The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Ballades, Chopin, Musicology, classical, piano on Dec 19th, 2007
In the previous post we discussed an all-time Chopin favorite, the Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, No. 2. What then, is left to say about another Chopin classic – this Ballade in G minor?Plenty, it would appear. There’s an extremely technical description…
Posted in Chopin, Recordings, piano, rare & early works on Dec 18th, 2007
“In Warsaw, when Chopin was growing up, the social scene was extremely active, and anyone who wasn’t sick would go to dance parties almost every night. And the star of these events was usually Chopin, because he was both a…
Posted in Barcarolles, Chopin, Recordings, classical, piano on Dec 12th, 2007
This is one of the last pieces that Chopin played in public. The excellent notes from the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s website set the stage:
When in 1846 Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) completed the Barcarolle, the last work of its relatively large size to…
Posted in Chopin, Polonaises, Recordings, piano on Dec 12th, 2007
“The very first piece on the program is a piece that Chopin wrote when he was seven years old. It’s very typical of the music that was being written at that time in Warsaw…a little Polonaise…with even a little virtuosic…
Posted in Chopin, Musicology, classical on Dec 11th, 2007
As you look through the entries and listings of Chopin’s keyboard works on these pages, you may run into this funny “KK” designation, particularly in the early recitals. It stands for the Kobylanska Katalog, and it’s assigned to works by Chopin…
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