Chopin / Brownridge - Frederic Chopin: The Four Ballades - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

By transferring the epic ballad onto piano, Frédéric Chopin invented a new genre - and turned the virtuoso pianist into a narrator. - BALLADES brings together the most prominent works of this genre on a single recording the four large-scale ballades by Frédéric Chopin and Johannes Brahms, alongside the ballade by Gabriel Fauré. - The multi-prizewinning Swiss pianist and conductor Jean-François Antonioli is known for his obsession with detail, building large-scale narratives from the most minute of nuances, thereby presenting even the most familiar work in a new light.

The present album 'Braiding Chopin' by Andreas Woyke is a continuation of his solo debut 'Braiding Bach'. Compositions by the Polish piano grandmaster of the Romantic period interact with the pianist's own compositions and together form a dramaturgical total work of art both expressive and contemplative - and thus also a mirror of the human soul! The German pianist, Andreas Woyke, had an education shaped by various international influences - the Argentine pianist Aldo Antognazzi taught him in Siegen. In Cologne and Vienna he studies with the Russian pianists Pavel Gililov and Rudolf Kehrer. That time he won a number of international prizes 1st prize at Brahms-Competition Hamburg, 1st prize at Austro Mechana in Vienna and 2nd prize and recital prize at UNISA Transnet competition in Pretoria.

Frederic Chopin - Ballades & Fantasies [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/10/2010