Garrick Ohlsson: The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 10 - Etudes [Import]

Frederic Chopin (Composer), Garrick Ohlsson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Garrick Ohlsson
• Composer: Frederic Chopin
• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Arabesque Recordings
• ASIN: B00000DCQR
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,526 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 1 In C Major

2. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 2 In A Minor

3. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 In E Major

4. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor

5. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 5 In G-Flat Major

6. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 6 In E-Flat Major

7. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 7 In C Major

8. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 8 In F Major

9. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 9 In F Minor

10. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 10 In A-Flat Major

11. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 11 In E-Flat Major

12. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No. 12 In C Minor

13. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 1 In A-Flat Major

14. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 2 In F Minor

15. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 3 In F Major

16. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 4 In A Minor

17. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 5 In E Minor

18. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 6 In G-Sharp Minor

19. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 7 In C-Sharp Minor

20. Twelve Etudes, Op. 42: No. 8 In D-Flat Major

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Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars His technique is so secure, these 'studies' become music., December 18, 1998

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This review is from: Garrick Ohlsson: The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 10 - Etudes (Audio CD)

Ohlsson plays these with such technical security, that he can and does shape them into individual jems. The big etudes are huge, and the softer one,(like the double thirds) weave in out beautiful dynamics and colors. They are spectacular performances.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mind Boggling!!!, January 11, 2006

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Piano lover Bob (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garrick Ohlsson: The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 10 - Etudes (Audio CD)

I agree with the reviewer who comments on how easily Ohlsson handles the fiendish difficulties of the great Chopin Etudes. I read somewhere that he did not practice scales, arppegios, etc. like the rest of us poor mortals - his technical studies were the Etudes!!! If this is true, I'm sure that he is so secure with the notes and technical 'study' of each etude, that he can consentrate soley on the music, rather than its technical aim. Examples: The great "Winter Wind"Etude, in c minor, simply roars in his hands, and the "Harp" and Etude in Double Thirds are like gossemer. Gorgeous sounds. The study in broken chords, I never liked until I heard Ohlsson play it. After many playings, they are still a spell-binding joy to listen to.

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars QUITE SATISFYING, December 12, 2001

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Melvyn M. Sobel "Melvyn M. Sobel" (Freeport, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garrick Ohlsson: The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 10 - Etudes (Audio CD)

Chopin's two sets of Etudes, Op. 10 (1833) and Op. 25 (1837), have been known to set many pianists' teeth a-chatterin', and for good reason: they are fiendishly difficult to play and equally so to communicate easily, to render afresh. Not, apparently though, for Mr. Ohlsson, whose transcendental virtuosity enables him to subdue the nearly technically impossible and immerse himself in the sheer beauty, myriad moods, colors, textures and emotional utterances these twenty-four etudes have to offer.

So deep is Ohlsson's understanding of these studies that each literally takes on a life of its own, while, at the same time, becomes inseparable from the whole. So seemingly effortless is his technical command, so fruitful his passion, so revelatory his "voice," we become transfixed by a comforting trust in his interpretation of these works... and by our profound sense that his expressivity runs so deep within him that his musical simpatico enables us to feel completely secure--- wherever he wishes to take us. There is no bogus bravura here, no blatant showmanship, both of which are traits that would cripple these pieces.

Amidst etudes that sing, thunder, weep or misbehave, Ohlsson truly guides us, his pianism full of charismatic authenticity, balance and gossamer poetry. The ease with which Mr. Ohlsson obtains our rapt attention resides within the power of his own convictions regarding each and every one of these etudes. It is a wonderment. [Ah, Chopin, you genius, melancholy Pole!] The Trois Nouvelles Etudes of 1840, as well, are superb pieces, performed beautifully: hypnotic, wistful, nostalgic.

Consistent is the exemplary sound given this exemplary artist: rich, warm, detailed and intimate. The match couldn't be more perfect or enveloping. Excellent liner commentary, too, by Frank Cooper.

[Running time: 67:05]