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Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Barcarolles
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Hamelin builds the Second Sonata… unerringly, producing a poetic and passionate performance that is finally carried off on a spectral wind. Hamelin… opens with an exquisitely textured Berceuse.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th January 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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But in both the sonata and the magnificent Polonaise-Fantaisie Op 61 there’s a real sense of authority and purpose; Avdeeva may sometimes keep listeners a bit too much at arms’ length, but there’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Piano
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McCawley responds well to this repertoire, and he's particularly impressive in the Bach, with its splendid Fugue ending with a rhapsodic outburst that links it to the freer style of the Prelude;... —
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New. Chopin: Piano Concerto Op. 11 and Other Works
Mitsuko Uchida, 1970
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrzej Markowski
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The first movement of Sonata No. 3 is a particular delight...delivering wonderful nuances of phrasing and touch. He captures the marking of the Scherzo, Molto vivace, with an ideal balance between... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Eric Lu plays Chopin
Winner of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2025
Eric Lu (piano)
With his mix of elegance of sound, clarity of execution and technical ease, Lu has all the basic requirements for a first-class Chopin player. The three Mazurkas, Op 56, achieve an intimacy... —
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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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'excellence’ doesn’t begin to do him justice. The grace and refinement of his playing seemed preternatural, a kind of perfection to which many pianists aspire but few attain – and none with... —
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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. —
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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As a former pupil of Cortot, it wasn't perhaps surprising that Lipatti always kept a special place in his heart for Chopin. And thanks primarily to the 14 Waltzes, played in a non-chronological... —
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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