") are a shade inhibited compared with the unbridled bravura of the versions by György Cziffra (Philips) and Juana Zayas (Music & Arts). These quibbles, however, should not prevent piano lovers from experiencing Perahia's well-considered and superbly engineered interpretations of the oft-recorded masterpieces. --Jed Distler

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