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Chopin - Etudes For Piano Opp. 10 & 25 - Juana Zayas
Chopin, Juana Zayas
Chopin - Etudes For Piano Opp. 10 & 25 - Juana Zayas
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Chopin, Juana Zayas
Title: Chopin - Etudes For Piano Opp. 10 & 25 - Juana Zayas
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Music & Arts Program
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Release Date: 1/1/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Etudes, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 017685089121, 0176850891287, 017685089128

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BUY IT! This is the Chopin Etude recording to own....
10/28/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm a Chopin Etude addict. I own 12 recordings of the etudes, including recordings by Pollini, Ashkenazy, Cherkassky, Cortot. Based on the enthusiastic recommendation of the International Piano Quarterly (which, I bought only because it featured a comparison of Chopin Etudes recordings) I purchased the Zayas recording.This is the most amazing performance of the etudes i have ever heard. The Zayas recording has technical brilliance, passion, and artistic depth. My only disappointment was that this is a special order CD and you have to wait a few weeks on AMAZON.COM. But this recording is worth the wait"
Truly the greatest version of the Etudes this century!
Kevin Scalzitti | 09/01/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Many readers of International Piano Quarterly may have been taken by surprise when they read Donald Manildi's overview of the Chopin Etudes. For most have probably never heard of pianist Juana Zayas before. Yet Zayas's version, not Ashkenazy's, and certainly not Lortie's, was hailed as the "compelling first choice" of all the Etudes recordings of the century. I think anyone who listens to them will see why. First, Zayas has so mastered the technical difficulties that they seem no longer to exist. Right, so does Pollini. Zayas, moreover, infuses these pieces with masterful phrasing (not so Pollini). In Op. 10, no. 2, for example, she starts out with little to no pedaling (at the faster than usual tempo that she takes, only a superior technician could dispense with the pedal). During the recapitulation, however, rather than repeat the motif exactly the same way (far too many pianists do that), she slows down just a bit and adds pedaling to create a ravishing contrast. Nowhere in the entire cycle does one hear any sentimental lingering over passages, a particularly revolting habit among many pianists these days. Such pianists have reduced the art of phrasing to making Big Statements whereby they seem desirous of conveying the message that they are great pianists, even though in the process they kill whatever it is they are playing. Well, all 24 pieces on this CD are very much alive. As a result, this CD never gets boring, no matter how often one listens to it. In short, Manildi is right. Compare it with any other version to see for yourself."
Zayas-A true Chopin specialist
Kevin Scalzitti | Phoenix, AZ USA | 12/13/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Juana Zayas has an incredible technique and a great sense of musicality. Her recording of the Chopin Etudes are masterful in that she can take these wonderful pieces and bring out inner voicing, color, and shape to these often-played, technically challenging pieces. I also own several different recordings of the Etudes and by far, she is the finest. Well recommended by many in the piano circuit. Get it!"