Chopin 24 Preludes Op28+45 BA

Hardly any cycle of piano pieces can match the magnetic attraction of Chopins 24 Prludes, published in 1839. Schumann called them sketches, beginnings of tudes, [...] ruins, stray eagle's pinions, all disorder and wild confusion.

Christoph Flamm has critically reevaluated the sources, bringing to light new readings of this well-known musical text. Hardy Rittner, a hammerklavier specialist and two-time winner of the ECHO Classic prize, who has recorded Brahms piano music and all of Chopins tudes on period pianofortes, has supplemented Chopins fingering from a historically informed perspective. He also provides valuable notes on performance practice, especially with regard to pedalling, rubato, latent polyphony, legato and Chopins perception of sound.

An aesthetically presented engraving and practical page-turns make this current edition indispensable for todays scholars and performers.

- Urtext edition with new readings

- Notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng)

- With historically informed fingering and practical page-turns

- Informative Foreword (Ger/Eng) and detailed Critical Commentary (Eng)

Prelude Op.28 No. 1 Agitato C major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 2 Lento A minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 3 Vivace G major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 4 Largo E minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 5 Allegro molto D major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 6 Lento assai B minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 7 Andantino A major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 8 Molto agitato F sharp minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 9 Largo E major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 10 Allegro molto C sharp minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 11 Vivace B major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 12 Presto G sharp minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 13 Lento F sharp major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 14 Allegro E flat minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 15 Sostenuto D flat major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 16 Presto con fuoco B flat minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 17 Allegretto A flat major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 18 Allegro molto F minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 19 Vivace E flat major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 20 Largo C minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 21 Cantabile B flat major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 22 Molto agitato G minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 23 Moderato F major [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.28 No. 24 Allegro appassionato D minor [Chopin, Frederic]; Prelude Op.45 Sostenuto C sharp minor [Chopin, Frederic]