Olga Chelova, Frédéric Chopin - Reflections on Chopin (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Études, Op. 10: No. 1 in C Major Botschaft
02. Études, Op. 10: No. 2 in A Minor Zweigbruch
03. Études, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major Heimatliebe
04. Études, Op. 10: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor Herzglut
05. Études, Op. 10: No. 5 in G-Flat Major Die Sonne erhaschen – Kinder spielen
06. Études, Op. 10: No. 6 in E-Flat Minor Verloren im Labyrinth
07. Études, Op. 10: No. 7 in C Major Sanfte Grüße aus Spanien – Flamenco
08. Études, Op. 10: No. 8 in F Major Federball – Sonnenfunken
09. Études, Op. 10: No. 9 in F Minor Eine Tragödie
10. Études, Op. 10: No. 10 in A-Flat Major Facettenreiche Melodie
11. Études, Op. 10: No. 11 in E-Flat Major Die Harfe des Himmels
12. Études, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor Warschau in Flammen – Grande Étude Pathétique
13. Études, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major Regenbogen – Garten Eden
14. Études, Op. 25: No. 2 in F Minor Eiswind
15. Études, Op. 25: No. 3 in F Major Jugend – Wir spielen Fangen
16. Études, Op. 25: No. 4 in A Minor Die Flucht – Verfolgungsjagd – Ausbruch
17. Études, Op. 25: No. 5 in E Minor Der sanfte Spott – Liebeserklärung – Unsanfter Spott
18. Études, Op. 25: No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor Die triste Winterfahrt
19. Études, Op. 25: No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor Abschied für immer – Tragische Offenbarung
20. Études, Op. 25: No. 8 in D-Flat Major Schmetterlingswalzer
21. Études, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major Auf dem Trampolin
22. Études, Op. 25: No. 10 in B Minor Schneesturm
23. Études, Op. 25: No. 11 in A Minor Wirbelsturm
24. Études, Op. 25: No. 12 in C Minor Ergreifende Bitterkeit – Der edle Zorn
25. 3 Nouvelles études, B. 130: No. 1 in F Minor Die Sehnsucht
26. 3 Nouvelles études, B. 130: No. 2 in A-Flat Major Zarte Liebelei
27. 3 Nouvelles études, B. 130: No. 3 in D-Flat Major Stille – Was hört man in der Stille?

With her new album Reflections on Chopin, Odessa-born pianist Olga Chelova has realised a lifelong dream: to understand and record Frédéric Chopin's 27 études – Op. 10, Op. 25 and the three études without opus numbers – as a large, self-contained cycle.

Even as a child at the legendary Stolyarsky School, she encountered these works not as mere studies, but as living voices. Over the years, her vision matured to interpret them as a ‘model of the universe’: 24 études like 24 hours of a day – birth and farewell, light and darkness, playfulness and seriousness. In Chelova's interpretation, they are connected by invisible harmonic and spiritual threads. Even the silence between the pieces becomes part of the narrative.

In a profound dialogue with Johann Sebastian Bach – whose ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’ was a lifelong reference work for Chopin – the études unfold a universal perspective: they are miniatures of technical brilliance and at the same time existential meditations on time, fate and transience. Inspired also by the poetic interpretation of Nobel Prize winner Boris Pasternak, Chelova understands these works as musical explorations of human life.

She has given each étude a poetic title – as an invitation to listeners to become co-creators. From visionary ‘messages’ to tragic cries to the transcendent silence of the three late études, a dramaturgically designed cosmos unfolds, recorded on a Steinway D grand piano.

Olga Chelova combines technical mastery with metaphysical depth. Awarded early on, performing internationally and nominated three times for the Opus Klassik in 2022 for her debut album, she is considered an artist of exceptional maturity. As a Steinway Artist, chamber musician, composer and founder of the Mörfelder Music Festival, she stands for a humanistic conception of art that transforms virtuosity into expression.

‘Reflections on Chopin’ is more than a recording – it is the essence of an artistic journey, a tribute to Chopin's spiritual legacy and a passionate commitment to music as a mirror of life.

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