This page lists all recordings of Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25), by Frédéric François Chopin (1810-49) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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Alexandre Tharaud (Steinway piano) 'I like to play the cycle of Preludes without interruption,
with the same tension, a certain underlying fear even in
the most serene preludes.' Two years after his CD
devoted to the Waltzes, Alexandre Tharaud returns to
Chopin, the composer he has played most often and who
has never failed to move him deeply. In addition to the
Preludes in A flat and Op.45 and the Trois nouvelles études,
he has provided the cycle with a more recent echo in
music by Federico Mompou. In their personality, their careers, their exclusive relationship with the piano, their
attention to sonority, and their inward melody, the two composers have much in common. “Conceiving the 24 Preludes as an uninterrupted whole, and complementing them with some all-too-rare Mompou miniatures, Alexandre Tharaud has recorded a breathtaking disc.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| Chopin - Complete Preludes
“Pure magic, filigree detailing and gorgeous trills and turns. He has an almost feminine elegance and a command of technique that allows him to print a personal inflection even on a cascade of notes . . . How reassuring it is to see one so young putting poetry first . . . we were all on another planet.” Financial Times, August 2006 “Blechacz is a superlative pianist but an even finer musician, and this is playing of exceptional clarity and expressive beauty. Everything Blechacz does seems natural and organic, and his ability to phrase Chopin's long lines with an innate sense of time and space is a constant joy.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Instrumental Choice - December 2007 |
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Remastered Quadro Recording (RQR) "Arrau is the complete pianist. He can revel in the keyboard for its own pianistic sake, representing to us the instrument's range and power, but he can also go beyond piano playing as we are led by his art to the secret chambers of the creative imagination." performances were marked by a balance between heart and intellect. As the late music
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Chopin: | Mazurka No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2 Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 Mazurka No. 46 in C major, Op. 68 No. 1 Mazurka No. 22 in G sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Mazurka No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3 Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2 Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4 Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 |
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) | 
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François-René Duchable (piano) |
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Alicja Fiderkiewicz (piano) “This welcome disc is...a good illustration of Rubinstein's remark that 'only Poles can play Chopin properly'. Warsaw-born Alicja Fiderkiewicz has an understanding of the bitter-sweet melancholy that permeates her compatriot's music, playing with style and perfect articulation.” Stephen Pritchard, The Observer, 22nd June 2008 |
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| |  | Chopin & Mendelssohn - The Late Recordings Volume 3
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor Trois Nouvelles Études Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz' Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 | Mendelssohn: | Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 |
“This great artist was notoriously nervous, but these last recordings, of favourite works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, capture perfectly a Romantic atmosphere which was shortly to disappear, and are most valuable and loveable.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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