Album guide
Novi Sing Chopin
- Composer
- Chopin
- Released
- 1971
- Label
- Selles Records
- Forces
- Vocal
- Personnel
- NOVI Singers
NOVI built its own wordless vocal language, treating the four singers as an instrumental ensemble rather than a conventional choir.
The 1971 Chopin record divided opinion when it appeared, yet became the album most closely associated with the group and a reference point for later Polish vocal treatments of Chopin.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Preludium E-Moll Op. 28 Nr 4 Prélude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
- Preludium Des-Dur Op. 28 Nr 15 Prélude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’
- Mazurek F-Dur Op. 68 Nr 4 Mazurka in F major, Op. 68 No. 3
- Grande Valse Brillante Op. 34 No.2 Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
- Scherzo H-Moll Op. 20 (Molto Più Lento) Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
- Mazurek A-Moll Op. 17 Nr 4 Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
- Preludium Fis-Dur Op. 28 Nr 14 Prélude in F-sharp major, Op. 28 No. 13
- Mazurek E-Moll Op. 41 Nr 2 Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2
- Preludium H-Moll Op. 28 Nr 6 Prélude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6
- Walc Des-Dur Op. 64 Nr 1 Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute’
- Ballada F-Moll Op. 52 (Fragment) Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52