Frederic Chopin Irina Zaritzkaya - Chopin Preludes Opp 28 45 OpPosth (27 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Frederic Chopin, Irina Zaritzkaya
Chopin: Preludes, Opp. 28, 45, Op.Posth.
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 1 in C
2. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 2 in A Minor
3. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 3 in G
4. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 4 in E Minor
5. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 5 in D
6. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 6 in B Minor
7. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 7 in A
8. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 8 in F Sharp Minor
9. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 9 in E
10. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 10 in C Sharp Minor
11. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 11 in B
12. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 12 in G Sharp Minor
13. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 13 in F Sharp
14. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 14 in E Flat Minor
15. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 15 in D Flat
16. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 16 in B Flat Minor
17. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 17 in A Flat
18. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 18 in F Minor
19. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 19 in E Flat
20. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 20 in C Minor
21. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 21 in B Flat
22. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 22 in G Minor
23. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 23 in F
24. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 24 in D Minor
25. Prelude for piano No. 25 in C sharp minor, Op. 45, CT. 190
26. Work(s): Prelude No. 26 in A Flat
27. Variations brillantes on 'Je vends des scapulaires' from H?rold's Ludovic, for piano in B flat major, Op. 12, CT. 226

CD Details

All Artists: Frederic Chopin, Irina Zaritzkaya
Title: Chopin: Preludes, Opp. 28, 45, Op.Posth.
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 2/15/1994
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 730099522526

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CD Reviews

Respectable performance, slightly difficult sound

Leslie Richford | Selsingen, Lower Saxony | 01/30/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This disc was recorded in May and August 1988 at a recording studio in Heidelberg, Germany. I have listened to it often, comparing the sound on varying bits of hifi equipment, and I have come to the conclusion that it is best to listen to this on top-quality stereo in front of speakers that are placed not too far apart; this is because the right and left channels of the recording are a little over-separated and with a larger gap between the speakers (or on headphones) the impression is easily gained (if I may put it a little jocularly) that Ms. Zaritzkaya has very long arms! (The deep-sounding chord at the end of Prélude No. 24, for example, comes over on the extreme right, while some of Ms. Zaritzkaya's right-hand high notes are on the extreme left of proceedings.)

Chopin's Préludes are in the Bach tradition, working progressively through the different keys and alternating major and minor keys. Prélude No. 1 is in C Major, and after this you get further and further away until you arrive in very distant keys. The individual Préludes are sometimes in the brisk, delicate tone that is considered typical for Chopin, but there are also plenty of slow, meditative pieces here, some of them perhaps reflecting Chopin's sad situation at the time of composing them: he was living in difficult conditions on Mallorca and had just been correctly diagnosed as having tuberculosis.

Irina Zaritzkaya takes her time over each piece, the fast ones being mastered with panache, the slower ones being thoughtfully done, often evoking emotion and always appearing to have been thought about carefully. Naxos has, however, re-recorded the Préludes with star pianist Idil Biret, and prospective buyers might be well-advised to try her prize-winning version. Irina Zaritzkaya does offer three worthwhile encores, however: the C Sharp Prélude Op. 45, the A Flat Prélude that was published after Chopin's death, and the Variations brillantes Op. 12 from 1833."