The Chopin project [sound recording].
Material type: MusicPublisher number: B002276702 | Mercury ClassicsPublication details: [S.l.] : Mercury Classics, [2015]Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- performed music
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- OÌlafur Arnalds, 1986 or 1987- Eyes shut
- OÌlafur Arnalds, 1986 or 1987- Letters of a traveller
- OÌlafur Arnalds, 1986 or 1987- Reminiscence
- OÌlafur Arnalds, 1986 or 1987- Verses
- OÌlafur Arnalds, 1986 or 1987- Written in stone
- Chopin, FreÌdeÌric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, B. 108, C minor; arranged
- Chopin, FreÌdeÌric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, B. 49, C♯ minor; arranged
- Chopin, FreÌdeÌric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 37. No. 1; arranged
- Chopin, FreÌdeÌric, 1810-1849. Preludes, piano, op. 28. No. 15; arranged
- Chopin, FreÌdeÌric, 1810-1849. Sonatas, piano, no. 3, op. 58, B minor. Largo; arranged
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | CLASSICAL Olafur Arnalds | Available | 33111008304657 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This week's entry in the very-much-like-nothing-you've-ever-heard-before sweepstakes comes from Icelandic electronic musician and composer Ólafur Arnalds and German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott, whose recording of Chopin waltzes inspired the project. What you get are recordings of Chopin piano compositions, plus original compositions by Arnalds based on motifs from Chopin. In one case, "Eyes Shut/Nocturne in C minor" (track six), the two are combined. Arnalds' pieces employ his own electronic keyboard textures, plus a live string quintet. On top of this, the pianos are vintage instruments hunted down in Reykjavik, and the ambience, if you will, was manipulated by recording in various venues and with various microphones there. And, on top of all this, Arnalds adds ambient soundscapes (noise, sounds of conversation, whispers, etc.) to the music. The ideas seem packed in a bit thick. The string quintet, for example, was a sound unused by Chopin, and it introduces an element that seems discordant with the source material. But there is a major X factor working in favor of this release: nobody has ever tried anything much like this, either with Chopin or with any other composer, and it just might be the beginning of something new and important. Check it out and decide for yourself! ~ James Manheim
Compact disc.
Principally arrangements of instrumental works by Chopin for synthesizer and piano.
Title from web page and container.
Verses / Arnalds -- Sonata for piano no. 3 in B minor, B. 155, op. 58. Largo ; Nocturne for piano in C-sharp minor (ft. Mari Samuelsen) / Chopin ; arranged, Arnalds -- Reminiscence / Arnalds -- Nocturne for piano in G minor / Chopin; arranged, Arnalds -- Eyes shut / Arnalds -- Nocturne for piano in C minor, B. 108 / Chopin ; arranged, Arnalds -- Written in stone ; Letters of a traveller / Arnalds -- Preludes (24) for piano, op. 28, no. 15, in D-flat major ("Raindrop") / Chopin ; arranged, Arnalds.
OÌlafur Arnalds, synthesizer ; Alice Sara Ott, piano ; Mari Samuelsen, violin (3rd work).