Chopin: Sonatas / Kobrin

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Label
Quartz Music
Release Date
July 30, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN, FREDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Alexander Kobrin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 30, 2021
    • UPC
      880040214021
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      QTZ2140
    • LABEL
      Quartz Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    2. II. Menuetto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    3. III. Larghetto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    4. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    5. I. Grave - Doppio movimento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    6. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    7. III. Marche funèbre: Lento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    8. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    9. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    10. II. Scherzo: Molto vivace

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    11. III. Largo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin

    12. IV. Finale: Presto, non tanto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Alexander Kobrin


Chopin's piano sonatas span a wide creative period, from his time as a student to five years before his death, when he was still in good health and his relationship with George Sand had not yet begun to deteriorate. Two of the three Chopin piano sonatas are cornerstones of the romantic piano repertoire; the first sonata is heard far less frequently in performance or recording. Chopin has been most revered as a miniaturist; much has been written discussing Chopin's larger-scale works: some have criticized his seeming lack of formal skill, while others have come to praise his compositional anomalies as innovation and ingenuity. Regardless, Chopin's characteristically transcendent, fluid melodies, unique pianistic beauty and distinctive poetic voice permeate these three sonatas.