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Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5
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Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5

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Details

Composer
CHOPIN, FREDERIC
Artist
Louis Lortie
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Oct 06, 2017
Catalog #
CHAN 10943
UPC
095115194324

About

Louis Lortie’s Chopin series is achieving landmark status, as confirmed by the increasingly enthusiastic reviews of progressive volumes. This fifth one sumptuously highlights the Polish influences in Chopin’s music, offering gems from among the mazurkas and polonaises. Relatively brief in duration and simple in structure, the mazurkas reveal other aspect of Chopin’s music: quirky melodies, strangely chromatic harmonies, oddly accented rhythms, irregular phrase lengths, and wildly contrasting keyboard textures. They represent a fascinating part of Chopin’s output, for audiences and pianists alike. The vigour of the polonaises featured here, including the first two to be published, confirms Chopin as a radical, yet idiomatic transformer of the genre. The Allegro de concert, which Chopin was said to have kept for his projected return to ‘a free Warsaw’, is another link to his beloved country.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 02:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  2. 2 Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2 03:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  3. 3 Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3 02:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  4. 4 Mazurka No. 9 in C Major, Op. 7, No. 5 00:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mazurka No. 9 in C Major, Op. 7, No. 5
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  5. 5 Mazurka No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4 01:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mazurka No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  6. 6 Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1 08:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1
    Duration
    08:47
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  7. 7 Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 02:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 1
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  8. 8 Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2 02:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  9. 9 Mazurka No. 24 in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 01:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    Mazurka No. 24 in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  10. 10 Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4 04:54
    Track
    10
    Title
    Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  11. 11 Polonaise No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26, No. 2 08:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    Polonaise No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26, No. 2
    Duration
    08:20
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  12. 12 Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59, No. 1 04:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59, No. 1
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  13. 13 Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2 02:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  14. 14 Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3 03:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  15. 15 Polonaise No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44 10:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    Polonaise No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
    Duration
    10:21
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
  16. 16 Allegro de concert, Op. 46 11:10
    Track
    16
    Title
    Allegro de concert, Op. 46
    Duration
    11:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Louis Lortie