Louis Lortie plays Chopin, Vol. 6

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Chandos
Release Date
November 6, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN, FREDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Louis Lortie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 06, 2020
    • UPC
      095115211724
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20117
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    2. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    3. Mazurka No. 3 in E Major, Op. 6, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    4. Mazurka No. 4 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 6, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    5. Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    6. Mazurka No. 15 in C Major, Op. 24, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    7. Mazurka No. 16 in A-Flat Major, Op. 24, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    8. Mazurka No. 17 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    9. Introduction: Largo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    10. Theme: Allegretto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    11. Variation 1: Brillante

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    12. Variation 2: Veloce, ma accuratamente

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    13. Variation 3: Sempre sostenuto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    14. Variation 4: Con bravura

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    15. Variation 5: Adagio

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    16. Alla polacca

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    17. Mazurka No. 42 in G Major, Op. 67, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    18. Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    19. Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    20. Mazurka No. 45 in A Minor, Op. 67, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    21. Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    22. Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    23. Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    24. Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    25. Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    26. Mazurka No. 26 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 41, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie

    27. Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Louis Lortie


For the sixth volume of his Chopin project, the Canadian pianist and exclusive Chandos Artist Louis Lortie has built a programme that includes works from the earliest to the latest periods in the composer’s life, all of which have connection with or focus on Chopin’s Polish identity. The Hommage à Mozart, Op. 2 is a brilliant set of variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ from Don Giovanni. Chopin composed it originally for piano and orchestra, in 1827, when he was just seventeen, and later made this arrangement for solo piano (a common practice at the time). The two Polonaises, Op. 40 date from the late 1830s, and contain some of his most openly nationalistic writing. The first – nicknamed ‘Military’ – evokes sentiments of national identity and pride, whilst the second, more melancholy work portrays feelings evoked by Poland’s vanished statehood. Lortie concludes the album with Chopin’s Fantaisie, Op. 49, from 1841. This work exemplifies the brilliant improvisatory style of Chopin’s writing for piano. These works are interspersed with four sets of Mazurkas, Opp. 6, 24, 41, and 67. Chopin almost single-handedly introduced the Mazurka to Paris when he arrived there in the late 1820s, and continued to compose them throughout his life, transforming the Polish dance form into some of his most dazzling and memorable compositions.

REVIEW:

At moments on this disc, a seasoned sort of beauty takes hold of our ears, wherein a keyboard’s conjuring casts an airy, aural spell. In the battle of dark and light, Lortie’s own brand of luminescence wins out every time.

– The Whole Note (Canada)