Frederic Chopin : the Piano Man.

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Sonata no. 3, op. 58

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24 preludes, op. 28

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2 nocturnes, op. 27

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Concert magic. Waltz E minor (posthumous) by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Concert magic. Etude in F major, op. 10 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Concert magic. Mazurka in C sharp, op. 5 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Waltz in A-flat major op. 69, no. 1

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Concert magic. Études E major, op. 10 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Chopin and beyond ... Pour ma douce. Barcarolle op. 60 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Famous composers. Frederic Chopin 1810-1849

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Chopin and beyond ... Pour ma douce. 9 preludes op. 28 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Piano notes. Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

“…Utterly partial history of the piano : Frédéric Chopin…”
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The glory of the Kirov. Les sylphides : waltz : 1969

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The Bolshoi Ballet in the park. Les sylphides (Chopiniana)

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Chopin and beyond ... Pour ma douce. Nocturne op. 62 Nr. 1 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Chopin and beyond ... Pour ma douce. Berceuse in D-flat major, op. 57 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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BBC Proms. 2011, Last night of the Proms. Grande polonaise brillante by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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"Nijinsky" : a ballet

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Boris Berman -- Chopin Scherzo no. 1, op. 20.

“…Boris Berman at the Royal Northern College of Music : Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo no. 1 in B minor op. 20 : piano masterclass…”
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Achúcarro : Brahms piano concerto no. 2 by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897

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Great Performances.

Table of Contents: “…Frederic Chopin -- Prelude in D Minor (Opus 28, No. 24) (03:03) -- Franz Schubert -- Lied: An Die Musik (Opus 88) (02:50) -- Johannes Brahms -- G Minor Piano Quartet (Movement IV) (02:52) -- Franz Schubert -- Lied: Gretchen Am Spinnrade (Opus 2) (03:59) -- Franz Schubert -- Piano Quintet in A Major (Opus 114 "Trout" Movement IV) (02:45) -- Franz Schubert -- Lied: Erlkonig (Opus 1) (04:17) -- Frederic Chopin -- Nocturne in E Flat Major (Opus 9, No. 2) (04:49).…”
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Romantic Etudes.

Table of Contents: “…Pierre-Alexandre Boëly / Etude no. 15 -- Camille Saint-Saëns / Etude op. 52 no. 6 -- Charles-Valentin Alkan / Allegro barbaro op. 35 no. 5 -- Camille Saint-Saëns / Etude op. 52 no. 2 -- Camille Saint-Saëns / Etude op. 111 no. 6 -- Camille Saint-Saëns / Etude op. 135 no. 4 -- Hélène de Mongeroult / Etude no. 110 -- Franz Liszt / Etude d'exécution transcendante no. 8 -- Frédéric Chopin / Etudes op. 25 no. 1, no. 7, no. 12 -- Frédéric Chopin / Etude op. 10 no. 12 -- Johannes Brahms / Etude no. 5.…”
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Daniel Barenboim : 50 years on stage

Table of Contents: “…Waltz in D flat major, op. 64 no. 1 / Frédéric Chopin ; Fantasiestücke, op. 12: Des Abends ; Aufschwung / Robert Schumann ; Etude in F minor, op. 25 no. 2 / Frédéric Chopin ; Sonata in C major, K. 545. …”
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Barenboim : jubilee concert in Buenos Aires.

Table of Contents: “…II: Andante / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Papillons / Moriz Rosenthal -- Waltz in E minor, op. post. / Frédéric Chopin.…”
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Composers in the movies : studies in musical biography by Tibbetts, John C.

Table of Contents: “…The classical style: composers in the studio era -- A song remembered: Frédéric Chopin goes to war -- The new Tin Pan Alley: Hollywood looks at American popular songwriters -- "Just an innocent bystander": the composer films of Ken Russell -- "A long, dark coda into the night": the composer films of Tony Palmer -- Revisionist portraits: a medley of recent composer biopics.…”
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Ohne Worte : vocality and instrumentality in 19th-century music by Mossburger, Hubert, Seaton, Douglass, Roudet, Jeanne, Torbianelli, Edoardo, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Playing with images : character and emotion in the Age of Romanticism / Edoardo Torbianelli -- "Inner voices" and "deep combinations" : Robert Schumann's approach to romantic polyphony / Hubert Mossburger -- Frederic Chopin, Clara Schuman, and the singing piano school / Jeanne Roudet -- Vocal patterns in the themes of Berlioz's instrumental music / Jean-Pierre Bartoli -- Plot and narrative in Mendelssohn's chamber music for strings and piano / Douglass Seaton -- Robert Schumann's poetic paraphrases : analytical implications / personalia / Hubert Mossburger.…”
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The world's great men of music by Brower, Harriette

