Argentine-Italian pianist Ingrid Fliter is emerging as a Chopin specialist and appears to have signed on with the Linn label. It's a good place for her somewhat intellectual yet dramatic and idiosyncratic Chopin, which will probably have as many reactions as it has hearers. This is all to the good. Fliter's readings are serious and ambitious, and she seems almost to seek out and linger on the harmonic clashes built into Chopin's accompaniments. There is intense contrast among even pieces of similar tempo and mood; she ...
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Argentine-Italian pianist Ingrid Fliter is emerging as a Chopin specialist and appears to have signed on with the Linn label. It's a good place for her somewhat intellectual yet dramatic and idiosyncratic Chopin, which will probably have as many reactions as it has hearers. This is all to the good. Fliter's readings are serious and ambitious, and she seems almost to seek out and linger on the harmonic clashes built into Chopin's accompaniments. There is intense contrast among even pieces of similar tempo and mood; she treats each prelude as an individual work of art, losing any contact with the prelude form's improvisatory (or quasi-improvisatory) origins. Moreover, she seems to take pains to make the 24 preludes into a coherent set, with peaks and valleys of intensity as she goes along. At times the piano is quiet to the point of being retiring; at others the upper register is given a very strong ringing quality. This is, in a word, individualistic Chopin -- and Chopin was a great individualist. It's...
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Fair. Ex-Library rental. Disc(s) are professionally cleaned and may contain only light scratches that do not effect functionality. Includes disc(s), case, and artwork. May be missing booklet. Disc(s), case, and artwork may contain library/security stickers and ink writing. ARTWORK IS UNORIGINAL AND PRINTED BY LIBRARY. Case and artwork may show some wear. Case may not be an original jewel case. All disc(s) are authentic.
