Dina Ugorskaja – Bach . Chopin (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

The very last release with Dina Ugorskaja, who passed away in September 2019 aged 46. The programme includes the 24 Preludes Op. 28 by Chopin and J.S. Bach’s Inventions.

J. S. Bach’s Inventions – unfortunately still regarded as mere exercises – have fascinated Dina Ugorskaja since her childhood thanks to their incredibly refined wealth of ideas, particularly when it comes to just two voices, where it is up to the player to discover how able you really have to be in order to master the task. Standing in contrast to this is one of the most challenging cycles in piano music, in both a musical and a technical sense, Chopin’s Preludes, with their rapid changes between different, and at times highly polarised, feelings and sentiments; a synthesis imbibed with disarming naturalness that makes it almost impossible for a performance to bring out the music itself and not the interpreter. The tension between the deceptive straightforwardness of Bach and the simplicity required by the complexity of Chopin makes this an exciting combination.

Tracklist:
1. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 (01:38)
2. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 773 (01:34)
3. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774 (01:32)
4. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775 (00:39)
5. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 5 in E flat Major BWV 776 (01:44)
6. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777 (03:28)
7. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 778 (02:26)
8. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (00:52)
9. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 780 (05:13)
10. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781 (01:11)
11. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No 11 in G Minor, BWV 782 (01:25)
12. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (01:04)
13. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 (01:04)
14. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 14 in B flat Major, BWV 785 (01:13)
15. Dina Ugorskaja – 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786: No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (01:49)
16. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major. Agitato (00:36)
17. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor. Lento (02:12)
18. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major. Vivace (00:55)
19. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo (02:02)
20. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major. Allegro molto (00:36)
21. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai (02:02)
22. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major. Andantino (00:47)
23. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Major. Molto agitato (02:07)
24. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major. Largo (01:21)
25. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor. Allegro molto (00:31)
26. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major. Vivace (00:36)
27. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Presto (01:19)
28. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Minor. Lento (03:19)
29. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor. Allegro (00:32)
30. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Minor. Sostenuto (05:31)
31. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor. Presto con fuoco (01:10)
32. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No.17 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto (03:03)
33. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor. Allegro molto (01:04)
34. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major. Vivace (01:26)
35. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor. Largo (03:08)
36. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major. Cantabile (01:58)
37. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor. Molto agitato (00:47)
38. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major. Moderato (00:59)
39. Dina Ugorskaja – 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor. Allegro appassionata (02:34)