Chopin: Piano Sonatas No. 1 in C minor, Op.4; No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35; No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Cyprien Katsaris, piano (Sony). Though lacking the Olympian authority of Artur Rubinstein, Cyprien ...

Released in close proximity, these two Chopin recitals, each featuring one of today's cult pianists, almost inevitably invite comparison, even though their programmes don't overlap and their aims are ...

Chopin wrote only three sonatas, and only the latter two are regularly played. But what stupendous pieces they are. Composers of Chopin’s era were generally intimidated by the sonata form, because ...

The Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey, invariably an inspired artist, here couples two of the greatest cello sonatas from the early Romantic period, both written in the 1840s. Much the stronger and more ...

Hiroya Hatsushiba, the president of Tri-Crescendo came up with the concept for Eternal Sonata because of his love for Frédéric Chopin’s music. Stephanie Fernandez, the localization producer of Eternal ...

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The main prize at the recent 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition was won by Cho Seong-Jin. The 21-year-old musician comes from the Republic of Korea and is a student of Michel Béroff ...

Our 25th birthday celebration continues with a dazzling performance of Chopin by a gifted 16-year-old cellist. We are treated to a performance of Vivaldi by a young bassoonist and witness a ...