In the world of his dreams, he meets Polka, a young girl with an incurable illness, who is the same age his younger sister Emilia was when she died of tuberculosis. Frederic considers the fact that he is a part of his own dream world.įrédéric François Chopin ( フレデリック・フランソワ・ショパン, Furederikku Furansowa Shopan ?), is a renowned composer & pianist and one of the main protagonists of Eternal Sonata. You gotta take responsibility for your own world." Frederic: " My own world? I am part of this world." After all, you're just as much a part of this world as we are! I'm gonna hold ya to that. There's no way you're getting out of it that easy. We'll make sure it does." Beat: " Yeah, you're right, Retto! If everyone sticks together, we can solve anything that comes our way! Don't ya think, Frederic?" Frederic: " Sorry? What did you say?" Beat: " You're gonna be helping us, too, aren't ya?" Frederic: " Oh, well, I'm really not." Allegretto: " Of course he will. And as long as we stick together, work together, it'll work out somehow. Frédéric François Chopin is available from most retail and streaming sites, including Amazon, Apple/iTunes and Spotify.Allegretto: " We're all in this together. Sophia Agranovich is truly “a bold, daring pianist in the tradition of the Golden Age Romantics” (again quoting Fanfare) and her performance of these Chopin works is nothing short of amazing. From thundering chords and octaves to lightning-fast runs to tender lyricism, Agranovich gives it her all and makes it her own. 53, nicknamed “Heroic,” was and is a favorite for its “noble powerful expression, romantic tenderness and virtuosic display” (quoting the liner notes). Agranovich is a wonder in her performance of these very demanding works.
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The third movement, “Marche funèbre,” is one of those classical pieces that became almost cliché from overuse in cartoons and other pop culture, but Agranovich imbues the piece with such deep emotion that I feel like I’m really hearing it for the first time.Įach of the four Scherzos expresses a wide emotional range, allowing the pianist to paint with a full palette of musical colors from the darkest blacks to fiery reds and pastel sparkles. Both physically and emotionally demanding, Agranovich handles the music with power, grace and ease. One of three piano sonatas Chopin composed, it is probably the best-known and was often performed in concert. 35 was composed in 1839 and is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of the nineteenth century. She is a Steinway Artist and has been referred to as a “tigress of the keyboard” by Fanfare Magazine (with good reason!).Ĭhopin’s Sonata No. Ms Agranovich is also a lecturer, master class clinician, adjudicator and the recipient of many teaching awards.
She is a celebrated and in-demand educator whose students consistently win top awards in regional, national and international competitions and often perform in prestigious venues. She began her studies at Juilliard in New York at 15 and earned her Bachelor and Master Degrees there. She won the Ukrainian Young Artists Competition when she was 10 - and the youngest participant. I think it’s a real bonus that Ms Agranovich also wrote the liner notes for the album, giving insight into both the origins and history of the each piece as well as her approach to and interpretation of some of the passages of those works.īorn in Ukraine, Sophia Agranovich’s concerts were broadcast on national television from the time she was 6. Ms Agranovich’s performance is flawless with dazzling precision and passion (not necessarily in that order!), moving effortlessly from pianistic fireworks to deep despair and mourning to graceful lyrical lines that are pure poetry. 35 the four Scherzos, and his Polonaise in Ab Major, Op. With her eighth album, Sophia Agranovich pays homage to Chopin and the 210th anniversary of his birth with a breathtaking selection of some of his larger works for solo piano. I have to admit that I’m all over the map when it comes to piano music that I love, but when it comes to classical music, Frédéric Chopin always seems to rise to the top - both to play and to listen to.
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