Nino Gvetadze - Ghosts (2017) [Hi-Res]

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01. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 Agitato in C Major, C.166
02. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 Lento in A Minor, C.167
03. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 Vivace in G Major, C.168
04. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 Largo in E Minor, C.169
05. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 Molto allegro in D Major, C.170
06. Preludes Op. 28: No. 6 Lento assai in B Minor, C.171
07. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 Andantino in A Major, C.172
08. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 Molto agitato in F-Sharp Minor, C.173
09. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 Largo in E Major, C.174
10. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 Molto allegro in C-Sharp Minor, C.175
11. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 Vivace in B Major, C.176
12. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 Presto in G-Sharp Minor, C.177
13. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 Lento in F-Sharp Major, C.178
14. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 Allegro in E-Flat Minor, C.179
15. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 Sostenuto in D-Flat Major, C.180 "Raindrop"
16. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 Presto con fuoco in B-Flat Minor, C.181
17. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 Allegretto in A-Flat Major, C.182
18. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 Molto allegro in F Minor, C.183
19. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 Vivace in E-Flat Major, C.184
20. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 Largo in C Minor, C.185
21. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21 Cantabile in B-Flat Major, C.186
22. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 Molto agitato in G Minor, C.187
23. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 Moderato in F Major, C.188
24. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 Allegro appassionato in D Minor, C.189
25. Etudes, Op. 10: No. 6 in E-Flat Minor
26. Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 1 in A-Flat Major
27. Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 2 in A Minor. Lento
28. Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 2 in B Minor
29. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31

Ghosts is the first album by Georgian pianist Nino Gvetadze on the Challenge Classics label. As a winner of the Borletti Buitoni Trust Award in 2010, Nino leads a busy international career and her previous recordings have been highly praised by the critics:

’Outstanding and magical’ (The Independent)

In the very act of playing she is spontaneously creati ng the music under her fingers.’ (BBC Music Magazine).

With Ghosts, Nino presents her thoughtful interpretati on of Chopin’s Preludes, Op.28. ‘Chopin looked back and evoked for us the story of his life in his 24 Preludes. Through the medium of these works he revealed his deepest fears and sorrows, but also the beauty and integrity of his heart. The story of these ghosts culminates in tolling bells which are, in Cortot’s words, ‘of blood, of earthly pleasure, of death...’ But what follows? A pause: silence, ti meless solitude, in the Etude Op.10, No.6. Then, suddenly, the soul wakes up and waltzes into space. The album ends with the Scherzo No.2, ‘like a charnel house’, or house of the dead, as Chopin apparently described the opening - yet the finale sounds like a celebration of life. And so, our ghostly journey ends with fireworks, with smiling and shining, looking far into the future...’ Nino Gvetadze.

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