Janina Fialkowska - Plays Chopin (24 tracks)

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Janina Fialkowska
Plays Chopin
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 1 in C major
2. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 2 in A minor
3. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 3 in E major, 'Tritesse' - 'L'intimite'
4. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 4 in C sharp minor, 'Torrent'
5. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 5 in G flat major, 'Black Keys'
6. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 6 in E flat minor
7. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 7 in C major, 'Toccata'
8. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 8 in F major
9. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 9 in F minor
10. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 10 in A flat major
11. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 11 in E flat major
12. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 12 in C minor, 'Revolutionary' - 'Fall of Warsaw'
13. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 13 in A flat major, 'Aeolian Harp' - 'Shepherd Boy'
14. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 14 in F minor, 'Balm'
15. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 15 in F major, 'Carwheel'
16. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 16 in A minor
17. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 17 in E minor
18. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 18 in G sharp minor
19. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 19 in C sharp minor
20. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 20 in D flat major
21. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 21 in G flat major, 'Butterfly'
22. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 22 in B minor
23. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 23 in A minor, 'Winter Wind'
24. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 24 in C minor, 'Ocean'

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Janina Fialkowska is a wonderful Canadian pianist who has previously recorded for RCA and CBC. She has a very strong-minded approach toward the Chopin Études, which are, of course, known as much for their poetry as their virtuosity. Fialkowska plays them with emphasis almost totally on the poetry, avoiding opportunities for display and even interrupting the momentum of the famous Ocean Étude (Op. 25, No. 12) with rubato. It's a fascinating, consistent, and eventually unsatisfying interpretation, but still recommended to those attracted by this description. But Louis Lortie (Chandos) gives us a more complete picture of what Chopin put into this music. Opening Day provides excellent recording and program notes. --Leslie Gerber

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