Rob Cowan and Jeremy Nicholas discuss Alfred Cortot’s 1933/34 recording of Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op 28 Cortot recorded at least six complete sets of Chopin’s Op 28, including two that were not ...

Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 ...

Alfred Cortot produced more than 150 recordings in the 1920s and 1930s alone and sometimes went back into the studios to revisit the same works. This can create confusion when searching for the best ...

Chopin's 24 Preludes are universally recognized as some of the composer's most characteristic works. Not only are they quintessential of his style, but are also deeply tied with upheavals in Chopin's ...

In the winter of 1838-39, Chopin and his lover George Sand set off to the Balearic Islands to escape the Parisian winter. Chopin took with him the partially completed manuscript of his Preludes, plus ...

ARGENTINIAN pianist Nelson Goerner is particularly associated with the music of Chopin: he was a multiple prizewinner with his Chopin recordings. You can hear why in his latest CD, where he delivers a ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Wanda Landowska with the piano made by Juan Bauza for Frédéric Chopin(Alexander Binder (c.1914)) ...

Among record collectors there are desert-island discs –the handful of discs you’d take to said isolated island– and dream discs –recordings that would have gone to the top of the charts if only the ...