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Posted in Chopin, classical, piano, Recordings, Svetlana Smolina, Waltzes on Mar 4th, 2010
Acclaimed Chopin Project pianist Svetlana Smolina will play Chopin’s Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 as part of her performance tomorrow at 4:30PM (Friday, March 5th) at the Winter …
Posted in Chopin Currency on Jul 6th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
‘The Year of Sembrich’ features pianist Simon Mulligan as part of …
Schenectady Gazette – Schenectady,NY,USA
News of a series of events marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Polish-American soprano and vocal instructor …
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 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.”
Posted in piano, Polina Khatsko, Recordings, Waltzes 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
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