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Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849) The Complete Works Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Ewa Podleś (contralto) (CD 16); Leila Josefowicz (violin) (CD15);
Carter Brey (cello) (CD15); Elizabeth Mann (flute) (CD16)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/Kazimierz Kord (CDs 13-14)
rec. New York, 1989-2000. DDD
Full track-list at end of review
First issued individually on Arabesque HYPERION CDS44351/66 [16
CDs: 1155:35]
We regret this review has been removed.
Detailed track listing CD1 [73:27]
(formerly Arabesque Z6628)
Piano Sonata No
1 in C minor, Op 4
Movement 1: Allegro
maestoso [8'30]
Movement 2: Menuetto
[4'50]
Movement 3: Larghetto
[4'41]
Movement 4: Presto
[6'43]
Piano Sonata No
2 in B flat minor, Op 35
Movement 1: Grave – Doppio
movimento [5'14]
Movement 2: Scherzo
[7'11]
Movement 3: Marche
funèbre [7'09]
Movement 4: Presto
[1'33]
Piano Sonata No
3 in B minor, Op 58
Movement 1: Allegro
maestoso [9'35]
Movement 2: Scherzo.
Molto vivace [2'29]
Movement 3: Largo
[10'47]
Movement 4: Finale.
Presto non tanto [4'38]
CD2 [76:24]
(formerly Arabesque Z6686)
Twenty-Four Preludes,
Op 28
No 01 in C major:
Agitato [0'38]
No 02 in A minor:
Lento [2'19]
No 03 in G major:
Vivace [0'59]
No 04 in E minor:
Largo [2'25]
No 05 in D major:
Allegro molto [0'40]
No 06 in B minor:
Lento assai [2'30]
No 07 in A major:
Andantino [1'12]
No 08 in F sharp
minor: Molto agitato [2'00]
No 09 in E major:
Largo [1'19]
No 10 in C sharp
minor: Allegro molto [0'25]
No 11 in B major:
Vivace [0'43]
No 12 in G sharp
minor: Presto [1'11]
No 13 in F sharp
major: Lento [3'49]
No 14 in E flat
minor: Allegro [0'29]
No 15 in D flat
major: Sostenuto 'Raindrop' [5'41]
No 16 in B flat
minor: Presto con fuoco [1'08]
No 17 in A flat
major: Allegretto [3'40]
No 18 in F minor:
Allegro molto [1'05]
No 19 in E flat
major: Vivace [1'16]
No 20 in C minor:
Largo [1'45]
No 21 in B flat
major: Cantabile [1'51]
No 22 in G minor:
Molto agitato [0'52]
No 23 in F major:
Moderato [1'14]
No 24 in D minor:
Allegro appassionato [2'30]
No 14 in E flat
minor: Largo [1'08]
Presto con leggerezza
'Prelude in A flat major', KKIVb/7 [0'40]
Prelude in C sharp
minor, Op 45 [5'48]
Funeral March in
C minor, Op 72 No 2 [4'33]
Fugue in A minor,
KKIVc/2 [2'54]
Rondo in C minor,
Op 1 [9'27]
Rondo à la mazur
in F major, Op 5 [9'58]
CD3 [67:06]
(formerly Arabesque Z6718)
É tudes, Op 10
No 01: C major
[1'51]
No 02: A minor
[1'34]
No 03: E major
'Tristesse' [4'20]
No 04: C sharp
minor [2'01]
No 05: G flat major
'Black Keys' [1'40]
No 06: E flat minor
[3'40]
No 07: C major
[1'27]
No 08: F major
[2'28]
No 09: F minor
[2'12]
No 10: A flat major
[2'10]
No 11: E flat major
[2'44]
No 12: C minor
'Revolutionary' [2'41]
É tudes, Op 25
No 01: A flat major
'Aeolian Harp' [2'36]
No 02: F minor
[1'37]
No 03: F major
[1'50]
No 04: A minor
[1'59]
No 05: E minor
[3'29]
No 06: G sharp
minor [2'00]
No 07: C sharp
minor [5'45]
No 08: D flat major
