Chopin: Piano Works / Charles Rosen

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Label
Music and Arts Programs of America
Release Date
August 19, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC
    • PERFORMER
      Charles, Rosen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 19, 2013
    • UPC
      017685060922
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      MUA609
    • LABEL
      Music and Arts Programs of America
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat Major, Op. 61, "Polonaise-fantaisie"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen

    2. I. Grave - Doppio movimento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen

    3. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen

    4. III. Marche funebre: Lento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen

    5. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen

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

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen

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

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen

    8. Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Charles Rosen


Few pianists can equal Charles Rosen for sheer lucidity of thought... the playing is big and confident (nothing frail about Rosen's vision of Chopin). Then, too, his fastidious attention to detail—especially his rhythmic acuity and his scrupulous inner lines—often lights up the music in revealing ways (note how he puts into relief the dotted gestures in the Polonaise-fantaisie). And his sympathy for the avant-garde carries over to the finale of the Second Sonata, which has rarely had its modernistic spirit so persuasively conveyed.

-- Peter J. Rabinowitz, FANFARE [1/1991]