Chopin Highlights (3CD)

FREDERIC CHOPIN: Highlights

Chopin's music centres around the piano; he elicited an amazing range of tones and moods from the instrument.
Both his piano concertos are to be heard here, in addition to an extensive selection of the most popular solo works that include favourites like the Fantaisie-impromptu and the Minute Waltz. ( Berlin Classics )

CD1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor, op. 11
1. Allegro maestoso 18:35
2. Romanze. Larghetto 9:52
3. Rondo. Vivace 9:26

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, op. 21
4. Maestoso 13:52
5. Larghetto 9:47
6. Allegro vivace 8:08

Annerose Schmidt, piano
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur, conductor
(P) 1985 [1]-[3], 1984 [4]-[6] VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin

CD2
1. "Fantasie-Impromptu" Nr. 4 in C sharp minor, op. 66
2. Mazurka Nr. 13 in A minor, op. 17,4
3. Fantasie in F minor, op. 49
4. Berceuse in D flat major, op. 57
5. Nocturne Nr. 9 in B major, op. 32,1
6. Etuden cin C minor, op. 10,2
7. Ballade Nr. 2 in F major, op. 38
8. Polonaise Nr. 1 in C sharp minor, op. 26,1
9. Scherzo Nr. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39

Andreas Pistorius, piano
(P) 1983 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin

CD3
1. Nocturne Nr. 1 in B flat minor, op. 9,1 5:47
2. Nocturne Nr. 17 in B Major, op. 62,1 6:46
3. Mazurka Nr. 2 in C sharp minor, op. 6,2 2:33
4. Mazurka Nr. 32 in C sharp minor, op. 50,3 5:51
5. Polonaise Nr. 6 in A flat major, op. 53 7:19
6. Walzer Nr. 6 in D flat major, op. 64,1 1:57
7. Walzer Nr. 7 in C sharp minor, op. 64,2 4:00
8. Walzer Nr. 1 in E flat major, op. 18 5:56
9. Walzer Nr. 5 in A flat major, op. 42 4:30
10. Ballade Nr. 4 in F minor, op. 52 11:48

Elfrun Gabriel, piano
(P) 1988 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin