Chopin

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra commemorates its 75th anniversary with this celebratory concert that finds the venerable institution conducted by the great Zubin Mehta and playing selections from Bach, Chopin, Beethoven and more. Janos Darvas ...

Director Jerzy Antczak (NIGHTS AND DAYS) guides this abrasive drama through some dark alleyways of the human psyche, focusing on an affair between legendary musician Frederic Chopin, and feminist scribe Aurore Dupin (AKA George Sand). The relationship ...

John Neumeier adapted his ballet LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS from novelist Alexandre Dumas's work of the same title (the same book that reportedly inspired Giuseppe Verdi's LA TRAVIATA and Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film MOULIN ROUGE), making fervent use ...

Van Cliburn performs works by Chopin. Claudio Arrau performs works by Beethoven.

This musical release captures a live concert by pianists Evengy Kissin and Nikolai Demidenko in celebration of the birthday of composer Fryderyk Chopin, recorded at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw on February 27th, 2010. The performance ...

This musical release from pianist Nelson Goerner captures a live concert by the virtuoso, recorded live at the Verbier Festival in Swizerland on July 19th, 2009, and features performances of Beethoven's "Piano Sonata No. 26in E flat major", ...

Frederic Chopin left a musical legacy of some 225 works, yet what we know of the great composer is largely cliches. A master of Romantic music, Chopin was a complex personality with a dual allegiance to his native Poland and his adopted France. ...

Garrick Ohlsson performs with the Warsaw Philharmonic. Also included is the documentary film The Art of Chopin which combines 2 approaches: a narrative approach with a biographical account that focuses on the composer's most creative periods, ...

This musical release captures a live concert by pianist Daniel Barenboim in celebration of the 60th anniversary of his stage debut, as well as the birthday of composer Fryderyk Chopin. Recorded at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw on ...

The masterful Chopin's PIANO MUSIC springs to life with these reworkings, which contain a selection of his most famous pieces. Freddy Kempf, Alfredo Perl, and Angela Hewitt perform a two hour concert, conjuring up all of Chopin's timeless wonder. ...

Celebrated pianist Krystian Zimerman plays Chopin in this concert collection, including the Barcarolle in F Sharp Major, Op. 60. The pianist performs works by Schubert and Chopin.

One of the most acclaimed and yet offbeat of all pianists, Ivo Pogorelich, headlines this classical concert film from 1987, which finds the then-19-year-old genius interpreting compositions by Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig von Beethoven and Alexander ...

This musical release from pianist Garrick Ohlsson captures a series of live performances, with accompaniment by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall between 1974 and 1978. Some of the pieces featured in the program ...

This addition to the NAXOS MUSICAL JOURNEY series features early piano concertos by renowned composer Frederic Chopin. The beauty and culture that is France is viewed here in this stunningly visual and melodic journey. Visit the Place Vendome ...

Leopold Stokowski rearranges some notable compositions, including Wagner's "Magic Fire Music" and Chopin's Prelude in D Minor on this presentation. The performance was recorded at the Houston Civic Center with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. (DVD ...

Chopin's music adds atmosphere to a visual trip through the foliage of autumn. Filmed on location in the Ukraine. DVD. Vids by Markthaler to music by Mozart & Schoenberg pe rformed by mbrs of ECYO, Brodsy String Sextet, & Basel Sym. 50 min.

This classical performance finds acclaimed pianist Roberto Prosseda interpreting selections by Mozart, Chopin, and Schubert against the elaborate and picturesque backdrop of the Villa Contarini interiors. Roberto Prosseda performs in this July ...

Classical pianist Roberto Prosseda toplines this performance film, in which he does interpretations of thirteen compositions by Frédéric Chopin. Selections here include: Nocturne op. 32 no. 1 in B Major, Scherzo op. 20 in B minor, Impromptu ...

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The Ruhr Piano Festival mounted this classical music event in 2010, with performances by The Staatskapelle Berlin and solo pianist Daniel Barenboim, and conducting by Andris Nelsons. It was mounted, in part, to commemorate the 200th anniversary ...

As a meditation on the life and influence of Frédéric Chopin (1810-49) that was produced to commemorate the great Polish composer's 200th birthday, this unique program falls into two distinct halves. It begins with a traditional hour-long documentary ...

The Polish composer Frederic Chopin is unique in that he composed almost exclusively for his own instrument, the piano. As a pianist he was self taught and had an astonishing talent for improvisation. As a composer he was a perfectionist in ...

Although he had enormous talent that could easily have propelled him to pen a libretto, and by all accounts worshipped the operatic medium, Frédéric Chopin (1810-49) never worked within that form. The composer was certainly surrounded by it, ...

Two of the most emotional and passionate composers of the Romantic period, Chopin and Beethoven, are showcased at this 1988 performance by the Lugano, Switzerland based Orchestra della Svizerra Italiana. The featured soloist is pianist Tzimon ...

Created in 1991 by artistic director Veronica Dudarova, the Symphony Orchestra of Russia is world-renowned for nurturing fresh young talent. This concert features up-and-coming conductor Tugan Sohiev leading the orchestra through a live performance ...

Recorded at Munich's summer piano festival, Bunin performs Chopin's Nocturne Op. 27 No.2, Impromtus Op. 29 and Op. 51, Mazurkas Op. 30 No. 2, Op. 56 No. 2, Op. 59 No. 3, Op. 63 No. 3, Polonaise Op. 61 and Waltzes E flat major Op. posth. and ...

Adam Neiman interprets some of Chopin's finest works on this 2005 recording, with PIANO SONATA NO. 2, NOCTURNE IN C MINOR, and BALLADE IN A FLAT all included. Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35; Andante Spinato and Grand Polonaise; Nocturne in C minor ...

The location is fitting: just as Frederic Chopin (1810-49) developed and sustained a reputation (well before the age of twenty) as Poland's preeminent national composer, so the Palace of ?a?cut continues to bear a reputation as one of the nation's ...

VALENTINA LISITSA Ukrainian born pianist, Valentina Lisitsa is capturing the attention of audiences throughout the world for her stunning virtuosity and unequaled sense of lyricism in an already formidable repertoire of romantic and late classical ...