Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10 & Op. 25

Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10 & Op. 25

Through channeling his intelligent virtuosity toward musical ends, Murray Perahia reveals the distinctive voice of each Chopin Ã‰tude, rather than imposing a "one style fits all" aesthetic upon the music. His easy mastery of the right-hand double-note challenges of Op. 10 No. 7 and Op. 25 Nos. 6 & 8 and the taxing rotary patterns of the famous "Black Key" and "Winter Wind" Ã©tudes enable him to clarify their significant left-hand component. Note, too, the "Octave" Ã©tude's long-lined ebb and flow, or a sharper, more aggressive C-sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4, than the one Perahia recorded in the early 1990s. But his unusually brisk take on the E-flat minor (Op. 10 No. 6) trivializes the music's aching harmonic tension, and the two C Minor Ã‰tudes (including the "Revolutionary") are a shade inhibited compared with the unbridled bravura of the versions by GyÃ¶rgy Cziffra (Philips) and Juana Zayas (Music & Arts). These quibbles, however, should not prevent piano lovers from experiencing Perahia's well-considered and superbly engineered interpretations of the oft-recorded masterpieces. --Jed Distler
Country USA
Manufacturer Sony Classical
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 1693615
Model 2011761
ReleaseDate 2002-09-17
UnitCount 1
UPCs 074646188521
EANs 0074646188521

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