François Chaplin – Schubert: Impromptus D 899 & D 935 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

François Chaplin – Schubert: Impromptus D 899 & D 935 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:12:35 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
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“The way into Schubert’s world is full of twists and turns… A lengthy progress towards what I’ve always thought to be the ultimate expression of the lightness of being … For me, playing Schubert is the culmination of a voyage of self-discovery … You’re plunged into the same self-doubt, experience the same joy he did. I can find my self in this intimate exchange.

Each one of his eight Impromptus is, in its own way, a microcosm of the Schubertian world, an echo of the Vienna that was so dear to him. For me, they are an inner-journey that consumes every waking hour, strips my soul bare and fuses all those hopes and uncertainties into one. I lose myself in them and can see myself more clearly as a result.

To me, that’s the very essence of the impromptus: an act of abandonment that calls life itself into question and gives proof to the brilliance of Schubert’s genius in all its intricate and astonishing complexity.” –François Chaplin

» … […] Jeu lumineux, bien articulé, tempéré dans les contrastes et agréable dans sa sonorité. […] L’éloquence équilibrée de François Chaplin laisse simplement s’exprimer le lyrisme de ces poèmes musicaux […] Cette lecture au charme discret suffit à nous tenir en haleine. En complément, François Chaplin propose la transcription par Liszt du lied Litanei, si chère à Alfred Cortot, dont il fait impeccablement ressortir la tendre gravité. « Jérôme Bastianelli, Diapason

Tracklist:
01. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 1 in C minor: Allegro moderato (10:06)
02. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 2 in E flat: Allegro (05:06)
03. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 3 in G flat: Andante (06:13)
04. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 4 in A flat: Allegretto (07:38)
05. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 935 (Op. posth. 142): No. 1 in F minor: Allegro moderato (12:35)
06. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 935 (Op. posth. 142): No. 2 in A flat: Allegretto (08:19)
07. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 935 (Op. posth. 142): No. 3 in B flat: Theme (Andante) & variations (12:04)
08. François Chaplin – 4 Impromptus, D. 935 (Op. posth. 142): No. 4 in F minor: Allegro Scherzando (06:58)
09. François Chaplin – Litanei, S. 562 No. 1 / D. 343 (03:33)

Personnel:
François Chaplin, piano

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