In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A sticker on the cover notes that in this two-CD set "the greatest of all living Chopin interpreters records the composer's best-loved ...

When Frédéric Chopin composed the Nocturnes, Op. 9 between 1830 and 1832, when he was around 20 years old, the only way for listeners to hear them was through a live pianist. Nearly two centuries ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by For this rising artist, Chopin’s 21 nocturnes are “pieces I play for myself.” A new recording will bring them to an audience. By J.S. Marcus The ...

Frederic Chopin was a Polish-born pianist and composer of matchless genius in the realm of keyboard music. As a pianist, his talents were beyond emulation and had an impact on other musicians entirely ...

Remarkably, this is the only piece of Chopin solo piano music that has been a permanent fixture of the Classic FM Hall of Fame since its inception in 1996. As with the concertos, this particular ...

It took pianist Evgeny Kissin much of the first half of his recital to fully hit his stride. But when he did, with a dynamic, expansive performance of Frédéric Chopin’s Scherzo No. 4, the packed ...