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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Ballades
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The Gramophone Good CD Guide awarded this its highest accolade, denoting "an unrivalled version, a cornerstone of the catalogue", adding that "this is surely the greatest, certainly the richest... —
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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In the use of words like sensational, extraordinary, phenomenal, etc., critics have to be sparing, at risk of their credibility. But these adjectives are all appropriate to this new Chopin recital... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades
RecommendedSeong-Jin Cho (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
…his playing is unfailingly cultivated and his sound beautifully focused and poised.[Concerto in E minor]…Cho commands the work, and he leads the dance in the finale —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th November 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Horowitz: The Historic Return, Carnegie Hall 1965 & The 1966 Concerts
RecommendedVladimir Horowitz (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Classical Album of the Year
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Murray Perahia plays Chopin
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
A self-recommending six-disc set...which includes the Gramophone Award-winning disc of the Etudes. As Bryce Morrison said of that disc: 'From Perahia there is order and lucidity at the heart... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Special offer. Chopin: Sonatas 2 & 3 /Ballade No. 1 / Berceuse / Nocturnes
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Perhaps not the most multi-faceted Chopin playing , with too much emphasis on approaching the composer back through a Romantic lens rather than forward through a Classical one, but a characteristically... —
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In short, this release encompasses not so much a profound ‘puzzle’ as an interesting running order of mostly Chopin works in generally fine performances. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Vinnitskaya’s Chopin is well worth a listen but, my goodness, the competition is fierce. —
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The Pianist
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Janusz Olejniczak (piano), Andrzej Szpilman (piano), Hanna Wolczeska
Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra of Poland, Tadeusz Strugala
