Stradivari Classics Chopin Nocturnes Impromptus Fantaisie In F - Dubravka Tomsic
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Stradivari Classics Chopin Nocturnes Impromptus Fantaisie In F - Dubravka Tomsic
Frederic Chopin
Nocturnes / Impromptus / Nocturnes / Fantaisie in F
Pianist Dubravka Tomsic
CD released by Stradivari Classics
Composer – Frederic Chopin, Piano – Dubravka Tomsic
Artist bios:
Slovenia's Dubravka Tomsic is something of a connoisseur's pianist, not a marquee name widely known outside of classical music circles, but often listed among the finest players in the world by those in the know. Only now becoming well known in the West, she was a marquee name in the former Yugoslavia and in other Eastern European countries. Born in 1940 in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, she gave her first piano recital at age five. She grew up in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana and studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Music during her childhood. Her talents were noticed by the great Chilean-American pianist Claudio Arrau, who encouraged her to come to the U.S. to study. So, when she was 12, Tomsic moved to New York and enrolled at the Juilliard School, where her primary teacher was Katherine Bacon. The teenaged pianist gave recitals around New York, including one in Carnegie Hall that attracted the attention of Artur Rubinstein. Tomsic studied for two years with Rubinstein, and he called her "a perfect and marvelous pianist." She graduated from Juilliard with two special awards, by which time she had an appearance with the New York Philharmonic under her belt.
After these high-flying beginnings, however, Tomsic chose to return home to Ljubljana. From the late 1950s until the late 1980s she taught at the Ljubljana Academy of Music (where she is still a professor), raised a family, and built a considerable reputation in southeastern Europe. Her return to the U.S. spotlight came in 1989 with an acclaimed performance at the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, and since then she has played recitals in over a dozen U.S. cities (often finding herself immediately asked back afterward) and around Europe. She has also made concerto appearances with orchestras and performed at several major music festivals. Since 1987 she has released over 60 recordings, including most of the major Romantic concertos and solo piano music from Bach and Scarlatti to Debussy and Rachmaninov.
Slovenia's Dubravka Tomsic is something of a connoisseur's pianist, not a marquee name widely known outside of classical music circles, but often listed among the finest players in the world by those in the know. Only now becoming well known in the West, she was a marquee name in the former Yugoslavia and in other Eastern European countries. Born in 1940 in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, she gave her first piano recital at age five. She grew up in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana and studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Music during her childhood. Her talents were noticed by the great Chilean-American pianist Claudio Arrau, who encouraged her to come to the U.S. to study. So, when she was 12, Tomsic moved to New York and enrolled at the Juilliard School, where her primary teacher was Katherine Bacon. The teenaged pianist gave recitals around New York, including one in Carnegie Hall that attracted the attention of Artur Rubinstein. Tomsic studied for two years with Rubinstein, and he called her "a perfect and marvelous pianist." She graduated from Juilliard with two special awards, by which time she had an appearance with the New York Philharmonic under her belt.
After these high-flying beginnings, however, Tomsic chose to return home to Ljubljana. From the late 1950s until the late 1980s she taught at the Ljubljana Academy of Music (where she is still a professor), raised a family, and built a considerable reputation in southeastern Europe. Her return to the U.S. spotlight came in 1989 with an acclaimed performance at the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, and since then she has played recitals in over a dozen U.S. cities (often finding herself immediately asked back afterward) and around Europe. She has also made concerto appearances with orchestras and performed at several major music festivals. Since 1987 she has released over 60 recordings, including most of the major Romantic concertos and solo piano music from Bach and Scarlatti to Debussy and Rachmaninov.
At the keyboard, Tomsic's reserved demeanor belies the expressivity of her playing. Noted for the variety of tone colors she can coax from the piano and for the power and smoothness of her trills, Tomsic offered performances that often evoked the adjective "seamless." Her "dazzling technique," noted the Boston Phoenix after a Tomsic concert that finally ended after five encores, "is never an end but a means of achieving emotional directness and poetic insinuation."
TRACKLIST
| Impromptus | |||
| 1 | Impromptu In A-flat Major, Op. 29 - Allegro Assai | 3:58 | |
| 2 | Impromptu In F-sharp Major, Op. 36 - Andantino | 5:58 | |
| 3 | Impromptu In G-flat Major, Op. 51 - Vivace | 5:36 | |
| 4 | Fantasie Impromptu In C-sharp Minor, Op. 66 (Posth.) - Allegro Agitato | 5:20 | |
| Nocturnes | |||
| 5 | Nocturne In C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 - Larghetto | 5:05 | |
| 6 | Nocturne In D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 - Lento Sostenuto | 5:32 | |
| 7 | Nocturne In G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1 | 6:44 | |
| 8 | Nocturne In G Major, Op. 37, No. 2 - Andantino | 5:39 | |
| 9 | Fantasie In F Minor, Op. 49 - Tempo Di Arcia (Grave) / Lento Sostenuto / Adagio Sostenuto | 12:07 |
CREDITS
- Composed By – Frédéric Chopin
- Piano – Dubravka Tomsic
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 – 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius" was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation.
Chopin's music, his status as one of music's earliest superstars, his (indirect) association with political insurrection, his high-profile love-life, and his early death have made him a leading symbol of the Romantic era. His works remain popular, and he has been the subject of numerous films and biographies of varying historical fidelity.
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Data sheet
- Style
- Chamber Music
Classical
Romantic - Artist
- Dubravka Tomsic
- Format
- CD
- Genre
- Classical
- Record Label
- Pair Records
- Release Year
- 1987
- Release Title
- Polonaise / Waltzes / Nocturnes / Preludes / Etude / Mazurkas / B
- Catalog Number
- SCD 6009
- Run Time
- 55 min.
- Case Condition
- Good (G)
- Composer
- Frédéric Chopin
- CD Grading
- Good Plus (G+)
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