Ingrid Fliter began her association with Linn with an impressive pairing of the two Chopin piano concertos. This disc of solo Chopin, built around the 24 Preludes, isn’t quite on the same level, ...

Though his repertory ranges from Couperin right up to Kagel, Chopin seems to be a speciality of Tharaud's. This disc of the Preludes follows an earlier one devoted to the Waltzes and certainly his ...

It’s possible that more people might have come to great music through Chopin than from any other composer. It’s equally likely they came to Chopin through his 24 piano preludes, the ultimate in ...

Since his last Schubert Club solo recital in 2006, Norway’s Leif Ove Andsnes has emerged as one of the 21st century’s premier pianists. So it’s no surprise that St. Paul’s Ordway Music Theater was ...

Pianist Rafal Blechacz's victory at the 2005 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (the first Polish performer to take the prize in 30 years) aroused plenty of interest in this young virtuoso.

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 ...

Alexewicz is one of four Polish contestants who have qualified to the second stage. During his performance on Thursday, he played all 24 preludes from Opus 28. Reflecting on how his interpretation of ...

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), whose 200th anniversary it is this year, is the overwhelming favorite composer for the piano. He possessed the most subtle intuitions and fathomed the mysteries of the ...