Chopin: Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51

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Chopin - Etudes, Sonatas & Impromptus

Chopin:

Études (12), Op. 10

Études (12), Op. 25

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Impromptus Nos. 1-4

Janina Fialkowska (piano)

Canada’s “First Lady of Chopin” has embarked on an incredible year of recitals, orchestral concerts and master-classes and will be performing at the Cadogan Hall and Fairfield Hall in May. Her previous Chopin recital CD on ATMA (ACD22597) has received excellent reviews.

“Big-boned, dramatically powerful and intimately eloquent by turns” BBC Music Magazine, August 2010 ****

“...lesser mortals may weep with envy at such unfaltering authority...What a glittering and assured curtain-raiser to the Op. 10 Etudes; and if she can command with the best of them she can just as easily take you into her confidence...she offers an unfailing balance of sense and sensibility.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2010

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Chopin chez Pleyel

Chopin:

Andante spianato

Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2

Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor

Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major

Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major

Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major

Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25)

Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop'

Mazurka No. 51 in A minor 'Émile Gaillard'

Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2

Mazurka No. 28 in B major, Op. 41 No. 3

Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51

Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42

Alain Planès (piano Pleyel 1837coll. Anthony Sidey)

A journey into Chopin's world . . . On 21 February 1842, the Polish composer gave one of his very rare concerts: he did not enjoy appearing in public, for his music was above all a chamber art. Alain Planès has striven to recreate the programme of this concert as closely as possible and recorded it on a Pleyel piano of 1836 that the composer might have played.The questions he throws up in the process are fascinating: how did Chopin play? Apart from his famous rubato, what was the role of ornamentation, and indeed improvisation?

“The revelations stem from the admirable restraint of Planès's playing...The Nocturnes... combine elegance with profundity, while the selection from the Op 25 Etudes is exquisitely done.” The Guardian, 7th January 2010 ****

“…Planès himself works poetic magic, with wonderfully paced phrasing and a style of rubato replete with beautifully judged elasticity and grace; and he has explored Chopin's approach to improvised ornamentation to tasteful effect. There's not a meaningless note in the whole disc.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 *****

“Alain Planès...is obviously at home with the instrument, and plays finely. He also makes a gallant attempt at recapturing Chopin’s famously fluid style of playing. The A flat ballade is particularly pleasing.” Sunday Times, 28th February 2010 ****

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