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Martha Argerich

La discothèque idéale de Diapason, volume 2 - Chopin : Œuvres pour piano

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) : Preludes - Ballades - Etudes - Polonaises - Nocturnes - Impromptus - Scherzos - Mazurkas - Waltzes - Concertos - Berceuse - Sonatas - Fantaisie - Barcarolle Argerich - Arrau - Badura-Skoda - Benedetti Michelangeli - Cortot - Cziffra - François - Hofmann - Horowitz - Horszowski - Jonas - Kapell - Kempff - Koczalski - Lipatti - Magaloff - Moiseiwitsch - Novaes - Perlemuter - Rachmaninov - Rubinstein - Sofronitzki The vast majority of Chopin's piano works in legendary performances selected by ten critics and twelve of today's greatest pianists: Aldo Ciccolini, Stephen Hough, Nelson Freire, Lang Lang, Nikolai Lugansky, Nelson Goerner, Benjamin Grosvenor, Jean-Marc Luisada, Alain Planès, Alexandre Tharaud, Simon Repceski and Daniil Trifonov. Bringing together Mozart's chamber music in a box set? Schubert's piano music? Mahler's symphonies? The principle is not new but the method is unprecedented: the selection of this near-complete Chopin set was entrusted to twenty-three experts. On the one hand, eight Diapason critics joined by two highly esteemed colleagues, Jacques Drillon and Jed Distler. On the other, a dozen pianists, and not the least among them, who lent themselves to the patient game of comparisons. Aldo Ciccolini, Nelson Freire, Nelson Goerner, Benjamin Grosvenor, Stephen Hough, Lang Lang, Nikolai Lugansky, Jean-Marc Luisada, Alain Planès, Alexandre Tharaud, Simon Trpceski and Daniil Trifonov received seven or eight versions of the work they chose: the fruit of their listening, their revelations and their moral dilemmas are summarized in the second part of this booklet. Some bodies of work represented particularly heavy labor: hats off to Bertrand Boissard who guides us through the jungle of the mazurkas, and to the musicologist Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, at work on twelve nocturnes.
From Cortot to Rubinstein, from Horowitz to Perlemuter, from the old Horszowski to teenage Pollini, this unmatched compendium exalts Chopin's creative imagination, as Nikolai Lugansky points out (cf. page 22). More than thirty pianists are encountered here, in as many long-celebrated "reference" recordings as rarities, notably Ballade no. 4 by Hofmann in 1938 and Concerto no. 2 by Novaes in concert, which has known only a limited release. at an unbelievable pitch because the tape was running too fast! It has been brought back down to a credible A, as has, moreover, a certain number of 78 rpm records. Isabelle Davy was able to draw the best possible sound quality from each recording. In the polonaises and the nocturnes, the sequence of the opus numbers was sometimes reversed for listening comfort, from one recording and key to another.
The last two tracks of CD 10 make critics and pianists sing in unison. The Diapason team, gathered a few years ago for a round table on the formidable Barcarolle, reached the same conclusion as Alain Planès: of the eight versions heard blind, Dinu Lipatti and Martha Argerich stood out very clearly. Proof that the exercise is not merely random and subjective. (Gaëtan Naulleau)

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  • Album La discothèque idéale de Diapason, volume 2 - Chopin : Œuvres pour piano
  • Artist Martha Argerich
  • Release date 2014-10-01
  • Label DIAPASON
  • Format CD
  • Country France
  • EAN 3770003441946
  • Number of discs 10
  • Number of tracks 136

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Disc 1

  1. Ballade No. 1 In G Minor Op. 23
    8:42
  2. Ballade No. 2 In F Major Op. 38
    7:03
  3. Ballade No. 3 In A Flat Major Op. 47
    6:48
  4. Ballade No. 4 In F Minor Op. 52
    9:34
  5. Ballade No. 4 In F Minor Op. 52
    9:31
  6. Prelude In C Sharp Minor Op. 45
    4:07

Disc 2

  1. Étude Op. 25 No. 5
    3:32
  2. Étude Op. 10 No. 8
    2:20
  3. Étude Op. 10 No. 7
    1:20
  4. Étude Op. 10 No. 12
    2:24
  5. Étude Op. 25 No. 6
    1:52
  6. Nouvelle Étude No. 2
    2:18
  7. Étude Op. 10 No. 1
    1:58

