Alexei Volodin - Chopin: Piano Works (2010)

Artist: Alexei Volodin
Title: Chopin: Piano Works
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical Piano
Quality: Challenge Classics
Total Time: 01:07:39
Total Size: 222 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
TracklistTitle: Chopin: Piano Works
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical Piano
Quality: Challenge Classics
Total Time: 01:07:39
Total Size: 222 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Impromptu no. 1 A flat major op. 29: Impromptu no. 1 A flat major op. 29:
02. Impromptu no. 2 F sharp major op. 36: Impromptu no. 2 F sharp major op. 36:
03. Impromptu no. 3 G flat major op. 51: Impromptu no. 3 G flat major op. 51:
04. Impromptu no. 4 c sharp minor op. 66: Impromptu no. 4 c sharp minor op. 66:
05. Barcarole F sharp major op. 60: Barcarole F sharp major op. 60:
06. Polonaise-Fantaisie A flat major op. 61: Polonaise-Fantaisie A flat major op. 61:
07. Sonata no. 3 b minor op. 58: Finale. Presto, ma non tanto
08. Sonata no. 3 b minor op. 58: Finale. Presto, ma non tanto
09. Sonata no. 3 b minor op. 58: Finale. Presto, ma non tanto
10. Sonata no. 3 b minor op. 58: Finale. Presto, ma non tanto

Alexei Volodin is a modest musician, enormously talented but absolutely no 'showman', because that has nothing to do with art, according to himself. When he reads or hears that he has played a piece perfectly he disagrees. He is not like a perfect machine or computer. A human being does not play perfectly and is not supposed to. Rather a human being is inspired, that is a far better word for his interpretations, also on this Chopin-cd. A magnificent recording of a internationally well-known pianist!
Chopin is seen as one of the great composers, although his oeuvre is for the most part comprised of music for piano, solo or music that has a piano in it.
Daniel Barenboim once said, "Like a concave mirror Chopins music combines and condenses aristocratic and individual personality, fantasy and awareness of form, Nationalidiom and abstraction of consummate art, whose value most be measured not by its dimension, but by its concentration. Chopins music combines, often in a small space, an almost unparalleled richness of harmony and melody, a beautiful blend of romantic expression and classical severity."