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Multimedia Chopin
For Windows 3.x, Windows95 and Macintosh/PowerMac
Description:
If only Chopin could see this infopedia about his life and work himself, no doubt he would be impressed! There are c.a. 40 minutes of films on the CD, as well as over 60 minutes of music - 8 full compositions in audio version plus 32 excerpts - all of them in great performances, plus 200 pictures.
The material included on the CD-ROM will take
you back to the epoch in which Chopin lived and worked. You will hear Chopin's
compositions played in the composer's authentic style ("rubato"
performances) and then compare those with the same compositions performed
in the modern style ("square" performances).
The music:
On the CD-ROM you will find 32 incipits of Chopin's
other works: Polonaise in G minor, Variations Op. 2 on Mozart's "La
Ci darem...", Concerto in F minor Op. 21, Concerto in E minor Op.
11 called No. 1, Lento con gran expressione (c#), Etiude Op. 10 No 12,
Nocturne Op 9 No 1, Waltz Op. 18, Mazurka Op. 17 No 4, Fantasie-Impromptu
Op. 66, Mazurka Op 24 No 2, First Ballade Op. 23, Nocturne Op. 27 No.1,
Scherzo 
op
31, Nocturne Op 32 No. 2, Mazurka Op 33 No. 3, Waltz Op. 34 No. 2, Second
Ballade Op. 38, Sonata Op. 35 myts 1,3, Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1, Third Ballade
Op. 47, Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2, Fantasie Op. 49, Fouth Ballade Op. 52, Nocturne
Op. 55 No. 2, Mazurka Op. 56 No. 3, Berceuse Op. 57, Polonaise-Fantasie
Op. 61, Mazurka Op. 63 No. 3, Waltz Op. 64 No. 1, Mazurka Op. 67, No. 3,
Mazurka Op. 68, No. 4
Chopin's places:
With Multimedia Chopin you will visit a dozen
or so of European cities where the composer stayed (Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw,
Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London and many more). You will discover beautiful
places that were his inspiration and meet the people who he met, loved
and admired - people for whom he created his works.
Ask the professor:
If you do not know exactly what a word "etude"
means or would like to know more about "tempo rubato" you can
ask the Professor! Profesor Anatole Leikin, who teaches at the University
of California will clarify these and other musical terms to you.
The Multimedia Chopin can be used as a lexicon of knowledge about the composer
on your computer as well as listen to it in a regular CD player, as it
is also an audio CD with 8 complete, beautifully performed compositions.
As an added bonus the CD-ROM comes with Macromedia Quick Time. (You need
QuickTime to run Chopin, but you may also use it to run other multimedia
programs)
The user interface and manual are in both English and Polish, so you choose
the language you feel more comfortable with.
Requirements:
For more information mail to:info@gy.com