FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)

Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49

Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.1

Nocturne in C minor, Op.48 No.1

Mazurka in F minor, Op.7 No.3

Mazurka in D major, Op.33 No.2

Mazurka in B minor, Op.33 No.4

Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op.47

Mazurka in B flat minor, Op.24 No.4

Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op.50 No.3

Nocturne in E flat major, Op.55 No.2

Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52

Yevgeny Sudbin: À la minute (a paraphrase on Chopin’s Waltz in D flat major, Op.64 No.1)

Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)

Critically acclaimed pianist Yevgeny Sudbin here presents a recital of music from Fryderyk Chopin.

Sudbin opens this disc with the expansive Fantaisie in F minor – sometimes described as the composer's 'grandest work' – continuing with a selection of pieces from three genres that are strongly associated with Chopin: Mazurkas, Nocturnes and the Ballades Nos 3 and 4.

Sudbin’s approach to Chopin’s music has been influenced by the composer’s own words regarding interpretation: 'Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.'

In his own paraphrase of the composer’s Minute Waltz, entitled À la minute, Sudbin displays all of his skills that led Piano Magazine to describe him as 'a fearless technician with an all-encompassing command of his instrument; a musical dramatist of exceptional acumen and sophistication; a poet who moves seamlessly between unbridled rhetoric and extreme intimacy; a stylist who catches the particular spirit of everything he plays'

BIS SACD BISSACD1838