Album · 1995

The Piano Works

Chopin; Vladimir Ashkenazy

Label

London Records

Catalogue

443 738-2

Tracks

217

Runtime

826 min

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Tracklist

Disc 1

Prelude in C major, Op. 28 No. 1 "Reunion"

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Prelude in A minor, Op. 28 No. 2 "Presentiment of Death"

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Prelude in G major, Op. 28 No. 3 "Thou Art So Like a Flower"

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Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4 "Suffocation"

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Prelude in D major, Op. 28 No. 5 "Uncertainty"

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0:36

Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6 "Tolling Bells"

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2:03

Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7 "The Polish Dance"

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Prelude in F-sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 8 "Desperation"

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Prelude in E major, Op. 28 No. 9 "Vision"

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Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 10 "The Night Moth"

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Prelude in B major, Op. 28 No. 11 "Dragon Fly"

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Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 12 "Duel"

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Prelude in F-sharp major, Op. 28 No. 13 "Loss"

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3:23

Prelude in E-flat minor, Op. 28 No. 14 "Fear"

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Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 "Raindrop"

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Prelude in B-flat minor, Op. 28 No. 16 "Hades"

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Prelude in A-flat major, Op. 28 No. 17 "A Scene on the Place de Notre Dame de Paris"

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Prelude in F minor, Op. 28 No. 18 "Suicide"

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Prelude in E-flat major, Op. 28 No. 19 "Heartfelt Happiness"

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Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20 "Funeral March"

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Prelude in B-flat major, Op. 28 No. 21 "Sunday"

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Prelude in G minor, Op. 28 No. 22 "Impatience"

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Prelude in F major, Op. 28 No. 23 "A Pleasure Boat"

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Prelude in D minor, Op. 28 No. 24 "The Storm"

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Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

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Prelude in A-flat major, B. 86

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Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29

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Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36

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Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51

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Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66

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Disc 2

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

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Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

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Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major Op. 47

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Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

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Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 "La banquet infernal"

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Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

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Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor Op. 39

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Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

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Disc 3

Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

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Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3

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Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2

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Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3

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Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

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Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 10 in A-flat major, Op. 32 No. 2

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Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2

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Disc 4

Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 14 in F-sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2

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Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 16 in E-flat major, Op. 55 No. 2

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Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2

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Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1

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Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, B. 49

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Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, B. 108

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Disc 5

Etude No. 1 in C major, Op. 10 No. 1

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Etude No. 2 in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2 "Chromatique"

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Etude No. 3 in E major, Op. 10 No. 3 "Tristesse"

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Etude No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4

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Etude No. 5 in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5 "Black Keys"

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Etude No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6

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Etude No. 7 in C major, Op. 10 No. 7

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Etude No. 8 in F major, Op. 10 No. 8

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Etude No. 9 in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9

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Etude No. 10 in A-flat major, Op. 10 No. 10

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Etude No. 11 in E-flat major, Op. 10 No. 11

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Etude No. 12 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary"

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Etude No. 13 in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

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Etude No. 14 in F minor, Op. 25 No. 2 "Balm"

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Etude No. 15 in F major, Op. 25 No. 3 "Cartwheel"

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Etude No. 16 in A minor, Op. 25 No. 4

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Etude No. 17 in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5

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Etude No. 18 in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6

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Etude No. 19 in C-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7

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Etude No. 20 in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8

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Etude No. 21 in G-flat major, Op. 25 No. 9 "Butterfly"

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Etude No. 22 in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10

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Etude No. 23 in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11 "Winter Wind"

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Etude No. 24 in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12 "Ocean"

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Disc 6

Polonaise No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1

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Polonaise No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2

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Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 "Military"

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Polonaise No. 4 in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2

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Polonaise No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 44

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Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Héroïque"

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Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61

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14:03

Disc 7

Polonaise No. 8 in D minor, Op. 71 No. 1

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Polonaise No. 9 in B-flat major, Op. 71 No. 2

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Polonaise No. 10 in F minor, Op. 71 No. 3

