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Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".
Jean René Désiré Françaix (23 May 1912, in Le Mans – 25 September 1997, in Paris) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style.
24 Preludes, Op. 28 (1838-39)
Dedication: Camille Pleyel (French edition); Joseph Christoph Kessler (German edition)
Orchestrated by Jean Françaix (1969)
13. Lento. Cortot: On foreign soil, under a night of stars, thinking of my beloved faraway (0:00)
Bülow: Loss
14. Allegro. Cortot: Fear (2:51)
Bülow: Stormy sea
15. Sostenuto. Cortot: But Death is here, in the shadows (3:30)
Bülow: Raindrop
16. Presto con fuoco. Cortot: Descent into the abyss (8:49)
Bülow: Hades
17. Allegretto. Cortot: She told me, "I love you" (10:17)
Bülow: Scene on the Place de Notre-Dame de Paris
18. Molto allegro. Cortot: Divine curses (13:29)
Bülow: Suicide
19. Vivace. Cortot: Wings, wings, that I may flee to you, o my beloved! (14:31)
Bülow: Heartfelt happiness
20. Largo. Cortot: Funerals (16:14)
Bülow: Funeral march
21. Cantabile. Cortot: Solitary return, to the place of confession (17:46)
Bülow: Sunday
22. Molto agitato. Cortot: Rebellion (19:47)
Bülow: Impatience
23. Moderato. Cortot: Playing water faeries (20:45)
Bülow: A pleasure boat
24. Allegro appassionato. Cortot: of blood, of earthly pleasure, of death (21:42)
Bülow: the storm
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Karl Rickenbacher
The cycle of 24 Preludes, Op. 28, covers all major and minor keys. Chopin wrote them between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Mallorca, where he spent the winter of 1838–39 and where he had fled with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather. In Majorca, Chopin had a copy of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, and as in each of Bach's two sets of preludes and fugues, his Op. 28 set comprises a complete cycle of the major and minor keys, albeit with a different ordering.
Chopin himself never played more than four of the preludes at any single public performance. Nor was this the practice for the 25 years after his death. The first pianist to program the complete set in a recital was probably Anna Yesipova for a concert in 1876. Nowadays, the complete set of Op. 28 preludes has become repertory fare, and many concert pianists have recorded the entire set, beginning with Ferruccio Busoni in 1915, when making piano rolls for the Duo-Art label. Alfred Cortot was the next pianist to record the complete preludes in 1926.
As with his other works, Chopin did not himself attach names or descriptions to any of the Op. 28 preludes, in contrast to many of Robert Schumann's and Franz Liszt's pieces.
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".
Jean René Désiré Françaix (23 May 1912, in Le Mans – 25 September 1997, in Paris) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style.
24 Preludes, Op. 28 (1838-39)
Dedication: Camille Pleyel (French edition); Joseph Christoph Kessler (German edition)
Orchestrated by Jean Françaix (1969)
13. Lento. Cortot: On foreign soil, under a night of stars, thinking of my beloved faraway (0:00)
Bülow: Loss
14. Allegro. Cortot: Fear (2:51)
Bülow: Stormy sea
15. Sostenuto. Cortot: But Death is here, in the shadows (3:30)
Bülow: Raindrop
16. Presto con fuoco. Cortot: Descent into the abyss (8:49)
Bülow: Hades
17. Allegretto. Cortot: She told me, "I love you" (10:17)
Bülow: Scene on the Place de Notre-Dame de Paris
18. Molto allegro. Cortot: Divine curses (13:29)
Bülow: Suicide
19. Vivace. Cortot: Wings, wings, that I may flee to you, o my beloved! (14:31)
Bülow: Heartfelt happiness
20. Largo. Cortot: Funerals (16:14)
Bülow: Funeral march
21. Cantabile. Cortot: Solitary return, to the place of confession (17:46)
Bülow: Sunday
22. Molto agitato. Cortot: Rebellion (19:47)
Bülow: Impatience
23. Moderato. Cortot: Playing water faeries (20:45)
Bülow: A pleasure boat
24. Allegro appassionato. Cortot: of blood, of earthly pleasure, of death (21:42)
Bülow: the storm
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Karl Rickenbacher
The cycle of 24 Preludes, Op. 28, covers all major and minor keys. Chopin wrote them between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Mallorca, where he spent the winter of 1838–39 and where he had fled with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather. In Majorca, Chopin had a copy of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, and as in each of Bach's two sets of preludes and fugues, his Op. 28 set comprises a complete cycle of the major and minor keys, albeit with a different ordering.
Chopin himself never played more than four of the preludes at any single public performance. Nor was this the practice for the 25 years after his death. The first pianist to program the complete set in a recital was probably Anna Yesipova for a concert in 1876. Nowadays, the complete set of Op. 28 preludes has become repertory fare, and many concert pianists have recorded the entire set, beginning with Ferruccio Busoni in 1915, when making piano rolls for the Duo-Art label. Alfred Cortot was the next pianist to record the complete preludes in 1926.
As with his other works, Chopin did not himself attach names or descriptions to any of the Op. 28 preludes, in contrast to many of Robert Schumann's and Franz Liszt's pieces.
