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 ...

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 ...

CHOPIN: Rondo in c minor, op. 1; Five Early Polonaises without opus number; Variations on Der Schweizerbub; Nocturne in e minor, op. 72/1 (posthumously published); Three Éccosaises, op. 72/3; Funeral ...

Listening once more to Arrau’s Liszt is to recollect those many occasions in the concert hall when he seemed like Atlas holding aloft the universe‚ absorbed in a gargantuan feat that left his audience ...

McCawley, an English pianist with a rising profile, offers a self-effacing introduction to Chopin, showing reliable taste but not much temperament. He is best in the Three Ecossaises Op.72 and the ...

Remarkably, this is the only piece of Chopin solo piano music that has been a permanent fixture of the Classic FM Hall of Fame since its inception in 1996. As with the concertos, this particular ...

The meanings behind the Nocturne in C-sharp Minor. Editor’s note: Madeleine Kearns writes a weekly column noting peculiar aspects of cultural, artistic, and natural marvels. It might seem hyperbolic ...

One of two pieces in Chopin's Opus 48 collection, the Nocturne in C minor, No. 13, is seen as one of the composer's greatest emotional achievements. Mournful, stately, and beautiful - in just over six ...

Today's Video of the day is a performance of Chopin's 'Nocture No.13 in C minor' by Tom Hicks. His recording of the Complete Chopin Nocturnes is being released on 1 August on Divine Art. He’s taken a ...