The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Chopin, Nocturnes, Polina Khatsko on May 18th, 2008
Cross-posted from our companion daily blog site The Chopin Currency: By “Currency” we mean just how contemporary – and how powerfully it resonates in our own time, nearly 200 years since the composer’s birth.
This month we’re getting a compelling reminder…
Posted in Nocturnes, Polina Khatsko, Recordings on Apr 4th, 2008
“Magnificent in its breadth, it profound expression, and its tremendous sonority.” Dr. Frank Cooper’s summation of this Chopin Nocturne, composed in 1841, just about says it all. But if you want to know more, click here. Or else check out…
Posted in Polina Khatsko, Recordings, Waltzes, piano on Feb 28th, 2008
Chopin’s third waltz has been called a “piece full of melancholy, gloom and grief, expressed in mournful simplicity.”
Though, according to the Vancouver Chopin Society,
The composer Stephen Heller related that Chopin called this slow (Lento) waltz his favorite. When Heller…
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