Chopin: Chez Pleyel / Planes
 | Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 902052 Format: CD Fredeic Chopin (1810-1849) chez Pleyel2009 Winner of the Diapason d'Or for his outstanding recording of Chopin's masterworks on a period Pleyel Piano! A journey into Chopin’s world . . . On 21 February 1842, the Polish composer gave one of his very rare concerts: he did not enjoy appearing in public, for his music was above all a chamber art. Alain Planès has striven to recreate the programme of this concert as closely as possible, and recorded it on a Pleyel piano of 1836 that the composer might have played. The questions he throws up in the process are fascinating: how did Chopin play? Apart from his famous rubato, what was the role of ornamentation, and indeed improvisation?  Price: $22.98 |