Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 7

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The longer pieces on this recording show Louis Lortie at his splendid best, making light of technical demands and building up climaxes with total authority. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 15th Jul 2022
Catalogue No: CHAN20241
Label: Chandos
Length: 72 minutes

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Chopin: Quatre mazurkas, Op. 17

Work length12:55

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I. Vivo e risoluto

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II. Lento ma non troppo

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III. Legato assai

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IV. Lento ma non troppo

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Chopin: Rondo à la Mazur, Op. 5

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Chopin: Bolero, Op. 19

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Chopin: Quatre Mazurkas, Op. 68

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I. Vivace

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II. Lento

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III. Allegro ma non troppo

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Chopin: Rondo, Op. 16

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Chopin: Quatre Mazurkas, Op. 30

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I. Allegretto non tanto

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II. Allegretto

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III. Allegro non troppo

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IV. Allegretto

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Chopin: Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43

Work length3:22

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Chopin: Trois Mazurkas, Op. 63

Work length6:07

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I. Vivace

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II. Lento

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III. Allegretto

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Chopin: Polonaise, Op. 53 "Héroïque"

Work length7:45

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Chopin: Quatre Mazurkas, Op. 68

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IV. Andantino

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For the seventh volume of his Chopin project, the Canadian pianist and exclusive Chandos Artist Louis Lortie has built a programme that includes works from the earliest to the latest period in the composer’s life, all of which are linked by their evocation of ‘nationality’ – Italy, Spain, and of course Chopin’s beloved Poland.

The Rondo à la Mazur, op.5, and Rondo, op.16, are examples of the longer form that was linked with the ‘brilliant’ style of piano writing popular in the 1820s. Chopin soon moved away from this, in search of a more progressive compositional style. Composed around the same time as the op.16 Rondo, the Boléro, op.19, evokes the exoticism of Spain, whilst the Tarantelle, op.43, reflects the Parisian vogue for the southern Italian dance sparked by Auber’s grand opera La Muette de Portici. Now one of his most celebrated works, the Polonaise, op.53, represented for Chopin the culmination of his project, begun with the two Polonaises, op.26, to imbue the genre with powerful national symbolism.

These works are interspersed with four sets of Mazurkas, opp. 17, 30, 63, and 68. Chopin almost single-handedly introduced the Mazurka to Paris when he arrived there in the late 1820s, and continued to compose them throughout his life, transforming this Polish dance into some of his most dazzling and memorable compositions.

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September 2022

The longer pieces on this recording show Louis Lortie at his splendid best, making light of technical demands and building up climaxes with total authority.

September 2022

Louis Lortie is in sparkling form... Every bar of this Chopin disc is to be savoured, thanks to Lortie’s subtle rubato and rhythmic inventiveness, as well as his delightfully relaxed virtuosity.

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