Jean-marc Luisada Plays Chopin

Jean-Marc Luisada

Sony Classical is pleased to announce a new batch of reissues from the CBS/Sony and RCA Victor/BMG back catalogues. This latest instalment of the popular series showcases Mozart and Chopin along with conductor Robert Craft’s pioneering Webern recordings and the global journeys of that irrepressible musical explorer Yo-Yo Ma.The Tunisian-born French pianist Jean-Marc Luisada, a prize-winner at the 1985 Warsaw Chopin Competition, has earned an international reputation as a distinctive Chopin interpreter. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Luisada made a series of recordings for RCA: the complete Mazurkas, Waltzes and Ballades, the B minor Sonata and a chamber arrangement of the First Concerto (joined by the Talich Quartet), among numerous other works. MusicWeb International wrote that “the most stunning aspect of his artistry is his exploratory approach to Chopin. He uses every phrase to probe into Chopin’s sound-world and psyche, also displaying a total command of the keyboard’s resources.” As ClassicsToday wrote about Luisada’s Chopin: “The pianist compels you to listen.” All his RCA Chopin recordings are now reissued in a 6-album Sony Classical box.SET CONTENTSCD 1Ballades Nos 1-4Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillanteNocturnes opp. 48/1 - 9/2CD2Waltz op. 18Mazurkas opp. 17/3 - 17/4 - 24/2Fantaisie op. 49Nocturnes opp. 27/2 - 62/1Scherzo No. 2Preludes opp. 28/17 - 28/22 - 28/7Ballade No. 3"Revolutionary" Etude op. 10/12CD 3Waltzes opp. 18 - 34 - 42 - 64 - opp. posth. 69 - 70 - E minorMazurkas opp. posth. 67 - 68CD 4Mazurkas opp. 6 - 7 - 17 - 24 - 30CD 5Mazurkas opp. 33 - 41 - 50 - 56 - 59 - 63CD 6Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor op. 58Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor op. 11Arrangement for Piano and String QuintetCD 7Lento con gran espressione (Nocturne)Nocturnes opp. 9/1 - 55/2 Barcarolle op. 60Polonaise-FantaisieScherzo No. 4Etude op. 10/10"Black Keys" Etude op. 10/5Waltz op. 34/2

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