[1'09]
No 09: G flat major
'Butterfly' [0'57]
No 10: B minor
[4'08]
No 11: A minor
'Winter Wind' [3'35]
No 12: C minor
[2'29]
Nouvelles études,
KKIIb/3
No 1: F minor [2'17]
No 2: D flat major
[2'03]
No 3: A flat major
[2'11]
CD4 [74:31]
(formerly Arabesque Z6630)
Fantasy in F minor,
Op 49 [13'20]
Ballade No 1 in
G minor, Op 23 [10'19]
Ballade No 2 in
A minor, Op 38 [8'36]
Ballade No 3 in
A flat major, Op 47 [8'27]
Ballade No 4 in
F minor, Op 52 [12'14]
Introduction and
Rondo in E flat major, Op 16 [11'11]
Rondo in C major,
Op 73 [10'22]
CD5 [77:56]
(formerly Arabesque Z6633 and Z6686)
Scherzo No 1 in
B minor, Op 20 [11'24]
Scherzo No 2 in
B flat minor, Op 31 [12'21]
Scherzo No 3 in
C sharp minor, Op 39 [9'14]
Scherzo No 4 in
E major, Op 54 [12'31]
Hexaméron – Morceau
de Concert 'Grandes Variations de Bravoure pour Piano sur
la Marche des Puritains de Bellini', S392 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Vincenzo
Bellini (1801-1835) &
Movement 8: Variation
VI. Largo, KKIIb/2 (Chopin) [2'21]
Introduction and
Variations in E major on a German national air 'Der Schweizerbub',
KKIVa/4 [8'41]
Variations brillantes
in B flat major on 'Je vends des scapulaires' from Hérold's
Ludovic, Op 12 [9'00]
Allegro de concert
in A major, Op 46 [12'20]
CD6 [71:02]
(formerly Arabesque Z6642-2 and Z6686)
Polonaise in G
minor, KKIIa/1 [3'42]
Polonaise in B
flat major, KKIVa/1 [3'45]
Polonaise in A
flat major, KKIVa/2 [5'07]
Polonaise in G
sharp minor, KKIVa/3 [6'56]
Polonaise in B
flat minor, KKIVa/5 [4'49]
Polonaise in G
flat major, KKIVa/8 [7'10]
Polonaise in D
minor, Op 71 No 1 [6'04]
Polonaise in B
flat major, Op 71 No 2 [7'38]
Polonaise in F
minor, Op 71 No 3 [9'45]
Polonaise in C
sharp minor, Op 26 No 1 [8'11]
Polonaise in E
flat minor, Op 26 No 2 [7'51]
CD7 [76:58]
(formerly Arabesque Z6642-2 and Z6686)
Polonaise in A
major, Op 40 No 1 [3'48]
Polonaise in C
minor, Op 40 No 2 [8'30]
Polonaise in F
sharp minor, Op 44 [10'40]
Polonaise in A
flat major, Op 53 [7'00]
Polonaise-Fantasy
in A flat major, Op 61 [14'20]
Introduction and
Bolero in A minor, Op 19 [7'45]
Tarantelle in A
flat major, Op 43 [3'02]
Impromptu No 1
in A flat major, Op 29 [4'21]
Impromptu No 2
in F sharp major, Op 36 [6'21]
Impromptu No 3
in G flat major, Op 51 [5'54]
Fantasy Impromptu
in C sharp minor, Op 66 [5'12]
CD8 [72:47]
(formerly Arabesque Z6653-2)
Nocturne in B flat
minor, Op 9 No 1 [6'38]
Nocturne in E flat
major, Op 9 No 2 [5'14]
Nocturne in B major,
Op 9 No 3 [6'50]
Nocturne in F major,
Op 15 No 1 [5'33]
Nocturne in F sharp
major, Op 15 No 2 [4'17]
Nocturne in G minor,
Op 15 No 3 [5'00]
Nocturne in C sharp
minor, Op 27 No 1 [5'40]
Nocturne in D flat
major, Op 27 No 2 [6'07]
Nocturne in B major,
Op 32 No 1 [5'46]
Nocturne in A flat
major, Op 32 No 2 [5'48]
Nocturne in G minor,
Op 37 No 1 [8'05]
Nocturne in G major,
Op 37 No 2 [7'44]
CD9 [79:51]
(formerly Arabesque Z6653-2 and Z6686)
Nocturne in C minor,
Op 48 No 1 [8'04]
Nocturne in F sharp
minor, Op 48 No 2 [8'39]
Nocturne in F minor,
