The 1st Chopin Festival Hamburg offers a unique opportunity to experience the keyboards of the city’s Museum of Arts and Crafts, the first festival of its kind in Europe. The individual tonal qualities of these instruments can be appreciated during recitals of Classical, Romantic and Impressionist music, with a focus on Chopin, given by six leading specialists in the museum’s own rooms. Pleyel, Brodmann and Broadwood instruments of Chopin’s time are used, as is a modern Steinway, allowing the listener to contrast the fascinatingly divergent sounds of these important historic instruments.
Schubert, Franz
6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 6 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
1 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 6 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847) 06:01
Chopin, Fryderyk
Mazurka No. 16 in A-Flat Major, Op. 24, No. 3 (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015)
2 Mazurka No. 16 in A-Flat Major, Op. 24, No. 3 (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015) 01:46
Dussek, Jan Ladislav
Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, "The Farewell" (excerpts) (performed on Joseph Brodmann piano, c. 1815)
3 II. Molto adagio e sostenuto 07:05
4 III. Tempo di minuetto più tosto allegro 03:37
Chopin, Fryderyk
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841)
5 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841) 01:17
Debussy, Claude
Préludes, Book 2 (excerpts) (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015)
6 No. 2. Feuilles mortes 02:50
7 No. 3. La Puerta del vino 03:30
Chopin, Fryderyk
12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830)
8 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830) 05:22
Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841)
9 Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841) 02:41
Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2 (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841)
10 Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2 (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841) 03:27
Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3 (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841)
11 Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3 (performed on John Broadwood & Sons Ltd piano, 1841) 02:18
Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59, No. 1 (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830)
12 Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59, No. 1 (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830) 04:21
Mazurka in D Minor (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830)
13 Mazurka in D Minor (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830) 00:36
Traditional
Chopin, Fryderyk - Arranger
Dąbrowski's Mazurka (arr. F. Chopin for piano) (fragment) (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830)
14 Dąbrowski's Mazurka (arr. F. Chopin for piano) (fragment) (performed on Rousselot piano, c. 1830) 00:51
Chopin, Fryderyk
Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015)
15 Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015) 04:24
Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
16 Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847) 09:30
Liszt, Franz
Années de pèlerinage, 1st year, Switzerland, S160/R10: No. 2. Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Wallenstadt) (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 1872)
17 Années de pèlerinage, 1st year, Switzerland, S160/R10: No. 2. Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Wallenstadt) (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 1872) 02:57
Chopin, Fryderyk
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March": IV. Finale: Presto (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 1872)
18 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March": IV. Finale: Presto (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 1872) 01:38
Liszt, Franz
Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S514/R181, "Mephisto Waltz No. 1" (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015)
19 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S514/R181, "Mephisto Waltz No. 1" (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015) 11:32
Gutmann, Adolph
Nocturne in A-Flat Major, Op. 8, No. 1 (version for piano 4 hands) (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015)
20 Nocturne in A-Flat Major, Op. 8, No. 1 (version for piano 4 hands) (performed on Steinway & Sons piano, 2015) 03:00
Total Playing Time: 01:18:43
