Chez Pleyel: the recreation of an actual Chopin concert
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Chez Pleyel: the recreation of an actual Chopin concert
Alain Planes (piano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 20 October 2009
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"Planès himself works poetic magic, with wonderfully paced phrasing and a style of rubato replete with beautifully judged elasticity and grace; and he has explored Chopin's approach to improvised ornamentation to tasteful effect. There's not a meaningless note in the whole disc."
(BBC Music Award Finalist 2011 - Instrumental)
"Recorded March 2009, this recital "Chez Pleyel" by Alain Planes duplicates an actual recital Chopin gave 21 February 1842, here played on a Pleyel instrument from 1836 that well might have known the composer's touch. The aristocrat of the salon, Chopin's essentially vocal style find its complement in the Pleyel instrument, whose mellow, richly delicate sound proffers sweet resonance to the intimate intricate three-voice textures that infiltrate Chopin's figures. Our sojourn to les salon de M. Pleyel has been most illuminating and illuminated, a tour de force for all concerned and indispensable to the Chopin connoisseur."
(Four Stars AudAud.com)
"…Planès himself works poetic magic, with wonderfully paced phrasing and a style of rubato replete with beautifully judged elasticity and grace; and he has explored Chopin's approach to improvised ornamentation to tasteful effect. There's not a meaningless note in the whole disc."
(BBC Music Award Finalist 2011 - Instrumental)
A journey into Chopin's world . . . On 21 February 1842, the Polish composer gave one of his very rare concerts: he did not enjoy appearing in public, for his music was above all a chamber art. Alain Planès has striven to recreate the programme of this concert as closely as possible and recorded it on a Pleyel piano of 1836 that the composer might have played.The questions he throws up in the process are fascinating: how did Chopin play? Apart from his famous rubato, what was the role of ornamentation, and indeed improvisation?
Tracks:
Andante spianato
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor
Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major
Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major
Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major
Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25)
Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major 'Raindrop'
Mazurka No. 51 in A minor 'Émile Gaillard'
Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2
Mazurka No. 28 in B major, Op. 41 No. 3
Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51
Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
