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Ghosts: Chopin - Preludes op.28

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Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72768

Barcode: 0608917276824

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 10th November 2017

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.10

» no.6 in E flat minor

Preludes (24), op.28
Scherzi (4)

» no.2 in B flat minor, op.31

Waltzes (19)

» no.3 in A minor, op.34 no.2

» no.9 in A flat major, op.posth.69 no.1

» no.10 in B minor, op.posth.69 no.2

Artists

Nino Gvetadze (piano)

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.10

» no.6 in E flat minor

Preludes (24), op.28
Scherzi (4)

» no.2 in B flat minor, op.31

Waltzes (19)

» no.3 in A minor, op.34 no.2

» no.9 in A flat major, op.posth.69 no.1

» no.10 in B minor, op.posth.69 no.2

Artists

Nino Gvetadze (piano)

About

Ghosts is the first album by Georgian pianist Nino Gvetadze on the Challenge Classics label.

With Ghosts, Nino presents her thoughtful interpretation of Chopin’s Preludes, op.28. ‘Chopin looked back and evoked for us the story of his life in his 24 Preludes. Through the medium of these works he revealed his deepest fears and sorrows, but also the beauty and integrity of his heart. The story of these ghosts culminates in tolling bells which are, in Cortot’s words, “of blood, of earthly pleasure, of death...” But what follows? A pause: silence, timeless solitude, in the Etude op.10, no.6. Then, suddenly, the soul wakes up and waltzes into space. The album ends with the Scherzo No.2, “like a charnel house”, or house of the dead, as Chopin apparently described the opening – yet the finale sounds like a celebration of life. And so, our ghostly journey ends with fireworks, with smiling and shining, looking far into the future...’ – Nino Gvetadze.

As a winner of the Borletti Buitoni Trust Award in 2010, Nino leads a busy international career and her previous recordings have been highly praised by the critics:

‘Outstanding and magical’ – The Independent

‘In the very act of playing she is spontaneously creating the music under her fingers.’ – BBC Music Magazine