Album
![]() |
The Life and Works of Frédéric ChopinVarious Artists
|


There are no reviews for this album.
CD 1 of 4 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chopin and the soul of the piano | 1:49 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerBerceuse, Op.57 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
2 | Berceuse, Op.57 (excerpt) | 2:17 | $0.99 | |||
3 | Chopin the Pole | 1:48 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerPolonaise in G-, KKIIa/1, CT.161 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
4 | Polonaise in G-, KKIIa/1, CT.161 (excerpt) | 1:04 | $0.99 | |||
5 | Early Education | 3:05 | $0.99 | |||
6 | Introduction and Variations on a German Air 'Der Schweizerbub', KKIVa/4, CT.227 (excerpt) | 1:33 | $0.99 | |||
7 | Encounters with the Polish peasantry | 1:02 | $0.99 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
8 | Mazurka in G, KKII/2, CT.100 (Mazurka No.55) | 1:13 | $0.99 | |||
9 | Chopin as industrious pupil | 0:58 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerSonata No.1 in C-, Op.4 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
10 | 1.Allegro maestoso (opening excerpt) | 1:49 | $0.99 | |||
11 | He finds his true voice as a composer | 1:50 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerRondo à la Mazur in F, Op.5 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
12 | Rondo à la Mazur in F, Op.5 (excerpt) | 1:05 | $0.99 | |||
13 | The fun-loving teenager | 1:17 | $0.99 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
14 | No.3 in Db | 0:45 | $0.99 | |||
15 | Onset of illness and the death of a sister | 2:05 | $0.99 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
16 | Nocturne No.19 in E-, Op.72, No.1, KKIV/b | 4:32 | $0.99 | |||
17 | Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius! | 1:36 | $0.99 | |||
18 | Excerpt | 3:41 | $0.99 | |||
19 | The influence of Paganini | 1:19 | $0.99 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
20 | Variations 'Souvenir de Paganini', Op.posth.B.37 (excerpt) | 2:10 | $0.99 | |||
21 | The first Etudes | 0:44 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer12 Etudes, Op.10 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
22 | No.4: Presto in C#- ('Torrent') | 2:15 | $0.99 | |||
23 | Success in Vienna | 5:58 | $0.99 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
24 | Nocturne in C#-, Op. posth, KKIVa/16, CT.127 (excerpt) | 1:23 | $0.99 | |||
25 | Chopin in love | 5:19 | $0.99 | |||
26 | 2.Alla Polacca: Allegro con spirito (excerpt) | 1:33 | $0.99 | |||
27 | Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto | 2:18 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerPiano Concerto No.2 in F-, Op.21 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
28 | 3.Allegro vivace (excerpt) | 1:42 | $0.99 | |||
29 | Return of vitality and inspiration | 5:10 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerPiano Concerto No.1 in E-, Op.11 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
30 | 2.Romanze: Larghetto (excerpt) | 10:49 | $1.99 | |||
31 | Farewells and the final departure from Poland | 1:38 | $0.99 |
CD 2 of 4 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Europe and Chopin in crisis | 7:43 | $1.49 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerScherzo No.1 in B-, Op.20 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
2 | Scherzo No.1 in B-, Op.20 (excerpt) | 4:28 | $0.99 | |||
3 | Arrival in Paris | 2:24 | $0.99 | |||
4 | Waltz No.1 in Eb, Op.18, B.62 ('Grande valse brillante') | 5:31 | $0.99 | |||
5 | Paris, politics, Poles, and performance | 7:40 | $1.49 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerImpromptu No.1 in Ab, Op.29 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
6 | Impromptu No.1 in Ab, Op.29 | 4:27 | $0.99 | |||
7 | Chopin and the opera | 1:49 | $0.99 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
8 | 1.Andante spianato | 4:37 | $0.99 | |||
9 | Chopin and Kalkbrenner | 2:15 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer12 Etudes, Op.10 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
10 | No.5: Vivace in Gb ('Black Keys') | 1:47 | $0.99 | |||
11 | The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher | 7:52 | $1.49 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer12 Etudes, Op.10 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
12 | No.12: Allegro con fuoco in C- ('Revolutionary') | 3:02 | $0.99 | |||
13 | Teaching in ernest | 4:58 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer12 Etudes, Op.25 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
14 | No.4: Agitato in A- ('Paganini') | 1:47 | $0.99 | |||
15 | Souplesse avant tout! | 2:24 | $0.99 | |||
16 | No.1 in Bb- | 5:34 | $0.99 | |||
CD 3 of 4 | ||||||
1 | The Wodzinska affair | 3:43 | $0.99 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
2 | No.1 in B (excerpt) | 2:08 | $0.99 | |||
3 | An elegant, pale, sad young man | 2:14 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer2 Nocturnes, Op.27 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
4 | No.2 in Db | 6:10 | $0.99 | |||
5 | George Sand and a Majorcan winter | 22:08 | $3.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer24 Preludes, Op.28 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
6 | 18.Molto allegro in F- | 6:17 | $0.99 | |||
7 | Misanthropy, hypocrisy, and prejudice | 3:38 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer3 Mazurkas, Op.56 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
8 | No.3 in C- | 7:25 | $1.49 | |||
9 | At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer | 2:33 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerImpromptu No.2 in F#, Op.36 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
10 | Impromptu No.2 in F#, Op.36 | 5:47 | $0.99 | |||
11 | The Idyll continues | 4:57 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerSonata No.2 in Bb-, Op.35 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
12 | 3.Marche funèbre: Lento | 10:41 | $1.99 | |||
CD 4 of 4 | ||||||
1 | The return to Paris | 2:27 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerBallade No.4 in F-, Op.52 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
2 | Ballade No.4 in F-, Op.52 | 12:11 | $1.99 | |||
3 | Chopin grows moody, petulant, and volatile | 5:57 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerSonata No.3 in B-, Op.58 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
4 | 4.Finale: Presto, ma non tanto | 5:33 | $0.99 | |||
5 | Failing health and mounting tensions | 4:34 | $0.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin ComposerBarcarolle in F#, Op.60 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
6 | Barcarolle in F#, Op.60 | 8:42 | $1.49 | |||
7 | The break with Sand; illness; London | 12:33 | $1.99 | |||
Frédéric François Chopin Composer24 Preludes, Op.28 Work
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
8 | 8.Molto agitato in F#- | 1:53 | $0.99 | |||
9 | Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death | 14:01 | $2.49 | |||
Idil Biret Piano
|
||||||
10 | Polonaise No.6 in Ab, Op.53 ('Heroic'), CT.155 | 7:13 | $1.49 |