Howard Shelley - Chopin: Sonatas Opp. 4, 35, 58 (2011)
Artist: Howard Shelley
Title: Chopin: Sonatas Opp. 4, 35, 58
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans) / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:19:33
Total Size: 275 Mb / 265 Mb
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Tracklist: Title: Chopin: Sonatas Opp. 4, 35, 58
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans) / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:19:33
Total Size: 275 Mb / 265 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Piano Sonata in C Minor No. 1, Op. 4: I. Allegro maestoso
02. Piano Sonata in C Minor No. 1, Op. 4: II. Menuetto
03. Piano Sonata in C Minor No. 1, Op. 4: III. Larghetto
04. Piano Sonata in C Minor No. 1, Op. 4: IV. Finale. Presto
05. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: I. Grave. Doppio movimento
06. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo
07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funebre. Lento
08. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: IV. Finale. Presto
09. Sonata in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso
10 Sonata in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
11 Sonata in B Minor, Op. 58: III. Largo
12 Sonata in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto
Performers:
Howard Shelley, piano
Shelley’s discography now numbers well over 120 recordings and he has won awards for some of these. In 2007 he gave the Chopin Birthday concert in Warsaw as conductor and pianist.
Helped by the shorter decay of the notes, textural details often obscured by modern instruments emerge, while utterly different tone colours from those we're used to throw fresh light on the music. I doubt if even pianophiles who would willingly wait a few years before listening yet again to such familiar scores will be anything less than fascinated by the results.
Helped by the shorter decay of the notes, textural details often obscured by modern instruments emerge, while utterly different tone colours from those we're used to throw fresh light on the music. I doubt if even pianophiles who would willingly wait a few years before listening yet again to such familiar scores will be anything less than fascinated by the results.