Tag Archive 'Dmitri Vorobiev'

Nocturne in B, Op. 62 No. 1

Posted in Dmitri Vorobiev, Nocturnes, Recordings on Mar 22nd, 2008

 

Dmitri Vorobiev

Hear pianist Dmitri Vorobiev play this poignant Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1 in a Chopin Project concert performance.

Here’s how it’s described in the 1905 book A Handbook to Chopin’s Works, by George C. Ashton Johnson:

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Variations in A Major, “Souvenir de Paganini” KK 1203

Posted in Chopin, Dmitri Vorobiev, Recordings, Variations, classical, rare & early works on Feb 20th, 2008

Paganini Chopin

This rare bit of Chopiniana was supposedly written after violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini came through Warsaw in the summer of 1829, a concert we know that Chopin attended. A month later he graduated from the Higher School of Music in…

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