Happy Holidays 2010! Musical Gifts from Piano Street
Andras Schiff plays Chopin’s Preludes on a Pleyel
+ Free Urtext Scores by Piano Street
The celebrated Hungarian pianist plays Chopin’s 24 Preludes Op. 28 on an 1860 Pleyel Grand Piano. The recital was filmed in the beautiful, meticulously restored Ancien Conservatoire in Paris, where the composer himself frequently gave concerts. The cycle of short pieces is amongst Chopin’s most wonderful and important works.
(Recital video provided by Classical TV.)
Urtext score of Chopin’s 24 Preludes:
The free score is a time limited offer expiring January 2 2011
Bach – The Prelude & Fugue in E-flat minor, WTC book 1
Refresh your mind and soul during the holidays by playing or listen to this extraordinary beautiful piece by Bach! Free sheet music and recording:
Bach Prelude & Fugue in E-flat minor, WTC 1
The free score is a time limited offer expiring January 2 2011
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Um – Pleyel wasn’t building overstrung concert grand pianos with single piece cast plates like this one until the early 20th century. This Pleyel piano, which is by no means from 1860, has been “modernized” by Fabbrini, who rebuilds all kinds of pianos and puts his name on them (as you see on the side of this one).
A Pleyel piano from Chopin’s lifetime (he died in 1849) sounds nothing like this. Chopin favored pianos with a “veiled, silvery tone”, whereas this one’s tone is harsh, coarse and strident by comparison. Sorry, but this is NOT Chopin!!
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Thank you, 46streicher, for addressing this issue. i had a very hard time believing this was a piano of that vintage, even in a restored state.
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Gary C —Anchorage, Alaska
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GRACIAS!!! ME GUSTA MUCHO TOCAR A CHOPIN…..FELIZ AÑO NUEVO 2011!!
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Just returned from Wisconsin and received your wonderful gifts. Thank you so much …. the music is beautiful. Have a great new year!
Such thoughtful gifts, thank you, even as an amateur I can leaarn to play some Chopin now. Piano street has been very helpful in adding to my repertoire, and understanding of piano music. Thank you!
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