Album guide
Chopin Impressions
- Composer
- Chopin
- Released
- 2017
- Label
- Soliton
- Forces
- Piano, Saxophone
- Personnel
- Leszek Kułakowski piano, Mikael Godée soprano saxophone and flute, Piotr Kułakowski double bass, Tomasz Sowiński drums, Ebba Westerberg percussion
Kułakowski and Swedish soprano saxophonist Mikael Godée divided the arranging between them, taking four Chopin pieces each.
Godée’s warm soprano line and Ebba Westerberg’s percussion give the quintet colours far removed from the familiar piano-trio treatment of Chopin.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Walc a-moll op.34 nr.2Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
- Nocturne g-moll op.55 nr.1Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1
- Preludium h-moll op.28Prélude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6
- Marche funebre (Piano Sonata b-moll op.35, III mov)Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre
- Nocturne cis-moll op.posth.Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. (Lento con gran espressione)
- Preludium c-moll op.28Prélude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20
- Mazurek a-moll op.17 nr.4Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
- Preludium e-moll op.28Prélude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4