CHOPIN Rondos and Fantasy
Rondos and the Op 49 Fantaisie from Pole Karaś-Krasztel
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Composer or Director: Fryderyk Chopin
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Dux Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 08/2012
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 52
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: DUX0796

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Rondo |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Elzbieta Karas-Krasztel, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer |
Rondo 'à la Mazur' |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Elzbieta Karas-Krasztel, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer |
Fantasie |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Elzbieta Karas-Krasztel, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer |
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
The Rondo à la Mazur sounds the same – an almost unvarying mezzo-forte dynamic and the same tempo moderato throughout – and, though the Rondo in C is invested with a little more vim, by the time we get to the main (allegro vivace) section of the Rondo in E flat we have to admit that Karaś-Krasztel comes across as elegant but bland. For Op 16 at its best, turn to Horowitz or, better still, Anatole Kitain in 1938. For all four Rondos with real character, go for Naxos’s Idil Biret.
The Fantaisie in F minor, played in the same Warsaw radio studio in 2010, 15 years later than the Rondos, is warmly recorded in a performance of some depth and obvious affection. This is the finest playing on a disc with the not overly generous timing of 52'54". Jeremy Nicholas
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