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Chopin: Four Ballades, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

Ivan Moravec

Classical - Released October 29, 2001 | Supraphon a.s.

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Chopin Piano Works

Arthur Rubinstein

Classical - Released January 1, 2011 | Regis Records

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Chopin: Mazurkas & Sonate No. 3

Lukas Geniušas

Classical - Released May 15, 2020 | Mirare

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Chopin was an absolute master of “small forms” (preludes, ballads, nocturnes, mazurkas, impromptus, études, polonaises), which often overshadowed his larger works such as the three piano sonatas and the sonata for cello and piano which are brilliant but are often criticised for being disparate pieces strung together. Yet, upon closer examination, many musicologists have found that these works are carefully structured and as accomplished as the classical models established by Haydn and Beethoven.In this recital for Mirare, the Russian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas has once again set his sights on Chopin after his interpretation of Chopin’s twenty-four Etudes (for Dux Records) in 2013 was highly praised. Two years later, the release of his monographic album dedicated to the Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor and the Concerto in E minor by the Chopin Institute in Warsaw (Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopin), was once again a success.Having studied at the Moscow Frederic Chopin College of Music Performing, the brilliant young Lukas Geniušas now remains loyal to his favourite composer. He leads up to Sonata No. 3 by playing a mix of eleven Mazurkas, like walking down an impressive avenue of lime trees leading to a stately home. His great technique and remarkable sensitivity allow him to pick up on even the most subtle and delicate details of Chopin’s music. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Chopin: Nocturnes, Mazurkas and Waltzes

Vladimir Horowitz

Classical - Released January 1, 1971 | Sony Classical

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Chopin: Mazurkas

Samson François

Classical - Released April 3, 2020 | Warner Classics

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 27

Menahem Pressler

Classical - Released October 6, 2017 | CAvi-music

German-Israeli-American pianist Menahem Pressler, best known as part of the Beaux Arts Trio, resumed his solo career in great old age after that group disbanded. When these live recordings were made in 2016, he was 92. He returned to Germany in 2008 for a performance with the Berlin Philharmonic, but these recordings from Magdeburg, the city his family fled after Kristallnacht, have special resonance. You might want them for that reason alone, or for the novelty of a 92-year-old pianist, but the best reason is that Pressler's playing is quite unusual. The two Mozart concertos are the most interesting, and you might sample any of the outer movements. It is his rhythmic approach that's compelling: he lightly varies the tempo without making Mozart into a Romantic, and he controls the effect in such a way that the solo line uniquely seems to float above the orchestral accompaniment. This requires sensitive help from the Magdeburg Philharmonic under conductor Kimbo Ishii, who deliver it. There is a missed note or two in one of the Chopin pieces, but this is not out of the ordinary in a live performance, and in fact that digital editing was not applied is something to be praised. A fine keepsake from the career of a musician who has made a strong impact on American musical life: Pressler taught at the University of Indiana's large conservatory for many years.© TiVo

In Memoriam: Menahem Pressler

Menahem Pressler

Classical - Released May 10, 2023 | UME - Global Clearing House

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Chopin: Mazurkas

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Classical - Released May 27, 1987 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Legendary Rubinstein! Chopin: Complete Nocturnes & Mazurkas

Arthur Rubinstein

Classical - Released May 3, 2013 | Warner Classics

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Grigory Sokolov Plays Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Prokofiev

Grigory Sokolov

Classical - Released October 16, 2014 | JSC Firma Melodiya

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Chopin: Mazurkas

Lilya Zilberstein

Classical - Released January 1, 1999 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Chopin - Intégrale des Mazurkas

Yves Henry

Classical - Released February 24, 2022 | Soupir Editions - DN

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Chopin: Journal musical de Chopin

Abdel Rahman El Bacha

Classical - Released January 12, 2010 | Mirare

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Chopin Meets the Blues

Peter Beets

Classical - Released September 21, 2010 | Criss Cross Jazz

Dutch pianist Peter Beets avoids the word jazz in describing his music, believing that the word "tends to turn many people off." And he points out, reasonably enough on both counts, that the heavily chromatic nature of Chopin's piano writing includes passages that suggest what came to be known as blue notes, and that the Creoles, at least, among the creators of jazz probably would have heard some Chopin in still-French New Orleans. In any event, this isn't some odd attempt to shoehorn Chopin into blues harmonies; it's a set of eight jazz treatments of Chopin by a quartet consisting of piano (Beets himself), guitar, bass, and drums. It's not fundamentally different in concept from previous jazz versions of classical pieces, but it's quite enjoyable, and it makes you wonder why Chopin is so rarely the one selected for this kind of thing. His harmonic rhythms are regular, and his melodies tend to fall into clear periods amenable to jazz improvisation. His music is all about ornamentation and harmonic complexity, and the players substitute jazz versions of these for Chopin's own conceptions in varying measures and degrees. On the spectrum between using a piece only for basic melodic inspiration and simply adding jazz rhythms to the established text, Beets and company fall somewhere near the middle: there is heavy use of Chopin, but the quartet tends to depart from the original once a firm foundation has been laid. The music emphasizes Chopin's fondness for the device of repeating a melodic figure, like the 6-5 move in the Prelude in E minor, Op. 28/4, a device many a jazz pianist has used. An unusual item that will be enjoyed by lovers of classical-jazz fusions © James Manheim /TiVo
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Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin: Live in Brussels

Ivan Moravec

Classical - Released August 28, 2009 | Supraphon a.s.

Chopin - Mazurkas, Preludes & Etudes

Nikita Magaloff

Classical - Released November 25, 2022 | UME - Global Clearing House

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Chopin: Complete Mazurkas

Tatiana Shebanova

Classical - Released January 1, 2014 | DUX