Joshua Spacht – Chopin at Midnight (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Joshua Spacht – Chopin at Midnight (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:36 minutes | 362 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records

“Chopin at Midnight” is a reimagining of some of my favorite Chopin pieces for solo piano. I’ve wanted to do a solo piano / classical project for years, and Signum’s Steve Long embraced my vision. While Chopin mostly wrote for small, live performances in the salons of Paris, I’ve wondered for some time what his compositions would sound like if he were alive today in the age of streaming? What lengths would they be; which motifs would he choose to repeat; which tempi and miking techniques would he use? I’ve approached these arrangements with those parameters in mind, while still embracing the idea that Chopin is fundamentally more harmonically complex than most Neo-classical music. I wanted to squeeze out melodic and secondary phrases and allow the listener to enjoy them in perhaps a way that one couldn’t in a typical, full-paced interpretation. I’ve found there’s an entirely different world of colors, textures, and moments when we’re allowed to linger a bit longer on the pieces — unhurriedly. The one original piece, “Dorothy’s Theme”, was largely improvised in the studio as we were wrapping up the recording session. It’s a tribute to my grandmother who was in hospice at the time or recording.

Tracklist:
01. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Étude in E major, Op. 10: No. 3 (03:44)
02. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Étude in A flat major, Op. 25: No. 1 (03:05)
03. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28: No. 4 (02:33)
04. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Prelude in D flat major, Op.28: No.15, “Raindrop” (03:07)
05. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68: No. 2 (02:25)
06. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor: Op. 66 (04:51)
07. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Prélude in A Major, Opus 28: No. 7 (02:06)
08. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Prélude in B Minor, Opus 28: No. 6 (02:28)
09. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Waltz in Db major, Op 64: No. 1 (Minute Waltz) (05:09)
10. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Waltz in A minor, B.150 (03:39)
11. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op.7: No.2 (02:09)
12. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Prelude in C minor, Op.28: No. 20 (02:03)
13. Joshua Spacht – Chopin: Prelude in A flat major, Op. 28: No. 17 (03:32)
14. Joshua Spacht – Spacht: Dorothy’s Theme (02:41)

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