CHOPIN / The Complete Edition 17cd

Krystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos), Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos), Beaux Arts Trio, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Anner Bijlsma (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano), Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano)
Polish Festival Orchestra,
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Eliahu Inbal

A completely reworked version of the 1999 DG Edition, now split between DG and Decca recordings. 17 CDs, non-limited, in capbox. Pollini recordings backbone of collection (Etudes, Sonatas, Polonaises, Scherzos) New DG Highlights: Zimerman’s Concertos, Blechacz’s Preludes, Pires’s Nocturnes New from Decca: Arrau – Piano Works with orchestra, Ashkenazy – Mazurkas and Waltzes. Available for the Chopin 200th anniversary in March 2010.

Release date: 11th Jan 2010
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue number: 4778445

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-49)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 45:57
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 35:50 
Krystian Zimerman (piano) Polish Festival Orchestra

Recorded: 1999-08-31 Recording Venue: Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli, Turin

Variations on Mozart’s ‘La ci darem la mano’ in B flat major, Op. 2 19:24
Fantasia in A major on Polish Airs, Op. 13 14:12
Krakowiak, Op. 14 14:32
Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 (Orchestral Version) 15:14

Claudio Arrau (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Eliahu Inbal

Recorded: 1972-06 (1-2,4) Recorded: 1971-06 (3)
Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 9:35
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 7:44
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 7:26
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 11:54
Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49 13:57
Krystian Zimerman (piano) Recorded: 1987-07-26 Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld

Etude in F minor, Op. posth. ” Méthode des méthodes ” 1:15
Etude in A flat, Op. posth. ” Méthode des méthodes ” 1:26
Etude in D flat, Op. posth. ” Méthode des méthodes ” 1:24
Marche funèbre In C Minor, Op. 72,2 6:05
Three Ecossaises op.post 72, no.3 – 1, 2 + 3 2:15
Anatol Ugorski (piano) Recorded: 1999-03-30 Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld

Études Op. 10 Nos.1-12 26:56
Études Op. 25 Nos.1-12 29:13
Maurizio Pollini (piano) Recorded: 1972-01-22 Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 8:33
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 4:30
Maurizio Pollini (piano) Recorded: 1990-09-11 Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

Mazurkas Nos. 1 -51 + 8
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Recorded: 1976-1985 London

Nocturnes Nos. 1 – 21
Maria João Pires (piano) Recorded: 1995-01-05 Recording Venue: Musikhochschule, Munich

Polonaises Nos. 1 – 7
Maurizio Pollini (piano) Recorded: 1975-11-27 Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 13:24
Martha Argerich (piano), Recorded: 1974-07-11 Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

Polonaise No. 8 In D Minor, Op. 71 No. 1 5:46
Polonaise No. 9 In B Flat, Op. 71 No. 2 7:58
Polonaise No. 10 in F minor, Op. 71 No. 3 6:25
Polonaise in B flat minor, Op. posth. 6:44
Polonaise in G flat, Op. posth. 8:14
Polonaise In G Minor, Op.posth. 3:30
Polonaise in B flat, Op. posth.3:17
Polonaise in A flat, Op. posth. 3:57
Polonaise In G Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 7:06

Two Bourrees B160B 1:01
Galop in A flat major ‘Marquis’, WN 59 0:42
Feuille D’Album In E, Op. posth. 1:20
Cantabile in B Flat Major (Andantino) 1:05
Fugue in A minor 3:06
Largo in E flat, Op. posth. 2:11
Anatol Ugorski (piano) Recorded: 1999-03-30 Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld

Preludes Nos.1-24, Op. 28 39:05
Prelude in A-Flat Major, KK IVb / 7. Presto con leggierezza 0:50
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45. Sostenuto 4:33
Rafał Blechacz (piano) Recorded: 2007-07-28 Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 4:01
Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 5:35
Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51 5:07
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 ‘Fantaisie-Impromptu’ 4:56
Yundi (piano) Recorded: 2001-09-27 Recording Venue: Teldec Studios, Berlin

Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 9:34
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 9:54
Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 7:23
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 10:29
Maurizio Pollini (piano) Recorded: 1990-09-11 Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

Rondeau in C minor, Op. 1 10:11
“Rondeau à la Mazurka” In F, Op. 5 9:17
Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Recorded: 1999-03-23 Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Rondeau In E Flat, Op. 16 Introduzione. Andante – Rondo. Allegro vivace 9:59
Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Recorded: 1996-11-04 Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Rondeau for 2 Pianos in C, Op. 73 9:24
Kurt Bauer (piano), Heidi Bung (piano) Recorded: 1958-05-02 Recording Venue: Beethovensaal, Hannover

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 24:53
Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Recorded: 1999-03-23 Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’ 23:20
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 28:24
Maurizio Pollini (piano) Recorded: 1984-09-11 Recording Venue: Herkules Saal, Munich

Variations sur un air national allemand, KK IVa / 4 7:35
Variations in A Major “Souvenir de Paganini”, KK IVa / 10 3:35
Variations brilliantes in B flat major on ‘Je Vends des Scapulaires’, Op. 12 8:08
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Variations sur un air national de Moore for Piano 4 Hands, KK IVa / 6 7:30
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Vovka Ashkenazy (piano)
Variation sur la marche des Puritains de Bellini, KK Anh. Ia / 5 (Var. 6 of Hexaméron by Liszt, S. 392) 1:37
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Recorded: 1982-06-15 Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Allegro de Concert in A major Op. 46 11:36
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Recorded: 1981-11-16 Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London

Bolero, Op. 19 7:15
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Recorded: 1983-06 Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43 3:04
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Recorded: 1978-09-24 Recording Venue: All Saints’ Church, Petersham, Surrey

Waltzes Nos. 1-19
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Piano Trio in G minor Op. 8 29:39
Beaux Arts Trio: Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin), Bernard Greenhouse (cello)
Recorded: 1970-08-28 Recording Venue: La Chaux de Fonds

Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3 8:12
Martha Argerich (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Recorded: 1980-03-22 Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

Grand Duo for Cello and Piano (on themes from Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable) 12:36
Anner Bylsma (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano)
Recorded: 1993-01 Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York

Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 29:15
Martha Argerich (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Recorded: 1980-03-22 Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

Songs, Op. 74, Nos. 1 – 19
Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 1999-01-07 Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London