Chopin: Melancholy
This is a very personal album by pianist Vardo Rumessen.
It is dedicated to the memory of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski who, along with a number of colleagues and family members, lost his life in the air disaster in Smolensk on April 10th 2010
The selections are as follows:
Chopin:
- Etude No. 25 in F Minor Op. Posth
- Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1
- Waltz No. 3 in A minor ‘Grande Valse Brillante’, Op. 34 No. 2
- Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
- Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2
- Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1
- Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1
- Mazurka No. 18 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1
- Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2
- Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4
- Étude Op. 10 No. 6 in E flat minor ‘Lacrimosa’
- Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 ‘Farewell Waltz’
- Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2
Mazurka No. 22 in G sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 1
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor
- Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4
- Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor
- Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2
- Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3
Performed by Vardo Rumessen, piano
This is a very extensive selection, and what I like about it is the variety of compositions, which range from Nocturnes to Mazurkas, to Waltzes.
Here, by another composer, is the Prelude No. 23 in B- Allegretto, by Mart Saar, composed in 1918-1927 (in memoriam of C. Debussy). Performed by Vardo Rumessen
Tags: Vardo Rumessen, pianist, Chopin, memorial