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Frederic Chopin, Freddy Kempf
Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25 [Hybrid SACD]
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 1 in C major. Allegro
2. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 2 in A minor. Allegro
3. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 3 in E major. Lento ma non troppo
4. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 4 in C sharp minor. Presto
5. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 5 in G flat major ('Black Key'). Vivace
6. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 6 in E flat minor. Andante
7. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 7 in C major. Vivace
8. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 8 in F major. Allegro
9. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 9 in F minor. Allegro molto agitato
10. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 10 in A flat major. Vivace assai
11. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 11 in E flat major. Allegretto
12. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 12 in C minor ('Revolutionary'). Allegro con fuoco
13. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 1 in A flat major. Allegro sostenuto
14. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 2 in F minor. Presto
15. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 3 in F major. Allegro
16. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 4 in A minor. Agitato
17. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 5 in E minor. Vivace
18. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 6 in G sharp minor. Allegro
19. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 7 in C sharp minor. Lento
20. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 8 in D flat major. Vivace
21. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 9 in G flat major. Allegro assai
22. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 10 in B minor. Allegro con fuoco
23. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 11 in A minor. Lento - Allegro con brio
24. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 12 in C minor ('Winter Wind'). Allegro molto con fuoco

CD Details

All Artists: Frederic Chopin, Freddy Kempf
Title: Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25 [Hybrid SACD]
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bis
Release Date: 4/27/2004
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Etudes, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754712624, 7318599913902

CD Reviews

Very enjoyable in their flashy way

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 06/21/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Serious-minded critics fuss at Freddy Kempf for not using his flashy technique more, well, seriously. I always get a bit of a bratty rock-star vibe from Kempf's almost arrogant off-handedness. He was born to dazzle, and that seems to suit him perfectly. He certainly dazzles here. He charges every Etude; surges of sound wash over the listener. This is Chopin after a visit to a meth lab. It's all sparkle and speed. I say why not? For a change at least.

Insofar as one can place Kempf in a tradition, it's the harder-edged pianists like Pollini and Argerich who revised romantic style while adding dashes of their own personalities, not as recklessly as Horowitz but not chastely, either. Kempf takes the same tendencies a step farther into ultra-cool. Chopin's Etudes are susceptible to personality; they all but beg for it. I respond to Kempf's, which isn't to say that I will abandon Richter, Nelson Freire, and Pollini. They just have to make a little room on the end of the shelf."

My go to Chopin Etude CD

dia604 | Vancouver, Canada | 04/02/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is my go to CD for Chopin Etudes, purely because it is technically brilliant (Freddy Kempf makes tf sound so easy on the CD and the recording of the DVD looks like a piece of cake). I'm not going to debate about the artistic articulation of this series of repertoire.

Kempf's version compare on the same level among Valentina Lisista or Maurizio Pollini) as I found the bravura of his performance more colorful in it's dynamics and the flow of the exercises more appealing.

I'd really like to see more CD/DVD"s of these sets of etudes done more often.."