Op 55 No 1 [5'45]
Nocturne in E flat
major, Op 55 No 2 [5'12]
Nocturne in B major,
Op 62 No 1 [9'09]
Nocturne in E major,
Op 62 No 2 [7'30]
Nocturne in E minor,
Op 72 No 1 [4'50]
Nocturne in C minor,
KKIVb/8 [3'31]
Lento con espressione
in C sharp minor 'Nocturne', KKIVa/16 [4'46]
Cantabile in B
flat major, KKIVb/6 [1'00]
Moderato in E major
'Albumblatt', KKIVb/12 [1'26]
Largo in E flat
major, KKIVb/5 [1'37]
Variations in A
major 'Souvenir de Paganini', KKIVa/10 [3'32]
Berceuse in D flat
major, Op 57 [5'57]
Barcarolle in F
sharp major, Op 60 [8'47]
CD10 [75:30]
(formerly Arabesque Z6669 and Z6686)
Waltz in E flat
major, Op 18 [5'38]
Waltz in A flat
major, Op 34 No 1 [5'54]
Waltz in A minor,
Op 34 No 2 [7'00]
Waltz in F major,
Op 34 No 3 [2'40]
Waltz in A flat
major, Op 42 [4'03]
Waltz in D flat
major 'Minute', Op 64 No 1 [1'54]
Waltz in C sharp
minor, Op 64 No 2 [4'02]
Waltz in A flat
major, Op 64 No 3 [3'15]
Waltz in A flat
major, Op 69 No 1 [4'36]
Waltz in B minor,
Op 69 No 2 [3'56]
Waltz in G flat
major, Op 70 No 1 [2'26]
Waltz in F minor,
Op 70 No 2 [3'45]
Waltz in D flat
major, Op 70 No 3 [3'07]
Waltz in A flat
major, KKIVa/13 [1'46]
Waltz in E major,
KKIVa/12 [2'48]
Waltz in E minor,
KKIVa/15 [3'04]
Waltz in A minor,
KKIVb/11 [2'16]
Sostenuto in E
flat major 'Waltz', KKIVb/10 [2'18]
Waltz in E flat
major, KKIVa/14 [2'51]
Waltz in F sharp
minor 'Valse mélancolique', KKIb/7 [3'37]
Contredanse in
G flat major, KKAnh.Ia/4 [2'11]
Ecossaises, Op
72 No 3
No 1: D major [0'53]
No 2: G major [0'38]
No 3: D flat major
[0'42]
CD11 [71:18]
(formerly Arabesque Z6730-2)
Mazurka in F sharp
minor, Op 6 No 1 [2'44]
Mazurka in C sharp
minor, Op 6 No 2 [2'40]
Mazurka in E major,
Op 6 No 3 [1'48]
Mazurka in E flat
minor, Op 6 No 4 [0'43]
Mazurka in B flat
major, Op 7 No 1 [2'19]
Mazurka in A minor,
Op 7 No 2 [3'12]
Mazurka in F minor,
Op 7 No 3 [1'56]
Mazurka in A flat
major, Op 7 No 4 [1'09]
Mazurka in C major,
Op 7 No 5 [0'36]
Mazurka in B flat
major, Op 17 No 1 [2'14]
Mazurka in E minor,
Op 17 No 2 [2'12]
Mazurka in A flat
major, Op 17 No 3 [4'23]
Mazurka in A minor,
Op 17 No 4 [4'18]
Mazurka in G minor,
Op 24 No 1 [2'53]
Mazurka in C major,
Op 24 No 2 [2'03]
Mazurka in A flat
major, Op 24 No 3 [2'13]
Mazurka in B flat
minor, Op 24 No 4 [4'20]
Mazurka in C minor,
Op 30 No 1 [2'00]
Mazurka in B minor,
Op 30 No 2 [1'12]
Mazurka in D flat
major, Op 30 No 3 [2'55]
Mazurka in C sharp
minor, Op 30 No 4 [3'48]
Mazurka in G sharp
minor, Op 33 No 1 [2'06]
Mazurka in D major,
Op 33 No 2 [2'22]
Mazurka in C major,
Op 33 No 3 [1'36]
Mazurka in B minor,
Op 33 No 4 [4'26]
Mazurka in E minor,
Op 41 No 1 [2'37]
Mazurka in B major,
Op 41 No 2 [1'09]
Mazurka in A flat
major, Op 41 No 3 [1'52]
Mazurka in C sharp
minor, Op 41 No 4 [3'15]
CD12 [69:25]
(formerly Arabesque Z6730-2)
Mazurka in G major,
Op 50 No 1 [2'14]
Mazurka in A flat
major, Op 50 No 2 [3'23]
Mazurka in C sharp
minor, Op 50 No 3 [4'54]
Mazurka in B major,
Op 56 No 1 [4'19]
Mazurka in C major,
Op 56 No 2 [1'38]
