Chopin / Ralf Taal Magic Of Sound CD

The current recording is a double portrait: the portrait of pianist Ralf Taal portraying Fryderyk Chopin - trying to display the model from as many angles as possible. The first touches to the portrait-CD are given by a colorful Prelude bouquet followed by the narrative, elegiac fourth Ballade and three etudes, op 10 - where Chopin unites brilliant technique with poetic-romantic figures. The splendid Polonaise, op 53 offers homage to Poland, the composer's homeland. And finally, one final brush stroke on the canvas, the restless, sarcastic and lyrically speckled second Scherzo.

1. No. 1 in C Major 2. No. 2 in a Minor 3. No. 3 in G Major 4. No. 4 in E minor 5. No. 5 in D Major 6. No. 6 in B minor 7. No. 7 in a Major 8. No. 8 in F Sharp minor 9. No. 9 in E Major 10. No. 10 in C Sharp minor 11. No. 11 in B Major 12. No. 12 in G Sharp minor 13. No. 13 in F Sharp Major 14. No. 14 in E Flat minor 15. No. 15 in D Flat Major, 'Raindrop' 16. No. 16 in B Flat minor 17. No. 17 in a Flat Major 18. No. 18 in F minor 19. No. 19 in E Flat Major 20. No. 20 in C minor 21. No. 21 in B Flat Major 22. No. 22 in G minor 23. No. 23 in F Major 24. No. 24 in D minor 25. Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 26. No. 2 in a Minor 27. No. 4 in C Sharp minor 28. No. 5 in G Flat Major 29. Polonaise in a Flat Major, Op. 53 30. Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat minor, Op. 31