Nocturnes, Movements: No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48/1 Vesselin Stanev, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Nocturnes, Movements: No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48/2 Vesselin ...

One of my very earliest musical memories is the wonderful sound of Chopin’s E flat nocturne on an old 78. The music gets under your skin, and that is equally true for the Chinese-American pianist ...

Chopin was born 200 years ago on Monday, but it’s a tricky anniversary to celebrate. His oeuvre, almost exclusively for piano, offers little scope for repackaging. There is nothing to be dug up or ...

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Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7, in C-sharp minor, begins with a low, ashen sound: a prowling arpeggio in the left hand, consisting only of C-sharps and G-sharps. It’s a hollowed-out harmony, in limbo between ...

More Chopin? The bicentenary year has opened up the floodgates of Chopin recordings, but this one highlights the poetic sensibility of the French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie. It is the first volume ...

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From Etudes to Nocturnes – here’s the very best of Frédéric Chopin, 19th-century piano virtuoso and leading figure of the Romantic era. Frédéric Chopin is almost exclusively associated with the king ...

The eve of Chinese New Year's Eve is probably not the best day to hold a concert. About only 30 people were in the audience to witness this recital by Italian pianist Giovanni Cultrera at the Nanyang ...

Chopin's Nocturnes form a central collection in the romantic piano repertoire, and with good reason. But just how did the inspiration for such an epic set of piano pieces come about? Frederic Chopin's ...