Chopin Edition (FLAC)

Composer: Frédéric François Chopin
Number of Discs: 17
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Brilliant Classics
Catalogue: 96906
Release: 2023
Size: 3.74 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Rondo. Vivace

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
04. I. Maestoso
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Allegro vivace

CD 02
01. Variations in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
02. Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Major, Op. 13
03. Rondo à la krakowiak in F Major, Op. 14
04. Andante spianato & grande polonaise in E-Flat Major, Op. 22

CD 03
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro con brio
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Finale. Allegro

05. Grand Duo in E Major, KKIIb No. 1 on Themes from Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable
06. Introduction & Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3

Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8
07. I. Allegro con fuoco
08. II. Scherzo. Con moto, ma non troppo
09. III. Adagio sostenuto
10. IV. Finale. Allegretto

CD 04
Polish Songs, Op. 74
01. I. Życzenie (The Wish) (Stefan Witwicki)
02. II. Wiosna (Spring) (Witwicki)
03. III. Smutna rzeka (The Sad Stream) (Witwicki)
04. IV. Hulanka (Merrymaking) (Witwicki)
05. V. Gdzie lubi (There Where She Loves) (Witwicki)
06. VI. Precz z moich oczu! (Out of my Sight!) (Adam Mickiewicz)
07. VII. Poseł (The Envoy) (Witwicki)
08. VIII. Śliczny chłopiec (Handsome Lad) (Józef Bohdan Zaleski)
09. IX. Melodya (Elegy) (Zygmunt Krasiński)
10. X. Wojak (The Warrior) (Witwicki)
11. XI. Dwojaki koniec (The Double End) (Zaleski)
12. XII. Moja pieszczotka (My Darling) (Mickiewicz)
13. XIII. Nie ma czego trzeba (There is no Need) (Zaleski)
14. XIV. Pierścień (The Ring) (Witwicki)
15. XV. Narzeczony (The Bridegroom) (Witwicki)
16. XVI. Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song) (Ludwig Osiński)
17. XVII. Śpiew grobowy (Hymn from the Tomb) (Wincenty Pol)
18. XVIII. Czary (Charms) (Witwicki)
19. XIX. Dumka (Reverie) (Zaleski)

CD 05
12 Études, Op. 10
01. I. Étude in C Major ‘Waterfall’. Allegro
02. II. Étude in A Minor. Allegro
03. III. Étude in E Major ‘Tristesse’. Lento ma non troppo
04. IV. Étude in C-Sharp Minor. Presto
05. V. Étude in G-Flat Major ‘Black Keys’. Vivace
06. VI. Étude in E-Flat Minor. Andante
07. VII. Étude in C Major. Vivace
08. VIII. Étude in F Major. Allegro
09. IX. Étude in F Minor. Allegro molto agitato
10. X. Étude in A-Flat Major. Vivace assai
11. XI. Étude in E-Flat Major. Allegretto
12. XII. Étude in C Minor ‘Revolutionary’. Allegro con fuoco

12 Études, Op. 25
13. I. Étude in A-Flat Major ‘Aeolian Harp’. Allegro sostenuto
14. II. Étude in F Minor. Presto
15. III. Étude in F Major. Allegro
16. IV. Étude in A Minor. Agitato
17. V. Étude in E Minor. Vivace
18. VI. Étude in G Sharp Minor. Allegro
19. VII. Étude in C-Sharp Minor. Lento
20. VIII. Étude in D-Flat Major. Vivace
21. IX. Étude in G-Flat Major ‘Butterfly’. Allegro assai
22. X. Étude in B Minor. Allegro con fuoco
23. XI. Étude in A Minor ‘Winter Wind’. Lento
24. XII. Étude in C Minor. Allegro molto con fuoco

3 Nouvelles études, KKIIb No. 3
25. I. Nouvelle Étude, KKIIb No. 3 in F Minor. Andantino
26. II. Nouvelle Étude, KKIIb No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Allegretto
27. I. Nouvelle Étude, KKIIb No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto

CD 06
01. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
02. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
03. Ballade No. 3 in A-Fflat Major, Op. 47
04. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
05. Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29
06. Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 36
07. Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51
08. Fantasy-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

CD 07
01. Andante spianato & grande polonaise, Op. 22
02. Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26 No. 1
03. Polonaise No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 No. 2
04. Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op. 40 No. 1 ‘Military’
05. Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40 No. 2
06. Polonaise No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
07. Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 ‘Heroic’
08. Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 ‘Polonaise-Fantaisie’

