Rodion Shchedrin - Homage To Chopin

The starting point of Shchedrin's composition is the tune from Chopin's Prelude in C minor No. 28 Op.20. performed by Shchedrin, Nicolas Economou, Paul Gulda and Chick Corea. Four pianists play on four pianos! The starting point of Rodion Shchedrin's composition is the tune from Chopin's Prelude No.20 in C minor Op.28. Shchedrin alters and dissects this tune, but only to evoke it again and again. In this way Homage to Chopin establishes a connection between Chopin's romantic piano music and the dizzy brusqueness of contemporary composition. The German premi?re of this work was recorded in the Kongressaal in Munich and was performed by Rodion Shchedrin himself, Nicolas Economou, Paul Gulda, son of Friedrich Gulda, and the famous American jazz pianist Chick Corea.