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Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 |
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| |  | Chopin - Late Masterpieces
Chopin: | Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie' Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 |
Stephen Hough joins the celebrations for Chopin’s 200th birthday with a disc containing much of the composer’s most extraordinary music, written in the last years of his life where the expressive possibilites of his art were constantly unfolding as he imbued his favoured forms with previously unknown levels of complexity and emotional depth. This disc includes the intoxicatingly ornamented Berceuse Op 57 and the sublime Barcarolle in F sharp major as well as the Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major and the towering Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor. Also included are two late Nocturnes which demonstrate how Chopin’s art had evolved since he first composed in that genre in his youth. The programme is completed by a selection of Mazurkas, each a tiny jewel, containing no less mastery than their larger counterparts, and providing moving sonic evidence of the contemplative profundity of Chopin’s late style. Stephen Hough’s extraordinarily sensitive playing is informed by his limitless technique and engaging musical imagination. This is the Chopin of a true Romantic. “A new Hough disc is one of life's pleasures…A masterclass in pianistic command and stylistic poise with the most heartfelt playing of any of his recent recordings. There are few who can elucidate the question-and-answer phrasing of Chopin's music with Hough's transparency and unaffected simplicity.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 “...in every case Hough's command of the music's expressive world is totally convincing...Hough's distinctive voicing of each strand in the musical texture [of Op. 61] is mesmerising. His playing is directly communicative, seductively decorative and, in the sonata, aristocratically controlled.” The Guardian, 15th April 2010 ***** “I was won over by the lovely tone and touch, the seductive warmth and clarity of the inner parts and the beautifully judged rubato. This is unusually forceful Chopin playing — the sonata is like Chopin played by Liszt — but it carries ringing conviction.” Sunday Times, 18th April 2010 **** “Hough’s fingers probe and caress; textures and colours dance and blend with cleansing clarity. Probably the Sonata’s best feature is Hough’s firm grasp of architecture.” The Times, 17th April 2010 **** “Hough stresses the Classical outlook of Chopin's Romanticism, even in a programme encompassing some of his most harmonically advanced music. The opening Barcarolle has rare clarity, and the Berceuse rounds things off clearly.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Chopin: Scherzos, Nocturnes & Mazurkas
Chopin: | Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Polonaise No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2 Mazurka No. 42 in G major, Op. 67 No. 1 Mazurka No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Mazurka No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 |
The Latvian pianist Dina Yoffe is a professor at the Anton Rubinstein International Academy in Germany and has worked with many celebrated orchestras and conductors. She has made numerous recordings for radio, television and phonographic companies including Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Fantasy in F minor and 19 Waltzes. She performs here on a 1848 Pleyel fortepiano. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Chopin - Preludes & Nocturnes
Chopin: | Preludes (24), Op. 28 Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, BI 108 Prelude Op. posth. in A flat major (No. 26) |
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| |  | Chopin - Nocturnes
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 |
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| |  | The Best of Chopin
Chopin: | Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 25 No. 9 in G flat major 'Butterfly' Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre': 3rd movement (Funeral March) Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51 Mazurka No. 39 in B major, Op. 63 No. 1 Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie' Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Mazurkas Op. 59 Nos. 1-3 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' |
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| |  | Chopin: Nocturnes
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 |
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| |  | Chopin: Piano Works
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| |  | Legends of the XX century – Yakov Flier, piano
Yakov Flier auditioned for the Moscow Conservatory at the age of only eleven and in later years, taught there himself. At the height of his performing career, he developed problems with a finger on his right hand, which became paralised. He recovered and in 1959, returned as a concert pianist. In 1966 he was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the USSR. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Chopin: Cantabile
Chopin: | Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 Waltz No. 19 in A minor, Op. post., KKIVb:11, B 150 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Cantabile in B Flat Major (Andantino) Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz' Largo in E flat major, BI 109 |
This is a selection of some of Chopin’s smaller works including Nocturnes, Waltzes, the Polonaise in C sharp minor and Cantabile in B flat major. Andreas Frölich has won many international prizes and has performed in concert halls around the world. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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