Mazurka in C minor,
Op 56 No 3 [6'14]
Mazurka in A minor,
Op 59 No 1 [4'05]
Mazurka in A flat
major, Op 59 No 2 [2'48]
Mazurka in F sharp
minor, Op 59 No 3 [3'26]
Mazurka in B major,
Op 63 No 1 [2'18]
Mazurka in F minor,
Op 63 No 2 [1'52]
Mazurka in C sharp
minor, Op 63 No 3 [2'13]
Mazurka in A minor,
KKIIb/5 [2'19]
Mazurka in A minor,
KKIIb/4 [3'29]
Mazurka in G major,
Op 67 No 1 [1'14]
Mazurka in G minor,
Op 67 No 2 [2'00]
Mazurka in C major,
Op 67 No 3 [1'25]
Mazurka in A minor,
Op 67 No 4 [2'43]
Mazurka in C major,
Op 68 No 1 [1'26]
Mazurka in A minor,
Op 68 No 2 [2'42]
Mazurka in F major,
Op 68 No 3 [1'42]
Mazurka in F minor,
Op 68 No 4 [2'04]
Mazurka in B flat
major, KKIIa/3 [1'07]
Mazurka in G major,
KKIIa/2 [1'24]
Mazurka in D major,
KKAnh.Ia/1 [1'21]
Mazurka in B flat
major, KKIVb/1 [1'08]
Mazurka in C major,
KKIVb/3 [2'27]
Mazurka in A flat
major, KKIVb/4 [1'17]
CD13 [72:32]
(formerly Arabesque Z6720-2)
Piano Concerto
No 2 in F minor, Op 21
Movement 1: Maestoso
[14'33] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord
(conductor)
Movement 2: Larghetto
[9'38] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord
(conductor)
Movement 3: Allegro
vivace [8'29] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Piano Concerto
No 1 in E minor, Op 11
Movement 1: Allegro
maestoso [20'12] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Movement 2: Romance.
Larghetto [10'27] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Movement 3: Rondo.
Vivace [9'11] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
CD14 [62:22]
(formerly Arabesque Z6720-2)
Variations in B flat major on 'Là ci darem
la mano' from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op 2
Part 1: Introduction.
Largo – Poco più mosso [5'13] with Warsaw Philharmonic
Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)
Part 2: Theme.
Allegretto [1'29] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Part 3: Variation
I. Brillante [1'06] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Part 4: Variation
II. Veloce ma accuratamente [1'03] with Warsaw Philharmonic
Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)
Part 5: Variation
III [1'28] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Part 6: Variation
IV [1'16] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord
(conductor)
Part 7: Variation
V. Adagio – Alla Polacca [7'11] with Warsaw Philharmonic
Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)
Fantasy on Polish
Airs, Op 13 [15'00] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Rondo à la krakowiak,
Op 14 [14'23] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
Andante spianato
and Grande Polonaise, Op 22
Movement 1: Andante
spianato [4'38]
Movement 2: Grande
Polonaise [9'30] with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz
Kord (conductor)
CD15 [76:13]
(formerly Arabesque Z6763)
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65
Movement 1: Allegro
moderato [10'45] with Carter Brey (cello)
Movement 2: Scherzo.
