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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Sonata for Piano No. 2, Op. 35; Polonaise, Op. 53 | 
| Creators: Frederic Chopin, Evgeny Kissin
Label: RCA
Category: Music
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 090266353521
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ASIN: B00002DE5F
Release Date: February 8, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21in B-Flat major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F major | | • | 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor | | • | Sonata No.2, Op. 35, in B-Flat Minor: Grave ; Doppio movimento | | • | Sonata No.2, Op. 35, in B-Flat Minor: Scherzo | | • | Sonata No.2, Op. 35, in B-Flat Minor: Marche funebre : Lento | | • | Sonata No.2, Op. 35, in B-Flat Minor: Finale : Presto | | • | Polonaise Op. 53, in A-Flat Major |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Kissin is the best!! August 21, 2010
gfire (austin, texas USA)
Evgeny Kissin is my TOP classical pianist in the world and I have read that he feels a special kinship with Chopin. This CD is 110% as good as it gets with Chopin, imho.
Kissin lacks that extra bit of depth that would make this disc perfect January 29, 2010
Theophilus (Ohio, U.S.)
The fact that Kissin started piano at a very early age shows in his playing. He loves piano music, this composer in particular, and these pieces more specifically. His technique is second to none I believe on the concert stage today. Lang Lang can arguably be more brilliant, but I think Kissin is more exciting.
However, the esteemed musicologist David Dubal pinpointed Kissin's only weakness. He does not penetrate the notes he plays, reaching the inner viscera of the instrument he plays. Everything is slightly facile. All of the Preludes are lovely, but where is the soul-searching quality of a composer looking for the meaning of life, having left his homeland of Poland for the cultural center of Paris at the age of approximately 20? I dont see it here.
Great Artist, Great Performance February 19, 2006
Harvey Chaplik (Chicago, IL USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Kissin is clearly one of the best pianists, perhaps the very best, to come along in recent years. He deserves the sobriquet, "the new Horowitz" although he is unique in his own right. His facility with the preludes is inspiring. However, I like a piano that has a mellower sound than the one on this recording. In some instances this one seemed a little too brilliant or lacking in overtones so as to detract a bit from the enjoyment of listening to this wonderful artist. Regardless, I'm happy to own this recording.
Turning the Chopin 2nd Sonata into the "Appassionata" November 8, 2005
Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
In their different ways, both Pollini and Kissin play Chopin's big works, like the Second Sonata, as if they were Beethoven. On this CD Kissin enlarges the frame of the sonata to fit the Appassionata--and I excitedly went along. Carpers should remember that Horowitz distorted Chopin far more than Kissin ever could. RCA's inside-the-lid piano sound is unrealistic but adds to the thrill. Passage work like this can be heard only once in a lifetime. Five stars.
But the Preludes are another story. The world was once entirely on Kissin's side. Ten years ago he was considered an insightful, sympathetic Chopin interpreter who had a marvelous sense of touch to go with his world-dominating technique. (The evidence of his instinctive gifts is there from a Tokyo recital on Sony, made when Kissin was fifteen.) I don't hear that inspired interpreter in these Preludes, which despite dazzling moments are often clumsy and coarse. No more than anyone else do I know the reason for this change. We will have to hope that this adored artist steps back from the precipice of showmanship and begins to play with his heart once again. Three stars.
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