CHOPIN: Ballades / Fantaisie in F Minor / Galop Marquis

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 1, 1999
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN
    • PERFORMER
      Idil, Biret
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 1999
    • UPC
      636943452721
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8554527
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    2. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    3. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    4. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    5. Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    6. I. Etude No. 25 in F Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    7. II. Etude No. 26 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    8. III. Etude No. 27 in D-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    9. Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    10. Galop Marquis in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    11. Largo in E-Flat Major, BI 109

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    12. Marche funebre

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    13. Cantabile in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret


Chopin's four Ballades are among the greatest of his works, as is the Fantasia in F minor also included on this disk. The Ballades were composed between 1835 and 1843 and are generally believed to be based upon works by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz. This is music in the style of the medieval troubador, with singing lyrical sections alternating with music of wild passions, big chords, chromatic passages, and virtuosic runs. The first and fourth ballades, in G minor and F minor, tend to be more stormy and passionate while the second and third, in F major and A flat major are more reflective and lyrical. Biret gives a beautiful rendition of this music with beautiful, free rhythm, attention to dynamics and phrasing, and a full use of the resources of the piano. She captures magnificently the wild, virtuosic concluding passages in the first and fourth ballades.