The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Chopin, Musicology, Nocturnes, classical, piano on Jun 2nd, 2009
“Today’s entry takes us into far more familiar Chopin territory. The Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9 No. 2 comes from around 1830, -after Chopin had left Warsaw forever. But the version I’m playing here has a bit of a twist. There…
Posted in Arthur Greene, Etudes, Nocturnes, Performances on Aug 27th, 2008
Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene calls Chopin’s last nocturne a curious, but moving, work:
“It is rarely played. Its absolute simplicity of texture may lead performers to experiment with ornamentation, but I believe that it is an expression of Chopin’s new…
Posted in Arthur Greene, Etudes, Performances on Apr 10th, 2008
Smack-dab in the middle of Chopin’s Op. 25 Etudes lies this unique and memorable piece that is unlike any other Chopin creation. And one that has generated a considerable amount of ink over the decades.
Sometimes it’s called the “‘cello Etude,” due…
Posted in Arthur Greene, Waltzes on Mar 6th, 2008
Hear Artistic Director Arthur Greene play this brilliantly conceived Waltz in A-flat (Op. 42) live in a Chopin Project performance.
Chopinmusic calls it “the most ambitious and substantial of all Chopin’s waltzes.”
The Vancouver Chopin Society goes even further, quoting David Dubal…
Posted in Arthur Greene, Mazurkas, Recordings on Mar 4th, 2008
As Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene heads off to Novi Sad, Serbia, to judge and perform in the Isidor Bajic Memorial Competition, he leaves us a taste of his masterful Chopin interpretation with this performance of the Mazurka in C-sharp minor,…
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 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, Recordings, classical, piano on Nov 23rd, 2007
The Chopin Project began as an ambitious live-concert-and-symposium series at the University of Michigan’s acclaimed School of Music, Theatre & Dance devoted to exploring the entirety of Fryderyk Chopin’s works for solo piano: Through a series of nine concerts at Britton Recital…
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