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Samson François - The Chopin Recordings (2010)

Samson François - The Chopin Recordings (2010)

BAND/ARTIST: Samson François

  • Title: The Chopin Recordings
  • Year Of Release: 2010
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 11:18:25
  • Total Size: 2.45 GB
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Tracklist:

01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso
02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo. Vivace
04. Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21 (1995 Remastered Version): I: Maestoso
05. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto
06. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace
07. 2 Polonaises, Op. 26: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor
08. 2 Polonaises, Op. 26: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor
09. 2 Polonaises, Op. 40: No. 1 in A Major "Military"
10. 2 Polonaises, Op. 40: No. 2 in C Minor
11. Polonaise in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
12. Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
13. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
14. Andante spianato et grande Polonaise en mi bémol majeur Op.22 (Remasterisé en 1995)
15. 3 Polonaises, Op. Posth. 71: No. 1 in D Minor
16. 3 Polonaises, Op. Posth. 71: No. 2 in B-Flat Major
17. 3 Polonaises, Op. Posth. 71: No. 3 in F Minor
18. Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49
19. Tarantelle in A-Flat Major, Op. 43
20. Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60
21. Rondo for Two Pianos in C Major, Op. Posth. 73
22. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
23. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
24. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
25. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
26. Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
27. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
28. Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39
29. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
30. Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18
31. Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34 No. 1
32. Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
33. Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34 No. 3
34. Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42
35. Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute"
36. Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
37. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 3
38. Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 69 No. 1 "Farewell"
39. Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. Posth. 69 No. 2
40. Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 70 No. 1
41. Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. Posth. 70 No. 2
42. Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 70 No. 3
43. Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. Posth., B. 56
44. Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29
45. Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 36
46. Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51
47. Fantaisie-impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. 66
48. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": I. Grave - Doppio movimento
49. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": II. Scherzo
50. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": III. Marche funèbre. Lento
51. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": IV. Finale. Presto
52. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso
53. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo
54. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: III. Largo
55. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto
56. Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 1
57. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 2
58. Mazurka No. 3 in E Major, Op. 6 No. 3
59. Mazurka No. 4 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 6 No. 4
60. Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1
61. Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2
62. Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7 No. 3
63. Mazurka No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 4
64. Mazurka No. 9 in C Major, Op. 7 No. 5
65. Mazurka No. 10 in B-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 1
66. Mazurka No. 11 in E Minor, Op. 17 No. 2
67. Mazurka No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 3
68. Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17 No. 4
69. Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24 No. 1
70. Mazurka No. 15 in C Major, Op. 24 No. 2
71. Mazurka No. 16 in A-Flat Major, Op. 24 No. 3
72. Mazurka No. 17 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 24 No. 4
73. Mazurka No. 18 in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 1
74. Mazurka No. 19 in B Minor, Op. 30 No. 2
75. Mazurka No. 20 in D-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 3
76. Mazurka No. 21 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 4
77. Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33 No. 1
78. Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33 No. 2
79. Mazurka No. 24 in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3
80. Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4
81. Mazurka No. 26 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 41 No. 1
82. Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41 No. 2
83. Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41 No. 3
84. Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41 No. 4
85. Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50 No. 1
86. Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50 No. 2
87. Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50 No. 3
88. Mazurka No. 33 in B Major, Op. 56 No. 1
89. Mazurka No. 34 in C Major, Op. 56 No. 2
90. Mazurka No. 35 in C Minor, Op. 56 No. 3
91. Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59 No. 1
92. Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59 No. 2
93. Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59 No. 3
94. Mazurka No. 39 in B Major, Op. 63 No. 1
95. Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor, Op. 63 No. 2
96. Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3
97. Mazurka No. 42 in G Major, Op. Posth. 67 No. 1
98. Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. Posth. 67 No. 2
99. Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. Posth. 67 No. 3
100. Mazurka No. 45 in A Minor, Op. Posth. 67 No. 4
101. Mazurka No. 46 in C Major, Op. Posth. 68 No. 1
102. Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. Posth. 68 No. 2
103. Mazurka No. 48 in F Major, Op. Posth. 68 No. 3
104. Mazurka No. 49 in F Minor, Op. Posth. 68 No. 4
105. Mazurka No. 50 in A Minor "Notre temps"
106. Mazurka No. 51 in A Minor "Émile Gaillard"
107. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 1 in C Major
108. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 2 in A Minor "Chromatique"
109. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"
110. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
111. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys"
112. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 6 in E-Flat Minor
113. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 7 in C Major
114. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 8 in F Major
115. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 9 in F Minor
116. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 10 in A-Flat Major
117. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 11 in E-Flat Major "Arpeggio"
118. 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"
119. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp"
120. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 2 in F Minor
121. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 3 in F Major
122. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 4 in A Minor
123. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 5 in E Minor
124. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor
125. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor
126. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 8 in D-Flat Major
127. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly"
128. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 10 in B Minor
129. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind"
130. 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 12 in C Minor
131. 3 Nouvelles Études: No. 1 in F Minor
132. 3 Nouvelles Études: No. 2 in D-Flat Major
133. 3 Nouvelles Études: No. 3 in A-Flat Major
134. Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1
135. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
136. Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9 No. 3
137. Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1
138. Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2
139. Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15 No. 3
140. Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1
141. Nocturne No.8 En Ré Bémol Majeur Op.27 No.2 (Remasterisé En 2001)
142. Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32 No. 1
143. Nocturne No.10 En La Bemol Majeur Op.32 No.2 (Remasterisé En 2001)
144. Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37 No. 1
145. Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37 No. 2
146. Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
147. Nocturne No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48 No. 2
148. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1
149. Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2
150. Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1
151. Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62 No. 2
152. Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. Posth. 72 No. 1
153. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major
154. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor
155. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major
156. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor
157. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major
158. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor
159. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major
160. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
161. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major
162. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
163. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major
164. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
165. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
166. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
167. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"
168. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
169. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major
170. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor
171. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major
172. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor
173. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major
174. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor
175. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major
176. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor

When it came to complete recordings of the solo piano works of Chopin in the middle years of the 20th century, there was a time Samson François represented the French school and Artur Rubinstein represented the Polish school, and then there was everybody else. But François' was the only truly complete set, since he recorded all the published and some of the unpublished works, while Rubinstein conspicuously left out the etudes. Beyond completeness, François represented the French school in more than name; he was an individualist who did things his own way. In practice, this works out spectacularly well in some cases and less well in others. Much of it depends on the difficulty of the piece or the passage. Some of the etudes are sensitively played, and parts of the G minor Ballade are very beautifully phrased. The more difficult etudes and the conclusion of the Ballade are hit or miss, with more misses than hits. And so it goes, with the easy preludes like the E minor and the A minor coming off as fresh and spontaneous, while all of the Scherzos seem at any moment ready to go spinning out of control. Anyone interested in studying the evolution of Chopin playing in the 20th century should have an interest in these recordings, but it seems unlikely that François' style of playing will experience a revival because of the reissue of this 10-disc set. ~ James Leonard


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