Browse: Chopin - Ballades Nos. 1-4
Composer: Frédéric François Chopin (1810–49)Genres:
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... — More…
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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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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes, Pires's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
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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... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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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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Andsnes is not interested in being different, just in being honest. Yes, there is pain. But only where Chopin writes it. And it is offset by myriad beauties of tone and understanding. A delectable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Fedorova’s Chopin is unfailingly sensitive, poetic and tasteful, the phrases flexibly shaped even when the technical going gets tough. In Liszt and Scriabin, too, she never forces her tone and... — More…
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[the performances] are touched by distinction throughout and have spontaneity as well as tremendous concentration, bringing a remarkable combination of poetry and romantic feeling. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th December 2011
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Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano), Pamela Frank (violin), Yo - Yo Ma (cello)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended
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