The very best of Chopin: Excerpts from piano and chamber works

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FREDERIC CHOPIN
The very best of Chopin: Excerpts from piano and chamber works
Idil Biret (piano) Bernd Glemser (piano) / Maria Kliegel (cello) / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra and many others

[ Naxos / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 8 December 2005

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Probably the most popular composer of solo piano music the world has ever known. Chopin's best-known compositions include contemplative Nocturnes, lively Preludes, charming Waltzes, devilish Etudes and more besides.

Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works.

Tracks:

12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 12 in C minor, "Revolutionary"
12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E major, "Tristesse" (Sadness)
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D flat major
Andante spianato in G major, Op. 22: II. Grande polonaise brilliante
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65: III. Largo
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17/4
Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33/2

and much much more