Disc 3

  1. Polonaise-Fantaisie In A Flat Major Op. 61
    11:47
  2. Andante Spianato Et Grande Polonaise Brillante In E Flat Major Op. 22
    13:56
  3. Polonaise In E Flat Minor Op. 25 No. 2
    7:13
  4. Polonaise In B Flat Major Op. 71 No. 2
    4:26
  5. Polonaise In C Sharp Minor Op. 26 No. 1
    6:46
  6. Polonaise In F Sharp Minor Op. 44
    9:31
  7. Polonaise In A Major Op. 40 No. 1, "Military"
    5:30
  8. Polonaise In C Minor Op. 40 No. 2
    7:41
  9. Polonaise In A Flat Major Op. 53, "Heroic"
    5:59
  10. Polonaise In A Flat Major Op. 53, "Heroic"
    6:16

Disc 4

  1. Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 In B Flat Minor
    3:04
  2. Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 In E Flat Major
    4:33
  3. Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 In B Major
    6:06
  4. Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 In C Sharp Minor
    4:52
  5. Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 In D Flat Major
    5:14
  6. Nocturne Op. 32 No. 2 In A Flat Major
    5:14
  7. Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2 In G Major
    5:39
  8. Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1 In C Minor
    5:53
  9. Nocturne Op. 55 No. 2 In E Flat Major
    4:38
  10. Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1 In B Major
    6:04
  11. Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2 In E Major
    5:35
  12. Nocturne Lento Con Gran Espressione
    4:26

Disc 5

  1. Nocturne Op. 15 No. 1 In F Major
    4:26
  2. Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 In F Sharp Major
    3:19
  3. Nocturne Op. 15 No. 3 In G Minor
    4:10
  4. Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2 In F Sharp Minor
    7:15
  5. Nocturne Op. 32 No. 1 In B Major
    4:39
  6. Nocturne Op. 37 No. 1 In G Minor
    5:39
  7. Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1 In F Minor
    5:10
  8. Nocturne Op. 72 In E Major
    4:34
  9. Impromptu No. 1 In A Flat Major Op. 29
    3:21
  10. Impromptu No. 2 In F Sharp Major Op. 36
    5:20
  11. Impromptu No. 3 In G Flat Major Op. 51
    4:48
  12. Fantaisie-Impromptu In C Sharp Minor Op. 66
    4:08
  13. Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2
    3:49
  14. Nocturne Op. 72
    3:36
  15. Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66
    4:41
  16. Impromptu No. 2 Op. 36
    5:56
  17. Impromptu No. 1 Op. 29
    3:37

Disc 6

  1. Scherzo No. 1 In B Minor Op. 20
    8:36
  2. Scherzo No. 2 In B Flat Minor Op. 31
    9:31
  3. Scherzo No. 3 In C Sharp Minor Op. 39
    6:56
  4. Scherzo No. 4 In E Major Op. 54
    8:48
  5. Mazurka D Flat Major Op. 30 No. 3
    3:03
  6. Mazurka C Sharp Minor Op. 30 No. 4
    3:48
  7. Mazurka C Sharp Minor Op. 50 No. 3
    4:56
  8. Mazurka F Sharp Minor Op. 59 No. 3
    3:09
  9. Mazurka F Minor Op. 63 No. 2
    1:45
  10. Mazurka C Sharp Minor Op. 63 No. 3
    2:02
  11. Mazurka C Major Op. 7 No. 5
    0:38
  12. Mazurka G Minor Op. 24 No. 1
    2:40
  13. Mazurka G Sharp Minor Op. 33 No. 1
    1:37
  14. Mazurka C Major Op. 33 No. 3
    1:30
  15. Mazurka E Minor Op. 41 No. 2
    2:21
  16. Mazurka C Minor Op. 53 No. 3
    5:15
  17. Mazurka G Minor Op. 67 No. 2
    1:39
  18. Mazurka A Minor Op. 68 No. 2
    2:24
  19. Mazurka Op. 68 No. 2
    3:09
  20. Mazurka Op. 33 No. 4
    3:05

