The 2006 recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award, Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter has focused intensely on the music of Fryderyk Chopin during her prodigious career. She has produced several excellent and highly praised recordings that showcase different aspects of his oeuvre. The most recent is her recording of his 24 Preludes for Linn Records— you can hear her delve into this exquisite music at www.youtube.com.
The disc was named Gramophone Magazine’s ‘Recording of the Month’ in November 2014 with these words of praise: “Ingrid Fliter seems to be able to achieve individuality seemingly effortlessly, with cherishable and memorable results. She is a virtuoso of the first order but she holds this in reserve, so when she does unleash her full technical armoury, it’s extraordinarily potent. A gem of a disc.” This disc also made Gramophone’s List of Top 10 Chopin recordings, or what they consider the ten best ways to expand your Chopin collection, in April 2015.
Below are Fliter’s recordings dedicated solely to Chopin:
Chopin: Preludes
Fryderyk Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Linn Records CKD 475
Chopin: Piano Concertos
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2
Ingrid Fliter, piano; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jun Märkl, conductor
Linn Records CKD 455
Chopin: Complete Waltzes
Fryderyk Chopin: Waltzes No. 1-20
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Warner Classics/EMI (Amazon)
Chopin: Recital
Fryderyk Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58; Mazurkas No. 1-3, B 157/Op. 59; Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp Major, Op. 60; Waltz for Piano in E flat major, Op. 18; Waltzes No. 1-3, Op. 64; Ballade No. 4, Op. 52
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Warner Classics/EMI (Amazon)
Ingrid Fliter Plays Chopin
Fryderyk Chopin: Nocturne in G Major, Op.9, No.3; Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op.44; Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52; Mazurka in F minor, Op.63, No.2; Scherzo No.4 in E Major, Op.54; Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op.27, No.2; Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor; Scherzo No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.31; Waltz in A-flat Major, Op.42; Waltz in G-flat Major, Op.70. No.1; Waltz in E-flat Major, Op.18
VAI AUDIO 1251 (recorded live at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw on December 1, 2003)
[Sources: gramophone.co.uk, gramophone.co.uk, ingridfliter.com]