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Track 6- Norturne Op. 9/ 2 in Eb Composer: CHOPIN
Barabar Nissman has been hailed as "...one of the last pianists in the grand romantic tradition of Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Rubinstein". Her recordings of Liszt, Bartok, Prokofiev and Ginastera are also available here at ClassiQuest. This latest recording of Chopin works will soon be followed by a disc of Beethoven.
The booklet notes for this Chopin disc are written by Ms. Nissman herself and she begins with this quote from Franz Liszt, "He confided...those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent in their communications with their Maker. What they never say except on their knees, he said in his palpitating compositions."
Ms. Nissman states that a recording should capture the unique musical experience that takes place between the performer and the imagined audience. What one hears on this disc is what one would have heard had they been seated with Barbara on stage of the recital hall at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. The sound and rich colors of the beautiful new Steinway have not been technologically altered. She hopes the moment of making music has been captured and directly communicated to the hearts of the listeners.
This recording features no compression or post recording processing, techniques which are often done to facilitate conservative listening levels. To get the best results, according to the producers, it is suggested to listen at a volume level approximating the amplitude one might experience seated a few feet away from the piano.
"Simplicity is everything. After having exhausted all the difficulties, after having played immense quantities of notes, and more notes, then simplicity emerges with all its charm, like art's final seal. Whoever wants to obtain this immediately will never achieve it; you can't begin with the end. One has to have studied a lot, tremendously, to reach this goal; it's no easy matter." Frederic Chopin.