Mad About Chopin CD

Mad About Chopin Music

List Price	$7.98 (You save $0.79)
Label	Deutsche Grammophon
Orig Year	8/10/1993
All Time Sales Rank	10218
CD Universe Part number	1057404
Catalog number	439519
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 10, 1993
Recording Time	1 15

Mad About Chopin Classical Review

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5 stars I'm just Mad about Chopin
This is an outstanding album
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5 stars Chris Gilmartin
Fantastic!! I'm not usually a fan of compilation CDs, but each of these recordings has clearly been chosen based on its individual merit and not simply the name of the performer. The Luisada and Zimerman recordings are some of the best Chopin interpretations I've ever come across. If you're looking for a good sampling of what Chopin has to offer, you can't do any better than this. Chris Gilmartin i-99//765/ od-gh
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Mad About Chopin Music

Composers on Mad About Chopin CD : Frederic Chopin

Performers on Mad About Chopin CD : Andrei Gavrilov, Krystian Zimerman, Jean-Marc Luisada, Stanislav Bunin

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