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Back To Bach Plays Chopin

Back to Bach

Composer
Chopin
Released
2011
Label
Gateway Music
Forces
Piano
Personnel
Poul Rosenbaum piano, Mads Vinding double bass

Rosenbaum and Vinding carry the close piano-and-bass conversation of their Bach recordings into Chopin.

Short forms dominate, so études, mazurkas and preludes arrive with the compactness and variety of a jazz songbook.

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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsChopin · classical source works

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Etude Ab Major Op. 25, No. 1Etude in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1 “Aeolian Harp”
  2. Etude E Major Op. 10, No. 3Etude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
  3. Nocturne Eb Major Op. 9, No. 2Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
  4. Nocturne E Minor Op. 72, No. 1Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1
  5. Waltz A Minor Op. 34, No. 2Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
  6. Mazurka C Major Op. 56, No. 2Mazurka in C major, Op. 56 No. 2
  7. Prelude C Minor Op. 28, No. 20Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20
  8. Prelude G Major Op. 28, No. 3Prelude in G major, Op. 28 No. 3
  9. Prelude E Minor Op. 28, No. 4Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
  10. Etude F Minor Op. 25, No.2Etude in F minor, Op. 25 No. 2 “The Bees”
  11. Mazurka C# Minor Mol Op. 6, No. 2Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2
  12. Etude Eb Minor Op. 10, No. 6Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6
  13. Mazurka A Minor Op. 17, No. 4Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
  14. Waltz Ab Major Op. 69, No.1Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 “L’adieu”
  15. Waltz Ab Major Op. 42Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 42 “Grande valse”
  16. Mazurka F Minor Op. 68, No. 4 (Chopin’s Last Composition)Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4