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Track(s) taken from CDA66584

Étude pathétique in B minor, Op 124

composer

Peter Jacobs (piano)
Recording details: June 1991
St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mike Skeet
Engineered by Mike Skeet
Release date: April 1992
Total duration: 3 minutes 42 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Jacobs treats the music with affection, but also respect; he's served by an excellent recording’ (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

‘Well worth the attention of those who enjoy piano music that seeks merely to soothe, charm and enchant’ (Gramophone)

‘In this well recorded, presented and imaginatively conceived issue we see again just how well Hyperion can produce the goods! It is a particular pleasure to see this issue on the market’ (CDReview)
The Étude pathétique in B minor, Op 124, is, as its title implies, an agitated affair: impassioned, vehement, even tragic, chromatically inflected (and afflicted), with grand gestures and dramatic alternations of tempo. But as a piece of rhodomontade it is carried off with fine style.

from notes by Calum MacDonald © 1992

L’Étude pathétique en si mineur, opus 124, est, comme le titre l’indique, un morceau tourmenté: passionné, véhément, même tragique, infligé (et affligé) chromatiquement de nobles gestes et de dramatiques alternances de tempo. Mais c’est un exemple de fanfaronade enlevé avec le plus grand style.

extrait des notes rédigées par Calum MacDonald © 1992
Français: Alain Midoux

Die Étude pathétique in h-Moll Op. 124 ist, wie schon der Titel nahelegt, eine erregtere Angelegenheit: leidenschaftlich, hitzig, ja sogar tragisch, chromatisch angehaucht (und belastet), mit großartigen Gesten und dramatischen Tempowechseln. Doch als Rodomontade wird das Stück in glanzvollem Stil bewältigt.

aus dem Begleittext von Calum MacDonald © 1992
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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