Disc 7

  1. Mazurka B Flat Major Op. 7 No. 1
    1:56
  2. Mazurka A Minor Op. 7 No. 2
    2:31
  3. Mazurka F Minor Op. 7 No. 3
    1:53
  4. Mazurka D Major Op. 33 No. 2
    2:05
  5. Mazurka B Flat Minor Op. 24 No. 4
    3:41
  6. Mazurka B Minor Op. 33 No. 4
    4:09
  7. Mazurka C Sharp Minor Op. 41 No. 1
    3:01
  8. Mazurka A Flat Major Op. 50 No. 2
    3:03
  9. Mazurka C Sharp Minor Op. 63 No. 3
    2:16
  10. Mazurka C Major Op. 67 No. 3
    1:12
  11. Mazurka A Minor Op. 67 No. 4
    2:01
  12. Mazurka A Minor Op. 68 No. 2
    2:29
  13. Mazurka C Minor Op. 30 No. 1
    1:32
  14. Mazurka A Flat Major Op. 41 No. 3
    1:57
  15. Mazurka A Minor Op. 59 No. 1
    3:21
  16. Mazurka A Flat Major Op. 59 No. 2
    2:25
  17. Mazurka F Sharp Minor Op. 59 No. 3
    3:12
  18. Mazurka A Minor Op. Posthumous "Dedicated To Emile Gaillard"
    2:08
  19. Mazurka B Flat Major Op. 17 No. 1
    2:28
  20. Mazurka E A Minor Op. 17 No. 2
    1:57
  21. Mazurka A Flat Major Op. 17 No. 3
    4:20
  22. Mazurka A Minor Op. 17 No. 4
    4:32
  23. Mazurka A Minor Op. 17 No. 4
    3:25
  24. Mazurka LA Flat Major op. 24 No. 3
    1:45
  25. Mazurka B Minor Op. 30 No. 2
    1:15
  26. Mazurka G Minor Op. 67 No. 2
    1:37
  27. Mazurka F Major Op. 68 No. 3
    2:17
  28. Mazurka F Minor Op. 68 No. 4
    1:34
  29. Mazurka G Minor Op. 24 No. 1
    2:32
  30. Mazurka C Major Op. 24 No. 2
    2:12
  31. Mazurka A Flat Major Op. 24 No. 3
    1:50
  32. Mazurka B Major Op. 56 No. 1
    3:37
  33. Mazurka C Major Op. 56 No. 2
    1:38

Disc 8

  1. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 42
    3:28
  2. Waltz D Flat Major Op. 64
    1:35
  3. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 69 No. 1
    3:11
  4. Waltz C Sharp Minor Op. 64 No. 2
    1:51
  5. Waltz G Flat Major Op. 70 No. 1
    1:23
  6. Waltz B Minor Op. 69 No. 2
    2:58
  7. Waltz E Minor Op. Posthumous
    2:10
  8. Waltz A Minor Op. 34 No. 2
    3:26
  9. Waltz F Major Op. 34 No. 3
    1:56
  10. Waltz F Minor Op. 70 No. 2
    1:19
  11. Waltz D Flat Major Op. 70 No. 3
    1:49
  12. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 64 No. 3
    2:38
  13. Waltz E Flat Major Op. 18
    4:10
  14. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 34 No. 1
    4:38
  15. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 34 No. 1
    3:51
  16. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 34 No. 1
    4:15
  17. Waltz E Flat Major Op. 18
    4:18
  18. Waltz D Flat Major Op. 70 No. 3
    1:57
  19. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 42
    3:38
  20. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 42
    3:42
  21. Waltz A Flat Major Op. 42
    3:45
  22. Waltz G Flat Major Op. 70 No. 1
    1:45
  23. Waltz A Minor Op. 34 No. 2
    4:23
  24. Waltz C Sharp Minor Op. 64 No. 2
    3:38
  25. Waltz E Minor Op. Posthumous
    1:44

Disc 9

  1. Berceuse In D Flat Major Op. 57
    4:22
  2. Tarantella In A Flat Major Op. 43
    3:05
  3. Trois Écossaises Op. 72
    3:10

Disc 10

  1. Fantaisie In F Minor Op. 49
    11:58
  2. Barcarolle In F Sharp Major Op. 60
    8:28
  3. Barcarolle In F Sharp Major Op. 60
    8:07

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