Amir Katz - Chopin: Études (2017)
Amir Katz - Chopin: Études
Classical, Piano | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 52:52 min | 162 MB
Label: Orfeo | Tracks: 24 | Rls.date: 2017
Classical, Piano | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 52:52 min | 162 MB
Label: Orfeo | Tracks: 24 | Rls.date: 2017
Vladimir Horowitzs admissions about the twelve Études, Op. 10 and the twelve of Op. 25 by Frédéric Chopin, all of which he found dreadful, or to be precise, dreadfully difficult, are both revealing and disarmingly frank: 'For me, the most difficult is the one in C major, Op. 10/1. I cannot play it, and the other one in C, Op. 10/7, is no better. And I cant really play the one in A minor. Op. 10/2 properly'. Even if his outspoken confessions contain more of a degree of playfulness than some similar statements made by the famous Chopin performer Arthur Rubinstein, it is indeed the case that well into the 1970s the Chopin Études were deemed so technically difficult that it was the norm for any pianist not to play them all in public or record them in one go. Times have changed since then, however, and the technical standard expected today of a young pianist has risen markedly, while at the same time much has happened in the musical sphere when it comes to Chopin interpretation. Today, all of the Polish genius works have increasingly come to the fore for their uniqueness and their unsurpassed quality, with the result that more and more pianists are daring to tackle the fearsome 24 Études at least in the studio. In preparation for the studio recording, Amir Katz sought audience approval by performing the works frequently, and to great acclaim, in concert. As with previous projects, he wanted to take a holistic approach to the pieces, beginning with the famous 'bracket effect' of the first and last pieces in C major and C minor, both of them closely related to the first two pieces of Bachs Well-tempered Clavier and to the last Étude that then modulates back to C major which ultimately brings the work full circle in terms of tonality. What is more, in his assiduous study of the sources on early performance practice, Amir Katz has found divergence in the earlier (faster) original tempi, especially in the slower movements, and exact tempo correspondences between various pieces. The young virtuoso proves his credentials in these masterworks with a flawless clarity that is more than equal to its stylistically refined, artistically 'simplified' neo-Baroque echoes.
TRACKLIST
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
2 Études, Op. 10
1 No. 1 in C Major "Waterfall" 01:53
2 No. 2 in A Minor "Chromatique" 01:25
3 No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse" 04:08
4 No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor "Torrent" 01:55
5 No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys" 01:42
6 No. 6 in E-Flat Minor "Lament" 04:01
7 No. 7 in C Major "Toccata" 01:33
8 No. 8 in F Major "Sunshine" 02:15
9 No. 9 in F Minor 02:02
10 No. 10 in A-Flat Major 02:11
11 No. 11 in E-Flat Major "Arpeggio" 03:16
12 No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary" 03:02
12 Études, Op. 25
13 No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp" 02:39
14 No. 2 in F Minor "The Bees" 01:34
15 No. 3 in F Major "The Horseman" 01:51
16 No. 4 in A Minor "Paganini" 01:38
17 No. 5 in E Minor "Wrong Note" 03:28
18 No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor "Thirds" 02:15
19 No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor "Cello" 05:17
20 No. 8 in D-Flat Major "Sixths" 01:13
21 No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly" 01:07
22 No. 10 in B Minor "Octave" 03:27
23 No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind" 03:49
24 No. 12 in C Minor "Ocean" 02:59
PERSONNEL
Amir Katz, piano
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