Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin

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Polish by birth and a victor of the Chopin Competition, Emanuel Ax was bound to have a close relationship with Chopin. But it is the sheer quality of his playing that makes him so renowned as a Chopin performer. Six CDs present Ax’s interpretations of a stimulating range of concertante, solo and chamber works by his compatriot. The two concertos are played with Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment across two discs from 1998–1999.

In his debut recordings on a historical instrument, Ax conjured “period performances unlikely to be outshone for their imagination and poetry” (Gramophone). Reviewing some of the solo performances collected here, Gramophone wrote that Ax’s recordings “are of a superlative distinction and show all the relaxed fluency and tonal elegance of a master pianist”. “No doubt Chopin would have approved” of his handling of the Mazurkas, said ClassicsToday.com, presented alongside the complete Scherzos and Ballades, as well as the Second and Third Sonatas. Ax’s famed partnership with Yo-Yo Ma, represented on the final disc, produces a “tactfully balanced, persuasively fluid performance” (Gramophone) of the Cello Sonata.

REVIEW:

Ax’s recordings are of a superlative distinction and show all the relaxed fluency and tonal elegance of a master pianist. Ax and Yo-Yo Ma produce a tactfully balanced, persuasively fluid performance of the Cello Sonata.

-- Gramophone (paraphrased from note above)



Product Description:

  • Release Date: January 05, 2018


  • Catalog Number: 88985465042


  • UPC: 889854650421


  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment


  • Number of Discs: 6


  • Period: Romantic


  • Composer: Frédéric Chopin


  • Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


  • Performer: Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank, Yo-Yo Ma



Works:

  1. Concerto for Piano & Orchestra no. 1

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras


  2. Grande Valse brillante in A minor

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  3. Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" (after Mozart)

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  4. Concerto for Piano & Orchestra no. 2

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras


  5. Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  6. Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras


  7. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  8. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  9. Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  10. Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  11. Ballades Nos. 1-4

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  12. Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  13. Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  14. Trois Nouvelles Études

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  15. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  16. Scherzos Nos. 1-4

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  17. Mazurkas, Op. 6: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  18. Op. 24: No. 2 in C

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  19. Mazurkas, Op. 56: No. 3 in C Minor

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  20. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 in A Minor

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  21. Op. 59: No. 2 in A-Flat

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  22. Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  23. Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 8

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Pamela Frank (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  24. Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  25. Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)