The Complete Chopin Edition
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,...
The Complete Chopin Edition
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,...
About
A completely reworked version of the 1999 DG Edition, now split between DG and Decca recordings.
17 CDs, non-limited, in capbox.
Pollini recordings backbone of collection (Etudes, Sonatas, Polonaises, Scherzos)
New DG Highlights: Zimerman's Concertos, Blechacz's Preludes, Pires's Nocturnes
New from Decca: Arrau - Piano Works with orchestra, Ashkenazy - Mazurkas and Waltzes.
Available for the Chopin 200th anniversary in March 2010.
Artists
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos), Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos), Beaux Arts Trio, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Anner Bijlsma (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano), Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano)
Polish Festival Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal
Contents and tracklist
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Polish Festival Orchestra
- Recorded: 1999-08-31
- Recording Venue: Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli, Turin
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Polish Festival Orchestra
- Recorded: 1999-08-31
- Recording Venue: Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli, Turin
- Claudio Arrau (piano)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Eliahu Inbal
- Recorded: 1972-06
- Claudio Arrau (piano)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Eliahu Inbal
- Recorded: 1970-06
- Claudio Arrau (piano)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Eliahu Inbal
- Recorded: 1971-06
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Claudio Arrau (piano)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Eliahu Inbal
- Recorded: 1972-06
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Recorded: 1987-07-26
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Recorded: 1987-07-26
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Recorded: 1987-07-26
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Recorded: 1987-07-26
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Krystian Zimerman (piano)
- Recorded: 1987-07-26
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Anatol Ugorski (piano)
- Recorded: 1999-03-30
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Anatol Ugorski (piano)
- Recorded: 1999-03-30
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Anatol Ugorski (piano)
- Recorded: 1999-03-30
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
- Anatol Ugorski (piano)
- Recorded: 1999-03-30
- Recording Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld
Spotlight on this release
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week26th April 2010
February 2010
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes, Pires's Nocturnes, Ashkenazy's Mazurkas and Waltzes, and the Cello Sonata incandescently performed by Rostropovich and Argerich is a treat indeed and could scarcely by bettered. The Concertos are Zimmerman's second recording. ...it is gorgeously romantic, with every string slide cherished and each note turned like wrought gold. This is a set to treasure...