Chopin Piano Works Volume 4

4 Ballades
4 Rondos

Catalog: CACD 9038-2 • Status: Mostly Identified

CD Covers

Hatto Chopin Vol. 4 cover
Concert Artist 9038-2 • Joyce Hatto
Joanna Trzeciak cover
Pavane ADW 7291 • Joanna Trzeciak
Anna Malikova cover
Real Sound 18 • Anna Malikova
Eugen Indjic cover
Claves 50-9105 • Eugen Indjic

Capsule Summary

All four Rondos are taken from the Trzeciak CD on Pavane. For the Ballades at least three pianists were used. Anna Malikova plays the 1st Ballade. Eugen Indjic plays the 2nd, 4th, and most of the 3rd Ballade. The 3rd Ballade is an oddity in that more than one pianist is used. Bars 99-145 and the final four chords are not taken from the Indjic recording and have not been identified. The codas of the 1st and 4th Ballades have been sped up as has the Rondo Op. 16.

Sources

  • Joanna Trzeciak — Pavane ADW 7291 (Rondos Opp. 1, 5, 16, 73)
  • Anna Malikova — Real Sound 18 (Ballade No. 1)
  • Eugen Indjic — Claves 50-9105 (Ballades Nos. 2, 4 and parts of No. 3)

Track Evidence

Track 1: Rondo in C minor, Op. 1

Trzeciak waveform (Track 1)

Joanna Trzeciak (8:28)

Hatto waveform (Track 1)

Hatto (8:28)

Track 2: Rondo à la Mazur in F minor, Op. 5

Trzeciak waveform (Track 2)

Joanna Trzeciak (8:56)

Hatto waveform (Track 2)

Hatto (8:56)

Track 3: Rondo in E-flat, Op. 16

Trzeciak waveform (Track 3)

Joanna Trzeciak (10:05)

Hatto waveform (Track 3)

Hatto (9:50)

The Hatto recording is sped up by 2.38 %.

Track 4: Rondo in C, Op. 73

Trzeciak waveform (Track 4)

Joanna Trzeciak (9:06)

Hatto waveform (Track 4)

Hatto (9:06)

Track 5: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Malikova waveform (Track 5)

Anna Malikova (8:26)

Hatto waveform (Track 5)

Hatto (8:16)

The Hatto recording has been sped up by ≈ 11 % from eight bars before the coda to the end.

Track 6: Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

Indjic waveform (Track 6)

Eugen Indjic (6:59)

Hatto waveform (Track 6)

Hatto (6:59)

Track 7: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

Indjic waveform (Track 7)

Eugen Indjic + unknown pianist (7:06)

Hatto waveform (Track 7)

Hatto (7:10)

Indjic is used except for measures 99–145 and the final four chords, which come from an unidentified pianist.

Track 8: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Indjic waveform (Track 8)

Eugen Indjic (11:12)

Hatto waveform (Track 8)

Hatto (11:08)

The coda of the Hatto recording has been sped up by ≈ 5.4 %.