Chopin - Piano Sonata No.2, Ballade No.4, etc

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111282

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 3rd March 2008

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Ballades (4)

» no.4 in F minor, op.52

Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60
Etudes (12), op.10

» no.3 in E major 'Tristesse'

Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Scherzi (4)

» no.1 in B minor, op.20

Artists

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Ballades (4)

» no.4 in F minor, op.52

Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60
Etudes (12), op.10

» no.3 in E major 'Tristesse'

Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Scherzi (4)

» no.1 in B minor, op.20

Artists

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

About

Although Horowitz’s concept of Chopin, characterised by extremes of dynamics and tempi, divided the critics over the years, as one of them wrote in 1958 of a disc containing the Barcarolle heard here, “If your choice in Chopin interpretation runs to largescale, grandiose treatments, magnificent panoramas of sound, delicacy and yet tremendous virility, obtain this record by all means. The overall effect is breathtaking.”

The tempo Horowitz chooses for the first movement of this 1950 recording of Piano Sonata No. 2 may seem surprisingly slow, yet the relationship between the first and second subject is far more logical than many performances where the second subject is often played much slower than the first.

The 1949 recording of the Ballade No. 4 has never been reissued but is presented here for its rarity and in conjunction with the artist’s approved 1952 remake of the same work.

Contents:
Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 “Funeral March”
Recorded 13th May 1950,Town Hall;

Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60
Recorded 23rd February 1957, Carnegie Hall;

Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Recorded 8th May 1952, Manhattan Center;

Polonaise No.7 in A flat major, Op.61 “Polonaise-fantaisie”
Recorded live 23rd April 1951, Carnegie Hall;

Etude No.3 in E major, Op.10, No.3
Recorded 29th April 1951, Hunter College Auditorium;

Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
Recorded 28th-29th April 1951, Hunter College Auditorium;

Bonus track:
Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 (withdrawn 1949 recording)
Recorded 28th December 1949, Town Hall

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