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Chopin: 4 Ballades, Piano Sonata No. 2 / Emanuel Ax

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Composer
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC
Artist
Emanuel, Ax
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Sep 10, 2009
Catalog #
SONY60480
UPC
090266048021

About

[A] reminder of the awe-inspiring calibre of Emanuel Ax's Chopin... His technique in the daunting demands of the Ballades...is so masterly that you almost forget its comprehensive range or the way even the highest hurdle is taken with yards to spare. Again, when you hear him at 8'20" as he starts the long and intricate climb towards the Fourth Ballade's heavenstorming climax you may well wonder when you have heard this passage more subtly or grandly inflected...

Time and again you are made aware of how Ax, with his sumptuous tone and rhetorical grandeur, can contain even Chopin's most audacious gestures within an overall sweep and impetus as inevitable as a force of nature. Generous and big-handed, Ax's Chopin is noble, grandly aristocratic and, above all, heartfelt.

-- Bryce Morrison, Gramophone [4/2006, reviewing RCA 72554]

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 09:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
    Duration
    09:55
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  2. 2 Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 07:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  3. 3 Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 07:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  4. 4 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 11:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
    Duration
    11:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  5. 5 I. Grave - Doppio movimento 07:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Grave - Doppio movimento
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  6. 6 II. Scherzo 06:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  7. 7 III. Marche funebre: Lento 08:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Marche funebre: Lento
    Duration
    08:39
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  8. 8 IV. Finale: Presto 01:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax