Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39 (Chopin) - from APR6002 - Hyperion Records

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Dissonance is again at the heart of the Third Scherzo, and even today the opening octaves can seem harshly novel and uncompromising. The principle theme was inspired by Adolf Gutmann, Chopin’s pupil who could – with a taste of karate – apparently punch a hole in a table. The contrasting chorale with its cascading reply may well echo a liturgical chant heard at the monastery in Valdemosa (where Chopin was a guest in 1842) and its final transformation and expansion in the coda is among Chopin’s most daring masterstrokes.

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Recording details: October 1935
HMV, United Kingdom
Release date: February 2005
Total duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39

composer

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

1839, begun in Majorca, completed in Nohant; dedicated to Adolf Gutmann

Simon Barere (piano)

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