Allegro con brio [5'06] with Carter Brey (cello)
Movement 3: Largo
[3'59] with Carter Brey (cello)
Movement 4: Finale.
Allegro [5'59] with Carter Brey (cello)
Introduction and
Polonaise brillante in C major, Op 3 [9'27] with Carter Brey
(cello)
Grand Duo in E
major on themes from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable, KKIIb/1
[14'19] & Auguste Franchomme (1808-1884) with Carter
Brey (cello)
Piano Trio in G
minor, Op 8
Movement 1: Allegro
con fuoco [7'49] with Leila Josefowicz (violin), Carter Brey
(cello)
Movement 2: Scherzo.
Con moto, ma non troppo [7'22] with Leila Josefowicz (violin),
Carter Brey (cello)
Movement 3: Adagio
sostenuto [6'12] with Leila Josefowicz (violin), Carter Brey
(cello)
Movement 4: Finale.
Allegretto [5'10] with Leila Josefowicz (violin), Carter
Brey (cello)
CD16 [57:33]
(formerly Arabesque Z6746)
Zyczenie 'The Maiden's Wish', Op 74 No
1 'Gdybyn ja byla sloneczkiem na niebie 'If I were the sun
in the sky'' [1'48] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Wiosna 'Spring',
Op 74 No 2 'Blyszcza krople rosy 'The dew sparkles'' [2'21]
with Ewa Podles (alto)
Smutna rzeka 'Sad
river', Op 74 No 3 'Rzeko z cudzoziemców strony 'River,
flowing from the mountains'' [3'17] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Hulanka 'Drinking
song', Op 74 No 4 'Szynkareczko, szafareczko 'Take care,
pretty girl'' [2'31] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Gdzie lubi 'There
where she loves', Op 74 No 5 'Strumyk lubi w dolinie 'Streams
gurgle through the valley'' [1'19] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Precz z moich oczu!
'Out of my sight!', Op 74 No 6 [3'25] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Posel 'The messenger',
Op 74 No 7 'Rosnie trawka, ziólko 'Dew lies on the meadows''
[2'42] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Sliczny chlopiec
'Handsome lad', Op 74 No 8 'Wzniosly, smukly i mlody 'Young
and tall and handsome'' [3'00] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Melodya, Op 74
No 9 'Z gór, gdzie dzwigali 'Under their crosses' cruel
weight they stand'' [2'46] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Wojak 'The warrior',
Op 74 No 10 'Rzy mój gniady, ziemie grzebie 'Hark! My steed
stamps the dust'' [2'09] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Dwojaki koniec
'The double end', Op 74 No 11 'Rok sie kochali, a wiek sie
nie widzieli 'For a year they loved, for eternity they parted''
[1'47] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Moja pieszczotka
'My darling', Op 74 No 12 [2'03] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Nie ma czego trzeba
'Faded and vanished', Op 74 No 13 'Mgla mi do oczu zawiewa
z lona 'My heart is heavy, my eyes full of sorrow'' [5'32]
with Ewa Podles (alto)
Pierscien 'The
ring', Op 74 No 14 'Smutno nianki ci spiewaly 'When nurses
sang sadly to you'' [1'57] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Narzeczony 'The
bridegroom', Op 74 No 15 'Wiatr zaszumial miedzy krzewy 'The
wind howls in the forest'' [2'26] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Piosnka Litewska
'Lithuanian song', Op 74 No 16 'Bardzo raniuchno wschodzilo
sloneczko 'Early one morning the sun was rising'' [2'08]
with Ewa Podles (alto)
Spiew grobowy 'Hymn
from the tomb', Op 74 No 17 'Leci liscie z drzewa 'Leaves
are falling thickly'' [4'44] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Czary 'Witchcraft',
KKIVa/11 'To sa czary, pewno czary! 'It must be witchcraft''
[2'44] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Dumka 'Reverie',
KKIVb/9 'Mgla mi do oczu zawiewa z lona 'My heart is heavy,
my eyes full of sorrow'' [1'26] with Ewa Podles (alto)
Variations in E
major on 'Non più mesta' from Rossini's La Cenerentola,
KKAnh.Ia/5 [7'21] with Elizabeth Mann (flute)
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