Artist: Florian Krumpöck
Album: Chopin
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 01:10:09
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 598 MB

Tracklist:

01. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 (10:41)
02. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 (07:41)
03. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 (07:43)
04. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (12:07)
05. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 (06:14)
06. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: I. Grave – Doppio movimento (05:39)
07. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo. Presto, ma non troppo (08:11)
08. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre. Lento (10:25)
09. Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: IV. Finale. Presto (01:23)

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Florian Krumpöck, the Austrian pianist, conductor and festival director, has chosen Frédéric Chopin’s famous Piano Ballads Nos. 1-4 as well as his 2nd Piano Sonata for his first recording. And as a result, Krumpöck creates a very unique sound world that shows how strongly Chopin’s melodies are influenced by Italian opera, and especially by bel canto. Nevertheless, the accompanying voices are never neglected: they comment on, counteract, and support the “vocal lines.” Two different pianos were deliberately used: a full, overtone-rich Bösendorfer Imperial for the Prélude and the Ballades, a clearer, more “modern” Bösendorfer 280 for the 2nd Piano Sonata.