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Composer:
Frederic Chopin

Artist(s):
Nikolai Lugansky
Cyprien Katsaris

Background: Chopin was an arch-improviser. What he wrote down was the tip of his creative iceberg, and perhaps it was this ability that sparked such structurally ground-breaking works as the 24 Préludes, the four Ballades and the Polonaise-Fantaisie. Combine that originality with the purity of Mozart and the contrapuntal lines of Bach - Chopin's two favourite composers; add a passion for bel canto Italian opera, especially the mellifluous coloraturas of Bellini; and a dash of virtuoso glitter from Chopin’s sometime friend, sometime rival, Franz Liszt; and even then we are only a little way towards understanding something of what he was all about.

CATALOGUE NR: 2564687147
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.49
RELEASE DATE: 16-Nov-2009

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Masterworks volume 2
TRACKS: CD1 Nikolai Lugansky - 24 Preludes op.28. Jean-Bernard Pommier - Fantasie op.49. Andante spianato and grand polonaise op.22. CD2 Cyprien Katsaris - 4 Ballades. 4 Scherzos. Ballade No.2 in F major op.38. Ballade No.3 in A flat minor op.47. Ballade No.4 in F minor op.52. Scherzo No.1 in B minor op.20. Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor op.31. Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor op.39. Scherzo No.4 in E major op.54. CD3 Elizabeth Leonskaya - Polonaises op.26. Polonaises op.40. Polonaises op.44. Polonaises op.53. Polonaise-Fantaisie op.61. CD4 Maria-Joao Pires - 14 Waltzes. Frederic Lodeon / Francois-Rene Duchable - Grand Duo Concertante. Polonaise Brilliante op.3. CD5 Frederic Lodeon / Francois-Rene Duchable - Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor op.65. Halina Czerny-Stefanska / Teresa Zylis-Gara - Melodies op.74.
ARTISTS: Nikolai Lugansky   Cyprien Katsaris   Elisabeth Leonskaja   Maria Joao Pires

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