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Chopin: Études

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Chopin shaped his two extended cycles of etudes into a pianistic cosmos that has a unique place in the literature for piano. The etudes feature many technical possibilities composed with an accomplished sense of style. However, the main focus in each of the compositions is musical expression. Mechanical passages are nowhere to be found. The rich timbres of Chopin's virtuosity thus emerge as the basis for a nuanced tonal world blending Romantic sensibility with a manneristic stylistic approach. All in all: Chopin's etudes constitute a separate musical domain. They go beyond their own limits, reflecting on numerous other works by the composer in order to establish themselves as "styIistically anchored piIIars" within his piano aesthetics. Chopin redefined the genre. Without his pianistic and tonal innovations, the originality of later etudes - one need only think of Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Debussy and Ligeti - would probably be unimaginable. © Haenssler Classic

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Étude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 10, B. 59 "Waterfall" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 10, B. 59 "Waterfall"
00:02:11

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 10, B. 59 "Chromatique" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 10, B. 59 "Chromatique"
00:01:24

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, B. 74 "Tristesse" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, B. 74 "Tristesse"
00:03:53

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10, B. 75 "Torrent" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10, B. 75 "Torrent"
00:01:58

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, B. 57 "Black Keys" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, B. 57 "Black Keys"
00:01:44

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 10, B. 57 "Lament" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 10, B. 57 "Lament"
00:02:42

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 7 in C Major, Op. 10, B. 68 "Toccata" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 7 in C Major, Op. 10, B. 68 "Toccata"
00:01:35

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10, B. 42 "Sunshine" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10, B. 42 "Sunshine"
00:02:27

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 9 in F Minor, Op. 10, B. 42 (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 9 in F Minor, Op. 10, B. 42
00:02:14

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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Étude No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 10, B. 42 (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 10, B. 42
00:02:14

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, B. 42 "Arpeggio" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, B. 42 "Arpeggio"
00:02:35

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, B. 67 "Revolutionary" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, B. 67 "Revolutionary"
00:02:54

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, B. 104 "Aeolian Harp" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, B. 104 "Aeolian Harp"
00:02:21

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 25, B. 97 "The Bees" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 25, B. 97 "The Bees"
00:01:32

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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Étude No. 3 in F Major, Op. 25, B. 99 "The Horseman" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 3 in F Major, Op. 25, B. 99 "The Horseman"
00:01:58

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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Étude No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Paganini" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Paganini"
00:01:53

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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Étude No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Wrong Note" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Wrong Note"
00:03:04

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Thirds" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Thirds"
00:02:07

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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Étude No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, B. 98 "Cello" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, B. 98 "Cello"
00:04:57

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 25, B. 78 "Sixths" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 25, B. 78 "Sixths"
00:01:12

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 9 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, B. 78 "Butterfly" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 9 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, B. 78 "Butterfly"
00:00:59

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Octave" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 25, B. 78 "Octave"
00:04:14

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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Étude No. 11 in A Minor, Op. 25, B. 83 "Winter Wind" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 11 in A Minor, Op. 25, B. 83 "Winter Wind"
00:03:24

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Étude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 25, B. 99 "Ocean" (Frédéric Chopin)

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Étude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 25, B. 99 "Ocean"
00:02:58

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

3 Nouvelles études, B. 130 (Frédéric Chopin)

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No. 1, Andantino
00:02:06

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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No. 2, Allegretto
00:01:46

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

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No. 3, Allegretto
00:02:11

Frederic Chopin, Composer - Xi Zhai, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2022 haenssler CLASSIC

Albumbeschreibung

Chopin shaped his two extended cycles of etudes into a pianistic cosmos that has a unique place in the literature for piano. The etudes feature many technical possibilities composed with an accomplished sense of style. However, the main focus in each of the compositions is musical expression. Mechanical passages are nowhere to be found. The rich timbres of Chopin's virtuosity thus emerge as the basis for a nuanced tonal world blending Romantic sensibility with a manneristic stylistic approach. All in all: Chopin's etudes constitute a separate musical domain. They go beyond their own limits, reflecting on numerous other works by the composer in order to establish themselves as "styIistically anchored piIIars" within his piano aesthetics. Chopin redefined the genre. Without his pianistic and tonal innovations, the originality of later etudes - one need only think of Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Debussy and Ligeti - would probably be unimaginable. © Haenssler Classic

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