Chopin: Complete Piano Music

Chopin: Complete Piano Music

This 15-disc set, recorded from 1990 to 1992, is a truly complete survey of Chopin's piano music, including juvenilia and the works for piano and orchestra. It may not be quite the triumph of Biret's Brahms set, in which the performances are competitive with the best to be heard anywhere. But all of this playing is thoroughly worthy of the music, and Biret's technique is strong enough to deal with such hurdles as the Ã‰tudes and Scherzi without flinching. Her style is a bit more straightforward than that of the most famous Chopin poets (such as Rubinstein and Cortot), making these recordings a particularly good bet for students and listeners who are first learning to love Chopin. One can often come up with a (more expensive) recording that expresses even more of the poetry of the music than Biret does: Moravec's Nocturnes, Rubinstein's Mazurkas, Zayas's Ã‰tudes, and so on. And occasionally some of the lesser-known music (such as the First Sonata) might be better skipped except by scholars and curious listeners who want to know why these pieces are so obscure. But finding 15 well-filled CDs of such great music, in such excellent performances, so well recorded, for such an absurdly low price becomes an irresistible bargain. Even connoisseurs who know the great Chopin recordings of the past may well find these recordings a refreshing alternate view of the music. --Leslie Gerber
Country USA
Brand Naxos
Manufacturer Naxos Box Sets
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 1999-09-28
UnitCount 1
Format Box set
UPCs 730099136624
EANs 0730099136624

Country	USA
Brand	Naxos
Manufacturer	Naxos Box Sets
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	1999-09-28
UnitCount	1
Format	Box set
UPCs	730099136624
EANs	0730099136624