Chopin / Entremont / Ormandy- Philippe Entremont Plays Chopi
At the beginning of the Fifties Philippe Entremont appeared on the international musical stage with the enthusiasm of critics and audience. He was born in Reims - France - i'm 1934 from a family of musicians, in 1952 he won the the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition Award; and this fact opened him a real international career, and, after having listened him the famous conductor Eugene Ormandy cast him for performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra one of most famous Orchestra in the world. Entremont began recording his first album when he was just twenty and were unforgettable performance specially his 1955 and 1959 Chopin recordings; performance that IDIS re-present in this CD after fifty years of inexplicable silence. It is enough consider the Ballades at the beginning of the CD or the Nocturne op 15 no 1 to realize what a wonderful performer he had been when he was just twenty. He had a wonderful and perfect virtuosity combined with a gift to tell through the music still unmached.
Tracklist:
- Ballade No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 23
- Ballade No. 2 In F Major, Op. 38
- Ballade No. 3 In A-Flat Major, Op. 47
- Ballade No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 52
- Scherzo No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39
- Polonaise In A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Héroïque"
- Impromptu No. 3 In G-Flat Major, Op. 51
- Nocturne In F Major, Op. 15 No. 1
- Waltz In A-Flat Major, Op. 42
- Mazurka In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50 No. 3
At the beginning of the Fifties Philippe Entremont appeared on the international musical stage with the enthusiasm of critics and audience. He was born in Reims - France - i'm 1934 from a family of musicians, in 1952 he won the the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition Award; and this fact opened him a real international career, and, after having listened him the famous conductor Eugene Ormandy cast him for performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra one of most famous Orchestra in the world. Entremont began recording his first album when he was just twenty and were unforgettable performance specially his 1955 and 1959 Chopin recordings; performance that IDIS re-present in this CD after fifty years of inexplicable silence. It is enough consider the Ballades at the beginning of the CD or the Nocturne op 15 no 1 to realize what a wonderful performer he had been when he was just twenty. He had a wonderful and perfect virtuosity combined with a gift to tell through the music still unmached.
Tracklist:
- Ballade No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 23
- Ballade No. 2 In F Major, Op. 38
- Ballade No. 3 In A-Flat Major, Op. 47
- Ballade No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 52
- Scherzo No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39
- Polonaise In A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Héroïque"
- Impromptu No. 3 In G-Flat Major, Op. 51
- Nocturne In F Major, Op. 15 No. 1
- Waltz In A-Flat Major, Op. 42
- Mazurka In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50 No. 3