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Chopin: Mazurkas / Tiberghien

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-10-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 47 in A minor, Op. 68/2, CT. 97; Mazurka for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 6/3, CT. 53; Mazurka for piano no 5 in B flat major, Op. 7/1, CT. 56; Scherzo f...
Performers: Tiberghien, Cedric

With this new disc, pianist Cédric Tiberghien offers us a panorama of Chopin's output. A selection of the composer's charming Mazurkas are framed by three...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (01/2010)....continue...

Chopin: Nocturnes / Brigitte Engerer

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-07-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9; Nocturnes (3) for Piano, Op. 15; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 106/Op. 32; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 3...
Performers: Engerer, Brigitte

"The overall feeling of her playing is smooth and balanced, and there is never a moment where one note is overemphasized or where her touch...continue...
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-05-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki
Conductors: Conlon, James

Gold medalist at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Nobuyuki Tsujii is heard here in an all-Chopin program taken from his competition performances. Blind...continue...
Recording information: Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas (05/2009-06/2009)....continue...

Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-05-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Performers: Kern, Olga

Frederic Chopin's Piano Sonatas No.2 ("Funeral March") and No.3 are the product of the composer's maturity and are rich with boundless invention. Here they receive...continue...

Frederic Chopin: The Essentials

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-02-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Op. 22; Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Waltz for piano no 9 in A flat major ("L'adieu") Op. 69/1, CT. 215; Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62...
Performers: Chiu, Frederic [Piano]; Engerer, Brigitte; Kern, Olga; Nakamatsu, Jon; Planes, Alain; Tharaud, Alexandre; Tiberghien, Cedric; Tsujii, Nobuyuki
Conductors: Wit, Antoni

On 'The Essentials', Harmonia Mundi's top artists present a compilation of some of Chopin's most famous pieces, offering a glimpse of the inner world of...continue...
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Chopin chez Pleyel / Alain Planes

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Op. 22; Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 142/Op. 48; Prelude for piano no 13 in F sharp major, Op. 28/13, CT. 178; Prelude f...
Performers: Planès, Alain

This album is a virtual journey into Chopin's musical world. On February 21, 1842, the Polish composer gave one of his very rare concerts. He...continue...
Recording information: Paris, IRCAM, Salle Modulable (03/2009)....continue...

Frédéric Chopin: Préludes / Alain Planès

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 41; Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia/6; Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. ...
Performers: Planes, Alain

Recording information: Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente, Haarlem, The Netherla (03/2000)....continue...

13th Van Cliburn Competition - Gold Medal

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Franz Liszt: Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La ...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

One of two Gold Medal winners in the 2009 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, Nobuyuki Tsujii's release has already had advance sales of 90,000 in his...continue...
Recording information: Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas (05/22/2009-06/07/2009)....continue...

Chopin: Préludes / Alexandre Tharaud

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-03-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Trois nouvelles études, for piano, KK IIb/3, CT. 38-40 (B. 130); Prelude for piano no 25 in C sharp minor, Op. 45, CT. 190; Prelude fo...
Performers: Tharaud, Alexandre

"I like to play the cycle of 'Preludes' without interruption, with the same tension, a certain underlying fear even in the most serene preludes." Two...continue...

Chopin: Waltzes / Alexandre Tharaud

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-06-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in A minor, B 150; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Waltz for piano no 4 in F major, Op. 34/3, CT. 210; Waltz for piano no 8 in A f...
Performers: Tharaud, Alexandre

This new recording by Alexandre Tharaud follows in the tradition of his earlier CDs devoted to Rameau, Ravel and Bach. Once again the young French...continue...

Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Chen

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-10-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Sebastian Currier: Scarlatti Cadences, for piano; Brainstorm, for piano; Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie...
Performers: Chen, Sa

Sa Chen, winner of the inaugural Crystal Award for third place at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, shows a remarkable facility for textural...continue...

Chopin: Fantasy, Impromptus, Mazurkas, etc / Jon Nakamatsu

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1998-10-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu for Piano no 1 in A flat major, B 110/Op. 29; Impromptu for Piano no 2 in F sharp major, B 129/Op. 36; Impromptu for Piano no 3 in G flat major, b 149/Op. 51; Fan...
Performers: Nakamatsu, Jon

"...The 28-year-old Californian plays with such sensitivity and tonal refinement that this contribution, if not totally effective, deserves a prominet place in the current catalog....continue...