Berceuse

Frederic Chopin, Murray Perahia
Chopin: Impromptus/Fantaisie Impromptu/Barcarolle/Berceuse
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Impromptu for piano in A flat major, Op. 29, CT. 43
2. Impromptu for piano in F sharp major, Op. 36, CT. 44
3. Impromptu for piano in G flat major, Op. 51, CT. 45
4. Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46
5. Barcarolle for piano in F sharp major, Op. 60, CT. 6
6. Berceuse for piano in D flat major, Op. 57, CT. 7
7. Fantasy for piano in F minor/A flat major, Op. 49, C. 42

CD Details

All Artists: Frederic Chopin, Murray Perahia
Title: Chopin: Impromptus/Fantaisie Impromptu/Barcarolle/Berceuse
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Fantasies, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 074643970822

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Chopin's Impromptus have something of a reputation as "salon music," largely because the form itself seems to imply something improvised, transient, or insignificant. But when you play them like the greatest music in the world--which is exactly what Murray Perahia does--it's hard not to believe that the music actually is the greatest in the world, or in any event so fine as to make no difference. If other pianists treat them like pieces of fluff, that's their problem. The other two pieces are singletons, Chopin's sole effort in each genre. A "Berceuse" is simply a lullaby, and Chopin's is appropriately tranquil, while Barcarolle is a boat song, and this particular example is one of the composer's very finest works. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

Chopin of rare distinction

Timothy F. Ortlieb | USA | 08/31/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"To listen to this CD is to experience rare greatness in Chopin playing. Perahia distills through his crystalline purity of tone all the necessary nobility and virility. His traversal of the Impromptus is astonishingly straightfoward and unaffected. Nowhere is a phrase pulled out of shape. His Berceuse is a miracle of limpid phrasing and crystalline tone conjuring up images of a baby being lulled to sleep by the sound of a musicbox. Barcarolle, too, offers beautifully sculpted playing, Italianate in its poetry and aristocratically poised in phrasing. Lipatti and Rubinstein, I'm afraid, are second-bested by Perahia in this piece. In the Fantasie in f minor, Perahia's virtuosity is always at the service of the composer. Whatever other recordings of this repertoire you may own, this is an essential addition. Moreover, it is superbly recorded."

Murray Perahia is the best for Chopin!

Feng Zhu | Newton, MA United States | 11/02/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Very enjoy his performance for Chopin pieces.

I purchase many pianoists' CD for Chopin. But I have to say this one is the best among various all Chopin's piano CDs. You must buy it if you really love Chopin."