Chopin: Mazurkas, Etudes, Nocturnes, etc. / Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

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曲目順序

CD 1
[1]-[24] 24 Preludes, op.28
[25] Prelude in C sharp minor, op.45
[26] Prelude in A flat major (1834)
[27] Impromptu in A flat major, op.29
[28] Impromptu in F sharp major, op.36
[29] Impromptu in G flat major, op.51
[30] Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, op.66

CD 2
[1] Ballade No.1 in G minor, op.23
[2] Ballade No.2 in F major, op.38
[3] Ballade No.3 in A flat major, op.47
[4] Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52
[5] Scherzo No.1 in B minor, op.20
[6] Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, op.31
[7] Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, op.39
[8] Scherzo No.4 in E minor, op.54

CD 3
[1]-[3] 3 Nocturnes, op.9
[4]-[6] 3 Nocturnes, op.15
[[7]-[8] 2 Nocturnes, op.27
[9]-[10] 2 Nocturnes, op.32
[11]-[12] 2 Nocturnes, op.37

CD 4
[1]-[2] 2 Nocturnes, op.48
[3]-[4] 2 Nocturnes, op.55
[5]-[6] 2 Nocturnes, op.62
[7] Nocturne in E minor, op.72 no.1
[8] Nocturne in C sharp minor (1830)
[9] Nocturne in C minor (1837)

CD 5
[1]-[12] 12 Etudes, op.10
[13]-[24] 12 Etudes, op.25

CD 6
[1]-[2] 2 Polonaises, op.26
[3]-[4] 2 Polonaises, op.40
[5] Polonaise in F sharp minor, op.44
[6] Polonaise in A flat major, op.53
[7] Polonaise in A flat major, op.53

CD 7
[1]-[3] 3 Polonaises, op.71
[4] Polonaise in B flat minor (1826)
[5] Polonaise in G flat major (1829)
[6] Polonaise in G minor (1817)
[7] Polonaise in B flat major (1817)
[8] Polonaise in A flat major (1821)
[9] Polonaise in G sharp minor (1822)

CD 8
[1] Waltz in e flat major, op.18
[2]-[4] 3 Waltzes, op.34
[5] Waltz in A flat major, op.42
[6]-[8] 3 Waltzes, op.64
[9]-[10] 2 Waltzes, op.69
[11]-[13] 3 Waltzes, op.70
[14] Waltz in E minor (1830)
[15] Waltz in E major (1829)
[16] Waltz in A minor (? 1843)
[17] Waltz in A flat major (1827)
[18] Waltz in E flat major (＂Sostenuto＂, 1840)
[19] Waltz in E flat major (1829/30)

CD 9
[1]-[4] 4 Mazurkas, op.6
[5]-[9] 5 Mazurkas, op.7
[10]-[13] 4 Mazurkas, op.17
[14]-[17] 4 Mazurkas, op.24
[18]-[21] 4 Mazurkas, op.30
[22]-[25] 4 Mazurkas, op.33
[26]-[29] 4 Mazurkas, op.41

CD 10
[1]-[3] 3 Mazurkas, op.50
[4]-[6] 3 Mazurkas, op.56
[7]-[9] 3 Mazurkas, op.59
[10]-[12] 3 Mazurkas, op.63
[13]-[16] 4 Mazurkas, op.67
[17]-[20] 4 Mazurkas, op.68
[21] Mazurka in A minor (＂a Emile Gaillard＂, 1840)
[22] Mazurka in A minor (＂Notre temps＂, 1840)
[23] Mazurka in B flat major (1836)
[24] Mazurka in G major (1826
[25] Mazurka in A flat major (1834)
[26] Mazurka in C major (1833)
[27] Mazurka in B flat major (for Alexandra Wolowska, 1832)
[28] Mazurka in D major (1832)
[29] Mazurka in D major (?1820)
[30] Mazurka in F minor, op.68 no.4 (revised version) 

CD 11
[1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, op.35
[5]-[8] Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58
[9] Fantaisie in F minor, op.49

CD 12
[1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.1 in C minor, op.4
[5] Variations sur un air national allemand (1826)
[6] Rondo in C minor, op.1
[7] 3 Ecossaises, op.72 no.3
[8] Rondo ＂a la Mazur＂ in F major, op.5
[9] Marche funebre in C minor, op.72 no.2
[10] Contredanse in G flat major (? 1827)
[11] Rondo in C minor, op.73
[12] Variations in D major for piano duet* (1826)

CD 13
[1] Variations in A major (＂Souvenir de Paganini＂, 1829)
[2] Variations brillantes in B flat major, op.12
[3] Rondo in E flat major, op.16
[4] Bolero ion A minor, op.19
[5] Cantabile in B flat major (1834)
[6] Variation in E major (from ＂Hexameron＂, 1837)
[7] Largo in E flat (?1837)
[8] Allegro de concert in A major, op.46
[9]-[11] 3 Nouvelles Etudes (1837)
[12] Tarantelle in A flat major, op.43
[13] Fugue in A minor (1841-42)
[14] Albumblatt in E major (1843)
[15] Wiosna ‧ Spring (from op.74 no.2)
[16] 2 Bourrees (1846)
[17] Galop Marquis
[18] Berceuse in D flat major
[19] Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60