Vladimir Ashkenazy [Piano] - Chopin: 4 Ballades, 4 Scherzi / Ashkenazy
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Artist: Vladimir Ashkenazy [Piano]Composer: Frédéric [Composer] Chopin
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2011-11-22
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
- Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38
- Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
- Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
- Prélude No.25 in C sharp minor, Op.45
- Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
- Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31
- Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
- Scherzo No.4 in E, Op.54
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Chopin: 4 Ballades; 4 Scherzi by Vladimir Ashkenazy [Piano]This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Listening to these superb transfers of Ashkenazy's first complete cycles of the Ballades and Scherzos, which were recorded in the mid-1960s and have been out of the catalog for more than 20 years, is a startling reminder of why the Russian, then only in his 20s, became the dominant Chopin interpreter of his generation. While Ashkenazy's interpretive style had been anticipated by players such as Dinu Lipatti and Solomon, no one else had ever played so much Chopin with such selflessness. This is not to say that Ashkenazy's Chopin was bland, but that it eschewed histrionics and personal idiosyncrasies while missing none of the passion or emotional content of the music. His use of understatement in the G Minor Ballade brings the listener inside the work as more theatrical performances do not. In the F Minor Ballade, he creates an aura of mystery from the opening notes, sustains the labyrinthine narrative line with intensity and intimacy, and concludes with a passionate conquest of the coda. His equally inspired account of the other Ballades and all of the Scherzos make this one of the finest Chopin discs in the catalog. --Stephen Wigler
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