Cantabile in B-flat, KK 1230 (1834) – A Chopin Rarity
Jan 12th, 2009 by bkr
“One is loath to believe that the echo of Chopin’s magic music can ever fall upon unheeding ears. He may become old-fashioned, but, like Mozart, he will remain eternally beautiful.”
Even for a piece barely more than a minute in length, the “eternally beautiful” Chopin cited by writer and pianist james Huneker (author of the definitive book Chopin: The Man and his Music) is evident in this brief Cantabile. This little gem often turns up folios and other albums devoted to 19th-century miniatures, though it didn’t actually appear in print until 1931, nearly 100 years after Chopin compoosed it.
Cantabile, after all, is defined as “to sing or play in a sweetly singing manner.” See if you don’t think that’s exactly what Chopin Project Pianist Noel McRobbie does in this performance…
- Listen to Cantabile in B-flat, KK 1230 (1834) by Fryderyk Chopin
- Download a Public Domain edition of the sheet music for Cantabile in B-flat, KK 1230 (1834) by Fryderyk Chopin
Did you see Stephen Hough’s comments on his blog about tempo in Chopin?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/stephen_hough/blog/2009/02/09/agile_wings_not_muscular_legs
Pete
хороший рассказ, все разложено по полкам
Как по мне – тема раскрыта четко, спасибо за пост!
Мне кажется очень полезная штука.