Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric François Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Dinu Lipatti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111366
Release: 2011
Size: 285 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Applause and arpeggios
Bach: Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825
02. I. Praeludium
03. II. Allemande
04. III. Corrente
05. IV. Sarabande
06. V. Menuet I-II
07. VI. Giga
08. Applause and arpeggios
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
09. I. Allegro maestoso
10. II. Andante cantabile con espressione
11. III. Presto
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899
12. No. 3 in G-Flat Major
13. No. 2 in E-Flat Major
14. Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64
15. No. 1 “Minute”
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 69
16. No. 1 “L’adieu”
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64
17. No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
18. Chopin: Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1
19. Chopin: Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2
20. Chopin: Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth.
21. Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2 “Valse brillante”
22. Chopin: Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3, “Valse brillante”
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 70
23. Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2
24. Chopin: Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3
25. Chopin: Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
26. Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, “Grande valse brillante”
27. Chopin: Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1, “Valse brillante”
Reissue Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
It is not surprising that Lipatti achieved cult status in the years following his death at the age of 33. He was an extremely sensitive musician and a man whose approach to the piano was one of utter fastidiousness, always striving for perfection in every aspect of his interpretation and performance. Throughout this Besançon recital there is a clarity of sound, evenness of attack and scrupulous attention to gradation of dynamics, characteristic hallmarks of Lipatti’s playing. The fourteen Chopin Waltzes are played in the order that Lipatti chose for performance but, according to his wife, he was too physically weak to play the last Waltz in A flat, Op. 34 No. 1, so it is included here from his commercial recording of a few months before.