Jean-Marc Luisada - Frederic Chopin: 41 Mazurkas (2010) [SACD]
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BAND/ARTIST: Jean-Marc Luisada
- Title: Frederic Chopin: 41 Mazurkas
- Year Of Release: 2010
- Label: RCA Red Seal / Sony Music [88697686922]
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: DSD64 image (*.iso) / 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz
- Total Time: 02:01:02
- Total Size: 6,08 GB (+3%rec.)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Having already recorded a complete set of the Waltzes (5/91), Jean-Marc Luisada moves on to a truly formidable undertaking, courageously refusing to join those many pianists (including several richly experienced Chopinists) who confess themselves defeated by the Mazurkas: Chopin's most subtle and idiosyncratic challenge. Luisada makes a special case for the plaintive and popular A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 and responds with a real sense of occasion to the, for Chopin, bald fanfares and progressions of the following Mazurka in F major. On more sophisticated territory he relishes Chopin's audacious twists and turns in the concluding bars of Op. 59 No. 2 in A flat, and in the richly improvisatory Op. 50 No. 3 in G sharp minor he is vividly responsive to closing pages nervously alive with Chopin's volatility, to an always uncertain temper darkening and exploding in anger almost before we have realized it.
Alas, such successes are outnumbered by too many instances where Luisada sounds almost desperate to locate the Mazurka's elusive heart and centre. The simpler the argument the greater his difficulty with altogether too much fitful rubato and questionably slow tempos. The E major, Op. 6 No. 3 is hardly vivace and in the following Mazurkas from the same opus Luisada's sluggish Presto hardly suggests the music's truculence. Again, his phrasing sentimentalizes what I like to think of as Chopin's nagging child rather than Schumann's entreating child (Op. 17 No. 3 in A flat) and in the exuberant D flat, Op. 30 No. 3 his risoluto is achieved at the expense of the allegro non troppo direction. A touch of insouciance (a quality uniquely demonstrated by Rubinstein in his first two EMI sets) is surely inseparable from the Mazurkas, even when Chopin is at his most cloudy and introspective, most broodingly Slavonic. With Luisada there is so much self-conscious dalliance that stylishness and a natural fluidity of line are apt to become submerged.
Of the two discs the second is the more successful and it is greatly to Luisada's credit that he achieves his finest moment in the final Mazurka in F minor, Chopin's agonized last composition played here in Jan Ekier's edition which beautifully captures the music's valedictory, almost wraith-like quality. There are several other less radical departures from the more familiar text (discreet extensions, flourishes and added harmonic spice) though readers should be warned that Luisada omits both the ''Notre Temps'' and ''Gaillard'' A minor Mazurkas as well as some earlier, lighter and more expendable examples of the genre. The recordings ring true even when they are bass-heavy and airless and so, despite intermittent flashes, admirers of these timeless idealizations of dance will look forward to EMI's forthcoming reissue of Rubinstein's first and inimitable 1938-9 recording, a marvel of poetic elegance and stylistic consistency. Ignaz Friedman's legendary 1930 recordings (on Opal (CD) IF4000) of 11 Mazurkas provide an earthy and ebullient alternative and there are, of course, outstanding issues of individual opuses. All lovers of the most dazzling and Quixotic pianism will surely turn to Martha Argerich in her early DG recording of the three Op. 59 Mazurkas; a tantalizing glimpse of her mastery in Chopin's most subtle and elusive genre.
gramophone.co.uk
Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 1 in F sharp minor 3:09
2. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 2 in C-sharp minor 2:30
3. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 3 in E major 2:29
4. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 4 in E-flat minor 1:01
5. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 1 in B-flat major 2:23
6. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 2 in A minor 3:48
7. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 3 in F minor 2:32
8. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 4 in A-flat major 1:29
9. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 5 in C major 1:31
10. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 1 in B-flat major 2:33
11. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 2 in E minor 1:57
12. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 3 in A-flat major 5:05
13. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 4 in A minor 4:19
14. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 1 in G minor 2:59
15. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 2 in C major 2:16
16. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 3 in A-flat major 2:12
17. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 4 in B-flat minor 4:58
18. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 1 in C minor 1:48
19. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 2 in B minor 1:32
20. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 3 in D-flat major 2:56
21. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 4 in C-sharp minor 4:07
Disc: 2
1. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.1 in G-sharp minor 1:56
2. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.2 in D major 2:17
3. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.3 in C major 1:35
4. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.4 in B minor 5:56
5. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 1 in E minor 2:30
6. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 2 in B major 1:21
7. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 3 in A-flat major 2:09
8. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 4 in C-sharp minor 3:22
9. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 50, CT. 80-82: No. 1 in G major 2:42
10. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 50, CT. 80-82: No. 2 in A-flat major 3:51
11. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 50, CT. 80-82: No. 3 in C-sharp minor 5:08
12. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 56, CT. 83-85: No. 1 in B major 5:15
13. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 56, CT. 83-85: No. 2 in C major 1:50
14. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 56, CT. 83-85: No. 3 in C minor 6:08
15. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 59, CT. 86-88: No. 1 in A minor 3:52
16. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 59, CT. 86-88: No. 2 in A-flat major 2:44
17. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 59, CT. 86-88: No. 3 in F-sharp minor 3:43
18. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 63, CT. 89-91: No. 1 in B major 2:17
19. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 63, CT. 89-91: No. 2 in F minor 2:20
20. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 63, CT. 89-91: No. 3 in C-sharp minor 2:34
Personnel:
Jean-Marc Luisada, piano
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Alas, such successes are outnumbered by too many instances where Luisada sounds almost desperate to locate the Mazurka's elusive heart and centre. The simpler the argument the greater his difficulty with altogether too much fitful rubato and questionably slow tempos. The E major, Op. 6 No. 3 is hardly vivace and in the following Mazurkas from the same opus Luisada's sluggish Presto hardly suggests the music's truculence. Again, his phrasing sentimentalizes what I like to think of as Chopin's nagging child rather than Schumann's entreating child (Op. 17 No. 3 in A flat) and in the exuberant D flat, Op. 30 No. 3 his risoluto is achieved at the expense of the allegro non troppo direction. A touch of insouciance (a quality uniquely demonstrated by Rubinstein in his first two EMI sets) is surely inseparable from the Mazurkas, even when Chopin is at his most cloudy and introspective, most broodingly Slavonic. With Luisada there is so much self-conscious dalliance that stylishness and a natural fluidity of line are apt to become submerged.
