Chopin: Great Composers in Words & Music

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October 28, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Frederic Chopin
    • PERFORMER
      Lucy Scott
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 28, 2022
    • UPC
      747313836772
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578367
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction

    2. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    3. You may well know him not as Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin…

    4. Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Major, Op. 13: II. Air, "Już Miesiąc Zaszedł": Andantino (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Eldar Nebolsin

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    5. An extract from the second movement of Chopin's 1828 piece…

    6. Polonaise No. 11 in G Minor (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    7. Such was the young Chopin's musical renown…

    8. Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1 (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    9. Chopin's early years were spent not only in Warsaw…

    10. Mazurka No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    11. In 1826, after finishing his studies…

    12. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Eldar Nebolsin

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    13. Chopin was the talk of the town…

    14. Variations on Là ci darem from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2: Variation 1: Brillante - Variation 2: Veloce, ma accuratamente (version for piano and orchestra)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Eldar Nebolsin

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    15. "The whole of Paris went crazy," wrote Chopin's friend…

    16. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    17. "I am in great request. I have entered the cream of society"…

    18. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March": III. Marche funèbre: Lento (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    19. Although it was not written until a couple of years later…

    20. 17 Songs, Op. 74: No. 14. Pierścień (The Ring)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Olga Pasichnyk, Natalya Pasichnyk

    21. In the summer of 1838…

    22. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop" (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    23. If the "Raindrop" prelude is ultimately serene in style…

    24. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    25. In late January 1839, Chopin's health…

    26. Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49: bars 37-137

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    27. As far as contrasting moods go…

    28. Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49: bars 199-235

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    29. The principle of contrast not only defined the F minor Fantaisie…

    30. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Kadar Qian

    31. Chopin spent the next summer…

    32. Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    33. With its melodious yet sorrowful opening theme…

    34. Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: II. Scherzo: Allegro con brio (excerpt)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Maria Kliegel, Bernd Glemser

    35. Chopin's life at this time, upended by the split from Sand…

    36. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: İdil Biret


Polish by birth, Fryderyk Chopin made his name in post-Revolutionary Paris and is often depicted as the archetypal Romantic artist – blessed with extraordinary talent but consumed by the flame of genius, tormented by intense and tempestuous relationships and doomed to an early death. But how much of this story is based on fact? This account of Chopin’s life and times separates myth and reality. Illustrated with numerous musical examples, the narrative, written by music historian Dr. Davinia Caddy and narrated by actor Lucy Scott, takes us from his youthful beginnings as ‘a second Mozart’ to the darkness and light of his life and the brilliance of his work.