Mikhail Pletnev - Chopin & Scriabin Preludes - LP

AAA Pure Analog 45rpm Double LP, Gatefold — The First Purely Analog DG Production Since the 1980s

Mikhail Pletnev releases his first studio album on Deutsche Grammophon since 2005. The pianist, conductor, and composer brings his special expressiveness to two important prelude cycles: Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28 and Scriabin's 24 Preludes, Op. 11, capturing the character of each individual miniature on his preferred Shigeru Kawai grand piano. Planned as a live recording, it instead emerged from a single four-and-a-half-hour studio session. The vinyl is also a milestone: a purely analog DG production captured with custom Sennheiser microphones and a Studer C37 tube tape machine, then minimally processed using classic cutting and splicing techniques for unadulterated, warm musicality.

Features

• AAA pure analog recording
• Double LP, 45rpm
• Recorded on a Studer C37 tube tape machine with two custom-made Sennheiser microphones
• The first purely analog Deutsche Grammophon production since the 1980s
• Gatefold jacket
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Track Listing

Side A — Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28:

1. Nos. 1–14

Side B — Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28:

1. Nos. 15–24

Side C — Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11:

1. Nos. 1–12

Side D — Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11:

1. Nos. 13–24