Chopin: 1830 Warsaw Concert
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Volume 3 of Opus 111's Journey Around Chopin series replicates as much as possible an orchestral concert that took place March 17, 1830, in Warsaw, an occasion that sealed Chopin's early reputation as both composer and pianist. Hearing Chopin's music in this context is revealing. His restless modulations and dazzling keyboard figurations sound downright radical next to the hackneyed, workaday musicality of the Kurpinski and Elsner overtures, to say nothing of Paër's facile but empty vocal fireworks. Playing an Erard piano dating from around that time, Olejniczak plays with relaxed fluidity, and the small period-instrument aggregation proves how viable and effective Chopin's orchestrations really are. The concerted works, however, don't match the Emanuel Ax/Sir Charles Mackerras period versions on Sony for freshness and sophistication. Still and all, an absorbing release. --Jed Distler
Chopin: 1830 Warsaw Concert, Music, Frédéric Chopin, Jozef Antoni Franciszek Elsner, Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, Ferdinando Paer, Christoph Spering, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Olga Pasichnyk, Janusz Olejniczak, Olga Pasiecznik, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto, Fantasy/Fantasia for Keyboard, Keyboard, Opera, Piano Concerto, Vocal, Vocal Music
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Chopin: 1830 Warsaw Concert
Frédéric Chopin , Jozef Antoni Franciszek Elsner , Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski , Ferdinando Paer , Christoph Spering , New Berlin Chamber Orchestra , Olga Pasichnyk , Janusz Olejniczak , and Olga Pasiecznik
Manufacturer: Opus 111
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00001NTKI
Release Date: 1999-09-07 |
Amazon.com
Volume 3 of Opus 111's Journey Around Chopin series replicates as much as possible an orchestral concert that took place March 17, 1830, in Warsaw, an occasion that sealed Chopin's early reputation as both composer and pianist. Hearing Chopin's music in this context is revealing. His restless modulations and dazzling keyboard figurations sound downright radical next to the hackneyed, workaday musicality of the Kurpinski and Elsner overtures, to say nothing of Paër's facile but empty vocal fireworks. Playing an Erard piano dating from around that time, Olejniczak plays with relaxed fluidity, and the small period-instrument aggregation proves how viable and effective Chopin's orchestrations really are. The concerted works, however, don't match the Emanuel Ax/Sir Charles Mackerras period versions on Sony for freshness and sophistication. Still and all, an absorbing release. --Jed Distler
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- Cristóbal de Morales: Officium defunctorum & Missa pro Defunctis
- Divine Liturgy For The Feast Of St. Peter And St. Paul
- Dorati conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin / London Symphony
- El Tanguero
- Electro-Acoustic
- Elgar, Barber and Strauss
- Erlebach: Overtures & Sonatas
- Ernest Bloch: Concerti Grossi 1 & 2
- Fingerbreaker
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Strawberry Switchblade [Extra tracks] [Import]
Vladimir Horowitz Plays
You Knock Me Out
Some Aspects of Water [Live]
Soundtrack To A Moment
Who's Making Love [Import]
With All My Heart [CD-single] [Limited Edition]
Whad'ya Know About...Sousa
You Draw Me In
Where Would I Be?
Worship and Tribute [Enhanced]
Vuelve
Y Voy a Ser Feliz [Import]
Hammer & Nail
1937-1938