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

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Label
Danacord
Release Date
August 14, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN, FREDERIC
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      South Denmark Philharmonic
    • PERFORMER
      Marshev, Porcelijn
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 14, 2014
    • UPC
      5709499701027
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DACOCD701-702
    • LABEL
      Danacord
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    2. II. Romanza: Larghetto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    3. III. Rondo: Vivace

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    4. I. Introduction: Largo non troppo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    5. II. Air, "Juz Miesiac Zaszedl": Andantino

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    6. III. Theme de Charles Kurpinski: Allegretto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    7. IV. Kujawiak: Vivace

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    8. Introduction: Andantino quasi allegretto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    9. Rondo: Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    10. I. Maestoso

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    11. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    12. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    13. Introduction: Largo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    14. Theme: Allegretto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    15. Variation 1: Brillante

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    16. Variation 2: Veloce, ma accuratamente

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    17. Variation 3: Sempre sostenuto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    18. Variation 4: Con bravura

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    19. Variation 5: Adagio

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    20. Alla polacca

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    21. Andante spianato

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn

    22. Grande Polonaise Brillante

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Oleg Marshev

      Conductor: David Porcelijn


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