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Chopin, Schubert
John Browning Edition, Vol.I
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. SPOKEN INTRO ON KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION
2. J.S.BACH: CCHORAL PRELUDE: Ich Ruf Zu Dir, BWV 639
3. CHOPIN: FANTASY IN F MINOR, OP.49
4. SSCHUBERT: IMPROMPTU IN A-FLAT MAJOR, OP.142, NO.2
5. CHOPIN: MAZURKA IN F MINOR, OP. 63 NO.2
6. CHOPIN: MAZURKA IN F MINOR, OP. 68 NO.4
7. CHOPIN: SONATA NO.2 IN B-FLAT MINOR, OP.35

CD Details

All Artists: Chopin, Schubert
Title: John Browning Edition, Vol.I
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: MSR Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/9/2005
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Fantasies, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Romantic (c.1820-1910), Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 681585112021

Synopsis

Product Description

Recorded on November 22, 1963 at the College of William & Mary, on the evening of the day Presieent John F. Keddey was assassinated. The 4-Disc JOHN BROWNING EDITION has been created with the support of the Estate of John Browning, family, friends and colleagues. The performances featured have been taken from the private recording collection of John Browning, and date back to his youngest days as a performer. The archival recordings from which these discs come have been painstakingly remastered at Squires Productions of Elmsford, New York using the very latest sound restoration means available.

CD Reviews

Hear the composer

Stick-In-The-Mud | San Francisco | 02/13/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

""If you listen to Vladimir Horowitz play these pieces you hear Horowitz, if you listen to Browning play these pieces you hear the composer." I heard this comment decades ago and it changed the way I listen to music. Browning is a subtle, lyrical and vastly underrated pianist. Everything he plays is beautifully rendered, showing respect for the composition and holding back on the excessive flair that is so common in many pianist of today. The issuing of these editions is a reason for celebration. Play him side by side with any other pianist and you will find yourself returning more and more to Browning."

Much better value buying the box set

New York Reviewer | New York | 12/20/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For some reason Amazon doesn't offer the boxed set of all four volumes of John Browning Edition, which can be obtained at MSR records for $29.95, an outstanding value. I am not sure why."