Frédéric Chopin
Fryderyk Chopin · 2001
Disc 1
1Chopin and the Soul of the Piano
1:49
2Berceuse, op. 57
2:18
3Chopin the Pole
1:49
4Polonaise in G minor
1:05
5Early Education
3:06
6Variations on a German Air
1:34
7Encounters With the Polish Peasantry
1:02
8Mazurka in G major
1:13
9Chopin as Industrious Pupil
0:58
10Sonata in C minor (opening)
1:50
11He Finds His True Voice as a Composer
1:50
12Rondo à la mazur, op. 5
1:05
13The Fun - Loving Teenager
1:17
14Ecossaise, op. 72 no. 3
0:46
15Onset of Illness and the Death of a Sister
2:05
16Nocturne in E minor
4:32
17"Hats Off, Gentlemen! A Genius!"
1:37
18Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", op. 2
3:41
19The Influence of Paganini
1:20
20Souvenir de Paganini
2:11
21The First Etudes
0:45
22Etude in C-sharp minor, op. 10 no. 4
2:16
23Success in Vienna
5:58
24Nocturne in C-sharp minor
1:24
25Chopin in Love
5:20
26Polonaise for Cello and Piano
1:34
27Stagnation, Celebrity and the First Concerto
2:18
28Concerto in F minor, op. 21
1:42
29Return of Vitality and Inspiration
5:10
30Concerto in E minor, op. 11
10:50
31Farewells and the Final Departure From Poland
1:38
Disc 2
1Europe and Chopin in Crisis
7:43
2Scherzo no. 1 in B minor
4:29
3Arrival in Paris
2:24
4Waltz in E-flat, op. 18
5:31
5Paris, Politics, Poles and Performance
7:40
6Impromptu in A-flat, op. 29
4:27
7Chopin and the Opera
1:49
8Andante spianato, op. 22
4:37
9Chopin and Kalkbrenner
2:15
10Etude in G-flat major op. 10 no. 5 "Black keys"
1:47
11The Cholera Epidemic; The Fashionable Teacher
7:53
12Etude in C minor, op. 10 no. 12 "Revolutionary"
3:02
13Teaching in Earnest
4:59
14Etude in A minor, op. 25 no. 4
1:47
15"Souplesse avant tout!"
2:25
16Nocturne in B-flat minor, op. 9 no. 1
5:34
Disc 3
1The Wodzinska Affair
3:44
2Nocturne in B major, op. 32 no. 1
2:08
3"An Elegant, Pale, Sad Young Man"
2:14
4Nocturne in D‐flat major, op. 27, no. 2
6:11
5George Sand and a Majorcan Winter
22:08
6Preludes, op. 28
6:18
7Misanthropy, Hypocrisy and Prejudice
3:38
8Mazurkas
7:25
9At Nohant: An Idyllic and Creative Summer
2:34
10Impromptu in F-sharp
5:47
11The Idyll Continues
4:58
12Sonata in B-flat minor: Funeral March and Finale
10:42
Disc 4
1The Return to Paris
2:27
2Ballade no. 4 in F minor
12:11
3Chopin Grows Moody, Petulant and Volatile
5:57
4Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58: Finale
5:33
5Failing Health and Mounting Tensions
4:35
6Barcarolle, op. 60
8:43
7The Break With Sand; Illness; London
12:34
8Prelude in F-sharp, op. 28 no. 8
1:54
9Scotland, London, Paris; Decline and Death
14:01
10Polonaise in A-flat, op. 53
7:14