Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes And Impromptus43 reviews Frederic Chopin, Claudio Arrau Philips, 1997 Nocturnissimo + Sublime: Arrau plays Chopin Nocturnes + Masterfully Played + Claudio Arrau, Enchanting             Chopin: Piano Concerto 1, Nocturnes5 reviews Frederic Chopin, Paul Kletzki, ... EMI Classics, 2001 The Best Ever Performance of Chopin's 1st Concerto + Youthful promise from a great artist + Brilliant Performances of Chopin's music from Pollini + Impecable, but not enough + Referance performance             Chopin: Polonaises / Maurizio Pollini9 reviews Frederic Chopin, Maurizio Pollini Deutsche Grammophon, 1998 Pollini at his finest: Chopin Polonaises + Exceptional Chopin The Polonaise was a dance that originated in the Polish Court in the Sixteenth Century. Unlike the Mazurka, which had its genesis in the peasantry, the Polonaise was a dance of the nobility. It became a popular compositional format for composers during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. ...             Chopin:Rubinstein Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 [Hybrid SACD]4 reviews Frederic Chopin, Alfred Wallenstein, ... RCA, 2005 reference recordings + Rubinstein's Chopin in Living Stereo There are a number of fine couplings of the Chopin concertos in the catalog, however, so highly regarded were these Rubinstein recordings that for decades they were the standard by which all others were measured. Have they been superceded? Maybe, but they have a strong advantage in that they ...             Chopin: Complete Mazurkas Frederic Chiu Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2003             Chopin: Mazurkas (Complete), Vol. 1 Frederic Chopin, Idil Biret Naxos, 1990             Richter: The Master, Bach & Chopin Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin, ... Decca, 2007 Sviatoslav Richter is widely regarded as one of the finest pianists of the twentieth century. With a career that began in Soviet Russia in the 1930s, listeners in the West had their first opportunity to hear him through recordings made in the 1950s, and his reputation among classical fans grew quickly. Richter's approach to music is best illustrated by the enormous range of his repertoire. In ...             Chopin: Ballades; Third Sonata1 review Frederic Chopin, Nikolai Demidenko Hyperion UK, 2005 This is good stuff right here A few months ago I was fortunate to have heard Marc-Andre Hamelin play the B minor sonata in Chicago. That was my first time hearing it and the third movement was so beautiful many people in the audience around me had tears in their eyes, and so did I. That was such an amazing experience that ...             Chopin: Preludes; Impromptus3 reviews Frederic Chopin, Claudio Arrau Philips, 2007 Definitive Recording of Chopin's Op. 28 Preludes and Impromptus + Great composer, great artist Claudio Arrau was among the foremost interpreters of Chopin's piano scores, justly celebrated for his dramatically intense, yet refined technical skills at the keyboard. Philips has just re-issued this classic recording of these Chopin piano works, using the latest 24 bit digital-image remastering ...             Chopin: Mazurkas, Vol. 22 reviews Frederic Chopin, Idil Biret Naxos, 1999 Idel Biret Plays Chopin Mazurkas -- 2 Idel Biret's complete set of Chopin on Naxos has been so widely and justly acclaimed that I am surprised there are relatively few reviews of her performances on Amazon. This CD is the second of a set of two of the Chopin Mazurkas. The CD includes 25 works, beginning with three mazurkas of opus ...             Richter The Master: Chopin & Liszt2 reviews Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, ... Decca, 2008 Unbelievable + Scattered marvels in the Liszt, a total dud in the Chopin God, where to start about these two CDs! On the debit side, one should note that the recorded sound varies from fair to good, but is never actually unpleasant. The reviewer of these discs in American Record Guide said that the Chopin performances sounded like Richter on an off day. We all should ...             Maria João Pires ~ Chopin - Piano Concerto No, 1 · Fantasie op. 49 · Fantasie-Impromptu op. 66 · Berceuse op. ...5 reviews Frédéric Chopin, Emmanuel Krivine, ... Dg Imports, 1999 Stunning! + Five Star + Touching The most lyrical performance you will ever hear of Chopin's First Concerto. Absolutely the most beautiful interpretation. Stunning and not to be missed.             Horowitz Plays Chopin1 review Frederic Chopin, Vladimir Horowitz Sony Classics, 2007 Superb Chopin from Horowitz Vladimir Horowitz (who had a Polish grandmother and was fond of pointing out that he was "half as much a Pole as Chopin"), recorded more of Chopin's music than that of any other composer. For decades Horowitz had a problematic relationship with Chopin's Second Sonata. A 1936 attempt to record ...             Horowitz Plays Chopin: Ballades, Préludes, Nocturnes1 review Frederic Chopin, Vladimir Horowitz Sony, 2003 Horowitz's Captivating Chopin Vladimir Horowitz (who had a Polish grandmother and was fond of pointing out that he was "half as much a Pole as Chopin"), recorded more of Chopin's music than that of any other composer. Horowitz made four (approved) recordings of the Chopin's Ballade in G-Minor. Truth be told, he was never ...             Chopin: Etudes; Nocturnes; Polonaise No. 7; Scriabine: Sonatas pour piano No. 2 & 5 Frederic Chopin, Alexander Scriabin, ... Praga Czech Rep., 2004             Chopin: Waltzes; 4 Scherzos; 26 Preludes2 reviews Frederic Chopin, Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca, 1999 Another excellent performance by an excellent pianist + Excellent As usual, Ashkenazy's performance of Chopin is extremely good. His interpretation and technique are unmatched by any other pianist.             Frederic Chopin: Complete Works For Piano And Orchestra6 reviews Frederic Chopin, Eliahu Inbal, ... Philips, 1993 Beautifully balanced + beautiful + Amazing + Piano + more + Arrau, Chopin de lo mejor             Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Fantasy2 reviews Frederic Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn, ... EMI Classics, 2004 Arrau Recital I prefer Idel Biret's rendition of the Chopin Sonata but I would also give Arrau's rendition high marks. The playing was a bit more reserved than Biret's. I liked Arrau's approach to the Fantasy in F and I believe it compares favorably to the other versions I own by Rubinstein and Fou Ts'ong. I ...             Chopin: Études; Allegro de Concert2 reviews Frederic Chopin, Claudio Arrau EMI Classics, 2007 Sterling + Great Performance, but alas, not a Great Recording You may ask yourself why you need a recording of the Etudes in somewhat tubby monaural sound, when there are excellent modern versions by Lortie, Perahia, Biret, and, across two CDs, Freire. Well, this is Arrau at the peak of his virtuoso years for EMI, when his interpretations were less worked ...             Chopin: Waltzes Nos. 1-1418 reviews Frederic Chopin, Dinu Lipatti EMI Classics, 1999 Beautifully organized structure + Perfect Chopin waltzes + Breathtaking + Tragedy, Rediscovery, and Harmonized Proportion