The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Chopin Currency on Jan 30th, 2008
Chopin in the News:
2 Cents Worth: Jan. 29, 2008
DesMoinesRegister.com – Des Moines,IA,USA
In an answer to that question about whether mentally ill people can be successful: Chopin, Mozart and Albert Einstein all were diagnosed with bipolar. …
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Posted in Ballades, Chopin Currency, Flavio Varani, Ken Russell, Marc-André Hamelin, Martha Argerich, Piano Sonata No. 2, Piano Sonata No. 3, Richard Goode, dogs on Jan 29th, 2008
Chopin In the News:
Chopin, With Progenitors and Progeny
New York Times – United States
In a brief program note Mr. Goode called the concert “a kind of homage to Chopin.” In practice, this meant surrounding Chopin’s works with music by German …
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Posted in Chopin, Etudes, Musicology, Recordings, classical, piano on Jan 29th, 2008
The world of music had never before known any etudes as original, as musical, or as difficult. — Frank Cooper
This is one of the best-known (and arguably, the most difficult!) of the set of twelve etudes Chopin dedicated to Franz Liszt. The…
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Impromptus, Jeanne Stark-Iochmans, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Yundi Li on Jan 28th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews
Stark-Iochmans: No flash, but a workmanlike effort
Providence Journal – Providence,RI,USA
Stark-Iochmans turned to Chopin to close out the afternoon, the composer’s Fourth Ballade in F Minor. Again this contained some beautiful playing, …
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Posted in Ben Agosto, Chopin Currency, Garrick Ohlsson, Tanith Belbin, figure skating on Jan 27th, 2008
Pianist to continue long history of performances in city
NewsOK.com (subscription) – Oklahoma City,OK,USA
Ohlsson remains the only American pianist to have won the Chopin competition. Schumann’s 1845 piano concerto straddles the classical and romantic periods. …
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Posted in Charles (Karl) Hallé, Chopin Currency, Hallé Orchestra, Marc-André Hamelin, Mark Elder, Polina Leschenko, Richard Goode on Jan 26th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews & Previews:
A certain sameness mars an otherwise fine recital
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
His Chopin mazurka had a preestablished framework that would encourage dynamism: The choice of mazurkas encompassed the composer’s Polish nationalist side …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Jan 25th, 2008
‘George Gershwin Alone’ is more cabaret act than play
Cleveland Jewish News – Cleveland,OH,USA
Following the run of “George Gershwin Alone,” Hershey Felder appears as “Monsieur Chopin” Feb. 7-10. 216-795-7000 or www.clevelandplayhouse.com.
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Herz: Piano Music, Philip Martin
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Jan 24th, 2008
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Concert series to present piano recital
Caledon Citizen – Caledon,Ontario,Canada
He will present a recital that will include etudes, preludes and concerti by Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. The concert takes place at St. James …
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Posted in Chopin Currency on Jan 23rd, 2008
Why are Chopin’s Waltzes so perennially appealing to pianists? The folks at the boutique label Brana Records offer a clue: nicely: “They incorporate a range of moods from melancholy to effervescent but retain an air of sophistication suited to aristocratic…
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