Chopin’s 200th

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Chopin’s birthday is generally celebrated on March 1st, though the
actual date is a little unclear. We do know for sure he was born in 1810,
so we’re siezing the opportunity of his bicentennial to feature lyrical
works like his Barcarolle, Scherzo #4, and Fantaisie-Impromptu. We’ll also hear his fanciful variations on Rossini’s operatic melody, Non piu mesta, and for a GRAND grande finale, Artur Rubinstein takes the stage for Chopin’s first Piano Concerto.

Playlist:
8:08 am
  • Barcarolle in F# , Op. 60 , B 158
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Vlado Perlemuter, piano
  • CD/Album: "Chopin Piano Sonatas - Perlemuter"
  • Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 5038
8:16 am
  • La Cenerentola: Non piu mesta
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Ensemble: Orchestre del Teatro Commedia di Bologna
  • Soloists: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • CD/Album: "The Ultimate Divas Album"
  • Record co./Cat #: London 460596
8:20 am
  • Variations on "Non piu mesta"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Marc Grauwels, flute ; Catherine Michel, harp
  • CD/Album: "Romantic Music for Flute & Harp"
  • Record co./Cat #: Marco Polo 8.220441
8:29 am
  • Variations on "La ci darem la mano" , Op. 2
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Garrick Ohlsson, piano
  • Conductor: Kazimierz Kord
  • CD/Album: "Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 9"
  • Record co./Cat #: Arabesque 6702
8:49 am
  • Scherzo #4 in E , Op. 54 , B 148
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Yundi Li, piano
  • CD/Album: "Chopin: Scherzi, Impromptus"
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 3887
9:02 am
  • Concerto in Bb for Strings "Polish"
  • Composer: Georg Phillip Telemann
  • Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Koln
  • Conductor: Reinhardt Goebel
  • CD/Album: "Telemann: String Concertos"
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 463074
9:12 am
  • Fantasie-Impromptu in c# , Op. 66 , B 87
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Maria Joao Pires, piano
  • CD/Album: Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Fantaisie Op. 49 etc."
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 457585
9:19 am
  • Piano Concerto #1 in e , Op. 11 , B 53
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Ensemble: New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Soloists: Artur Rubinstein, piano
  • Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
  • CD/Album: "Artur Rubinstein - The Chopin Collection"
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 5612

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