The current recording is a double portrait: the portrait of pianist Ralf Taal portraying Fryderyk Chopin - trying to display the model from as many angles as possible. The first touches to the portrait-CD are given by a colorful Prelude bouquet followed by the narrative, elegiac fourth Ballade and three etudes, op 10 - where Chopin unites brilliant technique with poetic-romantic figures. The splendid Polonaise, op 53 offers homage to Poland, the composer's homeland. And finally, one final brush stroke on the canvas, the restless, sarcastic and lyrically speckled second Scherzo.

Tracklist:

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 In C Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 In A Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 In G Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 In E Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 In D Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 In B Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 In A Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 In F-Sharp Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 In E Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 In C-Sharp Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 In B Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 In G-Sharp Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 In F-Sharp Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 In E-Flat Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 In D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 In B-Flat Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 In A-Flat Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 In F Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 In E-Flat Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 In C Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21 In B-Flat Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 In G Minor
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 In F Major
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 In D Minor
Ballade No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 52
Etudes, Op. 10: No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2
Etudes, Op. 10: No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor Op. 10, No. 4
Etudes, Op. 10: No. 5 In G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys"
Polonaise No. 6 In A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic"
Scherzo No. 2 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 31

UPC: 4742229004679
Label: Estonian Record Prod
Release Date: 3.31.15
Format: CD

Chopin / Ralf Taal - Magic of Sound (CD)