Chopin Études, Op.10, Op.25
First publication for the Etudes Pollini didn’t like
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Composer or Director: Fryderyk Chopin
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Testament
Magazine Review Date: 1/2012
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 59
Mastering:
Stereo
ADD
Catalogue Number: SBT1473
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(27) Etudes, Movement: C, Op. 10/1 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: A minor, Op. 10/2 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: E, Op. 10/3 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: C sharp minor, Op. 10/4 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: G flat, 'Black Keys', Op. 10/5 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: E flat minor, Op. 10/6 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: C, Op. 10/7 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: F, Op. 10/8 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: F minor, Op. 10/9 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: A flat, Op. 10/10 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: E flat, Op. 10/11 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: C minor, 'Revolutionary', Op. 10/12 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: A flat, 'Harp Study', Op. 25/1 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: F minor, Op. 25/2 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: F, Op. 25/3 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: A minor, Op. 25/4 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: E minor, Op. 25/5 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: G sharp minor, Op. 25/6 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: C sharp minor, Op. 25/7 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: D flat, Op. 25/8 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: G flat, 'Butterfly's Wings', Op. 25/9 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: B minor, Op. 25/10 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: A minor, 'Winter Wind', Op. 25/11 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
(27) Etudes, Movement: C minor, Op. 25/12 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Maurizio Pollini, Piano Maurizio Pollini, Piano |
Author: Bryce Morrison
Yet here, rescued by Testament, is a poetic intensity in the slower Etudes (most notably in the desolating Op 10 No 6) that later eluded him in his more objective DG recording. What superb articulacy in, say, Op 10 Nos 2, 4 and 5, and what awe-inspiring assurance and uncanny technical perfection in the treacherous double notes of No 7 (Chopin’s Toccata if you like). His pedalling is light, his sonority ‘white’ and crystalline, and if there is little of Cortot’s careless rapture or Cherkassky’s elfin propensity for mischief-making there is, overall, a near flawless balance of sense and sensibility. All lovers of great piano-playing will need to add this to their collection together with later Pollini, early Ashkenazy, Cortot and, most recently, Perahia. The recording captures much of Pollini’s pristine sound and there are sensible gaps between each Etude, allowing the listener to recover his breath before the start of the next marvel.
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