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Nils Henrik Asheim (piano)

Researching Chopin
Playing a square piano from the 1830s...Asheim brings Chopin's Mazurkas to vivid life with fascinating rubato, intimate tone and rhythmic flair.

BBC Music Magazine, May 20143 out of 5 stars

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Nils Henrik Asheim (piano)

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Playing a square piano from the 1830s...Asheim brings Chopin's Mazurkas to vivid life with fascinating rubato, intimate tone and rhythmic flair.

BBC Music Magazine, May 20143 out of 5 stars

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About

Three years ago, Nils Henrik Asheim released "Mazurka - Remaking Chopin", a collaborative project with Gjertrud's Gypsy Orchestra. This release, which was awarded with Spellemannsprisen, the Norwegian Grammy, explored Chopin's Mazurkas, creating new versions with traditional music as its most important influence.

The new release has "researching" in the subtitle, as Asheim has been searching for Chopin in a historical instrument - a Collard & Collard square piano from the 1830s. He fell in love with the instrument during the last recording, at Ulefos Hovedgård.

The Collard & Collard piano offered new possibilities in the very playing of Chopin, and new insight into how his music sounded originally.

  • Release date: 20th Jan 2014
  • Label: LAWO
  • Catalogue number: LWC1049
  • Length: 64 minutes
  • Genre:

Contents and tracklist

Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 6
Work length7:45
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
No. 1 in F-sharp Minor
Track length3:34
No. 2 in C-sharp Minor
Track length2:24
No. 3 in E Major - Vivace
Track length1:47
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 7
Work length4:28
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
No. 1 in B-flat Major - Vivace
Track length2:20
No. 3 in F Minor
Track length2:08
Excerpt,Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 17
Work length6:36
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
No. 2 in E Minor - Lento, ma non troppo
Track length2:23
No. 4 in A Minor - Lento, ma non troppo
Track length4:13
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 24
Work length10:13
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
No. 1 in G Minor - Lento
Track length2:53
No. 2 in C Major - Allegro non troppo
Track length1:58
No. 4 in B-flat Minor - Moderato
Track length5:22
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 30 : No. 4 in C-sharp Minor - Allegretto
Work length4:31
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 33
Work length11:13
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
No. 1 in G-sharp Minor - Mesto
Track length1:41
No. 2 in D Major - Vivace
Track length2:22
No. 3 in C Major - Simplice
Track length1:30
No. 4 in B Minor
Track length5:40
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 56 : No. 2 in C Major - Vivace
Work length1:36
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 59 : No. 2 in A-flat Major - Allegretto
Work length2:49
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 63
Work length4:18
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
No. 2 in F Minor - Lento
Track length2:13
No. 3 in C-sharp Minor - Allegretto
Track length2:05
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 67 : No. 4 in A Minor - Allegretto
Work length3:01
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 68
Work length7:41
  • Nils Henrik Asheim
No. 2 in A Minor - Lento
Track length3:24
No. 3 in F Major - Allegro, ma non troppo
Track length1:46
No. 4 in F Minor - Andantino
Track length2:31

Awards and reviews

May 2014

Playing a square piano from the 1830s...Asheim brings Chopin's Mazurkas to vivid life with fascinating rubato, intimate tone and rhythmic flair.
3 out of 5 stars

August 2014

There are some noteworthy and lovely things about this recording. First, there is the mellow tone of the restored 1830s Collard & Collard square piano...Second, there is a seductive intimacy to Asheim's playing that resonates with the domestic nature of these miniature gems.
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