Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol.2 Piano Chandos

Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol.2

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CHAN 10714

Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol.2

Running Time: 74:50

CD UPC: 0095115171424

Release Date: March 2012
Originally recorded in 2011

Composer (1810-1849)
Fryderyk Chopin

Solo piano
Louis Lortie

Venue
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk

Producer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Genre:
Piano

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FRYDERYK CHOPIN

(1810-1849)

Nocturne, Op. 15 No. 3

4:29

in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur

À Ferdinand Hiller

Lento

Ballade, Op. 23

8:55

in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur

À Monsieur le Baron de Stockhausen

Largo - Moderato [ ] - Meno mosso - [ ] - Meno mosso - Presto con fuoco

Nocture, Op. 15 No. 1

4:16

in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur

À Ferdinand Hiller

Andante cantabile - Con fuoco - [ ] - Con fuoco - Tempo I

Ballade, Op. 38

6:57

in F major/A minor - in F-Dur/a-Moll - en fa majeur/la mineur

À Monsieur Robert Schumann

Andantino - Presto con fuoco - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I - Presto con fuoco -

Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 2

4:33

in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur

À Madame Camille Pleyel

Andante

Nocturne, Op. 48 No. 1

5:21

in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur

À Mademoiselle Laura Duperré

Lento - Poco più lento - Doppio movimento

Ballade, Op. 47

7:05

in A flat major - in As-Dur - en la bémol majeur

À Mademoiselle Pauline de Noailles

Allegretto - Più mosso

Nocturne, Op. 55 No. 1

4:58

in F minor - in f-Moll - en fa mineur

À Mademoiselle J.W. Stirling

Andante

Ballade, Op. 52

11:27

in F minor - in f-Moll - en fa mineur

À Madame Nathaniel de Rothschild

Andante con moto

10.

Berceuse, Op. 57

4:42

in D flat major - in Des-Dur - en ré bémol majeur

À Mademoiselle Elise Gavard

Andante

11.

Nocturne, Op. 15 No. 2

3:36

in F sharp major - in Fis-Dur - en fa dièse majeur

À Ferdinand Hiller

Larghetto - Doppio movimento - Tempo I

12.

Barcarolle, Op. 60

8:31

in F sharp major - in Fis-Dur - en fa dièse major

À Madame la Baronne de Stockhausen

Allegretto - [ ] - Tempo I

75:16

Solo: Louis Lortie piano

24 and 25 October 2011

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Reviews

"... the playing here is extremely beautiful; Lortie’s ravishing tone and delicate touch are heard at their splendid best in the op.9/2 Nocturne an the Berceuse. Lortie is a profoundly thoughtful and refelctive artist, incapable of anything superficial or shallow I still find these to be superior accounts of these works, and have difficulty calling to mind any other living piasnist I would rather hear in them; one simply cannot take pianism of this order for granted ..."

James A. Altena - Fanfare - September/October 2012

“He [Lortie] plays with a firm rhythmic sense of forward momentum. His selected nocturnes are probably not bettered by any living pianist, and his ballades are interpreted with a dramatic touch that Alfred Hitchcock would have approved of. A rounded, full piano sound underlines this brilliant Chandos production ” *****

Marius Dawn – Pianist magazine – August/September 2012

***** - Exceptional

Luca Segalla - Musica magazine - July/August 2012

"... The sound, though a bit reverberant, is detailed and full. The verdict here then is that Lortie gives us a somewhat different take on Chopin, but one that is deeply considered, sensitively rendered and generally self-effacing from a virtuosic point of view."

Robert Cummings - Classical.Net - 14 June 2012

"...These are thoughtful, engaging, and gorgeous performances that would be a worthy addition to any lover of Chopin’s music."

David A. McConnell - musicweb-international.com - 21 June 2012

Music ***½ (Good) Sound ****(Very Good)

Frank Siebert - Fono Forum magazine - July 2012

Performance **** Recording ****

“Louis Lorte’s second volume in his Chopin cycle for Chandos presents an understated view of the composer, yet one that is fully cultivated and always convincing a highly satisfying recital.”

John Allison – BBC Music magazine – July 2012

"For the second volume of his Chopin cycle, Louis Lortie prefaces major pieces such as the Four Ballades with Nocturnes, contrasting a sense of improvisation with weightier, more concentrated works. And throughout his recital you will hear playing of the most patrician poise, fluidity and tonal finesse. Even Chopin’s most violent nerve-storms, while fully acknowledged, are seen within alucid and contained perspective. There is drama and passion but never violence or neurosis ..."

Bryce Morrison - Gramophone magazine - May 2012

"...I don’t know when I’ve heard this piece [Nocturne op 15 No 3] played so simply and directly, nor when I have heard it realised in a manner so thoroughly consistent with everything Chopin put on the page - and nothing more, since any addition would only blemish that rich sufficiency ..."

Patrick Rucker - International Record Review - March 2012

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