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PAGE 133: Chopin, Barcarolle, op. 60, 1845 | read more | two examples
Example 1: played by Dinu Lipatti
Example 2: played by George Walker
PAGE 133: Chopin, Berceuse, op. 57, 1843 | read more | two examples
Example 1: an early recording played by Ignaz Friedman, recorded 1928
Example 2: played by Vladimir Ashkenazy
PAGE 133: Chopin, Polonaise-Fantaisie, op. 61 in A flat major, 1845-1846, played by Yulianna Avdeeva during the 2010 International Chopin Competition | read more
PAGE 148: Camille Saint-Saëns, Cypress and Laurels, op. 156, 1919. Matthias Eisenberg, organist, with the Orchestra du Capitole de Toulouse | read more
PAGE 133: Chopin, Mazurka in F minor, op. 68, no. 4, 1838-1839, played by Evgeny Kissin, then twelve years old | read more
PAGE 148: Chopin, Preludes, op. 28, no. 4 in E minor, 1838-1839 | read more | Eight examples
Example 1: played by Grigory Sokolov on a modern piano
Example 2: played by Yuan Sheng on the 1845 Pleyel at the Frederick Collection. Begins at 1:00:00
Example 3: played by Paula Rios on an 1839 Pleyel, in the Cartuja de Valldemossa, where Chopin worked on the Preludes. Used with permission © Celda de Frédéric Chopin y George Sand
Example 4: played by the Andrzej Jagodziński Trio
Example 5: “Reminiscence Prelude,” after F. Chopin, from the album “Adoration.” Krzysztof Zimowski, violin; Jarosław Gołembiowski. Used with permission.
Example 6: Kassa Overall in “Darkness in Mind,” from the 2020 album “I Think I’m Good”
Example 7: Chick Corea, Live in Paris, 2018
PAGE 148: Chopin, Preludes op. 28, no. 6 in B minor, 1838-1839 | read more | four examples:
Example 1: played by Yuan Sheng on the 1845 Pleyel at the Frederick Collection. Begins at 1:02:29
Example 2: played by Paula Rios on an 1839 Pleyel, in the Cartuja de Valldemossa where Chopin worked on the Preludes. Used with permission © Celda de Frédéric Chopin y George Sand
Example 3: played by Yuja Wang on a modern piano
PAGE 149: Chopin, Prelude op. 28, no. 4 in E minor played by Stephen Price on a three manual pipe organ made by Goulding & Wood, op. 45, at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
PAGE 149: Chopin, Prelude op. 28, no. 6 in B minor played by Stephen Price on a three manual pipe organ made by Goulding & Wood, op. 45, at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
PAGE 155: Chopin, Nocturne op. 9, no. 2 in E flat Major | read more | four examples
Example 1: played by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Example 2: played by Nottingshamshire police officer Craig Bull
Example 3: played by jazz pianist Jacques Loussier
Example 4: played by Bart van Oort on an 1842 Pleyel