Aimi Kobayashi - Chopin Preludes - Piano Works (CD)

Details: "Chopin is a composer who has been with me since I started playing the piano as a child. In Japan, where I grew up, it is impossible to avoid Chopin's music! He is one of the most popular composers for everybody, and all pianists start playing and getting to know his music from a very young age. Therefore, he becomes an essential part of your life very naturally. I have wanted to record the complete Preludes for a long time. It is always very interesting to approach works like this that are conceived as a whole - like the 24 Bach Preludes and Fugues or the Debussy Preludes. Each prelude is individual, and each is in a different tonality so the colour and characters are completely different, and as the structure of each individual prelude is relatively open there is a lot of freedom for interpretation." - Aimi Kobayashi

Tracklist:

1. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major
2. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 2 in a Minor
3. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major
4. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 4 in E minor
5. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major
6. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 6 in B minor
7. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 7 in a Major
8. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp minor
9. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major
10. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp minor
11. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major
12. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp minor
13. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
14. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat minor
15. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No.15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"
16. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat minor
17. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major
18. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 18 in F minor
19. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major
20. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 20 in C minor "Funeral March"
21. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major
22. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 22 in G minor
23. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major
24. 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 24 in D minor
25. Prelude in C-Sharp minor Op. 45
26. Prelude No. 26 in A-Flat Major Op. Posth
27. Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major Op. 61
28. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp minor Op. 66