After a discussion of jacques lacans famous orders of. Her stress was on textual fidelitylearning to obey a scoreas well as on. I have rubinstein in most of the other chopin genres, is he the best bet here too. This barcarolle came in the latter part of chopin s career, when his health was deteriorating from tuberculosis and his relationship with george sand, one of the most successful novelists of her day, was beginning to crumble. But a secret group of gathered earlier this year to exhume the preserved heart of one of the worlds most beloved composers, frederic chopin. May 01, 2010 william kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in e minor, op. Deceptive cadence everything about this mazurka is dreamy, floating along as if chopin made up the music on the spot in a great opium cloud. Theyre more vividly characterized than the remakes, and they blossom with shapely spontaneity. Mazurkas are based on folk music tradition, especially on three traditional dances. I bought this because i wanted to have all the chopins mazurcas in one book. Today i downloaded my two absolute favourite chopin mazurkas, op. May 01, 2010 william kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in a minor, op.
Chopin sonatas and mazurkas, shostakovich preludes, scarlatti. One common characteristic of all three styles of mazurkas is triple meter. This edition of chopin s mazurkas is far from definitive, but for the piano student and music lover, it is a great value. The sonatas, mazurkas by chopin, frederic on arkivcd. Over the last century three pianists came to be associated with them iganz friedman, arthur rubinstein and william kapell. This barcarolle came in the latter part of chopins career, when his health was deteriorating from tuberculosis and his relationship with george sand, one of the most successful novelists of her day, was beginning to crumble. However, while he used the traditional mazurka as his model, he was able to transform his mazurkas into an entirely new genre, one that became known as a chopin genre. I used to have an lp of him playing a selection of pieces, and these two mazurkas have always been special to me unbearably poignant and expressive. Americas first great pianist has finally been accorded the tribute he deserves.
Chopin based his mazurkas on the traditional polish folk dance, also called the mazurka or mazur in polish. Almost since it was first heard, this work was looked on not as a sonata in form, but as a collection of four rather diverse pieces the composer assembled under one musical roof, robert schumann being the first to make the charge of a lack of. Mar 01, 2012 chopins composition of mazurkas suggested new ideas of nationalism in music, and influenced and inspired other composers, mostly eastern european, to support their national music. Chopin mazurkas hyperion cda687 sg classical music. As the pianist eugene istomin once put it, kapell was not an easy man. I bought this because i wanted to have all the chopin s mazurcas in one book. But he remained fairly productive during this period and produced, among other compositions, this quite upbeat. William kapell september 20, 1922 october 29, 1953 was an american classical pianist. The discovery prompts a new look at the historical trail of mazurka in aflat, op. Chopins mazurkas combine musical characteristics from all three of these polish traditional styles. William kapell was an american pianist and recording artist, killed at the age of. Mazurkas, an album by frederic chopin, william kapell on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. There are very few mazurkas that sound anything other than sight read. Mar 21, 2017 currently my only recording is by vladimir ashkenazy and i need to remedy that.
This edition of chopins mazurkas is far from definitive, but for the piano student and music lover, it is a great value. Chopins mazurkas have always proven an especially challenging collection for pianists. Polish rhythms most features of chopins mazurkas derive from the mazur, oberec, and kujawiak. In a sumptuously produced, exhaustively documented, and altogether thrilling new set of nine compact discs, bmg classics formerly rca victor has assembled virtually everything ever recorded for the company by william kapell 19221953, who was a celebrated artist by the time he was in his twenties and who was. Many of these features appear in various guises in the chopin mazurkas, along with the inconclusive endings common in folk mazurkas, such as one finds in chopins opp. But there is no particular reason why this should be so, since their charms and profundities reveal themselves just as directly as is the case for his apparently. Pavel kolesnikov displays complete poetic freedom of a sort ideal for approaching chopins mazurkas a refreshing way of letting us hear these wellknown miniature masterpieces, this is a notable addition to the huge chopin discography bbc music magazine. William kapell, discussing chopins piano sonata no. Chopin mazurkas complete by frederic chopin 18101849.
Piano sheet music book by frederic chopin 18101849. Symphony orchestra under koussevitzky who said that kapell was. Performance analysis and chopins mazurkas nicholas cook, 2007. His recordings of the chopin mazurkas which occupy more than one full. His 1951 recording of the piece was reissued on cd in 1998. Pressed to choose just one set, i lean toward the early recordings. This just released chopin project single performed by william kapell gold medalist, arthur greene, is an unusual edition of one of chopins most beloved compositions, his nocturne in eflat major, op. Recorded at town hall, new york, december 27, 1951. By eerie coincidence, the cd also contains the last work kapell performed, just one week before his death. Chopins mazurkas have the reputation of being connoisseurs music, an acquired taste for sophisticates. It was a bold move on rcas part to start their william kapell collection with a disc of chopin mazurkas.
The recordings of lipatti and kapell illustrate the described practices. Chopin wrote the funeral march that became the third of the four movements here in 1837 and composed the other three movements two years later. Yet in this recording i can hear absolutely none of the composers intentions. I dont care for the other solo stuff except maybe an exception and unique rendition of an isolated piece here and there and also 2 preludes the little a major and slow c minor. Franz liszt was a big mover and shaker in this respect, claiming somewhat inaccurately that chopin had been directly influenced by polish national music. I would like some recommendations of the complete mazurkas that compliment this set. Chopins composition of mazurkas suggested new ideas of nationalism in music, and influenced and inspired other composers, mostly eastern european, to support their national music. Chopin s mazurkas have always proven an especially challenging collection for pianists. Mazurkas, an album by frederic chopin, william kapell on spotify.
Currently my only recording is by vladimir ashkenazy and i need to remedy that. Almost since it was first heard, this work was looked on not as a sonata in form, but as a collection of four rather diverse pieces the composer assembled under one musical roof, robert schumann being the first to make the charge of a lack of cohesion. To get the composers entire output of mazurkas at this price is remarkable. William kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in e minor, op. William kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in c major, op. During the time that chopin was composing the mazurkas, he had recently settled in france, as he had become a refugee from poland, however, he hoped he could move back to poland when the political system had changed. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from william kapell at the discogs marketplace. William kapell plays chopin the sonatas mazurkas cd, 1997. Kapell was a notoriously fastidious artist who spent hours and hours and hours perfecting every detail of his interpretations of core repertoire. The story is that he more or less tossed off his performances of the mazurkas, that he would sit down. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. William kapell september 20, 1922 october 29, 1953 was an american pianist and recording artist, killed at the age of 31 in the crash of a commercial airliner returning from a concert tour in australia. Many of kapells recordings were originally issued as 78rpm records. Arthur rubinstein recorded the integral chopin mazurkas three times.
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