Chopin, Fryderyk
Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832)
1. Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832)
24 Preludes, Op. 28 (excerpts) (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832)
2. No. 9 in E Major
3. No. 6 in B Minor
4. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
24 Preludes, Op. 28 (excerpts) (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
5. No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"
6. No. 3 in G Major
7. Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
8. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
9. Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
10. Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
11. Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (performed on Pleyel piano, 1847)
12. Schumann, Robert: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 1. Des Abends (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
Chopin, Fryderyk
13. Polonaise No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor (performed on Steinway grand piano, 1872)
14. Mazurka No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 (performed on Steinway grand piano, 1872)
15. Rachmaninov, Sergey: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1. Elégie in E-Flat Minor (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
16. Kurpiński, Karol Kazimierz: 3 Polonaises: No. 2 in D Minor (1812) (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
17. Chopin, Fryderyk: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major (performed on Pleyel upright piano, 1832)
18. Peterson, Oscar Jazz for the Young Pianist, Part III: Exercise No. 3 in B-Flat Major (performed on Shigeru Kawai grand piano, 2019)
Following the success of the 1st Chopin Festival Hamburg 2018 (available on Naxos 8.574058), the 2nd Chopin Festival Hamburg 2019 continues its unique approach of inviting pianists to perform on original historic instruments and, by way of comparison, on a modern grand piano in the same concert. Performances range from Chopin heard on his Pleyel ‘pianino’ of 1832 to the most technically advanced Shigeru Kawai grand piano built in 2019. Listeners are invited to discover ‘old’ and ‘new’ in completely fresh ways through these multifaceted interpretations.