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Leopold Godowsky: 53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol. 1

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)

Leopold Godowsky: 53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol. 1
Hamelin’s benchmark recording was made over 20 years ago. It remains an outstanding achievement in the recorded history of the piano. Scherbakov offers an utterly compelling alternative... a...

Gramophone Magazine, July 2020

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Leopold Godowsky: 53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol. 1

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)

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Hamelin’s benchmark recording was made over 20 years ago. It remains an outstanding achievement in the recorded history of the piano. Scherbakov offers an utterly compelling alternative... a...

Gramophone Magazine, July 2020

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Leopold Godowsky wrote his first Studies on the Chopin Études when he was barely 23 years old, and the complete cycle took some 20 years to finish. It remains one of the most extraordinary and technically demanding of all such works. It offered Godowsky one of the greatest virtuosi of his age, but a haphazard teacher an opportunity to resolve his innovative theories of keyboard technique. His exploration of developing the left hand in these studies remains revolutionary, and his ambition of furthering the art of pianoforte playing, triumphantly vindicated.

  • Release date: 14th Feb 2020
  • Label: Marco Polo
  • Catalogue number: 8225372
  • Length: 78 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Godowsky: 53 Piano Studies on the Chopin Études
Work length1:18:44
No. 1 in C Major [1st Version After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 1]
Track length2:06
No. 4 in A Minor "Ignis fatuus" [2nd Version After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 2]
Track length2:10
No. 5 in D-Flat Major [After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 3]
Track length5:08
No. 6 in C-Sharp Minor [After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 4]
Track length2:59
No. 7 in G-Flat Major [1st Version After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 5]
Track length1:48
No. 13 in E-Flat Minor [After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 6]
Track length3:37
No. 14 in C Major "Toccata" [1st Version After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 7]
Track length1:50
No. 16 in F Major [1st Version After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 8]
Track length2:58
No. 17 in C-Sharp Minor [1st Version After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 9]
Track length2:39
No. 20 in A-Flat Major [2nd Version After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 10]
Track length3:36
No. 21 in A Major [After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 11]
Track length3:42
No. 22 in C-Sharp Minor [After Chopin's Op. 10 No. 12]
Track length3:27
No. 25 in A-Flat Major [3rd Version After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 1]
Track length2:36
No. 27 in F Minor "Waltz" [2nd Version After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 2]
Track length2:22
No. 29 in F Major [1st Version After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 3]
Track length2:33
No. 32 in F Minor "Polonaise" [2nd Version After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 4]
Track length6:20
No. 34 in C-Sharp Minor "Mazurka" [2nd Version After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 5]
Track length4:11
No. 36 in G-Sharp Minor "Study in Thirds" [After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 6]
Track length2:30
No. 38 in D-Flat Major "Study in Sixths" [After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 8]
Track length1:37
No. 39 in G-Flat Major [1st Version After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 9]
Track length1:07
No. 41 in B Minor [After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 10]
Track length4:48
No. 42 in A Minor [After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 11]
Track length4:58
No. 43 in C-Sharp Minor [After Chopin's Op. 25 No. 12]
Track length3:26
No. 44 in F Minor [After Chopin's B. 130 No. 1]
Track length1:41
No. 45 in E Major [1st Version After Chopin's B. 130 No. 2]
Track length4:35

Awards and reviews

July 2020

Hamelin’s benchmark recording was made over 20 years ago. It remains an outstanding achievement in the recorded history of the piano. Scherbakov offers an utterly compelling alternative... a fine tribute in Godowsky’s sesquicentenary year.

July/August 2020

Scherbakov’s integrity is never in doubt, his quest for completeness laudable. Unmissable pianism.
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