Chopin's Nocturnes form a central collection in the romantic piano repertoire, and with good reason. But just how did the inspiration for such an epic set of piano pieces come about? Frederic Chopin's ...

Maurizio Pollini's connection with Chopin goes back a long way - to the very beginning of his career, when he won the 1960 Chopin competition in Warsaw at 18. His earliest recordings (for EMI) were ...

Chopin was born 200 years ago on Monday, but it’s a tricky anniversary to celebrate. His oeuvre, almost exclusively for piano, offers little scope for repackaging. There is nothing to be dug up or ...

Though not the most imaginative take on the 21 nocturnes, the French pianist captures Chopin’s music as it was conceived on a superb-sounding 1836 Pleyel Chopin composed 21 nocturnes, 18 of which were ...

(4) Ballades, Movements: No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Eliane Rodrigues, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer (4) Ballades, Movements: No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Eliane Rodrigues, Piano ...

In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...

McCawley, an English pianist with a rising profile, offers a self-effacing introduction to Chopin, showing reliable taste but not much temperament. He is best in the Three Ecossaises Op.72 and the ...

From Etudes to Nocturnes – here’s the very best of Frédéric Chopin, 19th-century piano virtuoso and leading figure of the Romantic era. Frédéric Chopin is almost exclusively associated with the king ...

At the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, pianist Louis Lortie plays the Nocturne, No. 2, Op. 27 by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849).

(4) Ballades, Movements: No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Lars Vogt, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer 2 Nocturnes Lars Vogt, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer 2 Nocturnes Op 27 Lars Vogt, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, ...