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Tracklist

1.
Grande Valse Brillante in D Major op. 18 - Vivo
00:00
2.
Prelude no. 2 in a Minor op. 28 - Lento
01:27
3.
Mazurka in a Minor op. 67 no. 4 - Allegretto
00:00
4.
Valse in A Major op. 42
02:26
5.
Prelude no. 6 in b Minor op. 28 - Lento Assai
01:03
6.
Mazurka in C Major op. 67 no. 3 - Allegretto
00:00
7.
Polonaise Brillante in C Major op. 3 - Lento - Alla Polacca: Allegro Con Spirito
05:46
8.
Prelude no. 4 in e Minor op. 28 - Largo
01:29
9.
Mazurka in a Minor op. 68 no. 2 - Lento
01:36
10.
Scherzo (2nd mov. sonata for cello and piano)
00:00
11.
Mazurka in B Flat Major (op. posth.)
00:00
12.
Valse Brillante in a Minor op. 34 no. 2 - Lento
03:31
13.
Prelude no. 7 in A Major op. 28 - Andantino
00:40
14.
Etude in e Minor op. 225 no. 7 - Lento A Placere
00:00
15.
Prelude no. 3 in G Major - Vivace
00:00
16.
Mazurka in g Minor op. 67 no. 2 - Cantabile
01:00
17.
Nocturne in c sharp Minor, (op. posth.) - Lento
02:24
18.
Valse Brillante in A Major op. 34 no. 1 - Vivvace
03:04
19.
Encore
02:53

Description

Lets for the fun of it pretend I need to defend the transcribers cause, in this case Davidovs Chopin adaptations. Or shall I start with thanking him for precisely that, for choosing Chopins piano waltzes for transcription, because what might seem an unlikely choice turns out to be such a completely blissful one? Maybe Ill begin with a bit of playful, defensive manouvering. First of all we can safely say that the cello was very dear to Chopin.Three out of his five chamber music works are for cello and piano: the expansive sonata, the delightful Grand Duo Concertante, written together with his friend the cellist Auguste Franchomme and the Polonaise Brillante. Also, in his piano works he often seems to try to evoke a cello sound, which explains nicknames for piano pieces such as cello preludeor cello etude that circulate among pianists….

Additional information

Artists

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Recording location

Doopsgezinde Kerk Deventer, The Netherlands
Mastering equiment

Sadie Audio system
Mastering engineer

Jared Sacks
Mixing console

Rens Heijnis Custom made
Microphones

Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps
Analog to digital converter

Prism 24 bit / Genex Recorder
Recording date

May 2000
Editing

Jared Sacks
Composers

Recording engineer

jared Sacks
Producer

Jared Sacks, Pieter Wispelwey
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Format

Label

Genre

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Digital to analog converter

Sony

Press reviews

Volkskrant

(…) Briljant spel in een cd waar het speelgenot vanaf spat (…) Trouw (…) deze cd is veel meer dan een curiosum.

Gramophone

(…) Though these works acquire a different character on the cello, they still sound idiomatic in the hands of a brilliant and imaginative musician. (…) (…) performances, full of verve and expressive sensitivity (…) (…) brilliant and imaginative cello playing, and Dejan Lazi moves easily from sensitive, discreet accompagnist to ebulliant soloist (…)

Bilboard Magazine

(…) the cellist and his pianopartner Dejan Lazic, have waxed transcriptions of Chopin dances. These certainly dont supersede the solo originals, but Wispelweys poetic imagination and singing tone can make it a close call.

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden

(…) De musici maken er een feest van, het speelplezier spat werkelijk uit de luidsprekers. (…)

Vrije Geluiden

(…) Wispelwey draait naast Shostakivitch of Lutoslawski zijn hand ook niet om voor de bewerkingen van Chopins pianowerken. Het resultaat mag er zijn, frisse nieuwe interpretaties van zijn prettig keuvelende werken. Het symbiotische duo, (de pianist Dejan Lazic) maakt walzen, mazurkas en prludes tot betoverende liederen zonder woorden.

Klassieke Zaken

(…) wat een hartstocht, wat een sublieme veerkracht en lichtvoetigheid! Raakt hij de snaren eigenlijk wel? Dejan Lazic is een voorbeeldig secondant (…)

Luister

(…) Zo zangerig als hij Chopins melodische expressie vormgeeft, zou hij pianisten wel eens jaloers kunnen maken.

Focus Knack

(…) met gulle warmte en vederlichte virtuositeit gespeeld (…)

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