Album guide
Chopin Revisited
- Composer
- Chopin
- Released
- 2014
- Label
- Ellyah Music
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Rafał Rokicki piano, Michał Kapczuk double bass, Paweł Dobrowolski drums
Five of the seven pieces are in minor keys, a bias that led Jazz Forum to hear Slavic melancholy rather than exuberance at the heart of the record.
Rokicki described the project as a process of deconstructing and reconstructing Chopin through a contemporary sensibility while trying to preserve the spirit of Polish Romanticism.
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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Nocturne In C Minor Op. 48 No. 1Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
- Mazurka In F Major Op. 68 No. 3Mazurka in F major, Op. 68 No. 3
- Étude In C Minor Op. 25 Np. 12, OceanEtude in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12 “Ocean”
- Waltz In F Minor Op. 70 No. 2Waltz in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2
- Étude In F Minor Op. 10 No. 9Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
- Prelude In B-Flat Minor Op. 28, No. 16Prelude in B-flat minor, Op. 28 No. 16
- Prelude In D-Flat Major Op. 28 No. 15, RaindropPrelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 “Raindrop”