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Chanter avec les doigts

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Details

Composer
Frederic Chopin
Artist
Martin Nobauer
Format
CD
Label
Gramola Records
Released
Apr 04, 2025
Catalog #
GRAM99343
UPC
9003643993433

About

You have to sing with your fingers! - Frederic Chopin is said to have often demanded of his pupils during piano lessons. On which instruments could this demand be better realized than on the pianos of his time that he preferred? For this recording, the young Austrian pianist Martin Nobauer selected five historical instruments that were built between 1829 and 1853. Although there are only 24 years in between, the development in sound aesthetics from the rather thin and transparent sound of the earlier instruments to the fuller, rounder sound of the Pleyel grand piano from 1842 and especially the erard grand piano from 1853 is clearly perceptible. The works chosen for this album were composed in close temporal proximity to the creation of the instruments: the Piano Sonata in B minor op. 58, the Impromptu in G-flat major op. 51, the Mazurkas op. 50 as well as the Ballade op. 52 and the Fantaisie op. 49, both in F minor.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro maestoso 09:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Molto vivace 02:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  3. 3 III. Largo 09:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Presto non tanto 05:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto non tanto
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  5. 5 Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51 05:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  6. 6 Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1 02:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  7. 7 Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2 03:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  8. 8 Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3 05:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  9. 9 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 12:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
    Duration
    12:02
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer
  10. 10 Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 13:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
    Duration
    13:53
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Martin Nöbauer