Though not the most imaginative take on the 21 nocturnes, the French pianist captures Chopin’s music as it was conceived on a superb-sounding 1836 Pleyel Chopin composed 21 nocturnes, 18 of which were ...

FORT WORTH — Every so often a concert feels particularly special, one you’re grateful to be experiencing. That’s how it was with pianist Piers Lane’s recital Saturday night at Texas Christian ...

(4) Ballades, Movements: No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Eliane Rodrigues, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer (4) Ballades, Movements: No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Eliane Rodrigues, Piano ...

For example, the B major Nocturne, Op 32 No 1, nonchalantly slips right into Op 9 No 3 in the same key. One doesn’t have to study music theory to aurally sense the subtle unity of key relationships ...

One of my very earliest musical memories is the wonderful sound of Chopin’s E flat nocturne on an old 78. The music gets under your skin, and that is equally true for the Chinese-American pianist ...

Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7, in C-sharp minor, begins with a low, ashen sound: a prowling arpeggio in the left hand, consisting only of C-sharps and G-sharps. It’s a hollowed-out harmony, in limbo between ...

In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...

Chopin was born 200 years ago on Monday, but it’s a tricky anniversary to celebrate. His oeuvre, almost exclusively for piano, offers little scope for repackaging. There is nothing to be dug up or ...

Stephen Hough Chopin Nocturnes Hyperion (2 CDs), out October 29 Like a lot of us, I keep wondering how I could have frittered away all that time during lockdown. One who needn’t is our greatest living ...

Jan Lisiecki is more than at home with the music of Frédéric Chopin, with recordings of his Études and Works for Piano and Orchestra released in 2013 and 2017 respectively. In this most recent release ...