VINGT-QUATRE PRÉLUDES POUR LE PIANO OP.28 & PRÉLUDE POUR LE PIANO OP.45.
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

INSTRUMENTATION OF THE WORK: PIANO
DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: FLAMM, CHRISTOPH
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: FLAMM, CHRISTOPH
PRODUCT FORMAT: PERFORMANCE SCORE, URTEXT EDITION
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
COMMENTS ON THE EDITION: WITH FINGERING AND NOTES ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE BY HARDY RITTNER
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: GERMAN, ENGLISH
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY (D): 6
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK
PRINT RUN: 2ND PRINTING 2023
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE PRINT RUN: REVISED

DESCRIPTION:
-HARDLY ANY CYCLE OF PIANO PIECES CAN MATCH THE MAGNETIC ATTRACTION OF CHOPIN’S “24 PRÉLUDES”, PUBLISHED IN 1839. SCHUMANN CALLED THEM “SKETCHES, BEGINNINGS OF ÉTUDES, [...] RUINS, STRAY EAGLE`S PINIONS, ALL DISORDER AND WILD CONFUSION”.

-CHRISTOPH FLAMM HAS CRITICALLY REEVALUATED THE SOURCES, BRINGING TO LIGHT NEW READINGS OF THIS WELL-KNOWN MUSICAL TEXT. HARDY RITTNER, A HAMMERKLAVIER SPECIALIST AND TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE ECHO CLASSIC PRIZE, WHO HAS RECORDED BRAHMS’ PIANO MUSIC AND ALL OF CHOPIN’S “ÉTUDES” ON PERIOD PIANOFORTES, HAS SUPPLEMENTED CHOPIN’S FINGERING FROM A HISTORICALLY INFORMED PERSPECTIVE. HE ALSO PROVIDES VALUABLE NOTES ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO PEDALLING, RUBATO, LATENT POLYPHONY, LEGATO AND CHOPIN’S PERCEPTION OF SOUND.

-AN AESTHETICALLY PRESENTED ENGRAVING AND PRACTICAL PAGE-TURNS MAKE THIS CURRENT EDITION INDISPENSABLE FOR TODAY’S SCHOLARS AND PERFORMERS.

CONTENTS:
· VORWORT
· HINWEISE ZUR AUFFÜHRUNGSPRAXIS
· PREFACE
· NOTES ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC
TWENTY-FOUR PRELUDES FOR PIANO OP. 28:
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
· 1. AGITATO IN C MAJOR
· 2. LENTO IN A MINOR
· 3. VIVACE IN G MAJOR
· 4. LARGO IN E MINOR
· 5. ALLEGRO MOLTO IN D MAJOR
· 6. LENTO ASSAI IN B MINOR
· 7. ANDANTINO IN A MAJOR
· 8. MOLTO AGITATO IN F SHARP MINOR
· 9. LARGO IN E MAJOR
· 10. ALLEGRO MOLTO IN C SHARP MINOR
· 11. VIVACE IN B MAJOR
· 12. PRESTO IN G SHARP MINOR
· 13. LENTO IN F SHARP MAJOR
· 14. ALLEGRO IN E FLAT MINOR
· 15. SOSTENUTO IN D FLAT MAJOR
· 16. PRESTO CON FUOCO IN B FLAT MINOR
· 17. ALLEGRETTO IN A FLAT MAJOR
· 18. ALLEGRO MOLTO IN F MINOR
· 19. VIVACE IN E FLAT MAJOR
· 20. LARGO IN C MINOR
· 21. CANTABILE IN B FLAT MAJOR
· 22. MOLTO AGITATO IN G MINOR
· 23. MODERATO IN F MAJOR
· 24. ALLEGRO APPASSIONATO IN D MINOR
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC
PRELUDE FOR PIANO OP. 45:
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
· SOSTENUTO IN C SHARP MINOR
· CRITICAL COMMENTARY