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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin Op.25 -Emanuele Delucchi
Piano Classics

Godowsky: Studies on Chopin Op.25 -Emanuele Delucchi

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Composer
GODOWSKY, LEOPOLD
Artist
Emanuele Delucchi
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
May 24, 2019
Catalog #
PCL10182
UPC
5029365101820

About

Born in 1987, Emanuele Delucchi has gained renown both in his native Italy and farther afield for his cool-headed mastery of the 'hyper-virtuoso' composers after Liszt who pushed the boundaries of keyboard technique to it's farthest limits. He is among the foremost modern exponents of Charles-Valentin Alkan, and this is his third album for Piano Classics celebrating both the original works and transcriptions made by Leopold Godowsky. 'For an entrée into the polyphonic world of Godowsky, Emanuele Delucchi's programme could hardly be bettered,' said Gramophone of Delucchi's programme of the Passacaglia, original Poems and a selection of transcriptions. The performances are distinguished by 'great technical accomplishment and a relaxed, assured empathy': a verdict echoed by Classics Today in reviewing Delucchi's 2017 album of the elaborations and transformations wrought by Godowsky on Chopin's Etudes Op.10: 'every inch a viable contender alongside the Marc-André Hamelin and Carlo Grante reference versions... Delucchi's total comfort with and absorption of Godowsky's serpentine idiom makes itself felt in every measure. Needless to say, I look forward to Delucchi's performances of the remaining studies.' This desire is now granted with the release of the complementary set of works based on Chopin's Op.25 Etudes. Godowsky composed them over a period of decades, and they challenge every facet of the pianist's technique, condensing some studies into a left-hand only part, adding secondary voices to others and taking still others as the basis for free variation and fantasy. He could claim without false modesty that the fingering and pedaling involved in such feats were of 'an often revolutionary character' and in Delucchi he has a dedicated modern advocate. As an introduction to the works on this album we quote Godowsky himself: "the studies' aim is to develop the mechanical, technical and musical possibilities of piano playing, to expand the peculiarly adapted nature of the instrument to polyphonic, polyrhythmic and polydynamic work and to widen the range of it's possibilities in tone coloring".

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. 1 No. 44 in F Minor (after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 1, for the left hand alone) 01:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 44 in F Minor (after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 1, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  2. 2 No. 45 in E Major (1st version after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 2) 03:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 45 in E Major (1st version after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 2)
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  3. 3 No. 45a in D-Flat Major (2nd version after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 2, for the left hand alone) 02:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 45a in D-Flat Major (2nd version after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 2, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  4. 4 No. 46 in G Major, "Menuetto" (after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 3) 03:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 46 in G Major, "Menuetto" (after Chopin's Nouvelle Étude No. 3)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  5. 5 No. 48 in F Major (after Chopin's Op. 10, No. 11 and Op. 25, No. 3) 02:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 48 in F Major (after Chopin's Op. 10, No. 11 and Op. 25, No. 3)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  6. 6 No. 23 in A-Flat Major (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 1, for the left hand alone) 02:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 23 in A-Flat Major (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 1, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  7. 7 No. 24 in A-Flat Major (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 1) 02:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 24 in A-Flat Major (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 1)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  8. 8 No. 25 in A-Flat Major (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 1) 02:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 25 in A-Flat Major (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 1)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  9. 9 No. 26 in F Minor (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2) 01:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 26 in F Minor (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2)
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  10. 10 No. 27 in F Minor, "Waltz" (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2) 02:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 27 in F Minor, "Waltz" (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2)
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  11. 11 No. 28 in F Minor (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2, version A) 02:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 28 in F Minor (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2, version A)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  12. 12 No. 28 in F Minor (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2, version B, in octaves) 02:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 28 in F Minor (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2, version B, in octaves)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  13. 13 No. 28a in F-Sharp Minor (4th version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2, for the left hand alone) 02:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 28a in F-Sharp Minor (4th version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 2, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  14. 14 No. 29 in F Major (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 3) 02:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 29 in F Major (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 3)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  15. 15 No. 30 in F Major (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 3, for the left hand alone) 02:43
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 30 in F Major (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 3, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  16. 16 No. 31 in A Minor (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 4, for the left hand alone) 02:42
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 31 in A Minor (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 4, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  17. 17 No. 32 in F Minor, "Polonaise" (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 4) 02:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 32 in F Minor, "Polonaise" (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 4)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  18. 18 No. 32 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 4, "Trio" (2nd version) 02:08
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 32 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 4, "Trio" (2nd version)
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  19. 19 No. 33 in E Minor (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 5) 03:56
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 33 in E Minor (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 5)
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  20. 20 No. 34 in C-Sharp Minor, "Mazurka" (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 5) 03:33
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 34 in C-Sharp Minor, "Mazurka" (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 5)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  21. 21 No. 35 in B-Flat Minor (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 5, for the left hand alone) 04:06
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 35 in B-Flat Minor (3rd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 5, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  22. 22 No. 36 in G-Sharp Minor, "Study in thirds" (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 6) 02:25
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 36 in G-Sharp Minor, "Study in thirds" (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 6)
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  23. 23 No. 38 in D-Flat Major, "Study in sixths" (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 8) 01:25
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 38 in D-Flat Major, "Study in sixths" (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 8)
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  24. 24 No. 39 in G-Flat Major (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 9) 01:11
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 39 in G-Flat Major (1st version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 9)
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  25. 25 No. 40 in G-Flat Major (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 9, for the left hand alone) 01:32
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 40 in G-Flat Major (2nd version after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 9, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  26. 26 No. 41 in B Minor (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 10, for the left hand alone) 04:14
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 41 in B Minor (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 10, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  27. 27 No. 42 in A Minor (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 11) 04:58
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 42 in A Minor (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 11)
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi
  28. 28 No. 43 in C-Sharp Minor (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 12, for the left hand alone) 03:41
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 43 in C-Sharp Minor (after Chopin's Op. 25, No. 12, for the left hand alone)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Emanuele Delucchi