Composer: Frédéric François Chopin
Performer: Rafael Orozco
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029510199
Release: 1968
Size: 1.57 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Preludes, Op. 28
01. No. 1 in C Major
02. No. 2 in A Minor
03. No. 3 in G Major
04. No. 4 in E Minor
05. No. 5 in D Major
06. No. 6 in B Minor
07. No. 7 in A Major
08. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
09 .No. 9 in E Major
10 .No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
11. No. 11 in B Major
12. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
13. No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
14. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
15. No. 15 in D-Flat Major “Raindrop”
16. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
17. No. 17 in A-Flat Major
18. No. 18 in F Minor
19. No. 19 in E-Flat Major
20. No. 20 in C Minor
21. No. 21 in B-Flat Major
22. No. 22 in G Minor
23. No. 23 in F Major
24. No. 24 in D Minor
25. Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25)
26. Prelude Op. posth. in A flat major (No. 26)
Winner of the Leeds Piano Competition at the age of just twenty, Rafael Orozco exemplified a new generation of virtuoso pianists who favoured musical expression over spectacular display. His Chopin interpretations were truly revelatory, finding poetry not only in the Préludes but also in the Études. Remastered from the original tapes in 24-bit/192kHz, this double album captures the rare occurrence of a Spanish pianist tackling two all-encompassing collections in which the essence of Romanticism is distilled – a precious souvenir of the impeccable artistry of a star of late twentieth-century pianism.