Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

This page lists all recordings of Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31, by Frédéric François Chopin (1810-49) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Rubenstein in Concert

Rubenstein in Concert


Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Brahms:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2

Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2

Chopin:

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Schubert:

Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4


Artur Rubenstein (piano)

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

“Rubinstein’s superb form is matched by the incredible musical sensitivity of Haitink and the orchestra” (New York Times)

Released or re-released in last 6 months

DVD Video

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DG Unitel - 0734445

(DVD Video)

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Artur Rubinstein

Artur Rubinstein


Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 6 December 1967

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Chopin:

Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5

Recorded: BBC Studios, London, 9 November 1958

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 4 December 1968

Saint-Saëns:

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 27 November 1957

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Schwarz

Villa-Lobos:

A Prole do Bebê (The Baby's Family) - Suite No. 1

Recorded: BBC Studios, London, 9 November 1958


Artur Rubinstein (piano)

“Arthur Rubinstein never failed to please. And so it is with these superb performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 and Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. 2, recorded in the 50s and 60s in the Royal Festival Hall. Well worthwhile.” Gavin Engelbrecht, Northern Echo

BBC Legends - BBCL42162

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Piano Classics

Piano Classics


Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'

Brahms:

Ballades (4), Op. 10

Bridge:

3 sketches

Chopin:

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Poulenc:

Trois Mouvements perpétuels


Christopher Langdown (piano)

WMP - WMP435912

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Chopin: Piano Works

Chopin: Piano Works


Chopin:

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49

Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz'

Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1

Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2

Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4

Mazurka No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3

Valse in E-flat major, Op. post.


Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Apex - 0927406472

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Krystian Zimerman plays Chopin and Schubert

Krystian Zimerman plays Chopin and Schubert


Chopin:

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2

Ballades Nos. 1-4

Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49

Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

Schubert:

4 Impromptus, D899


Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Directed by Humphrey Burton and Horant H. Hohlfeld

Krystian Zimerman - the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw at the age of eighteen – giving his Homage to Chopin and Schubert

As a brilliant musician, a renown specialist in Romantic music Krystian Zimerman combines all the prerequisites for an authorative interpretation of Chopin´s works.

Krystian Zimerman’s peerless artistry, filmed in 1987 by director Humphrey Burton.

In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound

“Zimerman's approach to playing the piano has greatness written all over it. It has intensity, majesty, intimacy, daring, and simplicity, and above all insight” The Times

“Fascinating visual confirmation of the purely acoustical impression of Zimerman’s Chopin recordings...In the Schubert, flawless pianism, satisfying conceptions, lucid and deft – plus superb piano sound quality” FonoForum

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DG Unitel - 0734449

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Great Pianists - Moiseiwitsch 11

Great Pianists - Moiseiwitsch 11

Chopin Recordings 1916-1927


Chopin:

Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Polonaise No. 9 in B flat major, Op. 71 No. 2

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Étude in A flat major, Op. 10 No. 10

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Étude in F major, Op. 25, No. 3

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Etude No. 11 in E flat major, Op. 10 No. 11

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Prelude No. 20 in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20

Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'

Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1

Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36

American and English versions. Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1

Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Mazurka No. 51 in A minor 'Émile Gaillard'

Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56

Electrical Recordings - 1925-1927

Liszt:

SIX CHANTS POLONAIS S480 (1847-60)

Arranged Chopin. Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922

Meine Freuden (Nocturne)

Arranged Chopin. Acoustic Recordings - 1916-1922


Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano)

Naxos Historical Great Pianists - 8111117

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Steinway Legends - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Steinway Legends - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli


Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7

Brahms:

Ballade, Op. 10 No. 1 ‘Edward'

Chopin:

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45

Debussy:

Reflets dans l'eau (No. 1 from Images pour piano - Book 1)

Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fût (No. 2 from Images pour piano - Book 2)

Poissons d'or (No. 3 from Images pour piano - Book 2)

Children's Corner

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K11 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K159 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K322 in A major

Schubert:

Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D537

Schumann:

Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26


Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

DG Steinway Legends - 4776626

(CD - 2 discs)

£12.49 (£10.63 ex. VAT)

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Chopin

Chopin


Chopin:

Étude in C Minor, Op. 25 No. 12

Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

3rd movement

Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'

Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39

Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2

Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1

Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Prelude No. 1, Op. 28

Largo, Prelude Op. 28 No. 4

Prelude in C minor, Op. 28, No. 10

Prelude, Op. 28, No. 21

Prelude No. 24, Op. 28

Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18

Mazurka No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 50 No. 2

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

Étude in G flat major, Op. 10 No. 5 'Black Key'

Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'

Prelude No. 15 in D flat ‘Raindrop' Op. 28 No. 15

Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2

Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3

Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36

Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1


Rubinstein, De Pachmann, Hoffmann, Rachmaninov, Novaes & Zeisler

Dal Segno - The Original Piano Roll Recordings - DSPRCD031

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Chopin - The Player Piano Volume 2

Chopin - The Player Piano Volume 2

Famous pianists around 1900


Chopin:

Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'

Bolero, Op. 19

Étude No. 18 in G sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Étude in G flat major, Op. 10 No. 5 'Black Key'

Étude No. 21 in G flat major, Op. 25 No. 9 'Butterfly'

Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 ‘Revolutionary'

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2


Moriz Rosenthal, Mischa Levitzki, Alfred Mirovitch, Mieczyslaw Münz, Leo Ornstein, Eugene d’Albert, Alfred Reisenauer, Ferruccio Busoni and Leo Godowsky

Nine pianists play Chopin. During the first quarter of the twentieth century they entrusted their interpretations to music rolls, and now their performances can be heard again on a superbly restored Bösendorfer grand piano with an Ampico automatic action.

MDG - MDG6451402

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Shura Cherkassky

Shura Cherkassky


Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique'

Chopin:

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1

Liszt:

Réminiscences de "Don Juan" (after Mozart), S. 418

Mendelssohn:

Fantasia in F sharp minor, Op. 28

Rameau:

Gavotte and Variations in A minor

Scriabin:

Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 11 No. 10

Tchaikovsky:

Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 4


Shura Cherkassky (piano)

Recorded: Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival, 24 June 1974

“this is the most joyeous Pathetique on disc…a must have issue.” Gramophone

BBC Legends - BBCL41852

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