Chopin: Complete Préludes, by Hsia-Jung Chang

Chopin: Complete Préludes

by Hsia-Jung Chang

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Comes in a glossy digipak with artwork designed by Bai Ma (Hsia-Jung Chang), featuring the gold 1907 Pleyel piano from the recording. The next printing, if any, of this CD will be eco-wallet.

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1.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 1 in C Major 00:41	info	buy track
2.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 2 in A Minor 01:45	info	buy track
3.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 3 in G Major 01:09	info	buy track
4.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 4 in E Minor 01:47	info	buy track
5.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 5 in D Major 00:37	info	buy track
6.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 6 in B Minor 01:41	info	buy track
7.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 7 in A Major 00:51	info	buy track
8.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 8 in F-sharp Minor 01:49	info	buy track
9.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 9 in E Major 01:23	info	buy track
10.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 10 in C-sharp Minor 00:30	info	buy track
11.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 11 in B Major 00:38	info	buy track
12.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 12 in G-sharp Minor 01:14	info	buy track
13.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 13 in F-sharp Major 02:47	info	buy track
14.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 14 in E-flat Minor 00:30	info	buy track
15.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 15 in D-flat Major "Raindrop" 04:39	info	buy track
16.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 16 in B-flat Minor 01:15	info	buy track
17.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 17 in A-flat Major 02:52	info	buy track
18.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 18 in F Minor 01:06	info	buy track
19.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 19 in E-flat Major 01:21	info	buy track
20.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 20 in C Minor 02:00	info	buy track
21.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 21 in B-flat Major 01:52	info	buy track
22.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 22 in G Minor 00:51	info	buy track
23.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 23 in F Major 01:02	info	buy track
24.	Prélude Op. 28 No. 24 in D Minor 02:35	info	buy track
25.	Prélude Op. Posthumus in A-flat Major 00:49	info	buy track
26.	Prélude Op. 45 in C-sharp Major 04:10	info	buy track

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"Hsia-Jung Chang's CD is unique to me, not only in that it has brought me some peace of mind and some consolation in a time of heartbreak, but also because I can stack it on the shelf alongside Josef Hoffman and Ignaz Friedman with a conviction of it's natural domiciliary rights up there!"
Ingvar Loco Nordin, Sonoloco Record Review of Sweden

". . . an excursion into a facsimile of Chopin's own sound world. Few, if any of the many other recordings of these works available on the market, offer this kind of sonic perspective."
Marvin J. Ward, Classical Voice of North Carolina

Liner notes:
"Pleyel's pianos are the last word in perfection."- Frédéric Chopin

On a rainy afternoon in NYC I was browsing in Klavierhaus, when I came across a rebuilt 1907 Pleyel piano. Though the Pleyel design had changed somewhat between Chopin’s time and 1907, having read about the composer’s fondness for the Pleyel piano, I was happy to have the unexpected opportunity to hear his music on the instrument. With the shop owner’s permission, I sat down and played the A-flat Etude of Op. 25. The different registers of the piano formed delicate, transparent layers of sound which at once blended yet retained clarity as colors in water color paintings. The effect was so stunning that I had to try another piece by Chopin, then another. There I remained undisturbed by the shop owners and staff for over an hour, entering through this sound portal an era when music supplied not only the mood for a story, but the plot, the characters, and the scenery as well; when people exchanged ideas during nightly soirées in intimate salons, where passing thoughts and mood changes were momentarily savored.
Later when my sister Hsi-Ling, a Grammy-nominated recording engineer and a brilliant pianist, heard the Pleyel, she shared the same excitement for the sound and suggested that we record it. I decided the complete Préludes of Chopin would uncover the wide range of color and moods of both the composer and his piano of choice. Chopin dedicated the Twenty-Four Préludes of Op. 28 to non other than Camille Pleyel, the piano maker and the composer’s longtime friend.
© 2004 Hsia-Jung Chang

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released January 3, 2022

Producer/Engineer: Hsi-Ling Chang
Cover design: Bai Ma
Recorded on a rebuilt 1907 Pleyel piano in Klavierhaus of New York City in 2004.
©&℗ 2004 by Mandala Studio LLC. All rights reserved.

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Hsia-Jung Chang New York, New York

Pianist/Composer Hsia-Jung Chang performs classical solo piano music, runs the indie label Mandala Studio, and is acting Music Director at Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church. Her label Mandala Studio has released critically acclaimed recordings of classical piano music, experimental music, yodeling tracks by Taiwanese yodeler Ho Lan, and songs in varied styles of Funk, Gospel, and Pop. ... more

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