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Chopin: Complete Works For Piano & Orchestra / Marshev, Porcelijn
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Chopin: Complete Works For Piano & Orchestra / Marshev, Porcelijn

$18.99

Details

Composer
CHOPIN, FREDERIC
Artist
Marshev, Porcelijn
Format
CD
Label
Danacord
Released
Aug 14, 2014
Catalog #
DACOCD701-702
UPC
5709499701027

About

Most pianists who record both Chopin concertos tend to ignore the composer’s other concerted works for piano and orchestra. As a result, the catalog contains few complete cycles, and they’re uneven at that. Those by Abbey Simon (Vox), Garrick Ohlsson (Hyperion), and Kun-Woo Paik (Decca) consistently satisfy. So does the present release with pianist Oleg Marshev.

Aside from his tone turning slightly metallic and strident in loudest passages, Marshev’s vibrant, fluent, and tastefully inflected pianism fuses power and poetry at every juncture. Listen, for example, to the First Concerto Rondo’s elegantly racing octave runs, to the sustained drama in the central minor episode of the Second Concerto’s Larghetto, or to the perky runs and roulades throughout the Grande Polonaise and you’ll hear what I mean.

Neither Krakowiak’s knotty passagework nor the glittery bravura of the Là ci darem la mano variations pose problems for Marshev’s fingers. What is more, the South Denmark Philharmonic under David Porcelijn offers alert and vividly detailed support that belies any received notions that Chopin’s orchestrations are humdrum. Both soloist and orchestra unify the potentially piecemeal Fantasy on Polish Airs with sharp accents, darkly shaded modal twists, and a real chamber-like repartée. Notice also the gorgeous textural interplay in the Krakowiak’s introduction, with sustained strings, solo horn and clarinet, and the piano’s haunting unison lines. Marshev won’t cause collectors to jettison favorite individual performances, yet his high standards add up to an easy recommendation for those who want all of Chopin’s concerted works together, not to mention Danacord’s superb engineering and Jeremy Nicholas’ succinct, information-packed booklet notes.

-- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro maestoso 19:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    19:48
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  3. 2 II. Romanza: Larghetto 09:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Romanza: Larghetto
    Duration
    09:26
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  4. 3 III. Rondo: Vivace 09:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Vivace
    Duration
    09:58
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  5. 4 I. Introduction: Largo non troppo 04:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Introduction: Largo non troppo
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  6. 5 II. Air, "Juz Miesiac Zaszedl": Andantino 03:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Air, "Juz Miesiac Zaszedl": Andantino
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  7. 6 III. Theme de Charles Kurpinski: Allegretto 04:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Theme de Charles Kurpinski: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  8. 7 IV. Kujawiak: Vivace 03:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Kujawiak: Vivace
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  9. 8 Introduction: Andantino quasi allegretto 02:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Introduction: Andantino quasi allegretto
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  10. 9 Rondo: Allegro non troppo 13:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    Rondo: Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    13:28
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Maestoso 14:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    14:36
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  13. 2 II. Larghetto 09:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    09:26
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  14. 3 III. Allegro vivace 09:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  15. 4 Introduction: Largo 04:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    Introduction: Largo
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  16. 5 Theme: Allegretto 01:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Theme: Allegretto
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  17. 6 Variation 1: Brillante 00:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 1: Brillante
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  18. 7 Variation 2: Veloce, ma accuratamente 00:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 2: Veloce, ma accuratamente
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  19. 8 Variation 3: Sempre sostenuto 01:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 3: Sempre sostenuto
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  20. 9 Variation 4: Con bravura 01:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 4: Con bravura
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  21. 10 Variation 5: Adagio 03:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 5: Adagio
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  22. 11 Alla polacca 03:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    Alla polacca
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  23. 12 Andante spianato 04:48
    Track
    12
    Title
    Andante spianato
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  24. 13 Grande Polonaise Brillante 09:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    Grande Polonaise Brillante
    Duration
    09:34
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Oleg Marshev
    Ensemble
    Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn