This recording was produced, mixed, and mastered by Étienne Collard at the Salle Colonne, Paris, and features a YAMAHA CFX piano.
Compositional Technique
The famous Marche funèbre (Funeral March) from the Piano Sonata No. 2 was written as early as 1837 and inspired the sonata as a whole.
Compositional Technique
The Preludes, Op. 28 are notable for their extreme concision, with no single piece being more than a few dozen bars long, yet each conjuring a new world.
Composition History
Chopin's idea for writing twenty-four preludes in all major and minor keys was inspired by J.S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, a work he greatly admired.
Composition History
Chopin's Second Piano Sonata, nicknamed 'Funeral March,' was completed at George Sand's country estate in Nohant, Central France, a place he came to love.
Compositional Technique
The Finale of the Piano Sonata No. 2 is radically innovative with its unison Presto, sometimes bordering on atonality, and concludes abruptly with a single fortissimo chord.
Composer Biography
Frédéric Chopin composed his Preludes, Op. 28 and Second Piano Sonata, Op. 35 during 1838-39, which also marked the beginning of his relationship with writer George Sand.
