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Ivan Moravec Plays Chopin And Debussy

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Composer
DEBUSSY CHOPIN
Artist
Ivan Moravec
Format
CD
Discs
2
Label
Vox
Released
Jan 01, 1993
Catalog #
CDX-5103
UPC
047163510328

About


Recorded in 1982/83, Ivan Moravec's Debussy and Chopin recitals for Vox count among the most attractively engineered piano recordings from the early days of digital. Max Wilcox's engineering does full justice to Moravec's luminescent tone and ultra-discreet mastery of the sustain pedal. The runs and arpeggios in Debussy's Reflets dans l'eau, Mouvement, and Poissons d'or flow so naturally and unmechanically that you don't immediately notice how precise and even they really are. The hushed, sustained atmosphere of Debussy's Des pas sur la neige and Estampes' exotic overtones come alive through Moravec's acute sense of timing and tonal application.


Although his less-heroic, more inward path through Chopin's C-sharp minor Polonaise and Polonaise-Fantasie contrasts with Artur Rubinstein's firmer swagger, the approach proves equally valid. And Moravec coaxes half tints and inner voices from his selected Mazurkas and Waltzes without unduly underlining them (the trio of the C-sharp minor Waltz, for instance). Even if you already possess Michelangeli's Debussy Images, Richter's Estampes, or Rubinstein's Chopin, Moravec deserves equal space in your collection. A bargain not to be missed. [2/26/2002]
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 No. 1. Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the water) 05:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the water)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  3. 2 No. 2. Hommage a Rameau 06:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Hommage a Rameau
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  4. 3 No. 3. Mouvement 03:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Mouvement
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  5. 4 No. 1. Cloches a travers les feuillies (Bells through the leaves) 04:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Cloches a travers les feuillies (Bells through the leaves)
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  6. 5 No. 2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (And the moon descends on the ruins of the Temple) 05:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (And the moon descends on the ruins of the Temple)
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  7. 6 No. 3. Poissons d'or (Goldfish) 03:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 3. Poissons d'or (Goldfish)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  8. 7 Preludes, Book 1: No. 6. Des pas sur la neige 04:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Preludes, Book 1: No. 6. Des pas sur la neige
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  9. 8 No. 1. Pagodes 05:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Pagodes
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  10. 9 No. 2. La soiree dans Grenade 05:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. La soiree dans Grenade
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  11. 10 No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie 03:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  12. Disc 2
  13. 1 Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor, Op. 63, No. 2 02:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor, Op. 63, No. 2
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  14. 2 Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68, No. 2 03:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68, No. 2
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  15. 3 Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 02:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  16. 4 Mazurka No. 21 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4 03:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mazurka No. 21 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  17. 5 Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4 05:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  18. 6 Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Grande Valse brillante" 05:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Grande Valse brillante"
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  19. 7 Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 03:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  20. 8 Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth. 02:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth.
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  21. 9 Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1 08:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec
  22. 10 Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat Major, Op. 61, "Polonaise-Fantaisie" 13:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat Major, Op. 61, "Polonaise-Fantaisie"
    Duration
    13:49
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Ivan Moravec