Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 [Original recording remastered]

Frederic Chopin (Composer), Andrei Gavrilov (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andrei Gavrilov
• Composer: Frederic Chopin
• Audio CD (August 14, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00005NEZM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,815 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 1 in C major

2. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 2 in A minor

3. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 3 in E major, 'Tritesse' - 'L'intimite'

4. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 4 in C sharp minor, 'Torrent'

5. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 5 in G flat major, 'Black Keys'

6. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 6 in E flat minor

7. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 7 in C major, 'Toccata'

8. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 8 in F major

9. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 9 in F minor

10. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 10 in A flat major

11. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 11 in E flat major

12. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 10, CT. 14-25: No. 12 in C minor, 'Revolutionary' - 'Fall of Warsaw'

13. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 13 in A flat major, 'Aeolian Harp' - 'Shepherd Boy'

14. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 14 in F minor, 'Balm'

15. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 15 in F major, 'Carwheel'

16. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 16 in A minor

17. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 17 in E minor

18. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 18 in G sharp minor

19. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 19 in C sharp minor

20. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 25, CT. 26-37: No. 20 in D flat major

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hidden jewel from behind the iron curtain?, April 30, 2003

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"escape102" (Okemos, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 (Audio CD)

With the brilliant virtuosity that I have found only his, Andrei Gavrilov sets in my opinion the best Op. 10 & 25 Chopin etude performance commercially recorded. His crisp but untiresome technicality is unmatched, while the undulations of his phrasing gives mountains of substance and weight behind his penetrating precision. This recording was extremely difficult to find, as I believe his European recording contract limited distribution here, but now this recording is available state-side! Some 14 years after hearing the original issue, my recollection of it has not diminished or inflated listening to it again today. Every track stands well against the best of all the Chopin etude recordings I have ever heard. Well worth the price originally, now it is an incredible value for anyone's library that won't just stay on your shelf.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, March 2, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 (Audio CD)

This rendition of Chopin's Etudes is surely one of the best i've ever listened to. Andrei Gravilov has an extraodinary technique and every Etude is perfomed not only perfectly but with so much passion and fire to astonish the listener. At the moment i own nine sets of these beautiful pieces and this one along with Boris Berezovsky and Juana Zayas is the best in my opinion. All the others (Pollini, Peraya, Ashkenazy, Chiu, Cziffra, Cherkassky, Virsaladze, Tomassi)are really notable and very different. I love all of them though Berezosky, Gravilov, Zayas, Lugansky and Neuburger stand a part for the passion overall, the lyricism and beyond-descripion technique displayed.
Highly recommended!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best, February 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 (Audio CD)

I bought this album many years ago when it was a full-price issue from EMI. Sad to see such a great recording languishing in the "bargain bin" while pedants praise the likes of Pollini. But a bargain it is, and what performances they are! My favorite.