Though not the most imaginative take on the 21 nocturnes, the French pianist captures Chopin’s music as it was conceived on a superb-sounding 1836 Pleyel Chopin composed 21 nocturnes, 18 of which were ...

On April 11, 2025, Hyperion Records will re-release Sir Stephen Hough’s complete Chopin Waltzes, now featuring Sir Stephen’s new recording of Chopin’s Waltz in A minor (Valse). This previously unheard ...

Zephyr Records has announced the release of all sixteen volumes of Chopin: The Complete Works, featuring pianist and conductor Ian Hobson. Mr. Hobson, whose playing has been described by Gramophone as ...

FORT WORTH — Every so often a concert feels particularly special, one you’re grateful to be experiencing. That’s how it was with pianist Piers Lane’s recital Saturday night at Texas Christian ...

Pianist Rafal Blechacz's victory at the 2005 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (the first Polish performer to take the prize in 30 years) aroused plenty of interest in this young virtuoso.

The mazurka, a traditional Polish dance, acts as a siren to Poles far and wide. Janina Fialkowska, born in Canada but half-Polish, says that in playing the mazurkas of Chopin she has been afforded “a ...

Following universal praise for her EMI Classics debut album of Chopin piano works, Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter has recorded the composer’s complete waltzes for release as the music world prepares ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Anthony Tommasini Allan KozinnSteve Smith and Vivien Schweitzer The classical music world, embarked on a bicentennial tour through the Romantic era ...