Chopin - Piano Music DVD

 A bit disappointed
First of all, I think the title is a bit misleading. I imagined a recital consisting of a range of Chopin work but instead there are only four works, The Preludes, The Etudes and the 'Funeral March' Sonata. I suppose you can argue that the performance consists of 49 separate pieces but this is not really the case. The Preludes, especially, are logically related to each other so cannot be regarded as individual entities. The same goes for the Etudes; although they are not tied to each other as strongly as the Preludes. Secondly, although the performances were adequate the producer altered the lighting and piano position for each piece. I don't know why he did this. Maybe he was trying to match the scenic mood with the musical mood. It didn't work. I found it very irritating. Angela Hewitt materialises out of ectoplasm at the beginning of each movement of the Sonata. Again, this was unnecessary and distracting and irritating. But overall not a bad DVD. The sound is good but this DVD will not be on the shelf of my most treasured performances.
Submitted by rlssayer (Seattle WA) 
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