Name: Chopin: Preludes by Ingrid Fliter
Brand: Ingrid Fliter
SKU: 691062047555
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Argentine-Italian pianist Ingrid Fliter is emerging as a Chopin specialist and appears to have signed on with the Linn label. It's a good place for her somewhat intellectual yet dramatic and idiosyncratic Chopin, which will probably have as many reactions as it has hearers. This is all to the good. Fliter's readings are serious and ambitious, and she seems almost to seek out and linger on the harmonic clashes built into Chopin's accompaniments. There is intense contrast among even pieces of similar tempo and mood; she treats each prelude as an individual work of art, losing any contact with the prelude form's improvisatory (or quasi-improvisatory) origins. Moreover, she seems to take pains to make the 24 preludes into a coherent set, with peaks and valleys of intensity as she goes along. At times the piano is quiet to the point of being retiring; at others the upper register is given a very strong ringing quality. This is, in a word, individualistic Chopin -- and Chopin was a great individualist. It's a release that will keep listeners thinking over several hearings, which might cause some to change their minds about it one way or the other. If the album had been recorded for a less audiophile-oriented label than Linn, it might not have been quite as compelling.

Chopin: Preludes

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1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in C Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: I. Prelude No. 1 in C Major (Agitato)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in A Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: II. Prelude No. 2 in A Minor (Lento)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in G Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: III. Prelude No. 3 in G Major (Vivace)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in E Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: IV. Prelude No. 4 in E Minor (Largo)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in D Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: V. Prelude No. 5 in D Major (Molto allegro)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in B Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: VI. Prelude No. 6 in B Minor (Lento assai)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in A Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: VII. Prelude No. 7 in A Major (Andantino)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in F Sharp Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: VIII. Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor (Molto agitato)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in E Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: IX. Prelude No. 9 in E Major (Largo)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in C Sharp Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: X. Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor (Molto allegro)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in B Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XI. Prelude No. 11 in B Major (Vivace)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in G Sharp Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XII. Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Presto)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in F Sharp Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XIII. Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major (Lento)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in E Flat Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XIV. Prelude No. 14 in E-Flat Minor (Allegro)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in D Flat Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XV. Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop" (Sostenuto)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in B Flat Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XVI. Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat Minor (Presto con fuoco)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in A Flat Major, Op. 17 - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XVII. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major (Allegretto)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in F Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XVIII. Prelude No. 18 in F Minor (Molto allegro)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in E Flat Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XIX. Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major (Vivace)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in C Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XX. Prelude No. 20 in C Minor (Largo)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in B Flat Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XXI. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major (Cantabile)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in G Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XXII. Prelude No. 22 in G Minor (Molto agitato)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in F Major - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XXIII. Prelude No. 23 in F Major (Moderato)

1. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 in D Minor - 24 Preludes, Op. 28: XXIV. Prelude No. 24 in D Minor (Allegro appassionato)

1. 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72 in D Major - 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72: I. No. 1 in D Major

1. 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72 in G Major - 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72: II. No. 2 in G Major

1. 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72 in D Flat Major - 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72: III. No. 3 in D-Flat Major

25. Mazurka, Op. 17: No. 4 in A Minor

26. Mazurka, Op. 17: No. 2 in E Minor

27. Mazurka, Op. 63: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor

28. Mazurka, Op. 50: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor

29. Mazurka, Op. 6: No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor

30. Nocturne, Op. 9: No. 3 in B Major

31. Nocturne, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat Major

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