This is one of the last pieces that Chopin played in public. The excellent notes from the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s website sets the stage:
When in 1846 Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) completed the Barcarolle, the last work of its relatively large size to come from his pen, [...]
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Welcome to the Chopin Project!
Posted in Chopin, Recordings, classical, piano, tagged Chopin, classical, mazurka, piano, polonaise on 24 November 2007 | 3 Comments »
Experience the musical life of Fryderyk Chopin through his complete works for solo piano: from his earliest surviving work, a polonaise written at age 7, through his last mazurka penned in 1849.
The Chopin Project – the Back Story
Posted in Chopin, Musicology, Recordings, classical, piano, tagged Arthur Greene, Block M Records, CDs, Chopin, classical, downloads, University of Michigan on 23 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Chopin Project began as an ambitious live-concert-and-symposium series at the University of Michigan’s acclaimed School of Music, Theatre & Dance devoted to exploring the entirety of Fryderyk Chopin’s works for solo piano: Through a series of nine concerts at Britton Recital Hall, students from the piano studio of renowned teacher and performer Arthur Greene presented [...]
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