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Foreword; The World's Great Men of Music; Palestrina; John Sebastian Bach; George Frederick Handel; Christoph Willibald Gluck; Josef Haydn; Wolfgang Mozart; Ludwig Van Beethoven; Carl Maria Von Weber; Franz Schubert; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Robert Schumann; Frederic Chopin; Hector Berlioz; Franz Liszt; Giuseppe Verdi; Richard Wagner; César Franck; Johannes Brahms; Edward Grieg; Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky; Edward Macdowell; Claude Achille Debussy; Arturo Toscanini; Leopold Stokowski; Serge Koussevitzky; Also Available.…”
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The great composers portrayed on film, 1913 through 2002 by Mitchell, Charles P., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; Isaac Albéniz; Johann Sebastian Bach; Arnold Bax; Ludwig van Beethoven; Vincenzo Bellini; Hector Berlioz; Georges Bizet; Johannes Brahms; Anton Bruckner; Frederic Chopin; Aaron Copland; Claude Debussy; Frederick Delius; Gaetano Donizetti; George Gershwin; Mikhail Glinka; Charles Gounod; Percy Grainger; Edvard Grieg; George Frideric Handel; Franz Joseph Haydn; Victor Herbert; Bernard Herrmann; Charles Ives; Scott Joplin; Constant Lambert; Franz Liszt; Gustav Mahler; Marin Marais; Bohuslav Martinu; Pietro Mascagni; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.…”
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Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire : a Guide for Listeners. by Ferguson, Donald N.

Table of Contents: “…A WORD TO THE READER; JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750); BELA BARTOK (1881-1945); LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827); HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869); GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875); ERNEST BLOCH (b. 1880); ALEXANDER BORODIN (1834-1887); JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897); ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896); ERNEST AMEDÉE CHAUSSON (1855-1890); LUIGI CHERUBINI (1760-1842); FRANÇOIS FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849); AARON COPLAND (b. 1900); CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY (1862-1918); PAUL DUKAS (1865-1935); ANTONIN DVORÁK (1841-1904); EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934); MANUEL DE FALLA (1877-1946); CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890).…”
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The Life of Chopin. by Liszt, Franz

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Lang Lang live at the Royal Albert Hall.

Table of Contents: “…Piano sonata no. 5 in G major, KV 283 ; Piano sonata no. 4 in E flat major, KV 282 ; Piano sonata no. 8 in A minor, KV 310 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Ballade no. 1 op 23 in G minor ; Ballade no. 2 op 38 in F major ; Ballade no. 3 op 47 in A flat ; Ballade no. 4 op 52 in F minor / Frédéric Chopin -- Dance of the seaweed / Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin -- Alla Turca. …”
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Mind in the wilderness

Table of Contents: “…Sheep may safely graze / Johann Sebastian Bach -- October, no. 10 from "The seasons", op. 37b, D minor / Peter Tschaikovsky -- Scherzo no. 2, op. 31, B minor / Frédéric Chopin -- Clair de lune, no. 3 from "Suite bergamasque", D flat major / Claude Debussy -- When almonds blossomed / Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli -- Intermezzo, op. 117/2, B flat minor / Johannes Brahms -- La valse (piano solo version) / Maurice Ravel -- Etude, op. 2, C sharp minor / Alexander Skryabin -- Slavonic dance op. 72/2 (Allegretto grazioso) / Antonin Dvořák -- Danse russe ; Chez Pétrouchka ; La semaine grasse / Igor Stravinsky -- Vagiorko mai / arranged by Buniatishvili -- Menuett, from Suite des pièces, G minor / George Frideric Handel -- Improvisation on Libertango / Astor Piazolla.…”
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Master classes with Menahem Pressler by Brown, William Paul, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Johannes Brahms -- Interlude III. Poor Pianos. 5. Frédéric Chopin -- Interlude IV. Hotel Stories. 6. Claude Debussy -- 7. …”
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Freedom and the arts : essays on music and literature by Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012

Table of Contents: “…The weight of society -- Freedom and art -- Culture on the market -- The future of music -- The canon -- Dramatic and tonal logic in Mozart's operas -- Mozart's entry into the twentieth century -- The triumph of Mozart -- Drama and figured bass in Mozart's concertos -- Mozart and posterity -- Structural dissonance and the classical sonata -- Tradition without convention -- Felix Mendelssohn at 200 : prodigy without peer -- Happy birthday, Elliott Carter! -- Frédéric Chopin, reactionary and revolutionary -- Robert Schumann, a vision of the future -- Long perspectives -- The New Grove's dictionary returns -- Western music : the view from California -- Theodore Adorno : criticism as cultural nostalgia -- Resuscitating opera : Alessandro Scarlatti -- Operatic paradoxes : the ridiculous and sublime -- Lost chords and the golden age of pianism -- Montaigne : philosophy as process -- La Fontaine : the ethical power of style -- The anatomy lesson : melancholy and the invention of boredom -- Mallarmé and the transfiguration of poetry -- Hoffmansthal and radical modernism -- The private obsessions of Wystan Auden -- Old wisdom and newfangled theory : two one-way streets to disaster.…”
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Piano sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109 by Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Etude op. 10, no. 4 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Mazurka in A minor, op. 17 no. 4 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Etude in C minor, op. 10 no. 12 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11 by Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

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