Of the two discs the second is the more successful and it is greatly to Luisada's credit that he achieves his finest moment in the final Mazurka in F minor, Chopin's agonized last composition played here in Jan Ekier's edition which beautifully captures the music's valedictory, almost wraith-like quality. There are several other less radical departures from the more familiar text (discreet extensions, flourishes and added harmonic spice) though readers should be warned that Luisada omits both the ''Notre Temps'' and ''Gaillard'' A minor Mazurkas as well as some earlier, lighter and more expendable examples of the genre. The recordings ring true even when they are bass-heavy and airless and so, despite intermittent flashes, admirers of these timeless idealizations of dance will look forward to EMI's forthcoming reissue of Rubinstein's first and inimitable 1938-9 recording, a marvel of poetic elegance and stylistic consistency. Ignaz Friedman's legendary 1930 recordings (on Opal (CD) IF4000) of 11 Mazurkas provide an earthy and ebullient alternative and there are, of course, outstanding issues of individual opuses. All lovers of the most dazzling and Quixotic pianism will surely turn to Martha Argerich in her early DG recording of the three Op. 59 Mazurkas; a tantalizing glimpse of her mastery in Chopin's most subtle and elusive genre.
gramophone.co.uk
Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 1 in F sharp minor 3:09
2. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 2 in C-sharp minor 2:30
3. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 3 in E major 2:29
4. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 6, CT. 51-54: No. 4 in E-flat minor 1:01
5. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 1 in B-flat major 2:23
6. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 2 in A minor 3:48
7. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 3 in F minor 2:32
8. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 4 in A-flat major 1:29
9. Mazurkas (5) for piano, Op. 7, CT. 56-59: No. 5 in C major 1:31
10. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 1 in B-flat major 2:33
11. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 2 in E minor 1:57
12. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 3 in A-flat major 5:05
13. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 17, CT. 60-63: No. 4 in A minor 4:19
14. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 1 in G minor 2:59
15. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 2 in C major 2:16
16. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 3 in A-flat major 2:12
17. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 24, CT. 64-67: No. 4 in B-flat minor 4:58
18. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 1 in C minor 1:48
19. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 2 in B minor 1:32
20. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 3 in D-flat major 2:56
21. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 30, CT. 68-71: No. 4 in C-sharp minor 4:07
Disc: 2
1. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.1 in G-sharp minor 1:56
2. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.2 in D major 2:17
3. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.3 in C major 1:35
4. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 33, CT. 72-75: No.4 in B minor 5:56
5. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 1 in E minor 2:30
6. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 2 in B major 1:21
7. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 3 in A-flat major 2:09
8. Mazurkas (4) for piano, Op. 41, CT. 76-79: No. 4 in C-sharp minor 3:22
9. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 50, CT. 80-82: No. 1 in G major 2:42
10. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 50, CT. 80-82: No. 2 in A-flat major 3:51
11. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 50, CT. 80-82: No. 3 in C-sharp minor 5:08
12. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 56, CT. 83-85: No. 1 in B major 5:15
13. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 56, CT. 83-85: No. 2 in C major 1:50
14. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 56, CT. 83-85: No. 3 in C minor 6:08
15. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 59, CT. 86-88: No. 1 in A minor 3:52
16. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 59, CT. 86-88: No. 2 in A-flat major 2:44
17. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 59, CT. 86-88: No. 3 in F-sharp minor 3:43
18. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 63, CT. 89-91: No. 1 in B major 2:17
19. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 63, CT. 89-91: No. 2 in F minor 2:20
20. Mazurkas (3) for piano, Op. 63, CT. 89-91: No. 3 in C-sharp minor 2:34
Personnel:
Jean-Marc Luisada, piano
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