FREDERIC CHOPIN

 

Etudes (complete)

 

Two Recordings 1983 & 2005

 

Both discs feature the following:

 

12 Études, Op. 10

No. 1. in C “Waterfall”

No. 2. in A minor “Chromatic”

No. 3. in E “Tristesse”

No. 4. in C sharp minor “Torrent”

No. 5. in G flat “Black Keys”

No. 6. in E flat minor

No. 7. in C “Toccata”

No. 8. in F “Sunshine”

No. 9. in F minor

No. 10. in A flat

No. 11. in E flat “Arpeggio”

No. 12. in C minor “Revolutionary”

 

12 Études, Op. 25

No. 1 in A flat “Aeolian Harp”

No. 2 in F minor “The Bees”

No. 3 in F “The Horseman”

No. 4 in A minor

No. 5 in E minor “Wrong Note”

No. 6 in G sharp minor “Thirds”

No. 7 in C sharp minor “Cello”

No. 8 in D flat “Sixths”

No. 9 in G flat “Butterfly Wings”

No. 10 in B minor “Octaves” 23.

No. 11 in A minor “Winter Wind”

No. 12 in C minor “Ocean”

 

Trois Nouvelles Etudes

No. 1 in F minor, Andantino

No. 2 in A-flat, Allegretto

No. 3 in D-flat, Allegretto

 

Juana Zayas - piano

 

Two recordings by Juana Zayas - the first, an analog recording from 1983, proclaimed the best recording ever made of the etudes by Piano and Keyboard, the second, a digital recording from 2005 released here for the first time is believed to be even better by the artist.

 

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