Rafal Blechacz

Chopin (CD)

Rafał Blechacz – Chopin presents his insightful interpretations of Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3, among the most musically adventurous and technically demanding in the piano repertoire. It also includes two carefully chosen companion pieces: the Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2 and the Barcarolle Op. 60. Rafał Blechacz recorded this programme in the autumn of 2021, by which point the associations of this music had become even more moving. “I think it has a special meaning in this difficult time,” he says. “We’ve had a pandemic, and now there is a war in Ukraine. So many people have died. There was a sense of dedication as I recorded this sonata.

TRACK LIST

1. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - I. Grave - Doppio movimento
2. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - II. Scherzo - Più lento
3. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - III. Marche funèbre
4. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - IV. Finale. Presto
5. CHOPIN Nocturnes, Op. 48 - No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
6. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - I. Allegro maestoso
7. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
8. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - III. Largo
9. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 - IV. Finale. Presto non tanto
10. CHOPIN Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60