Chopin (The Very Best Of)

$13.99 (COMPACT DISC)

Link to this COMPACT DISC

Barcarolle, Op. 60 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Jakob Gimpel, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jorge Bolet, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 31 March 1941


1.   Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 - 8:42


Etudes, Op. 10 (more info)
Composed by: Ferruccio Busoni Fryderyk Chopin Chengzong Yin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Joanna Jimin Lee, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Solomon, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Josef Lhevinne, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Tosta di Benici, piano
Sona Shaboyan, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Dinara Nadzhafova, piano
Martha Argerich, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Krzysztof Jablonski, piano
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Irina Zaritzkaya, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Caroline Fischer, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 2 June 1935


2.   No. 3 in E major, "Tristesse" (Sadness) - 4:34


Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Moriz Rosenthal Sergei Rachmaninov Fryderyk Chopin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Sandor Falvai, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Gergely Boganyi, piano
Jean-Francois Latour,
Idil Biret, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: June 1989


3.   Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 - 4:32


Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Zara Nelsova, cello
Grant Johannesen, piano
Carmen Picard, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Madoka Inui, piano
Elizabeth Dolin, cello
Maria Kliegel, cello
Andrzej Bauer, cello
Esther Nyffenegger, cello
Gerard Wyss, piano
Therese Motard, cello
Louise-Andree Baril, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jian Wang, cello
Silvia Chiesa, cello
Maurizio Baglini, piano
Franz Bartolomey, cello


4.   Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65: III. Largo - 3:31


Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute" (more info)
Composed by: Alain Lefevre Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Richard Raymond, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 13-17 October 1987


5.   Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64/1, "Minute" - 1:48


Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Sandor Falvai, piano
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Jack Richard Crossan, piano
Esther Lee Kaplan, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: June 1989


6.   Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27, No. 2 - 6:17


Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Leticia Gomez-Tagle, piano
Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, piano
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Alexander Paley, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Valerie Tryon, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Yuval Fichman, piano
Recording date: 6 August 1908


7.   Scherzo No. 2, B flat minor, Op. 31 - 10:59


Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Daniel Pollack, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Evelyn Dubourg, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano


8.   Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. post., BI 49 - 4:03


Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Russian National Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Gulbenkian Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Polish Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Fryderyk Chopin
Conducted by: Konstantin Krimetz Wojciech Rajski Charles Dutoit Rudolf Kempe John Barbirolli Kent Nagano Gyula Nemeth Robert Stankovsky William Steinberg Neeme Jarvi Lawrence Foster Kazimierz Kord
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Mari Kodama, piano
Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Anna Malikova, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Christophe Coin,
Louis Lortie, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Jorge Bolet, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Sa Chen, piano
Adam Harasiewicz, piano
Bianca Sitzius, piano
Ewa Kupiec, piano
Recording date: 8 July 1935


9.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto - 9:28


Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Camille Saint-Saens Ferruccio Busoni Ignacy Jan Paderewski Fryderyk Chopin
Rafael Orozco, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Michal Bialk, piano
Sandor Falvai, piano
Gergely Boganyi, piano
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Raoul Pugno, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano


10.   Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2 - 3:49


Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Andrew Rangell, piano
Yvonne Lefebure,
Kathryn Stott, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 1976


11.   Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17/4 - 4:35


Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March" (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Jakob Gimpel, piano
Helene Tysman, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Sona Shaboyan, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Edna Stern, piano
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Grigory Sokolov, piano
Recording date: 7-8 May 1953


12.   III. Marche funebre - 9:17

Etudes, Op. 10 (more info)
Composed by: Ferruccio Busoni Fryderyk Chopin Chengzong Yin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Joanna Jimin Lee, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Solomon, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Josef Lhevinne, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Tosta di Benici, piano
Sona Shaboyan, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Dinara Nadzhafova, piano
Martha Argerich, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Krzysztof Jablonski, piano
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Irina Zaritzkaya, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Caroline Fischer, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 2 June 1935


1.   12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 12 in C minor, "Revolutionary" - 2:58


Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Fryderyk Chopin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Antonin Kubalek, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Mischa Levitzki, piano
William Murdoch, piano
Alexander Paley, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Jorge Bolet, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Edna Stern, piano
Valerie Tryon, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 26 January 1935


2.   Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 - 7:43


Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Sandor Falvai, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Jack Richard Crossan, piano
Recording date: 2 April 1937


3.   Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1 (posth.) - 4:39


Waltz No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante" (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
Halina Czerny-Stefanska,
Richard Raymond, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Vladimir Bunin, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 19 June 1934


4.   Valse brilliante in E flat major, Op. 18 Bl. 62 - 5:35


Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Chengzong Yin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 24-27 June 1991


5.   Andante spianato in G major, Op. 22: II. Grande polonaise brilliante - 9:35


24 Preludes, Op. 28 (more info)
Composed by: Alain Lefevre Ferruccio Busoni Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Jakob Gimpel, piano
Leticia Gomez-Tagle, piano
Helene Tysman, piano
Rudolf Kerer, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Josef Lhevinne, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Catherine Perrin, prepared piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Robert Lortat,
Jean-Francois Latour,
Peter Nagy, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Edna Stern, piano
Stanislav Bunin, piano
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Irina Zaritzkaya, piano
Eduard Stan, piano
Grigory Sokolov, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 1987-1988


6.   Prelude No. 15, D flat major, Op. 28, Raindrop - 5:53


Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Andrew Rangell, piano
Tatjana Irinsky, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
William Wellborn, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Irina Zaritzkaya, piano
Recording date: 22 July 1932


7.   Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33/2 - 2:33


Fantasy-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 (more info)
Composed by: Xaver Scharwenka Fryderyk Chopin Chengzong Yin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Irene Scharrer, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Halina Czerny-Stefanska,
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Idil Biret, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Pavlos Hatzopoulos, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 6 March 1918


8.   Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 - 5:30


Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Aleksander Michalowski Sergei Rachmaninov Alain Lefevre Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Richard Raymond, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Edna Stern, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 18 November 1930


9.   Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2 - 3:58


Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53, "Heroic" (more info)
Composed by: Ignacy Jan Paderewski Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Leticia Gomez-Tagle, piano
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Sandor Falvai, piano
Solomon, piano
Josef Lhevinne, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Raoul Koczalski,
Idil Biret, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Recording date: 1990 - 1991


10.   Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53, "Heroic" - 7:19


Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 (more info)
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin Chengzong Yin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Josef Hofmann, piano
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Raoul Koczalski,
Gertrude Peppercorn, piano
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Daniel Pollack, piano
Alfonso Alberti, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 28 September 1987


11.   Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 - 4:41


Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Budapest Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Gulbenkian Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Fryderyk Chopin John Barbirolli
Conducted by: Malcolm Sargent Charles Dutoit Otakar Trihlik Gyula Nemeth Robert Stankovsky Ernest Bour Antoni Wit Alfred Wallenstein Witold Rowicki Lawrence Foster
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Zuzana Paulechova, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Eldar Nebolsin, piano
Louise-Andree Baril, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Martha Argerich, piano
Jorge Bolet, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Sa Chen, piano
Geza Anda, piano
Ewa Kupiec, piano


12.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza: Larghetto - 11:47

Reviews