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Frederic Chopin, Jean-Marc Luisada
Chopin: Waltzes
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Waltz for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18, CT. 207
2. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 34, CT. 208-210: No. 1 in A flat major. Vivace
3. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 34, CT. 208-210: No. 2 in A minor. Lento
4. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 34, CT. 208-210: No. 3 in F major. Vivace
5. Waltz for piano No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, CT. 211
6. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 64, CT. 212-214: No. 1 in D flat major. Molto vivace 'Minute Waltz'
7. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 64, CT. 212-214: No. 2 in C sharp minor. Tempo giusto
8. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 64, CT. 212-214: No. 3 in A flat major. Moderato
9. Waltzes (2) for piano, Op. 69, CT. 215-216: No. 1 in A flat major. Tempo di Valse
10. Waltzes (2) for piano, Op. 69, CT. 215-216: No. 2 in B minor
11. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 70, CT. 217-219: No. 1 in G flat major
12. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 70, CT. 217-219: No. 2 in F minor
13. Waltzes (3) for piano, Op. 70, CT. 217-219: No. 3 in D flat major
14. Waltz for piano in E minor, KK IVa/15, CT. 222 (B. 56)
15. Waltz for piano in A flat major, KK IVa/13, CT. 221 (B. 21)
16. Waltz for piano in E major, KK IVa/12, CT. 220 (B. 44)
17. Waltz for piano in E flat major (spurious), KK IVa/14 (B. 46)

CD Details

All Artists: Frederic Chopin, Jean-Marc Luisada
Title: Chopin: Waltzes
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 8/10/2004
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028947621409

CD Reviews

From Another Age

John Atherton | CINCINNATI, OHIO United States | 12/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Though Luisada is by no means old, his playing takes us back to another age.

Arthur Rubinstein boasted that he changed the way Chopin was perceived, making him more masculine and straightforward than romantic players like de Pachmann and Paderewski did. Rubinstein's Chopin was in fact a reflection of his own more literal time -- a time that also produced Backhaus and Toscanini -- as well as Rubinstein's own love for the classiciam of Brahms which, under the influence of Joachim, pre-dated the Polish expatriate's love for Chopin.

Rubinstein clearly felt uncomfortable with the feminine, salon qualities that cannot be divorced from Chopin's sensibility. Descriptions of the composer's own playing make it clear that he was improvisatory, ethereal in his dynamics and that he reveled in rubato; Chopin was even accused of not being able to play in time. These qualities are rarely evident in modern players, who imagine they present a "greater" Chopin by robbing him of his true personality.

Luisada is not a modern player. His Chopin evokes memories of some of the greatest interpreters of earlier ages -- especially de Pachmann and Maryla Jonas (whose rare recordings are available from Pearl). Luisada's rubato will seem willful and wayward to those raised to believe Rubinstein was the last word on Chopin, but it will delight those who would like to hear something closer to the first word.

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