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50 Best Chopin

Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Ingrid Fliter (piano), Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Dinu Lipatti (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Cécile Ousset (piano), Bunin, Stanislav Bunin (piano), Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Nelson Goerner (piano), Daniel Adni (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano),...

50 Best Chopin

50 Best Chopin

Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Ingrid Fliter (piano), Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Dinu Lipatti (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Cécile Ousset (piano), Bunin, Stanislav Bunin (piano), Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Nelson Goerner (piano), Daniel Adni (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano),...

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50 BEST CHOPIN is the next release in EMI’s highly successful 50BEST series. This 3 CD box set contains all the most familiar and best-loved works by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, performed by a galaxy of star pianists.

Chopin is universally acclaimed as one of the most original and innovative composers of music for the piano, especially in the romantic and lyrical field, but his compositions also demand brilliant technical virtuosity.

The 50 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te Kanawa. Each release on the 50 Best Series is grouped thematically across 3CDs. Spectacular value and an amazingly low price on one of the world's most respected classical labels.

Artists

Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Ingrid Fliter (piano), Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Dinu Lipatti (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Cécile Ousset (piano), Bunin, Stanislav Bunin (piano), Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Nelson Goerner (piano), Daniel Adni (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Paul Kletzki, Charles Dutoit, Jerzy Maksymiuk

Contents and tracklist

Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18
Work length5:07
Chopin: Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1
Work length4:51
Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
Work length5:27
Chopin: Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3
Work length2:00
Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
Work length3:51
Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'
Work length1:52
  • Ingrid Fliter (piano)
  • Recorded: 1973-06-26
  • Recording Venue: 25 & 26 June 1973, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Work length3:36
Chopin: Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3
Work length3:17
Chopin: Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 69 No. 1 "Farewell"
Work length5:07
Chopin: Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. Posth. 69 No. 2
Work length4:07
Chopin: Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 70 No. 1
Work length1:56
  • Dinu Lipatti (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-11-23
  • Recording Venue: 22 & 23 November 1974, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Chopin: Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. Posth. 70 No. 2
Work length2:45
  • Dinu Lipatti (piano)
  • Recorded: 1965-06-27
  • Recording Venue: 23, 24 & 27 June 1965 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Chopin: Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 70 No. 3
Work length2:33
Chopin: Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56
Work length2:45
  • Dinu Lipatti (piano)
  • Recorded: 1960-04-21
  • Recording Venue: 20,21 April 1960. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. Posth., B. 56
Track length2:45
Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Work length4:44
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Work length6:47
Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Work length5:01
  • Stanislav Bunin (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 20-28.VI.1975 Katowice, Poland
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 (Allegro agitato - Moderato cantabile)
Track length5:01
Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28
Work length39:11
No. 1 in C Major
Track length0:50
No. 2 in A Minor
Track length2:45
No. 3 in G Major
Track length0:51
No. 4 in E Minor
Track length2:07
No. 5 in D Major
Track length0:35
No. 6 in B Minor
Track length2:08
No. 7 in A Major
Track length0:49
No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
Track length1:51
No. 9 in E Major
Track length1:30
No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length0:29
No. 11 in B Major
Track length0:39
No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
Track length1:03
No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
Track length3:42
No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
Track length0:29
No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"
Track length5:04
No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
Track length1:08
No. 17 in A-Flat Major
Track length3:18
No. 18 in F Minor
Track length0:57
No. 19 in E-Flat Major
Track length1:13
No. 20 in C Minor
Track length1:34
No. 21 in B-Flat Major
Track length1:53
No. 22 in G Minor
Track length0:51
No. 23 in F Major
Track length1:05
No. 24 in D Minor
Track length2:20
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Work length8:12
Chopin: 2 Polonaises, Op. 40: No. 1 in A Major "Military"
Work length5:33
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'
Work length6:43
Chopin: Variations in B-Flat Major on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2 (Introduzione. Largo - Theme. Allegretto - Variation Nos. 1-5 - Alla Polacca)
Work length15:12
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Excerpt,Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Work length19:49
This work is only available as an album download.
II. Romance. Larghetto
Track length10:17
This track is only available as an album download.
III. Rondo. Vivace
Track length9:32
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: Larghetto
Work length8:55
Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Work length13:36
This work is only available as an album download.
Chopin: Krakowiak - Concert Rondo in F, Op. 14
Work length13:34
This work is only available as an album download.
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