Chopin - Piano Works (2002) Classical | EAC rip | FLAC(tracks) (no CUE no LOG) | 936 MB | Complete Scans Covers | 3 CD Amazon review: I came to these recordings whilst still in my twenties and was instantly enthralled. Having heard the likes of Rubinstein, who seemed to have a mission to accentuate the masculine in Chopin's music, I had remained unimpressed, even detached. But Vasary touches the soul of these works and recognises instinctively the essentially feminine nature of so much of Chopin's output, lending a genuinely haunting, reflective and wistful air to the nocturnes especially, which touches the heart effortlessly and conveys what this music is really about. There are meatier performances, and steelier ones, but for me Vasary's remain the ones closest to Chopin's original intent and have not been eclipsed by any performances I have heard since. Time has not diminished the appeal of these recordings. Beautiful and underrated Tracklisting: CD1 1. Nocturnes No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 9 no.1 - Larghetto 5:58 2. Nocturnes No. 2 in E flat major, op. 9 no.2 - Andante 4:03 3. Nocturnes No. 3 in B major, op. 9 no.3 - Allegretto 6:13 4. Nocturnes No. 4 in F major, op. 15 no.1 - Andante cantabile 5:02 5. Nocturnes No. 5 in F sharp major, op. 15 no.2 - Larghetto 3:30 6. Nocturnes No. 6 in G minor, op. 15 no.3 - Lento 5:03 7. Nocturnes No. 7 in C sharp minor, op. 27 no.3 - Larghetto 5:37 8. Nocturnes No. 8 in D flat major, op. 27 no.2 - Lento sostenuto 6:00 9. Nocturnes No. 9 in B major, op. 32 no.1 - Andante sostenuto 4:24 10. Nocturnes No. 10 in A flat major, op. 32 no.2 - Lento 4:18 11. Nocturnes No. 11 in G minor, op. 37 no.1 - Andante sostenuto 5:40 12. Nocturnes No. 12 in G major, op. 37 no.2 - Andantino 5:31 13. Nocturnes No. 13 in C minor, op. 48 no.1 - Lento 5:33 14. Nocturnes No. 14 in F sharp minor, op. 48 no.2 - Andantino 6:46 Duration: 0138 CD2 1. Nocturnes, No. 15 in F minor, op. 55 no. 1- Andante. 4:46 2. Nocturnes, No. 16 in E flat major, op. 55 no. 2- Lento sostenuto. 4:11 3. Nocturnes, No. 17 in B major, op. 62 no. 1- Andante. 6:26 4. Nocturnes, No. 18 in E major, op. 62 no. 2- Lento. 5:35 5. Nocturnes, No. 19 in E minor, op. post. 72 no. 1- Andante. 3:13 6. Nocturnes, No. 20 in C sharp minor, op. post.- Lento con gran espressione. 3:49 7. Grande Valse brillante in E flat major, op. 18- Vivo. 5:07 8. 3 Waltzes, op. 34, No. 1 in A flat major- Vivace. 4:56 9. 3 Waltzes, op. 34, No. 2 in A minor- Lento. 5:16 10. 3 Waltzes, op. 34, No. 3 in F major- Vivace. 2:13 11. Grande Valse in A flat major, op. 42- Vivace. 3:42 12. 3 Waltzes, op. 64, No. 1 in D flat major- Molto vivace. 1:36 13. 3 Waltzes, op. 64, No. 2 in C sharp minor- Tempo giusto. 3:05 14. 3 Waltzes, op. 64, No. 3 in A flat major- Moderato. 2:51 15. 2 Waltzes, op. post. 69, No. 1 in A flat major- Tempo di Valse. 3:44 16. 2 Waltzes, op. post. 69, No. 2 in B minor- Moderato. 3:33 17. 3 Waltzes, op. post 70, No. 1 in G flat major- Molto vivace. 2:01 18. 3 Waltzes, op. post 70, No. 2 in F minor- Tempo giusto. 2:31 19. 3 Waltzes, op. post 70, No. 3 in D flat major- Moderato. 2:18 20. Waltz in E minor, op. post.- Vivace. 2:58 21. Waltz in E major, op. post.- Tempo di Valse. 1:47 22. Waltz in A flat major, op. post. 1:44 23. Waltz in E flat major, op. post. 2 Duration: 0107 CD3 1. Ballade No.1 in G minor, op.23 9:30 2. Ballade No.2 in F major, op.38 8:01 3. Ballade No.3 in A flat major, op.47 7:05 4. Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52 11:00 5. Scherzo No.1 in B minor, op.20 9:15 6. Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, op.31 10:14 7. Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, op.39 7:33 8. Scherzo No.4 in E major, op.54 11:20 Duration: 0158 Link MediaFire: http://www.mediafire.com/?zstz5z00diszz
