In preparing a review of last year’s Bard Music Festival, Chopin and his World, I was especially struck by the ability of a festival to present his oeuvre in such a way that the audience could clearly perceive the course of his development as a composer. Jim Samson, one of the preeminent Chopin scholars, I found, had an especially convincing view of his development, which he published in his The Music of Chopin (London, Boston, 1985). The organizers of the Board Festival presented a rather different, but not irrelevant, selection of Chopin’s works. I still thought it worthwhile to put together musical illustrations to Professor Samson’s outline of the points de repère, the landmarks of Chopin’s development. In my review I suggest that an extra concert devoted to Chopin might fill some gaps. This offering, with multiple performances of some of the works, is more of a Chopin orgy than a concert, but you can of course pick and choose.
I have chosen the performances with some care. They begin with a piano roll of Saint-Saëns and end with George Li, and include a representative selection of the great Chopin players of the past century or more, as well as three especially gifted young pianists who shone at the Bard Festival, Hélène Tysman, Fei-Fei Dong, and Nimrod David Pfeffer. I hope you enjoy them.
To read my preview of Chopin and his World, click here.
To read my review of Chopin and his World, click here.
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Rachmaninoff plays Chopin Mazurka, Op. 68, No. 2 in A Minor (1989 Remastered)
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Chopin Mazurka in A minor Op. 68 No. 2 - A Comparison
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Chopin - Mazurkas op.68 - François
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NIKITA MAGALOFF plays CHOPIN - COMPLETE MAZURKAS - OP. 6
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NIKITA MAGALOFF plays CHOPIN - COMPLETE MAZURKAS - OP. 7
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Ignaz Friedman: 4 Chopin Mazurkas (vol. 1)
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Moriz Rosenthal plays Chopin Nocturne in E flat major
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Private video
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Martha Argerich – Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1 (1965)
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Chopin Etude Op. 10 #2 by George Li (12 yr)
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Sviatoslav Richter - Chopin - Etude in E major Op. 10 No. 3 "Tristesse" HD
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V. Horowitz - Étude Op. 10, No. 6 (F. Chopin)
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Evgeny Kissin plays 8 Chopin Etudes op. 10 & op. 25 - video 2009
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Chopin Nocturne F Major Op 15 no.1. Valentina Lisitsa
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Saint-Saëns plays Chopin (Nocturne - Op. 15, No. 2)