Chopin (Nipper Series)

Two CDs filled with Chopin treasures from the world’s greatest catalogue of recorded music ... Exquisite flowing melodies, a deep seam of melancholy, a daring imagination and incendiary passion: Frédéric Chopin embodies the Romantic spirit of his time.  Thirty of his haunting masterpieces are interpreted by an array of superb pianists, each capturing all the poetry and drama that the music has to offer.

CD1: 1 Waltz No. 9 · Samson François • 2 Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Marche funèbre · Simon Trpceski • 3 Étude ‘Revolutionary’ · Boris Berezovsky • 4 Prélude Op. 28 No. 4 • 5 Prélude Op. 28 No. 15 • 6 Prélude Op. 28 No. 24 · Daniel Barenboim • 7 Étude Op. 25 No.6 · Nikolai Lugansky • 8 Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4 · Alexandre Tharaud • 9 Waltz No. 6 • 10 Waltz No. 7 · Samson François • 11 Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro maestoso · Maria-João Pires • 12 Étude Op. 10 No. 1 • 13 Étude ‘Black Keys’ Op. 10 No. 5 · Boris Berezovsky • 14 Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro vivace · Martha Argerich • 15 Étude Op. 25 No. 2 • 16 Étude Op. 25 No. 12 · Samson François • 17 Impromptu No. 1 · Georges Cziffra

CD2: 1 Ballade No. 1 · Alexandre Tharaud • 2 Ballade No. 4 · Piotr Anderszewski • 3 Scherzo No. 2 · Nelson Freire • 4 Piano Sonata No. 3: IV. Finale • 5 Mazurka in F minor, Op. 59 No. 1 · Martha Argerich • 6 Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 · Nelson Freire • 7 Waltze No. 17 · Jean-Philippe Collard • 8 Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op.66 · Alexandre Tharaud • 9 Nocturne No. 9 • 10 Nocturne No. 2 • 11 Nocturne No. 8 · Nelson Freire • 12 Nocturne No. 19 • 13 Polonaise No. 6 ‘Heroic’ · Samson François