Chopin: Complete Preludes / Perez

his new recording of the complete Preludes of Frederick Chopin represents the debut on Telarc Classics of the highly regarded young Venezuelan-American pianist Vanessa Perez. In recent years she has been championed as one of the best young musical talents on the scene by the likes of legendary pianist Claudio Arrau and the great conductor Zubin Mehta. Vanessa Perez is a product of the same energised musical culture in Venezuela that produced such international stars as conductor Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Gabriela Montero. In 2009 she performed alongside star violinist Joshua Bell in Astor Piazzolla’s ‘Oblivion’ on his “At Home with Friends” album for Sony Classical. She also worked with Jan Vogler on Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango and other pieces for the cellist’s 2008 album “Tango”, also released by Sony. In 2005 she produced a solo album for VAI that featured Chopin’s four Ballades, pieces from Albéniz’s Ibería and a work by contemporary composer Suzanne Farrin. Perez makes her Telarc Classics debut with an all-Chopin collection that includes the 24 Preludes Op. 28, and some other popular pieces, among them the Barcarolle in F sharp major and the Fantasie in F minor.

1. No. 1 Agitato - C major 2. No. 2 Lento - A minor 3. No. 3 Vivace - G major 4. No. 4 Largo - E minor 5. No. 5 Molto allegro - D major 6. No. 6 Lento allegro - B minor 7. No. 7 Andantino - A major 8. No. 8 Molto agitato - F-sharp minor 9. No. 9 Largo - E minor 10. No. 10 Molto allegro - C-sharp minor 11. No. 11 Vivace - E major 12. No. 12 Presto - G-sharp minor 13. No. 13 Lento - F-sharp major 14. No. 14 Allegro - E-sharp minor 15. No. 15 Sostenuto - D-flat major 16. No. 16 Presto con fuoco - B-flat minor 17. No. 17 Allegretto - A-flat major 18. No. 18 Molto allegro - F minor 19. No. 19 Vivace - E-flat minor 20. No. 20 Largo - C minor 21. No. 21 Cantabile - B-flat major 22. No. 22 Molto agitato - G minor 23. No. 23 Moderato - F major 24. No. 24 Allegro appassionato - D minor 25. Prelude in C-sharp major (Sostenuto) Op. 45 26. Prelude No. 26 in A-flat major op. posth. (Presto con Leggierezza) 27. Barcarolle in F-sharp major Op. 60 28. Fantasie in F minor Op. 49

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