GD 112 EMILE NAOUMOFF Piano Plays FREDERIC CHOPIN
Issued: 1998
Style: Classical Music
Company: Gega New , GD112
The second CD of the famous Bulgarian pianist and composer Emile NAOUMOFF, released by GEGA NEW, was recorded in October 1996 in Monterey, CA, at the residence of Marcia and James Koford. It includes eight mazurkas, written by Chopin throughout the years, some of which are much preferred by the performers for the specific melodic and metro-rhythmical character of the music. To them add preludes, waltzes, and other popular and attractive for the listener works by the great Polish composer, patriot, dreamer, rebel, romantic and innovator. The moods are melancholic and nostalgic, at times sad, even gloomy, at times varied with outbursts of joy and hope. Emile Naoumoff realizes each of the miniatures in a manner of his own, imbuing them with a feeling, with tenderness and intimacy. His performance impresses with a masterful switching between the tempos, fine nuancing and elegance. The recording highlights Naoumoff as an excellent interpreter of Chopin's music, as a master of expressiveness who has achieved a unity between the author's text and his own reading. Thus the pieces sound in a good style and acquire a character different from the performances we already know.
Contents:
• Mazurka op.67 No4 A minor
• Mazurka op.68 No4 F minor
• Mazurka op.33 No1 G sharp minor
• Mazurka op.50 No3 C sharp minor
• Mazurka op.7 No2 A minor
• Mazurka op.67 No2 G major
• Mazurka op.67 No3 C minor
• Mazurka op.17 No4 A minor
• Prelude op.28 No4 E minor
• Prelude op.28 No6 H minor
• Prelude op.28 No15 D flat minor
• Waltz op.64 No2 C minor
• Waltz op.34 No2 A minor
• Last-hour Waltz B.i.150 A minor
• Waltz op69 No2 H minor
• Nocturne op72 No1 E minor
• Etude op10 No6 E flat minor
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