Chopin - Retrospection

LAZIC, DEJAN - piano

Chopin

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At first glance, it would appear that Chopin's musical powers were concentrated exclusively on the piano; but when one devotes attention to the deepest levels of the music composed by this poet and virtuoso of the piano, then one realizes that his works can also be categorized as orchestral, chamber music-inspired, or as songs with accompaniment. His highly personal and daring harmonies, underlined by great rhythmic diversity, already point the way to impressionism, and show how far Chopin was in advance of his own times. For me it was a special challenge to record a Chopin retrospective right after the Mozart retrospective. There is hardly any other pair of composers who are at the same time so similar and so different. Both composed rapidly and effortlessly in the course of their short lives, and their music is direct and transparent. But Mozart was creative in every aspect of music, while Chopin was someone for whom the piano was ‘all in one’....With every compositional form I endeavor to preserve Chopin's improvisatory spontaneity. This cd includes works from different creative periods in the composer's life, but all the compositions have something in common: patriotism, numerous elements from folk music, and in his later works, longing for his native Poland.

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Main artist	LAZIC, DEJAN - piano
Composer	Chopin
Inlay	F. Chopin Retrospection Dejan Lazíc, piano Sonata in B flat Minor, opus 35; Nocturnes, opus 32; Valse in C sharp Minor, opus 64 no 2; Valse in D flat Major, opus 64 no 1; Valse in G flat Major, opus 70 no 1; Ballade in G minor, opus 23; Grande Polonaise Brillante précédée d’un Andante Spianato in E flat Major, opus 22; Valse in A flat Major, opus 69 no 1; Grande Valse Brillante in E flat Major, opus 18; Valse in E Minor, opus posth.
Biography	Pianist Dejan Lazic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and grew up in Salzburg where he studied at the Mozarteum. He is quickly establishing a reputation worldwide as “a brilliant pianist and a gifted musician full of ideas and able to project them persuasively” (Gramophone). The New York Times hailed his performance as “full of poetic, shapely phrasing and vivid dynamic effects that made this music sound fresh, spontaneous and impassioned”. As recitalist and soloist with orchestra, he has appeared at major venues in Berlin, Paris, London, Vienna, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Sydney, and at the Edinburgh, Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier, Huntington and Menuhin/Gstaad Festivals. In the 2006/2007 season he gave his debut at the New York Lincoln Center and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw to great critical acclaim. Orchestral engagements included the Philharmonia Orchestra London with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rotterdam and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestras, Australian and Netherlands Chamber Orchestras, Danish Radio Sinfonietta and Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming engagements are with London Philharmonic Orchestra and Kirill Petrenko, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras and Basel Chamber Orchestra. He will be in season 2008/09 “artist in residence” at the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. He has a growing following in the Far East where he returns in spring 2008 for engagements with the Sapporo Symphony and for recitals in Tokyo and Beijing as well as for an engagement with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009 a national Australian tour is planned with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. In the next season he will appear in recitals at the BBC Belfast, in Istanbul and Salzburg, Queen Elisabeth Hall London and at Vienna Musikverein to mention just a few. Alongside his solo career, Dejan Lazic is also a passionate chamber musician. He collaborates with artists such as Benjamin Schmid, Thomas Zehetmair, Gordan Nikolic and Richard Tognetti. Dejan records exclusively for Channel Classics. In autumn 2007 the first publication of the double portrait series with a Scarlatti/Bartok program is planned. The second CD will be released in 2008 with a Schumann/Brahms program as well as a recording of the Khachaturian Concerto and the Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and a CD with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2. His last recording of Schubert’s sonata D960 and his earlier one with Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 have earned rave reviews. His compositions include various chamber music and orchestral works. In 2007/08 he will premiere his “Kinderszenen” op. 15 for piano solo.
Awards
Quotes	(…) lovely individual touches (…) (…) fabulous articulation (…) International Records Review (…) an admirable new solo Chopin recital Bilboard Magazine (…) boeiende momenten in de Marche funèbre met prachtige ingehouden dramatiek (…) (…) extreme contrasten tussen een bezeten agitato in een hoog opgevoerd tempo en een verfijnde bijna ascetische lyriek.(…) Luister (…) Zo virtuoos hoor je het nooit (…) (…) Channel heeft met Dejan wel een raspaardje binnengehaald. Hij draaft er vandoor op deze cd. Zijn sprongkracht is emorm en is zijn onbeteugelde zelf. Laat hem maar even doordraven, met zoveel talent mag dat wel. Pianowereld Gewaltig geht Dejan Lazic zur Sacke, kleckert nicht, wo er klotzen kann. (…) Fono Forum (…) een bevlogen en zeer persoonlijke interpreet (…) (…) Alle waardering voor de eerlijke en heldere klank van Lazic’s vleugel (…) Luister Spontaneous, characterful performances from this gifted young musician, faithful to the spirit and the letter of the score. Lazic exhibits a playfulness that lightens the mood delightfully, and in the Ballade he combines imaginative fantasy with wholelhearted expressiveness to produce a compelling, dramatic performance (…) Gramophone
Format	Normal PCM CD
Running time	70:15:00
Year of release	2000
Number of cd's	1

Number of cd's:

Year of release:

2000

Running time:

70:15:00

Quotes:

(…) lovely individual touches (…) (…) fabulous articulation (…) International Records Review

(…) an admirable new solo Chopin recital Bilboard Magazine

(…) boeiende momenten in de Marche funèbre met prachtige ingehouden dramatiek (…) (…) extreme contrasten tussen een bezeten agitato in een hoog opgevoerd tempo en een verfijnde bijna ascetische lyriek.(…) Luister

(…) Zo virtuoos hoor je het nooit (…) (…) Channel heeft met Dejan wel een raspaardje binnengehaald. Hij draaft er vandoor op deze cd. Zijn sprongkracht is emorm en is zijn onbeteugelde zelf. Laat hem maar even doordraven, met zoveel talent mag dat wel. Pianowereld

Gewaltig geht Dejan Lazic zur Sacke, kleckert nicht, wo er klotzen kann. (…) Fono Forum

(…) een bevlogen en zeer persoonlijke interpreet (…) (…) Alle waardering voor de eerlijke en heldere klank van Lazic’s vleugel (…) Luister

Spontaneous, characterful performances from this gifted young musician, faithful to the spirit and the letter of the score. Lazic exhibits a playfulness that lightens the mood delightfully, and in the Ballade he combines imaginative fantasy with wholelhearted expressiveness to produce a compelling, dramatic performance (…) Gramophone

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