Album guide
The Chopin Project
Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck
- Composer
- Chopin
- Released
- 2022
- Label
- Heartcore Records
- Forces
- Guitar, Piano, Quartet
- Personnel
- Lukas Traxel, Jorge Rossy, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Jean-Paul Brodbeck
Brodbeck began working on the arrangements after hearing an old cassette of Chopin that had belonged to his father.
Rosenwinkel’s electric guitar often takes the singing line normally associated with the piano, while the quartet leaves enough space for the source music to loosen into collective improvisation.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Étude in E-flat minor (Op. 10, No. 6)Étude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6
- Prélude in E-flat minor (Op. 28, No. 14)Prélude in E-flat minor, Op. 28 No. 14
- ‘Raindrop’ Prélude in D-flat major (Op. 28, No. 15)Prélude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’
- Valse in C-sharp minor (Op. 64, No. 2)Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
- Prélude in C major (Op. 28, No. 1)Prélude in C major, Op. 28 No. 1
- Nouvelle Étude in A-flat major (No. 2)Nouvelle étude No. 2 in A-flat major
- Prélude in B minor (Op. 28, No. 6)Prélude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6
- Nocturne in C-sharp minor (Op. 27, No. 1)Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
- Prélude in A minor (Op. 28, No. 2)Prélude in A minor, Op. 28 No. 2
- Prélude in E major (Op. 28, No. 9)Prélude in E major, Op. 28 No. 9