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Chopin - Preludes

Label: Linn

Cat No: CKD475

Barcode: 0691062047524

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 20th October 2014

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Works

Chopin, Frederic

Mazurkas (51)

» no.1 in F sharp minor, op.6 no.1

» no.11 in E minor, op.17 no.2

» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4

» no.32 in C sharp minor, op.50 no.3

» no.41 in C sharp minor, op.63 no.3

Nocturnes (21)

» no.3 in B major, op.9 no.3

» no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2

Preludes (24), op.28

Artists

Ingrid Fliter (piano)

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Mazurkas (51)

» no.1 in F sharp minor, op.6 no.1

» no.11 in E minor, op.17 no.2

» no.13 in A minor, op.17 no.4

» no.32 in C sharp minor, op.50 no.3

» no.41 in C sharp minor, op.63 no.3

Nocturnes (21)

» no.3 in B major, op.9 no.3

» no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2

Preludes (24), op.28

Artists

Ingrid Fliter (piano)

About

Award-winning pianist Ingrid Fliter performs Chopin’s Op.28, a poetic collection of great emotional power and unrivalled artistic quality which demands high virtuosity.

After the overwhelming success of her Linn debut, Fliter has proven herself an outstanding Chopin interpreter - ‘Chopin: Piano Concertos’ was named ‘Disc of the Week’ by BBC Radio 3 ‘CD Review’, ‘Album of the Week’ by Classic FM, a ‘Choice’ recording by Gramophone and received many five star reviews.

Chopin’s preludes achieve something close to perfection of form within the framework of the miniature, and each prelude has its own melodic, harmonic and rhythmic profile.

Completing the programme are two Nocturnes and five Mazurkas, both genres that Chopin defined.

Ingrid Fliter first sprang to international attention when she was awarded the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award, one of only a handful of pianists to have received this honour. Since winning the silver medal at the 2000 Frederic Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Ingrid has built a reputation as a first-rate Chopin interpreter. The Daily Telegraph describes her as ‘one of the most instinctive and eloquent Chopin interpreters playing today.’

Ingrid Fliter was also selected as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2007-2009, working with several of the BBC orchestras under the auspices of this programme. Ingrid Fliter works with orchestras such as Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

‘This is Chopin playing in the great tradition: rich-toned, generous and invested with a vast range of keyboard colour.’ - The Guardian

‘…beautifully judged dynamic shading…poised and poetic.’ - BBC Music Magazine

‘Fliter, by whatever magical means, touches the heart.’ - Gramophone

‘Fliter was born to play Chopin.’ - The Telegraph

Sound/Video

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Prelude no.1 in C major
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Prelude no.2 in A minor
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Prelude no.3 in G major
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Prelude no.4 in E minor
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Prelude no.5 in D major
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Prelude no.6 in B minor
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Prelude no.7 in A major
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Prelude no.8 in F sharp minor
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Prelude no.9 in E major
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Prelude no.10 in C sharp minor
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Prelude no.11 in B major
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Prelude no.12 in G sharp minor
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Prelude no.13 in F sharp major
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Prelude no.14 in E flat minor
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Prelude no.15 in D flat major
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Prelude no.16 in B flat minor
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Prelude no.17 in A flat major
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Prelude no.18 in F minor
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Prelude no.19 in E flat major
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Prelude no.20 in C minor
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Prelude no.21 in B flat major
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Prelude no.22 in G minor
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Prelude no.23 in F major
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Prelude no.24 in D minor
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Mazurka op.17 no.2 in E minor
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Mazurka op.17 no.4 in A minor
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Mazurka op.63 no.3 in C sharp minor
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Mazurka op.50 no.3 in C sharp minor
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Mazurka op.6 no.1 in F sharp minor
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Nocturne op.9 no.3 in B major
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Nocturne op.27 no.2 in D flat major

Europadisc Review

Following her highly successful coupling of the Piano Concertos for Linn back in February (and earlier recordings for EMI), Argentinian Ingrid Fliter continues to stake her claim as one of today's leading Chopin players with this new account of the Preludes. Made as recently as June this year at Potton Hall, Suffolk, it's a gorgeously warm recording, a quality emphasised by Fliter's generous but always tasteful use of the pedal. Compared with such classic accounts as the old Cortot recordings, Fliter stresses the lyric breadths of these miniatures rather than their filigree detail.

In the slower preludes she lingers over their beauty, clearly relishing every detail. The elegiac E minor is wonderfully tender, and the E major is majestically imposing, while the D flat ‘Raindrop' prelude and its F major companion are performed with exceptional delicacy and lightness of touch. Balancing this introspection are some thrilling performances of the faster works. There's a dazzling account of the B flat minor prelude which, for all its velocity, makes no sacrifices in warmth of tone; the F minor is fiery and impassioned, while the G minor is bold and dramatic.

The couplings are equally fine. A grouping of five mazurkas illustrates just how much poetry Chopin invested in the form. Fliter's performances are beautifully poised and considered, not least in the heart stopping A minor mazurka, Op.17 no.4, that opens the group. The disc closes with two lovely nocturnes, Op.9 no.3 in B major and Op.27 no.2 in D flat. Here Ingrid Fliter's tendency towards lyric introspection really comes into its own, with the D flat work even more rapt than in Dinu Lipatti's famous account, and in considerably better sound.

Fliter's disc also makes for a fascinating comparison with another brand new release of the Preludes from American newcomer Andrew Tyson on the Zig-Zag Territoires label (here). Tyson is the more impulsive interpreter, with timings often substantially faster, but it's Fliter who is warmer and more poetic. The Linn release has the added attraction of detailed and intelligent notes by Chopin authority Jim Samson, and free online bonus tracks in the form of the three tiny Écossaises, Op.72, performed with a delightful lightness of touch. All in all, then, Fliter's disc is a must for Chopin lovers, and highly recommended!