Nima Sarkechik - Chopin: Études Op. 10, Ballades - Dufourt: La ligne gravissant la chute (2020)

Tracklist

01. 12 Études in C Major, Op. 10 Allegro
02. 12 Études in A Minor, Op. 10: Allegro
03. 12 Études in E Major, Op. 10: Lento ma non troppo
04. 12 Études in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: Presto
05. 12 Études in G-Flat Major, Op. 10: Vivace
06. 12 Études in E-Flat Minor, Op. 10: Andante
07. 12 Études in C Major, Op. 10: Vivace
08. 12 Études in F Major, Op. 10: Allegro
09. 12 Études in F Minor, Op. 10: Allegro molto agitato
10. 12 Études in A-Flat Major, Op. 10: Vivace assai
11. 12 Études in E-Flat Major, Op. 10: Allegretto
12. 12 Études in C Minor, Op. 10: Allegro con fuoco
13. La ligne gravissant la chute - Hommage à Chopin
14. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
15. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
16. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
17. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52



Those with crooked fingers will straighten them with these etudes, but those with straight ones must beware of them..., wrote the poet Ludwig Rellstab about Chopin's Etudes op. 10. The nature of this cycle of piano exercises can hardly be better described, as the purpose of etudes was normally to show the stony path to perfect piano playing in systematic exercises. And the piano school that was in vogue at the time did this to a great extent: the drill of Karl Czerny's Die Kunst der Geläufigkeit has remained a painful memory for generations of piano students. In the twelve pieces of his first collection of etudes arranged around the circle of fifths, Chopin conveys all the finesses of pianistic technique at an almost dizzyingly high level, but virtuoso skills alone are not enough to illuminate the poetic depth of these miniatures beyond the technical demands.

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