Chopin: Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Fantaisie
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Composer: Frederic ChopinPerformer: Claudio Arrau
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-07-10
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Nocturne in b flat, Op.9 No.1
- Nocturne in E flat, Op.9 No.2
- Nocturne in B, Op.9 No.3
- Nocturne in F, Op.15 No.1
- Nocturne in F#, Op.15 No.2
- Nocturne in g, Op.15 No.3
- Nocturne in c#, Op.27 No.1
- Nocturne in D flat, Op.27 No.2
- Nocturne in B, Op.32 No.1
- Nocturne in A flat, Op.32 No.2
- Nocturne in g, Op.37 No.1
- Nocturne in G, Op.37 No.2
- Nocturne in c, Op.48 No.1
- Nocturne in f#, Op.48 No.2
- Nocturne in f, Op.55 No.1
- Nocturne in E flat, Op.55 No.2
- Nocturne in B, Op.62 No.1
- Nocturne in E, Op.62 No.2
- Nocturne in e, Op.72 No.1
- Nocturne in c#, Op.posth
- Nocturne in c, Op.posth
- Nocturne in F#, Op.60
- Fant in f, Op.49
Free Music Notes for Chopin: Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Fantaisie
Free Music Review: One of the best
Hit: 5 Stars
I've owned Arrau's nocturnes ever since they were first released on vinyl. They are an old man's Chopin, in the best sense--reflective, melancholy, aching. Arrau investigates the local detail in these inexhaustible pieces to a degree just short--an important qualification--of mannered, and so may not be to everyone's taste (compared, say, to Rubenstein). But Arrau's control and elegance keep him just on the right side of that emotional knife-edge, lending great poignancy to the performances and keeping them interesting on repeated hearings. The only weakness for years had been the constricted frequency extremes of the Phillips recording, which is noticeably improved on this higher-resolution remastering, especially in the ethereal upper registers. It still can't compete with the richness of David Jones's historic recordings of Ivan Moravec (no doubt helped by Moravec's Bosendorfer) in what are without doubt the greatest interpretations of the nocturnes ever committed to disc. But I would not be without both, and Arrau's readings carry the air of a world, and a performance tradition, that we will never see again.
Chopin: Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Fantaisie Poster
Claudio Arrau's Chopin Nocturnes have had several CD incarnations, including an attractively priced two-for-one Philips duo that includes the Impromptus. While they may cost more reissued in Philips's 50 Great Recordings series, the works gain sonic heft and dimension via these new 24-bit transfers, with more warmth in the higher frequencies. Arrau considered the Nocturnes among Chopin's most searching, emotionally penetrating works.Consequently, the pianist aims to read between the music's sentiments through ample rubatos, unorthodox accentuation, and inner drama. The results radically differ from Arthur Rubinstein's benign lyricism, much as Maria Callas's truth-or-dare approach to Bellini contrasted with Joan Sutherland's suave agility. Ornamental passages, for instance, are painstakingly spelled out and shaped in the form of rapid melodies, as in the Op. 55 No. 2 Nocturne's climactic chain of trills and the F-sharp Nocturne's middle-register accompanimental figures. In general, Arrau's grand solidity works best with the darker, more texturally elaborate selections. If the pianist's brooding, worried journey through the Barcarolle causes the music's sublime polyphony to sink upstream, the F Minor Fantasy radiates drive and heroism at every turn in one of Arrau's most inspired recordings. --Jed Distler
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