Chopin’s Last Piano Works | Dux DUX1708

Chopin’s Last Piano Works

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Label: Dux

Cat No: DUX1708

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 12th January 2024

Contents

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60
Mazurkas (51)
» (3) op.63
» no.43 in G minor, op.posth 67 no.2
» no.45 in A minor, op.posth 67 no.4
» no.49 in F minor, op.posth 68 no.4
Nocturnes (21)
» no.17 in B major, op.62 no.1
» no.18 in E major, op.62 no.2
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Waltzes (19)
» no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 'Minute'
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
» no.8 in A flat major, op.64 no.3

Artists

Julius-Jeongwon Kim (piano)

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60
Mazurkas (51)
» (3) op.63
» no.43 in G minor, op.posth 67 no.2
» no.45 in A minor, op.posth 67 no.4
» no.49 in F minor, op.posth 68 no.4
Nocturnes (21)
» no.17 in B major, op.62 no.1
» no.18 in E major, op.62 no.2
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Waltzes (19)
» no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 'Minute'
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
» no.8 in A flat major, op.64 no.3

Artists

Julius-Jeongwon Kim (piano)

About

With this album, Korean pianist Julius-Jeongwon Kim returns to recording the Chopin repertoire. Twenty years after his debut album, featuring, among others, the complete Scherzos, he reaches for works from the last period of the composer's oeuvre. He shares with the listeners a nostalgic reflection on musical maturity in the face of impending death while hoping that they will experience the solace and peace that Chopin felt when working on these pieces.

The pianist's intention is to show Chopin as an honest and direct person, not an anguished Romantic. Educated in Vienna and Paris, known to Polish audiences for his participation in the largest festivals, the pianist does not want to be labelled as a Chopin specialist, since he is also fascinated by the music of other composers of the Romantic era, including Rachmaninov and Schubert. This can be heard in his virtuoso interpretations, free of the typically Polish performance idiom, focused on the quest for a personal vision.

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