24 Préludes pour piano, Opus 28

Description

Delivering echoes of his misfortunes or his happiness in his music, Chopin found in the piano his greatest confidant... He cultivated the most varied expressions and forms: fantasies, impromptus, nocturnes, waltzes, barcarolles, etc. These titles, generally without fixed or very precise forms, are inspired by atmospheres and colors that meet the musician's needs... The Preludes are quite different from those of Bach, and Chopin imbues them with a mystery and a poetry that would only resurface with Debussy. Liszt would say: "They have the free and grand style that characterizes works of genius." This is indeed the impression one feels when listening to the passionate, incandescent interpretation by Martha Argerich.