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William Kapell|William Kapell Edition, Vol. 1: Chopin: Mazurkas

William Kapell Edition, Vol. 1: Chopin: Mazurkas

William Kapell

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It was a bold move on RCA's part to start their William Kapell collection with a disc of Chopin mazurkas. Kapell was a notoriously fastidious artist who spent hours and hours and hours perfecting every detail of his interpretations of core repertoire. But not, apparently, the Chopin mazurkas. The story is that he more or less tossed off his performances of the mazurkas, that he would sit down and sight-read through them with nonchalant sangfroid. Of course, any third-year piano student could sight-read through most of the Chopin mazurkas: to look at them on paper, they are simple, straightforward Polish dances. But to play them is to go deep into Chopin's poetic Polish heart, a place of warm love and chilly loneliness, of giddy exhilaration and gloomy despair. And these are things that cannot be tossed off. Nor does Kapell toss them off. His interpretations are very free rhythmically; one rarely gets the sense from Kapell's subtle tempo rubato of the pieces being in strict triple time, but rather of a fluid and fluent mix of duple and triple time. This rhythmic freedom allows Kapell's mazurkas to sing as well as dance. Rarely does one hear such depths from the mazurkas: Kapell's interpretations of the A minor melancholy of Op. 67, No. 4; of the A minor lyricism of Op. 59, No. 1; and especially of the A minor suicidal desperation of Op. 17, No. 4, are deeply affecting. Nor are Kapell's interpretations all sorrowful: his D flat major Op. 30, No. 3, is a tender charmer; his A flat major Op. 50, No. 2, is lissomely seductive; and his F major Op. 68, No. 3, is a sweetly wistful, delicately lilting central section. These are masterful and moving performances.

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1
Mazurka, Op. 6, No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor (1988 Remastered)
00:02:17

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originallly Recorded 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

2
Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 2 in A Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:03:14

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

3
Mazurka, Op.7, No. 5 in C (1998 Remastered)
00:00:39

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

4
Mazurka, Op.17, No. 2 in E Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:01:54

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

5
Mazurka, Op.17, No. 3 in A-Flat (1998 Remastered)
00:04:34

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

(P) Originally Recorded in 1951, 1998. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

6
Mazurka, Op.17, No. 4 in A Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:04:22

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

(P) Originally Recorded in 1951, 1998. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

7
Mazurka, Op.24, No. 1 in G Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:02:40

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

8
Mazurka, Op.24, No. 3 in A-Flat (1998 Remastered)
00:01:31

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

9
Mazurka, Op.30, No. 3 in D-Flat (1998 Remastered)
00:02:29

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

10
Mazurka, Op.33, No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:01:38

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

11
Mazurka, Op.33, No. 3 in C (1998 Remastered)
00:01:29

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

12
Mazurka, Op.33, No 4 in B Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:05:07

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

13
Mazurka, Op.41, No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:03:19

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

14
Mazurka, Op.41, No. 2 in E Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:02:21

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

15
Mazurka, Op.50, No. 2 in A-Flat (1998 Remastered)
00:02:53

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

16
Mazurka, Op.50, No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:04:26

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

17
Mazurka, Op.56, No. 3 in C Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:05:15

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

18
Mazurka, Op.59, No. 1 in A Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:03:48

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

19
Mazurka, Op.59, No. 2 in A-Flat (1998 Remastered)
00:02:36

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

20
Mazurka, Op.63, No. 2 in F Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:01:38

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

21
Mazurka, Op.63, No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:01:53

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

22
Mazurka, Op.67, No. 2 in G Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:01:38

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

23
Mazurka, Op.67, No. 3 in C (1998 Remastered)
00:01:22

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

24
Mazurka, Op.67, No. 4 in A Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:02:02

Frédéric Chopin, Composer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

25
Mazurka, Op.68, No. 2 in A Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:02:24

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

26
Mazurka, Op.68, No.3 in F (1998 Remastered)
00:01:43

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

27
Mazurka, Op.68, No. 4 in F Minor (1998 Remastered)
00:01:51

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

28
Mazurka, Op. posth. in A Minor "Notre temps" (1998 Remastered)
00:03:34

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1952. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

29
Mazurka, Op. posth in B-Flat (1998 Remastered)
00:01:21

Jon M. Samuels, Re-Issue Producer - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - John Pfeiffer, Producer - Fred Lynch, Recording Engineer - William Kapell, Piano

Originally Recorded in 1951. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Albumbeschreibung

It was a bold move on RCA's part to start their William Kapell collection with a disc of Chopin mazurkas. Kapell was a notoriously fastidious artist who spent hours and hours and hours perfecting every detail of his interpretations of core repertoire. But not, apparently, the Chopin mazurkas. The story is that he more or less tossed off his performances of the mazurkas, that he would sit down and sight-read through them with nonchalant sangfroid. Of course, any third-year piano student could sight-read through most of the Chopin mazurkas: to look at them on paper, they are simple, straightforward Polish dances. But to play them is to go deep into Chopin's poetic Polish heart, a place of warm love and chilly loneliness, of giddy exhilaration and gloomy despair. And these are things that cannot be tossed off. Nor does Kapell toss them off. His interpretations are very free rhythmically; one rarely gets the sense from Kapell's subtle tempo rubato of the pieces being in strict triple time, but rather of a fluid and fluent mix of duple and triple time. This rhythmic freedom allows Kapell's mazurkas to sing as well as dance. Rarely does one hear such depths from the mazurkas: Kapell's interpretations of the A minor melancholy of Op. 67, No. 4; of the A minor lyricism of Op. 59, No. 1; and especially of the A minor suicidal desperation of Op. 17, No. 4, are deeply affecting. Nor are Kapell's interpretations all sorrowful: his D flat major Op. 30, No. 3, is a tender charmer; his A flat major Op. 50, No. 2, is lissomely seductive; and his F major Op. 68, No. 3, is a sweetly wistful, delicately lilting central section. These are masterful and moving performances.

© TiVo

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