

Robert Schumann compared this scherzo to a Byronic poem, 'so overflowing with tenderness, boldness, love and contempt.' According to Wilhelm von Lenz, a pupil of Chopin, the composer said that the renowned sotto voce opening. The sound was captured by recording engineer Alessandro Simonetto, using four historical microphones B&K. 31 is a scherzo by Frédéric Chopin.The work was composed and published in 1837, and was dedicated to Countess Adèle Fürstenstein. Gala Chistiakova, a rising talent in today’s musical landscape, recorded this Chopin album in May 2018.

It is a significant gesture, as it indirectly gives way to a new art form, elevating the mazurka and dance music to unsuspected heights. 6 and 7, Chopin specified that these works were not meant for dancing, in order to distinguish them from the ballroom music that was being published at the time. 24 and 33 (18-38, respectively) show the intention to create an overall crescendo, with the last mazurka being the longest and most complex. 6 and 7 (1830-31) were gathered as sets without a specific structural plan both sets Opp. The mazurkas presented in this album belong to the first seven years of Chopin’s activity as a published composer. They represent a lyrical diary – a confession of his unending love for his motherland. The mazurkas accompanied Chopin throughout his life. Here, the A-B-A form is expanded, and the ever-changing harmonic scheme is perhaps a window into the compositional advances of the second half of the nineteenth century. 54 (1843) open the road to new compositional and pianistic insights. The brilliant intuitions presented by the Scherzo in E Major, Op. Please use the dropdown buttons to set your. The site is also available in several languages. 60 (1845-46), Chopin experiments with a new approach to ternary structure, hinting at the juxtaposition found in the sonata form, but expanding the scope of thematic development by introducing two motifs presented in utter simplicity, often in piano or pianissimo, eventually recapitulated and re-proposed in symphonic incarnations in forte or fortissimo. Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. Chistiakova chose to alternate each of the three major works she selected with a set of mazurkas, contrasting the magnificence of large forms with brief, often intimate pages. 6 and 7 to the pinnacle of extraordinary pianism that is the Barcarolle, Op. In this new album, Russian pianist Galina Chistiakova offers a program that spans Chopin’s entire compositional career, from the early Mazurkas, Opp.
