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Posted in Chopin Currency on Sep 2nd, 2008
Hélène Grimaud CHOPIN / LISZT / SCHUMANNFrom a blog called Music is the Key, which “aspires to share the taste for classical music and to promote its great composers and interpreters. If …
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 …
Posted in Chih-Long Hu, Waltzes on Mar 19th, 2008
Is this indeed Chopin’s “farewell” to his Polish fiancee Marie Wodzińska? The autographed manuscript has the inscription “Pour Mlle Marie.” We’ll let the “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” blog pick up the story…with a tip of the …
Posted in classical, Impromptus, Olga Kleiankina, piano, Recordings on Feb 23rd, 2008
Today the Chopin Project spotlight falls on Russian-born Michigan pianist Olga Kleiankina, performing the First Impromptu (in A-flat, Op. 29, No. 1) by Chopin. By its very title “Impromptu” is supposed to mean just that — just a perky, …
Posted in Chopin, Mazurkas, Xiaofeng Wu on Feb 10th, 2008
The Mazurkas, like the Polonaises, are the compositions closest to Chopin’s Polish roots. In fact, many Chopin scholars say the Mazurkas are Chopin at his most personal, experimental, and confessional: In his Mazurkas, you get to know …
Posted in Barcarolles, Chopin, classical, piano, Recordings 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
Posted in Chopin, piano, Polonaises, Recordings 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 …
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