Following the success of the 1st Chopin Festival Hamburg 2018 (available on Naxos 8.574058), the 2nd Chopin Festival Hamburg 2019 continues its unique approach of inviting pianists to perform on original historic instruments and, by way of comparison, on a modern grand piano in the same concert. Performances range from Chopin heard on his Pleyel ‘pianino’ of 1832 to the most technically advanced Shigeru Kawai grand piano built in 2019. Listeners are invited to discover ‘old’ and ‘new’ in completely fresh ways through these multifaceted interpretations.
Tracklist
Artist details
Chopin, Fryderyk
Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832)
1 Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832) 04:33
24 Preludes, Op. 28 (excerpts) (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832)
2 No. 9 in E Major 01:20
3 No. 6 in B Minor 02:41
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
4 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019) 10:53
24 Preludes, Op. 28 (excerpts) (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
5 No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop" 06:21
6 No. 3 in G Major 00:59
Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
7 Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019) 07:56
Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
8 Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847) 10:28
Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
9 Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847) 04:20
Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
10 Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847) 03:00
Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
11 Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847) 02:16
Schumann, Robert
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 1. Des Abends (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
12 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 1. Des Abends (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019) 03:16
Chopin, Fryderyk
Polonaise No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor (performed on Steinway grand piano, 1872)
13 Polonaise No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor (performed on Steinway grand piano, 1872) 06:11
Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 (performed on Steinway grand piano, 1872)
14 Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 (performed on Steinway grand piano, 1872) 01:28
Rachmaninov, Sergey
Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1. Elégie in E-Flat Minor (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
15 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1. Elégie in E-Flat Minor (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019) 05:13
Kurpiński, Karol Kazimierz
3 Polonaises: No. 2 in D Minor (1812) (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
16 3 Polonaises: No. 2 in D Minor (1812) (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019) 04:14
Chopin, Fryderyk
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832)
17 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832) 00:50
Peterson, Oscar
Jazz for the Young Pianist, Part III: Exercise No. 3 in B-Flat Major (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
18 Jazz for the Young Pianist, Part III: Exercise No. 3 in B-Flat Major (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019) 01:11
Total Playing Time: 01:17:10
