Mazurka - Researching Chopin
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- Release year:
- 2013
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"For hver nye dreining, hver masurka, kom ulike mønstre til syne, med ulike elementer forstørret."
Ida Habbestad - Aftenposten"Nils Henrik Asheim chooses a superb, characterful piano from the 1830s for his hour of Chopin mazurkas. He also, happily, chooses many of my favourite pieces, creating a good, very worthwhile recital."
Brian Reinhart - International Music Web"Asheims tolkninger har det frie, improvisatoriske drivet og den deklamatoriske gestikken vi forventer av musikken, men vi hører også materialets motstand, anstrengelsene som må til for å få det gamle instrumentet til å lystre og gi lyd. Det er noe veldig fysisk over disse tolkningene, et klanglig nærvær. Og en sår melankoli."
Peter Larsen - Bergens Tidene"Faktisk blåser denne innspillingen bort støvet fra 200 års 'tradisjon' og du hører musikken helt på nytt."
Martin Anderson - Klassisk Musikkmagasin"Han spiller uten anstrengelse, levende og meget formidlende. De vakre små pianostykkene blir nesten som en åpenbaring i hans stilfulle tolkninger. 'Researching Chopin' er enkelt sagt en nydelig plate å lytte til."
Trond Erikson - Smaalenene"Asheim Brings Chopin's Mazurkas to vivid life with fascinating rubato, intimate tone and rhytmic flair."
Jessica Duchen - BBC Music Magazine - About the album:
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This album is a spinoff or sequel to Nils Henrik Asheim' collaboration with Gjertrud’s Gypsy Orchestra, “Mazurka – Remaking Chopin”. That release explored Chopin Mazurkas by creating free versions inspired by traditional music.
On this new album, which bears the subtitle “Researching Chopin”, Asheim has gone in search of Chopin on an historic instrument. At Ulefos Hovedgaard, where the first CD was recorded, he fell in love with the Collard & Collard square piano from the 1830s. Among the 23 mazurkas on this new recording we find the “key” to the previous CD, but also something added.
The Collard & Collard piano lends a special intimacy and ardour to this music – which includes some of Chopin’s familiar and beloved numbers, but also something from his more puzzling works. Played on an instrument from Chopin’s own time, they can, perhaps, seem less enigmatic.
- Album published by:
- LAWO Classics (LWC1049)
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