Composer(s):
Artist(s):
Genre(s):
Instrumental
Period(s):
Romantic
Label:
Orfeo
Catalogue No:
C824102B
Barcode:
4011790824123
Release Date:
01/2010
Available Format(s):
CD

Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28, 12 Etudes Op. 10, 12 Etudes Op. 25

It was Anda who, two years later, offered an evening devoted solely to works by Frédéric Chopin – another birthday boy in 2010. The 24 Preludes op. 28 were on the programme, as were the 12 Etudes op. 10 – hitherto unavailable in Anda’s interpretation – and the “second dozen” of Etudes op. 25. This was a true tour de force, though that is not how Anda approached them, possessed as he was of a superb technique and high culture of touch. Rather are they a wholly uplifting, truly magical musical experience.


24 Preludes, Op. 28
1.     No. 1 in C Major
00:34
2.     No. 2 in A Minor
01:36
3.     No. 3 in G Major
00:52
4.     No. 4 in E Minor
01:51
5.     No. 5 in D Major
00:36
6.     No. 6 in B Minor
01:55
7.     No. 7 in A Major
00:38
8.     No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
01:34
9.     No. 9 in E Major
00:58
10.     No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
00:28
11.     No. 11 in B Major
00:51
12.     No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
01:14
13.     No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
02:53
14.     No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
00:36
15.     No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"
05:11
16.     No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
01:06
17.     No. 17 in A-Flat Major
03:55
18.     No. 18 in F Minor
00:51
19.     No. 19 in E-Flat Major
01:22
20.     No. 20 in C Minor
01:20
21.     No. 21 in B-Flat Major
01:57
22.     No. 22 in G Minor
00:41
23.     No. 23 in F Major
00:51
24.     No. 24 in D Minor
03:09
12 Etudes, Op. 10
25.     No. 1 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1
01:53
26.     No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2
01:25
27.     No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
04:08
28.     No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor Op. 10, No. 4
01:55
29.     No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys"
01:42
30.     No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6
04:01
31.     No. 7 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7
01:33
32.     No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
02:15
33.     No. 9 in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9
02:02
34.     No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10
02:11
35.     No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11
03:16
36.     No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, "Revolutionary"
03:02

Disc 2

12 Etudes, Op. 25
1.     No. 13 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study"
02:39
2.     No. 14 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2
01:34
3.     No. 15 in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3
01:51
4.     No. 16 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4
01:38
5.     No. 17 in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5
03:28
6.     No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6
02:15
7.     No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7
05:17
8.     No. 20 in D-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8
01:13
9.     No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"
01:07
10.     No. 22 in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10
03:27
11.     No. 23 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11, "Winter Wind"
03:49
12.     No. 24 in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12
02:59

Total Playing Time: 01:37:39