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| Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works | |
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Chopin and the soul of the piano |
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Music: Berceuse, Op. 57 |
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Chopin the Pole |
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Music: Polonaise in G minor |
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Early education |
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Music: Variations on a German Air |
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Encounters with the Polish peasantry |
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Music: Mazurka in G major |
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Chopin as industrious pupil |
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Music: Sonata in C minor (Opening) |
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He finds his true voice as a composer |
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Music: Rondo a la Mazur, Op. 5 |
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The fun-loving teenager |
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Music: Ecossaise, Op. 72, No. 3 |
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Onset of illness and the death of a sister |
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Music: Nocturne in E minor |
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' Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!' |
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Music: Variations on ' La ci darem la mano', Op. 2 |
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The influence of Paganini |
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Music: Souvenir de Paganini |
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The First Etudes |
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Music: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4 |
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Success in Vienna |
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Music: Nocturne in C sharp minor |
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Chopin in love |
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Music: Polonaise for cello and piano |
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Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto |
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Music: Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 |
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Return of vitality and inspiration |
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Music: Concerto in E minor, Op. 11 |
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Farewells and the final departure from Poland |
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| Disc: 2 |
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| Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works | |
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Europe and Chopin in crisis |
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Music: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor |
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Arrival in Paris |
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Music: Waltz in E flat, Op. 18 |
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Paris, politics, Poles and performance |
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Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29 |
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Chopin and the Opera |
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Music: Andante spianato, Op. 22 |
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Chopin and Kalkbrenner |
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Music: Etude in G flat, Op. 10, No. 5 |
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The cholera epidemic; the fashionable teacher |
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Music: Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12, the 'Revo |
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Teaching in earnest |
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Music: Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 4 |
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'Souplesse avant tout!' |
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Music: Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 |
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| Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works | |
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The Wodzinska affair |
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Music: Nocturne in B major, Op. 32, No. 1 |
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' An elegant, pale, sad young man ' |
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Music: Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2 |
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George Sand and a Majorcan winter |
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Music: Preludes,Op. 28 |
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Misanthropy, hypocrisy and prejudice |
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Music: Mazurkas |
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At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer |
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Music: Impromptu in F# |
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The Idyll continues |
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Music: Sonata in B flat minor - Funeral March and |
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| Disc: 4 |
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| Frédéric Chopin: Life and Works | |
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The return to Paris |
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Music: Ballade No. 4 in F minor |
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Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile |
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Music: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58-Finale |
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Failing health and mounting tensions |
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Music: Barcarolle, Op. 60 |
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The break with Sand; illness; London |
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Music: Prelude in F sharp, Op. 28, No. 8 |
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Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death |
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Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 |
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