ショパン: ワルツ集

タローの誉れ高き名盤、
ショパンのワルツ集、待望の再発売!

フランスの名ピアニスト、アレクサンドル・タロー。その繊細で薫り高い演奏で聴衆を虜にしています。そのタローの名を世界的なものにした名盤、2005年録音のショパンのワルツ集が待望の再発売いたします!

タローの演奏はどこまでも美しく、軽やかに舞うワルツに心踊らされます。しかし、繊細の極みながら甘くなく、凛とした哀感に翳ります。魔術的ともいえる極上のタッチで奏でる理想的なショパン像をここに聴くことができます。また、フィル・アップにタローのモンポウが聴けるのも贅沢。前奏曲第7番に基づき、これが不思議に変容していく様が独特です。ピアノの詩人タローの独壇場といえる名盤、必聴です!
キングインターナショナル

Alexandre Tharaud traverses the whole of Chopin's waltzes in his own personal style for this 2006 recording. Chopin is considered a French composer as often as he is a Polish one, so it is fitting that Tharaud turns his attention to Chopin's music, just as he has with the music of his true countrymen. Tharaud's approach to the set is similar to that of pianists of the mid-20th century. He places them in an order that he believes suits them. Most of the waltzes were published posthumously, so although approximate composition dates are known, it's not known how Chopin himself would have grouped or ordered them had he decided to publish them (in fact, he had wanted the unpublished ones destroyed). Tharaud also performs them in a highly stylized way, using poetic license to make the music his own. He finishes the program with a waltz by 20th century, Catalan composer Federico Mompou, which echoes Chopin not only by quoting him musically, but also in the temperament, so that although the harmonies are nothing like Chopin's, the feel of the music is.