Life and Works by Frederic Chopin

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Life and Works

Composer: Frederic Chopin

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Record Label: Naxos

Originally released: 16-MAR-2001

Disc 1

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	1. Chopin and the soul of the piano
	2. Music: Berceuse, Op. 57
	3. Chopin the Pole
	4. Music: Polonaise in G minor
	5. Early education
	6. Music: Variations on a German Air
	7. Encounters with the Polish peasantry
	8. Music: Mazurka in G major
	9. Chopin as industrious pupil
	10. Music: Sonata in C minor (opening)
	11. He finds his true voice as a composer
	12. Music: Rondo à la Mazur, Op. 5
	13. The fun-loving teenager
	14. Music: Ecossaise, Op. 72, No. 3
	15. Onset of illness and the death of a sister
	16. Music: Nocturne in E minor
	17. 'Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!'
	18. Music: Variations on 'La ci darem la mano', Op. 2
	19. The influence of Paganini
	20. Music, Sovenir de Paganini
	21. The first Etudes
	22. Music: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4
	23. Success in Vienna
	24. Music: Nocturne in C sharp minor
	25. Chopin in love
	26. Music: Polonaise for cello and piano
	27. Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto
	28. Music: Concerto in E minor, Op. 11
	29. Return of vitality and inspiration
	30. Music: Concerto in E minor, Op. 11		Album Only
	31. Farewells and the final departure from Poland
Disc 2
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	1. Europe and Chopin in crisis
	2. Music: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor
	3. Arrival in Paris
	4. Music: Waltz in E flat, Op. 18
	5. Paris, politics, Poles and performance
	6. Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29
	7. Chopin and the Opera
	8. Music: Andante spianato, Op. 22
	9. Chopin and Kalkbrenner
	10. Music: Etude in G flat, Op. 10, No. 5
	11. The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher
	12. Music: Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12, the 'Revolutionary'
	13. Teaching in earnest
	14. Music: Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 4
	15. 'Souplesse avant tout!'
	16. Music: Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1
Disc 3
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	1. The Wodzinska affair
	2. Music: Nocturne in B major, Op. 32, No. 1
	3. 'An elegant, pale, sad young man'
	4. Music: Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2
	5. George Sand and a Majorcan winter		Album Only
	6. Music: Préludes, Op. 28
	7. Misanthropy, hypocrisy, and prejudice
	8. Music: Mazurkas
	9. At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer
	10. Music: Impromptu in F #
	11. The Idyll continues
	12. Music: Sonata in B flat minor - Funeral March and finale		Album Only
Disc 4
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	1. The Return to Paris
	2. Music: Ballade No. 4 in F minor		Album Only
	3. Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile
	4. Music: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 - Finale
	5. Failing health and mounting tensions
	6. Music: Barcarolle, Op. 60		Album Only
	7. The break with Sand; illness; London		Album Only
	8. Music: Préludes in F sharp. Op. 28, No. 8
	9. Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death		Album Only
	10. Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53