Album guide
Reflections on Chopin
- Composer
- Chopin
- Released
- 2000
- Label
- Musicians Showcase Recordings
- Forces
- Piano, Solo
- Personnel
- Adam Makowicz
Makowicz recorded this as an unaccompanied pianist, letting the improvisation grow directly out of Chopin without a rhythm section to announce the change of idiom.
It also belongs to his American period: he had already played a Chopin tribute at the French Embassy in Washington in 1999, the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Prelude A minor No 3, op. 28Prélude in G major, Op. 28 No. 3
- Nocturne F major Op.15, No 1Nocturne in F major, Op. 15 No. 1
- Prelude Db major No 15, Op. 28Prélude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’
- Mazurka A Minor Op.17, No 4Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
- Prelude A Major No.7, Op. 28Prélude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7
- Ballad F major No.2, Op. 38Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
- Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66
- Prelude D minor No. 24, Op. 28Prélude in D minor, Op. 28 No. 24
- Prelude E minor No.4, Op. 28Prélude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
- Prelude A minor No.2, Op. 28Prélude in A minor, Op. 28 No. 2
- Nocturne Eb major Op. 9, No. 2Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
- Impromptu Ab major Op. 29Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29
- Prelude Ab major No.17, Op. 28Prélude in A-flat major, Op. 28 No. 17
- Scherzo Op. 54Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
- Nocturne C minor Op. 48, No. 1Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1