Vladimir Ashkenazy and Maurizio Pollini played etudes unbelievably well. I also appreciate Krystian Zimerman’s interpretation. For concerto, Yundi Li’s performance on Chopin International Piano Competition struck me a lot. Artur Rubinstein is really a master of all Chopin’s works and is beloved by many. There are many flute music books out there, but this one offers a combination of less popular pieces, along with the most popular pieces, making for a.

I have listened to different editions a lot. This classical flute sheet music book includes 31 exquisite classical flute solos by some of historys best composers, including Satie, Chopin, Mozart, Vivaldi, Bizet, Beethoven, Bach, and More. Among the famous pianists who play Chopin really well, there is really no single one’s performance which I prefer overwhelmingly than any other’s. His works are mainstays of Romanticism in 19th-century classical music.(This list is incomplete and yet to be updated…)įrédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11įrédéric Chopin - Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31įrédéric Chopin - Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op.47įrédéric Chopin - Étude No.12 in C minor, Op.25 (‘Ocean’)įrédéric Chopin - Étude No.1 in C major, Op.10 (‘Waterfall’)įrédéric Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49įrédéric Chopin - Fantaisie Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66 Chopin invented musical forms such as the ballade and was responsible for major innovations in forms such as the piano sonata, waltz, nocturne, étude, impromptu and prelude. Though technically demanding, Chopin's style emphasizes nuance and expressive depth rather than virtuosity. A Polish patriot,Ĭhopin's extant compositions were written primarily for the piano as a solo instrument. In Paris, he made a comfortable living as a composer and piano teacher, while giving few public performances. In November 1830, at the age of 20, Chopin went abroad following the suppression of the Polish November Uprising of 1830–31, he became one of many expatriates of the Polish 'Great Emigration.' He was born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, in the Duchy of Warsaw, to a Polish mother and French-expatriate father, and in his early life was regarded as a child-prodigy pianist. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and ranks as one of music's greatest tone poets. Frédéric Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period.

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