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Giampaolo Stuani, piano Chopin: Preludes (+ Ravel: La Valse)   Play Buy perfect CD files!

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Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Preludes Op. 28 (1838-39) [24]
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La Valse, piano transcription (1919-20)

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1. Preludes Op. 28 - 1. Agitato
2. Preludes Op. 28 - 2. Lento
3. Preludes Op. 28 - 3. Vivace
4. Preludes Op. 28 - 4. Largo
5. Preludes Op. 28 - 5. Allegro molto
6. Preludes Op. 28 - 6. Lento assai
7. Preludes Op. 28 - 7. Andantino
8. Preludes Op. 28 - 8. Molto agitato
9. Preludes Op. 28 - 9. Largo
10. Preludes Op. 28 - 10. Allegro molto
11. Preludes Op. 28 - 11. Vivace
12. Preludes Op. 28 - 12. Presto
13. Preludes Op. 28 - 13. Lento
14. Preludes Op. 28 - 14. Allegro
15. Preludes Op. 28 - 15. Sostenuto
16. Preludes Op. 28 - 16. Presto con fuoco
17. Preludes Op. 28 - 17. Allegretto
18. Preludes Op. 28 - 18. Allegro molto
19. Preludes Op. 28 - 19. Vivace
20. Preludes Op. 28 - 20. Largo
21. Preludes Op. 28 - 21. Cantabile
22. Preludes Op. 28 - 22. Molto agitato
23. Preludes Op. 28 - 23. Moderato
24. Preludes Op. 28 - 24. Allegro appassionato
25. La Valse, piano transcription

 

Within these very small frames, Chopin captures a universe of feeling and mood. There is a prelude for each major and minor key; many of them demand high virtuosity. James Friskin writes: "Perhaps no other collection of piano pieces contains within such a small compass so much that is at the same time musically and technically valuable". Schumann thought them "eagle's feathers, all strangely intermingled. But in every piece we find his own hand-Frederic Chopin wrote it. One recognizes him in his pauses, in his impetuous respiration. He is the boldest, the proudest, poet-soul of his time". Finck feels that "if all piano music in the world were to be destroyed, excepting one collection, my vote should be cast for Chopin's Preludes. There are among Chopin's preludes a few which breathe the spirit of contentment and grace, or of religious grandeur, but most of them are outbreaks of the wildest anguish and heart-rending pathos. If tears could be heard, they would sound like these preludes".

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Music of the romantic period. This recording has been made at Recording studio, Treviso (2002).

Audio format available: WAV / 44.1 kHz * 16 bit (CD quality) | Original sampling / resolution: 96 kHz x 24 bit | Timing: 54:29 | Size: 548 Mb | Dynamic range: 12 (info) | Sound quality: *** (3 stars = maximum) | DDD

Original audio is copyrighted: OnClassical - Stuani, © 2003 (previews are released under Creative Commons, BY-NC-SA, 1.0).

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