Vladimir Ashkenazy / 180gr.
1-LP Holland
Classical
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It was in 1959 and 1960 that Vladimir Ashkenazy completed his first recording of the Etudes. It is difficult to resist drawing parallels with the young Evgeni Kissin 30 years later: once in- a-generation virtuosos, both of them, with a musical maturity that always makes their fingers say something. An essential aspect of Chopin’s poetics of the piano lies in his exploration of the resources of the instrument and the potentialities of timbre to be exploited by a new keyboard technique.
- 1. Etudes, Op.10: No. 1 In C Major
- 2. No. 2 In a Minor
- 3. No. 3 In E Major
- 4. No. 4 In C Sharp Minor
- 5. No. 5 In G Flat Major
- 6. No. 6 In E Flat Minor
- 7. No. 7 In C Major
- 8. No. 8 In F Major
- 9. No. 9 In F Minor
- 10. No. 10 In a Flat Major
- 11. No. 11 In E Flat Major
- 12. No. 12 In C Minor
- 13. Etudes, Op.25: No. 1 In a Flat Major
- 14. No. 2 In F Minor
- 15. No. 3 In F Major
- 16. No. 4 In a Minor
- 17. No. 5 In E Minor
- 18. No. 6 In G Sharp Minor
- 19. No. 7 In C Sharp Minor
- 20. No. 8 In D Flat Major
- 21. No. 9 In G Flat Major
- 22. No. 10 In B Minor
- 23. No. 11 In a Minor
- 24. No. 12 In C Minor