Francois Frederic Guy Chopin: Secret Garden CD

For his first-ever recording of music by Chopin, Fran?ois-Fr?d?ric Guy has chosen a 1905 Pleyel piano, a sublime instrument restored at the workshop of Pianos Balleron. Recorded in the splendid acoustics of the Arsenal de Metz, the pieces on this album remind him of the music that enchanted his childhood. Fran?ois-Fr?d?ric Guy's poetic imagination combines fantasy and rigor, both in his phrasing and in his dialogue with the unique and bewitching timbres of his instrument. This recital pays homage to the master pianists of the early twentieth century.

1. Chopin: Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op.9 No.1 2. Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op.9 No.2 3. Chopin: ?tude in C Major, Op.10 No.1 4. Chopin: ?tude in C Minor, Op.10 No.12 "Revolutionary" 5. Chopin: Ballade in G Minor, Op.23 6. Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.1 7. Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F Major, Op.38 8. Chopin: Nocturne in C Minor, Op.48 No.1 9. Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor, Op.49 10. Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58: I. Allegro maestoso 11. Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace 12. Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58: III. Largo 13. Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto 14. Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op.61 15. Chopin: Nocturne in E Major, Op.62 No.2 16. Chopin: Waltz in F Minor, Op. posth. 70 No.2 17. Chopin: Waltz in D-Flat Major, Op. posth. 70 No.3 18. Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 19. Chopin: Fantaisie-impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 66