CD 08
01. Polonaise No. 8 in D Minor, Op. 71 No. 1
02. Polonaise No. 9 in B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2
03. Polonaise No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 71 No. 3
04. Polonaise No. 11 in G Minor, KKIIa No. 1
05. Polonaise No. 12 in B-Flat Major, KKIVa No. 1
06. Polonaise No. 13 in A-Flat Major, KKIVa No. 2
07. Polonaise No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor, KKIVa No. 3
08. Polonaise No. 15 in B-Flat Minor, KKIVa No. 5
09. Polonaise No. 16 in G-Flat Major, KKIVa No. 8
10. Bourrée No. 1 in G Major ,KKVIIb No. 1
11. Bourrée No. 2 in A Major ,KKVIIb No. 2
12. Moderato in E Major, KKIVb No. 12 ‘Albumblatt’
13. Largo in E-Flat Major, KKIVb No. 5
14. Sostenuto in E-Flat Major, KKIVb No. 10
15. Variation No. 6, KKIIb No. 2 from Hexaméron. Morceau de concert
16. Fugue in A Minor, KKIVc No. 2
17. Canon in F Minor, KKIVc No. 1 (fragment)

CD 09
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Menuetto
03. III. Larghetto
04. IV. Finale. Presto

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35
05. I. Grave – Doppio movimento
06. II. Scherzo
07. III. Marche funèbre. Lento
08. IV. Finale. Presto

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
09. I. Allegro maestoso
10. II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
11. III. Largo
12. IV. Finale. Presto non tanto

CD 10
01. Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
02. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
03. Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39
04. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
05. Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
06. Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
07. Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60

CD 11
01. Prelude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 28. Agitato
02. Prelude No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 28. Lento
03. Prelude No. 3 in G Major, Op. 28. Vivace
04. Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28. Largo
05. Prelude No. 5 in D Major, Op. 28. Allegro molto
06. Prelude No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 28. Lento assai
07. Prelude No. 7 in A Major, Op. 28. Andantino
08. Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28. Molto agitato
09. Prelude No. 9 in E Major, Op. 28. Largo
10. Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 28. Allegro molto
11. Prelude No. 11 in B Major, Op. 28. Vivace
12. Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 28. Presto
13. Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 28. Lento
14. Prelude No. 14 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 28. Allegro
15. Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major, Op. 28 ‘Raindrop’. Sostenuto
16. Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 28. Presto con fuoco
17. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, Op. 28. Allegretto
18. Prelude No. 18 in F Minor, Op. 28. Allegro molto
19. Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major, Op. 28. Vivace
20. Prelude No. 20 in C Minor, Op .28. Largo
21. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, Op. 28. Cantabile
22. Prelude No. 22 in G Minor, Op. 28. Molto agitato
23. Prelude No. 23 in F Major, Op. 28. Moderato
24. Prelude No. 24 in D Minor, Op. 28. Allegro appassionato
25. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
26. 3 Écossaises, Op. 72 No. 3: I. No. 1 in D Major. Vivace
27. 3 Écossaises, Op. 72 No. 3: II.No. 2 in G Major
28. 3 Écossaises, Op. 72 No. 3: III. No. 3 in D-Flat Major
29. Waltz in F Minor, Op. 70 No. 2 (for Elise Gavard, Original Version)
30. Waltz in F Minor, Op. 70 No. 2 (After Fontana)
31. Marche funèbre, Op. 72 No. 2 (After Fontana)
32. Marche funèbre, Op. 72 No. 2 (Oxford Edition)
33. Cantabile in B-Flat Major, KKIVb No. 6
34. Presto con leggerezza in A-Flat Major, KKIVb No. 7

CD 12
01. Mazurka in G Major, KKIIa No. 2
02. Mazurka in B-Flat Major, KKIIa No. 3
03. Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68 No. 2
04. Mazurka No. 46 in C Major, Op. 68 No. 1
05. Mazurka No. 48 in F Major, Op. 68 No. 3
06. Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 1
07. Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 2
08. Mazurka No. 3 in E Major, Op. 6 No. 3
09. Mazurka No. 4 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 6 No. 4
10. Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1
11. Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2
12. Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7 No. 3
13. Mazurka No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 4
14. Mazurka No. 9 in C Major, Op. 7 No. 5
15. Mazurka in B-Flat Major, KKIVb No. 1
16. Mazurka in D Major, KKIVb No. 2
17. Mazurka No. 10 in B-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 1
18. Mazurka No. 11 in E Minor, Op. 17 No. 2
19. Mazurka No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 3
20. Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17 No. 4
21. Mazurka in C Major, KKIVb No. 3
22. Mazurka in A-Flat Major, KKIVb No. 4
23. Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24 No. 1
24. Mazurka No. 15 in C Major, Op. 24 No. 2
25. Mazurka No. 16 in A-Flat Major, Op. 24 No. 3
26. Mazurka No. 17 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 24 No. 4
27. Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67 No. 3
28. Mazurka No. 42 in G Major, Op. 67 No. 1
29. Mazurka No. 18 in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 1
30. Mazurka No. 19 in B Minor, Op. 30 No. 2
31. Mazurka No. 20 in D-Flat Major,Op. 30 No. 3
32. Mazurka No. 21 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 4
33. Mazurka No. 51 in A Minor, KKIIb No. 5 (ded. Émile Gaillard)

