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.... — More…
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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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Here, on this richly filled CD, is a positive cornucopia of musical genius.
Martha Argerich's 1961 disc remains among the most spectacular of all recorded débuts, an impression reinforced by... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, July 2005, Mid-Price Choice
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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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... — More…
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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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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,... — 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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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... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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[this is] a disc that can only solidify Goerner's reputation as one of the outstanding Chopin exponents of his generation…his interpretations are never less than original, deeply considered... — More…
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Hough stresses the Classical outlook of Chopin's Romanticism, even in a programme encompassing some of his most harmonically advanced music. The opening Barcarolle has rare clarity, and the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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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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Each of the Preludes is vividly characterised, with Lim running the gamut between dark turbulence and pastoral tranquility with absolute assurance. He doesn't waste energy trying to find novel... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's 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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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