Louis Lortie plays Chopin Vol.7 Piano Chandos

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Quatre Mazurkas, Op.17

12:57

Dédiées à Madame Lina Freppa

Vivo e risoluto

2:24

in B-Flat Major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur

Lento ma non troppo

1:51

in E Minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur

Legato assai

4:09

in A-Flat Major • in As-Dur • en la bémol majeur

Lento ma non troppo

4:31

in A Minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur

Rondo à la Mazur, Op.5

8:24

in F Major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur

Dédié à Mademoiselle la Comtesse Alexandrine de Moriolles

Vivace

Boléro, Op.19

7:35

Dédié à Mademoiselle la Comtesse Émilie de Flahault

Introduzione. Allegro molto - Più lento -

in C Major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur

Boléro. Allegro vivace

in C Major / A Major • inC-Dur / A-Dur • en ut majeur / la majeur

From Quatre Mazurkas, Op.68

5:47

Vivace

1:50

in C Major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur

Lento - Poco più mosso - Tempo I

2:27

in A Minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur

Allegro ma non troppo - Poco più vivo - Tempo I

1:29

in F Major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur

10.

Rondo, Op.16

9:40

Dédié à son Élève Mademoiselle Caroline Hartmann

Introduzione. Andante - Più mosso - Meno mosso -

in C Minor • in c-Moll • en ut mineur

Rondo. Allegro vivace

in E-Flat Major • in Es-Dur • en mi bémol majeur

Quatre Mazurkas, Op.30

05:47

Dédiées à Madame la Princesse de Wurtemberg née Princesse Czartoryska

11.

Allegretto non tanto - Con anima

1:32

in C Minor • in c-Moll • en ut mineur

12.

Allegretto

1:16

in B Minor • in h-Moll • en si mineur

13.

Allegro non tropo - Risoluto - Con anima

2:42

in D-Flat Major • in Des-Dur • en ré bémol majeur

14.

Allegretto

3:40

in C-Sharp Minor • in cis-Moll • en ut dièse mineur

15.

Tarantelle, Op.43

3:22

in A-Flat Major • in As-Dur • en la bémol majeur

Presto

Trois Mazurkas, Op.63

6:08

Dédiées à Madame la Comtesse Laure Czosnowska

16.

Vivace

2:27

in B Major • in H-Dur • en si majeur

17.

Lento

1:32

in F Minor • in f-Moll • en fa mineur

18.

Allegretto

2:08

in C-Sharp Minor • in cis-Moll • en ut diése mineur

19.

Polonaise, Op.53 'Héroïque'

7:45

in A-Flat Major • in As-Dur • en la bémol majeur

À Mr Auguste Léo

Maestoso

20.

Mazurka, Op.68 No.4

2:07

in F Minor • in f-Moll • en fa mineur

from Quatre Mazurkas

Andantino

Total time: 72:51

Solo: Louis Lortie piano

Coup de Cœur *****

Alain Lompech – Classica magazine (France) – November 2022

“… Louis Lortie is in sparkling form… Every bar of this Chopin disc is to be savoured, thanks to Lortie’s subtle rubato and rhythmic inventiveness, as well as his delightfully relaxed virtuosity… The tip-toe delicacy of the Mazurka in F minor Op. 68/4 makes the ideal envoi to this lovely recital.”

Michael Church – International Piano – September 2022

“… His [Lorte] interpretations are intelligently thought out, the rhythms are sophisticated and truly at their finest. He also plays the mazurkas with great internalization and feeling. The Tarantelle op. 43 is highly virtuosic and played with windy lightness. Another highlight is the Rondo op. 16, which he differentiates very well in an interpretation that combines virtuosity, élan and rhetorical rubato, the whole with an astonishing palette of colors that makes the work very dramatic…” ****

Remy Franck – Pizzicato.lu – 10 August 2022

Performance *** Recording *****

“The longer pieces on this recording show Louis Lortie at his splendid best, making light of technical demands and building up climaxes with total authority. The famous A flat polonaise is especially successful …”

Roger Nichols – BBC Music magazine – September 2022

“… I have nothing but admiration for the way in which Lortie shapes and phrases the elegiac A minor final Mazurka of the Op 17 set…”

Jeremy Nicholas – Gramophone magazine – August 2022

“This nicely varied if Mazurka-studded recital finds Louis Lortie in top form … Lortie has the measure of the Mazurkas (fifteen are included), their rhythms, moods, and elusiveness; dances, yes, but so revealing of Chopin’s innermost feelings… seventy-three very agreeable minutes …”

Colin Anderson – ColinsColumn.com – 13 July 2022

“… His [Lortie] touch is light and flexible, with mercurial shifts in tempo and shading. The Mazurkas are particularly intimate and conversational… the Tarantelle … comes off impressively thanks to Lortie’s pianism. It can easily sound awkward, but here it goes like the wind. The seldom-heard Rondo Op 16 is an intricate piece here dazzlingly played…”

Michael Church – International Piano – July/August 2022

“Louis Lortie's Chopin series for Chandos Records is the gift that keeps on giving. For the seventh volume, he plays pieces with a nationalistic bent, spanning the chronology of Chopin's output… Look forward to a performance that balances jaw-dropping dexterity and velvet sonorities with soulful introspection.”

Robert Rowat – CBC (Canadian Radio) – 20 June 2022

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