Album guide
Los Boleros De Chopin
- Composer
- Chopin
- Released
- 2010
- Label
- Universal Music Spain
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Pepe Rivero piano, Toño Miguel double bass, Georvis Pico drums, with Eva Cortés vocals on one track
Rivero routes Chopin through the bolero and through the geography of Majorca, where the composer spent the winter of 1838-39.
The island references bind the arrangements into a travel narrative, while guest singer Eva Cortés brings words into a programme otherwise led by piano trio.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Obertura De Los 30 SegundosOriginal composition by Pepe Rivero
- Nocturno En La Celda: Op. 9 Nº 2Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
- Vals De La Media Hora: Op. 64 Nº 1Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1
- Bolero Vals: Op. 64 Nº 2Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
- Vals De La Cartuja: Op. 65 Nº 1Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1
- Vespere En Barcelona: Nocturno Op. 32 Nº 9Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1
- Ballade Para Un Invierno En Mallorca: Op. 23 Nº 1Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
- Prélude Para La Sra George: Op. 28 Nº 18Prelude in F minor, Op. 28 No. 18
- La Media Noche En El Mallorquín: Preludio Op. 28 Nº 4Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
- Iré A Menorca: Op. 28 Nº 15Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15
- Música Para Tus Ojos Negros: Estudio Op. 10 Nº 3Étude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
- Recordando A Dos Grandes: Zazauma / I Mean YouNon-classical source
- Mi EsperanzaOriginal composition by Pepe Rivero