3 Sonatas

RECORD OF THE MONTH – “The cool and vividly clear sound quality shows Mursky to his best advantage. … I loved every minute of this outstanding release with Mursky providing accounts that can stand comparison with the finest. Clearly born to play Chopin he is in quite remarkable form.” – www.musicweb-international.com – Michael Cookson, Musicweb International, London

“Eugène Mursky never leaves the listener unaffected. He presents us his own view of Chopin’s music and is distinguished by his stylistic diversity. In the sonatas, he does not forsake spectacular sound clashes and dramatic contrasts, but he emphasizes where possible the reflective of the music. Nevertheless, the individual compositions are never gloomy, never depressed, and in this way Mursky takes into account the fact that Chopin was a man of great Noblesse, an ‘aristocrate de coeur’, as René Martin once said.” –www.pizzicato.lu – Pizzicato Magazin, Luxemburg

Audio/mp3 examples from this album:

Sonata No. 3 in B minorl, op. 58 II. Scherzo. Molto vivace 03/02
Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35 III. Marche funebre 02/03
Sonata No. 1 in C minor, op. 4 IV.Finale. Presto 01/04 

Profil/Edition Günter Hänssler 2013

Photo: Felix Broede

Preludes, Variations

• “On the Introduction and Variations on Der Schweizer Bub, he sparkles. The carefree emotional tone of the variations and their opportunity to display his virtuosity fit Mursky’s style perfectly” – Fanfare Magazine
• 24 Preludes op. 28
• Prelude in c-sharp minor, op. 45
• Prelude in A-flat
• Introduction and Variations on a German air “Der Schweizerbub”
• Variations brillantes on Je vends des scapulaires from Herold’s Ludovic op. 12
• Souvenir de Paganini Variations on La ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, op. 2 (Solo-Version)

Continue reading →

Polish Songs, Op. 74

RECORD OF THE MONTH  “Those who still look down on Chopin’s songs should give this a listen. I’m sure they will be converted – just as I was” – Konrad Jarnot (baritone) / Eugène Mursky (piano) – www.musicweb-international.com – Göran Forsling, Musicweb International, London

Continue reading →

19 Nocturnes

“The question of the correct dosage is certainly the most delicate, especially in the Chopin playing. Is it about feeling reinforcement, demonstration of expressive qualities? How quickly does such a spinned, self-centering nocturne, such as the well-known and most popular in C sharp minor, op. posth, to the proximity of “Salonkitsch”! And how fragile it can sound, if the same means are applied sparingly and purposefully, each subject to the rhetoric of a phrase. This quality not only distinguishes the playing of Nelson Freires, they are also impressively presented by Eugène Mursky” – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“For stimulation and a beautiful realization of an aesthetic judgment, this set is highly recommended” – Fanfare Magazine

Continue reading →

4 Scherzi, Fantasie, Berceuse, Barcarolle

“…Mursky’s dignity and understatement in the Barcarolle, Fantasie and Berceuse take him a long way on an always elusive journey. His Fantasie is clear-sighted and musicianly, the opening stealthy march and assuaging reply most sensitively nuanced and phrased, the central B major section a movingly simple oasis of calm. – Gramophone Magazine

Continue reading →

Etudes op. 10 & op. 25, Trois nouvelle Etudes

“Crossing the Rubicon from pragmatism to poetry and transforming each study into a tone-poem of the highest quality is a supreme test of musicianship, and although Mursky is able he is rarely remarkable.” – Gramophone Magazine

Continue reading →