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The Chopin Project - CD, LP

Ólafur Arnalds | Alice Sara Ott

Classical | Contemporary classical

2015

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LP Ólafur Arnalds: The Chopin Project

Black Vinyl — Mercury Classics

Mercury Classics 12. May 2015 Europe

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The award-winning Icelandic pop/classical musician Ólafur Arnalds has always been deeply moved by Chopin's piano music, but he grew increasingly tired of the sameness and standardized "perfection" of the respective recordings. Therefore, he grew a desire to approach Chopin differently, with his own recorded interpretation. "Why should we use the...

More ID: 63953 EAN: 0028948115068 Discogs ID: 6864514

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Title	The Chopin Project
Artist	Ólafur Arnalds \| Alice Sara Ott
More info	Black Vinyl — Mercury Classics
Format	LP (vinyl)
Labels	Mercury Classics
Country of issue	Europe
Date of publication	12. May 2015
First released	2015
Weight	230 g
EAN	0028948115068
Product ID	63953
Discogs ID	6864514
Discogs reviews	4.35

Ólafur Arnalds: The Chopin Project version on vinyl LP in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Europe in publishing company Mercury Classics on 12. May 2015.

The award-winning Icelandic pop/classical musician Ólafur Arnalds has always been deeply moved by Chopin's piano music, but he grew increasingly tired of the sameness and standardized "perfection" of the respective recordings. Therefore, he grew a desire to approach Chopin differently, with his own recorded interpretation. "Why should we use the technology at our disposal only as an instrument and not also as a means of interpretation? Why shouldn't microphones, space - sound - also participate in the performance?" In collaboration with the outstanding German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott, the Chopin Project was born. Selecting Chopin's compositions, Arnalds sketched the emotional arc for this CD and composed intermezzi for string quintet (piano) and synthesizer inspired by the atmosphere and themes of these pieces. In the production, Ott and Arnalds created an intimate, fragile and often charmingly imperfect sound using old, unusual or prepared pianos recorded with old-fashioned recording equipment. The result is a unique musical contemplation of Chopin's work performed by two exceptional artists.

Album spans genres Classical and Contemporary classical.

A1	Verses
A2	Piano Sonata No.3: Largo
A3	Nocturne In C Sharp Minor
	Featuring Mari Samuelsen
A4	Reminiscence
A5	Nocturne In G Minor
B1	Eyes Shut / Nocturne In C Minor
B2	Written In Stone
B3	Letters Of A Traveller
B4	Prelude In D Flat Major ("Raindrop")