Release Date: 09 May 2025
Label: Outhere / Alpha
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3701624511329
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Chopin intime
Description
Justin Taylor has a passion for early keyboards and is always keen to match the works he tackles with the most appropriate historical instruments. Justin has always been fascinated by the music of Frederic Chopin, whose intimate musical world is presented here. We know that Chopin composed some of his preludes during his stay with George Sand in Mallorca, where he used a very special instrument. This was a Pleyel pianino -- a small upright piano of six and a half octaves that was only made between 1835 and 1842 -- with a beautiful natural resonance and a velvety timbre. Taylor has recorded the preludes composed on this Pleyel pianino along with a selection of etudes, nocturnes and mazurkas, all of which suit the sound of the instrument perfectly. A moving transcription of Bellini's Casta diva, an aria that Chopin much admired, is also included here.
Justin Taylor
Emmanuel Ceysson; Veronique Gens; Quatuor Voce
Barbara Hannigan; David Chalmin; Katia Labeque; Marielle Labeque
Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu
Ensemble Altera; Christopher Lowrey
Thomas Dunford; R. Hughes; R. Van Mechelen; Paul Agnew; Alain Buet
Paavo Jarvi; Estonian Festival Orchestra; Kalle Randalu; Estonian National Male Choir; Ellerhein Gi
Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich; Paavo Jarvi
Ilya Shmukler
Marie-Luise Bodendorff
Wataru Hisasue
Vijay Venkatesh
Vania Dal Maso
Tony Yike Yang
Tjasha Gafner
Simone Eckert