CD 13
01. Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33 No. 1
02. Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33 No. 2
03. Mazurka No. 24 in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3
04. Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4
05. Mazurka No. 26 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 41 No. 1
06. Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41 No. 2
07. Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41 No. 3
08. Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41 No. 4
09. Mazurka No. 50 in A Minor, KKIIb No. 4 ‘notre temps’
10. Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50 No. 1
11. Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50 No. 2
12. Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50 No. 3
13. Mazurka No. 33 in B Major, Op. 56 No. 1
14. Mazurka No. 34 in C Major, Op. 56 No. 2
15. Mazurka No. 35 in C Minor, Op. 56 No. 3
16. Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59 No. 1
17. Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59 No. 2
18. Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59 No. 3
19. Mazurka No. 39 in B Major, Op. 63 No. 1
20. Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor, Op. 63 No. 2
21. Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3
22. Mazurka No. 45 in A Minor, Op. 67 No. 4
23. Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67 No. 2
24. Mazurka No. 49 in F Minor, Op. 68 No. 4

CD 14
01. Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1. Larghetto
02. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2. Andante
03. Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9 No. 3. Allegretto
04. Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1. Andante
05. Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2. Larghetto
06. Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15 No. 3. Lento
07. Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1. Larghetto
08. Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2. Lento sostenuto
09. Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32 No. 1. Andante sostenuto
10. Nocturne No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32 No. 2. Lento
11. Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37 No. 1. Andante sostenuto
12. Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37 No. 2. Andantino

CD 15
01. Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1. Lento
02. Nocturne No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48 No. 2. Andantino
03. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1. Andante
04. Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2. Lento sostenuto
05. Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1. Andante
06. Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62 No. 2. Lento
07. Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1. Andante
08. Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, KKIVa No. 16. Lento
09. Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, KKIVb No. 8. Andante
10. Nocturne No. 22 in C-Sharp Minor, KK Anh.Ia No. 6 ‘nocturne oubliée’. Larghetto
11. Rondo in C Major, Op. 73
12. Variations in D Major, KKIVa No. 4 on a Theme of Moore

CD 16
01. Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 ‘grande valse brillante’
02. Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34 No. 1
03. Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
04. Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34 No. 3
05. Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42
06. Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘minute’
07. Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
08. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 3
09. Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat, Op. 69 No. 1
10. Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69 No. 2
11. Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 1
12. Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70 No. 2
13. Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 3
14. Waltz No. 16 in A-Flat Major, KKIVa No. 13
15. Waltz No. 15 in E Major, KKIVa No. 12
16. Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, KKIVa No. 15
17. Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KKIVb No. 11
18. Waltz No. 18 in E-Flat Major, KKIVb No. 10 ‘sostenuto’
19. Waltz No. 17 in E-Flat Major, KKIVa No. 14

CD 17
01. Variations brillantes in B-Flat Major, Op. 12
02. Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1
03. Variations sur un air national allemand in E Major, KKIVa No. 4
04. Rondo à la mazur in F Major, Op. 5
05. Allegro de concert in A Major, Op. 46
06. Bolero in A Minor, Op. 19
07. Rondo in E-Flat Major, Op. 16
08. Tarantelle in A-Flat Major, Op. 43
09. Variations in A Major, KKIVa No. 10

This year sees a refreshed Chopin Edition from Brilliant Classics, retaining many of the definitive recordings from its predecessor of 2015 (94660) but boasting some exiting updates.

The Concertos and piano concertante music are consolidated in a bright new cycle from Czechia, recorded last autumn by Siberian superstar Ekaterina Litvintseva and the KFPar under Mardirossian.

Schmitt-Leonardy’s sonatas are joined by No.1 – recorded late in 2015 and therefore just missing inclusion in the previous edition – bringing the complete cycle under his fingers.

Alwin Bär’s own Scherzi performances are reunited with his iconic 1998 recording of the Barcarolle, Fantasy and Berceuse.

The Études are featured in a stunning complete cycle recorded in 2014 by the phenomenal Chopinist and 2023 OPUS KLASSIK double-nominee Zlata Chochieva.

Finally the complete Nocturnes are given over to another noted young Chopin interpreter, the 2018 Geza Anda winner Claire Huangci, who recorded the set two years earlier, in 2016.

Other information:
Recordings from 1996–2022
Booklet in English contains essays by Ateş Orga

This 17-CD set presents the complete works by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849): the piano solo works, the works for piano & orchestra, chamber music and songs.

Chopin is one of the most popular and universally best loved composers of all times. The piano works of the Polish master touch the heart chords of every listener and music lover around the world, they speak the universal language of beauty, melancholy, tenderness and passion.

This Edition, based on the previously released Edition of 2015, contains some marked changes: the Etudes are played by Zlata Chochieva, a recording for which she received a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and featured in the “50 best Chopin Recordings of All Time”. The works for piano and orchestra are brand new and played by the brilliant Ekaterina Litvintseva (“a notable moment in the history of Chopin interpretation” (Fanfare). The Nocturnes are played by Claire Huangci. Unchanged in the Edition are the stunning performances of the Ballades, Impromptus and Preludes by Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (“fusion of impassioned ardor and classical textual rigor”, Jed Distler on Classicstoday.com).