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Chopin Preludes (w/CD).(Book review)
[website] Chopin Preludes (w/CD), edited by Brian Ganz. Hal Leonard Corp., (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., P.O. Box 1381R Milwaukee, WI 53213), 2005. 96 pp. $12.95.a
This new edition of Chopin Preludes is worth exploring, even by those of us with multiple editions already in our personal libraries. Editor Brian Ganz writes that he intended "to offer the pianist tools for removing the cellophane from these much loved and familiar pieces and discovering their originality anew." Extensive notes, an easy-to-read layout and the inclusion of Ganz's CD recording of the preludes, make this edition a bargain.
The "future" of performance editions is here: most of the performance notes exist only online, although a preview of the editor's notes is included in the book. Based on the preview, Ganz's notes are instructive and stimulating. For each prelude, he includes a wealth of comments, pedaling possibilities, suggested phrase structure and questions designed to guide students toward further exploration (with an appendix containing his answers to these questions). Unfortunately, I was unable to access the online notes. The printed edition directs you to click on the "Closer Look" icon, but no such icon appeared on the website. I contacted the publisher through the website but did not receive a ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Carla Seaquist December 29, 1996 700+ words
...genius, enjoyment is elusive. If you can play 22 of the 24 Chopin preludes, as I can, you know, as I do, precisely what you lack...I bumped up against the one piece (or two, as with the Chopin preludes) that, because of its rhythmic complexity -- my problem...
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- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Courtier, Jessica September 2, 2009 700+ words
...evening. The first Debussy prelude ("Broulliards") depicts a grey fog through washes of note clusters, and many of the Chopin preludes were even more densely-noted, including the fiery no. 8, marked "very agitated," which Sherman performed with poise...
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...creating student group games give some ideas for starting but leave the reader wanting more. Chapters on Brahms waltzes and Chopin preludes are interesting for being examples of contrasting approach, presenting technical, harmonic and textural features of the...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. June 20, 1996 700+ words
...measure. The anthology was a wonderful idea, except for its length: two hours with no break. There were two sets of Chopin preludes from the Opus 28, performed by Boris Petrushansky and Dmitri Alexeev. Since both pianists played in a similar heavy...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. February 11, 1998 700+ words
...s a pity because Lortie is a fine musician capable of powerful expression. One only has to listen to his recording of Chopin preludes for Chandos, due to be released later this month, to hear not only his scrupulous intelligence but vivid sense of color...
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