This barcarolle came in the latter part of chopin s career, when his health was deteriorating from tuberculosis and his relationship with george sand, one of the most successful novelists of her day, was beginning to crumble. Recorded at town hall, new york, december 27, 1951. Mazurkas, an album by frederic chopin, william kapell on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. However, while he used the traditional mazurka as his model, he was able to transform his mazurkas into an entirely new genre, one that became known as a chopin genre. Currently my only recording is by vladimir ashkenazy and i need to remedy that.
During the time that chopin was composing the mazurkas, he had recently settled in france, as he had become a refugee from poland, however, he hoped he could move back to poland when the political system had changed. Arthur rubinstein recorded the integral chopin mazurkas three times. His 1951 recording of the piece was reissued on cd in 1998. Chopin sonatas and mazurkas, shostakovich preludes, scarlatti. By eerie coincidence, the cd also contains the last work kapell performed, just one week before his death. Chopins mazurkas have the reputation of being connoisseurs music, an acquired taste for sophisticates. Reporting on work carried out in conjunction with andrew earis and craig sapp, this paper introduces recently developed approaches to the analysis. Mazurkas by william kapell and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. William kapell plays chopin the sonatas mazurkas cd, 1997.
The story is that he more or less tossed off his performances of the mazurkas, that he would sit down. William kapell, discussing chopins piano sonata no. William kapell september 20, 1922 october 29, 1953 was an american classical pianist who recorded for rca victor recordings. Deceptive cadence everything about this mazurka is dreamy, floating along as if chopin made up the music on the spot in a great opium cloud. Chopins composition of mazurkas suggested new ideas of nationalism in music, and influenced and inspired other composers, mostly eastern european, to support their national music. This barcarolle came in the latter part of chopins career, when his health was deteriorating from tuberculosis and his relationship with george sand, one of the most successful novelists of her day, was beginning to crumble. Many of kapells recordings were originally issued as 78rpm records. Chopin s mazurkas have always proven an especially challenging collection for pianists. William kapell september 20, 1922 october 29, 1953 was an american pianist and recording artist, killed at the age of 31 in the crash of a commercial airliner returning from a concert tour in australia. May 01, 2010 william kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in a minor, op. Theyre more vividly characterized than the remakes, and they blossom with shapely spontaneity.
Kapell was a notoriously fastidious artist who spent hours and hours and hours perfecting every detail of his interpretations of core repertoire. In 2012 pavel kolesnikov became prize laureate winner of canadas honens international piano competition, and in march of 20 a live recording of his performances from that event was released on honens own label. As the pianist eugene istomin once put it, kapell was not an easy man. This edition of chopins mazurkas is far from definitive, but for the piano student and music lover, it is a great value.
Chopins mazurkas have always proven an especially challenging collection for pianists. I used to have an lp of him playing a selection of pieces, and these two mazurkas have always been special to me unbearably poignant and expressive. William kapell was an american pianist and recording artist, killed at the age of. Playing chopins tupleted fioraturas in the twentyfirst century ira. The recordings of lipatti and kapell illustrate the described practices. Chopins mazurkas combine musical characteristics from all three of these polish traditional styles. William kapell 19221953 performs chopins mazurka in a minor, op. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. William kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in c major, op. In a sumptuously produced, exhaustively documented, and altogether thrilling new set of nine compact discs, bmg classics formerly rca victor has assembled virtually everything ever recorded for the company by william kapell 19221953, who was a celebrated artist by the time he was in his twenties and who was.
Almost since it was first heard, this work was looked on not as a sonata in form, but as a collection of four rather diverse pieces the composer assembled under one musical roof, robert schumann being the first to make the charge of a lack of. Franz liszt was a big mover and shaker in this respect, claiming somewhat inaccurately that chopin had been directly influenced by polish national music. Over the last century three pianists came to be associated with them iganz friedman, arthur rubinstein and william kapell. To get the composers entire output of mazurkas at this price is remarkable.
Pressed to choose just one set, i lean toward the early recordings. The mazurka is a traditional national dance of poland. William kapell 19221953 performs chopins mazurka in e minor, op. Performance analysis and chopins mazurkas nicholas cook, 2007. This just released chopin project single performed by william kapell gold medalist, arthur greene, is an unusual edition of one of chopins most beloved compositions, his nocturne in eflat major, op. The discovery prompts a new look at the historical trail of mazurka in aflat, op.
Shop for vinyl, cds and more from william kapell at the discogs marketplace. Mar 21, 2017 currently my only recording is by vladimir ashkenazy and i need to remedy that. Chopin mazurkas hyperion cda687 sg classical music. Mar 01, 2012 chopins composition of mazurkas suggested new ideas of nationalism in music, and influenced and inspired other composers, mostly eastern european, to support their national music. Americas first great pianist has finally been accorded the tribute he deserves. Chopin mazurkas complete by frederic chopin 18101849. Irena poniatowska, president of the polish chopin academy, regarded this discovery as very important in the 2003 annual issue of chopin in the world. William kapell september 20, 1922 october 29, 1953 was an american classical pianist. William kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in e minor, op. Today i downloaded my two absolute favourite chopin mazurkas, op. Many of these features appear in various guises in the chopin mazurkas, along with the inconclusive endings common in folk mazurkas, such as one finds in chopins opp.
But there is no particular reason why this should be so, since their charms and profundities reveal themselves just as directly as is the case for his apparently. Reporting on work carried out in conjunction with andrew earis and craig sapp, this paper introduces recently developed approaches to the analysis of recorded music, illustrating them in terms of s. Chopin wrote the funeral march that became the third of the four movements here in 1837 and composed the other three movements two years later. I have rubinstein in most of the other chopin genres, is he the best bet here too. Mazurkas are based on folk music tradition, especially on three traditional dances. Piano sheet music book by frederic chopin 18101849.
Her stress was on textual fidelitylearning to obey a scoreas well as on. It was a bold move on rcas part to start their william kapell collection with a disc of chopin mazurkas. I would like some recommendations of the complete mazurkas that compliment this set. This edition of chopin s mazurkas is far from definitive, but for the piano student and music lover, it is a great value. Pavel kolesnikov displays complete poetic freedom of a sort ideal for approaching chopins mazurkas a refreshing way of letting us hear these wellknown miniature masterpieces, this is a notable addition to the huge chopin discography bbc music magazine. I bought this because i wanted to have all the chopins mazurcas in one book. There are very few mazurkas that sound anything other than sight read.
One common characteristic of all three styles of mazurkas is triple meter. His recordings of the chopin mazurkas which occupy more than one full. Symphony orchestra under koussevitzky who said that kapell was. Polish rhythms most features of chopins mazurkas derive from the mazur, oberec, and kujawiak. But he remained fairly productive during this period and produced, among other compositions, this quite upbeat. May 01, 2010 william kapell 19221953 performs chopin s mazurka in e minor, op. I dont care for the other solo stuff except maybe an exception and unique rendition of an isolated piece here and there and also 2 preludes the little a major and slow c minor. Almost since it was first heard, this work was looked on not as a sonata in form, but as a collection of four rather diverse pieces the composer assembled under one musical roof, robert schumann being the first to make the charge of a lack of cohesion. The sonatas, mazurkas by chopin, frederic on arkivcd.
I bought this because i wanted to have all the chopin s mazurcas in one book. But a secret group of gathered earlier this year to exhume the preserved heart of one of the worlds most beloved composers, frederic chopin. Mazurkas, an album by frederic chopin, william kapell on spotify. The recording by william kapell looks interesting, but is disappointingly incomplete.
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