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Leif Ove Andsnes - Chopin: The Piano Sonatas, 5 Etudes, 4 Mazurkas (1999)

Leif Ove Andsnes - Chopin: The Piano Sonatas, 5 Etudes, 4 Mazurkas (1999)

BAND/ARTIST: Leif Ove Andsnes

  • Title: Chopin: The Piano Sonatas, 5 Etudes, 4 Mazurkas (1999)
  • Year Of Release: 1999
  • Label: Virgin Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 01:50:09
  • Total Size: 337 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4, CT. 201- Allegro maestoso [0:09:31.73]
02. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4, CT. 201- Menuetto [0:04:50.00]
03. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4, CT. 201- Larghetto [0:04:17.70]
04. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4, CT. 201- Finale- Presto [0:06:56.67]
05. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, CT. 203- Allegro maestoso [0:13:05.20]
06. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, CT. 203- Scherzo [0:02:53.00]
07. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, CT. 203- Largo [0:09:33.69]
08. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, CT. 203- Finale- Presto, non tanto - Agitato [0:05:26.12]

CD 2:
01. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, CT. 202- 1. Grave - Doppio movimento [0:07:20.05]
02. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, CT. 202- 2. Scherzo [0:06:42.70]
03. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, CT. 202- 3. Marche funèbre- Lento [0:08:23.42]
04. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, CT. 202- 4. Finale- Presto [0:01:43.68]
05. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63- Mazurka No. 1 in B flat major. Vivo e risoluto [0:02:23.00]
06. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63- Mazurka No. 2 in E minor. Lento, ma non troppo [0:01:56.63]
07. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63- Mazurka No. 3 in A flat major. Legato assai [0:04:18.02]
08. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63- Mazurka No. 4 in A minor. Lento, am non troppo [0:04:39.63]
09. Etude for piano No. 15 in F major, Op. 25-3, CT 28 [0:01:50.19]
10. Etude for piano No. 16 in A minor, Op. 25-4, CT. 29 [0:01:58.12]
11. Etude for piano No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 10-6, CT. 19 [0:04:01.08]
12. Etude for piano No. 22 in B minor, Op. 25-10, CT. 35 [0:04:27.65]
13. Etude for piano No. 23 in A minor, Op. 25-11, CT. 36 [0:03:58.67]

Performers:
Leif Ove Andsnes – piano

The first part of this recording (and the first playing I had heard Andsnes do) that I heard was the third sonata, a piece that has had a lot of recordings by the great pianists through the years. What struck me were two things: a sense of spaciousness, letting the music and the phrases "breathe", and, along with that, a sense of proportion. Andsnes, here and in other recordings I have heard of his, has the guts to _not_ show off, (although, clearly, he has the fingers to do so) but, more than any other Chopin pianist I have ever heard (with the exception of Moravec), somehow illuminates Chopin's phrasing in the most natural way. Highly recommended, along with other Andsnes recordings, particularly his Schumann - I would love to hear him record the complete works of Schumann, because it could well be a definitive set.





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