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Polonaise in B-flat minor "Adieu", B. 13

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Polonaise in G-flat major, B. 36

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Polonaise in G minor, B. 1

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Polonaise in B-flat major, B. 3

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Polonaise in A-flat major, B. 5

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Polonaise in G-sharp minor, B. 6

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Disc 8

Waltz No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 18 "Grande Valse brillante"

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Waltz No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 34 No. 1

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Waltz No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2

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Waltz No. 4 in F major, Op. 34 No. 3

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Waltz No. 5 in A-flat major, Op. 42 "Grande Valse"

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Waltz No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute"

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Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

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Waltz No. 8 in A-flat major, Op. 64 No. 3

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Waltz No. 9 in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 "L'adieu"

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Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2

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Waltz No. 11 in G-flat major, Op. 70 No. 1

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Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2

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Waltz No. 13 in D-flat major, Op. 70 No. 3

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Waltz No. 14 in E minor, B. 56

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Waltz No. 15 in E major, B. 44

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2:11

Waltz in A minor, B. 150

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1:50

Waltz No. 16 in A-flat major, B. 21

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2:11

Waltz in E-flat major "Sostenuto", B. 133

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Waltz No. 17 in E-flat major, B. 46

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Disc 9

Mazurka No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 3 in E major, Op. 6 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 4 in E-flat minor, Op. 6 No. 4

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Mazurka No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 8 in A-flat major, Op. 7 No. 4

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Mazurka No. 9 in C major, Op. 7 No. 5

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Mazurka No. 10 in B-flat major, Op. 17 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 17 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4

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Mazurka No. 14 in G minor Op. 24 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 15 in C major Op. 24 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 16 in A-flat major, Op. 24 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 17 in B-flat minor, Op. 24 No. 4

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Mazurka No. 18 in C minor Op. 30 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 19 in B minor Op. 30 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 20 in D-flat major Op. 30 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 21 in C-sharp minor Op. 30 No. 4

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Mazurka No. 22 in G-sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 24 in C major, Op. 33 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4

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Mazurka No. 26 in C-sharp minor, Op. 41 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 28 in B major, Op. 41 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 29 in A-flat major, Op. 41 No. 4

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Disc 10

Mazurka No. 30 in G major, Op. 50 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 50 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 32 in C-sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 33 in B major, Op. 56 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 37 in A-flat major, Op. 59 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 38 in F-sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 39 in B major, Op. 63 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 41 in C-sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 42 in G major, Op. 67 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 44 in C major, Op. 67 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4

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Mazurka No. 46 in C major, Op. 68 No. 1

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Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2

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Mazurka No. 48 in F major, Op. 68 No. 3

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Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4

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Mazurka in A minor, B. 140 "À Émile Gaillard"

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3:09

Mazurka in A minor, B. 134 "Notre temps"

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Mazurka in B-flat major, B. 16 No. 2

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Mazurka in G major, B. 16 No. 1 "Prague"

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Mazurka in A-flat major, B. 85 "Szymanowska"

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Mazurka in C major, B. 82

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Mazurka in B-flat major, B. 73 "À Alexandra Wolowska"

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Mazurka in D major, B. 71

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Mazurka in D major, B. 4 "Mazurek"

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Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 (revised version)

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Disc 11

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: I. Grave - Doppio movimento

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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo - Più lento - Tempo I

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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre: Lento

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9:00

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: IV. Finale: Presto

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Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso

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Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo: Molto vivace

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2:42

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: III. Largo

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Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale: Presto non tanto

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5:22

Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49

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13:58

Disc 12

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4: I. Allegro maestoso

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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4: II. Minuetto: Allegretto

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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4: III. Larghetto

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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4: IV. Finale: Presto

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Introduction and Variations on a German Air "Der Schweizerbub" in E major, B. 14

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7:37

Rondo in C minor, Op. 1

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3 Écossaises, Op. 72 No. 3

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Rondo in F Major, Op. 5 "À la mazur"

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7:29

Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. 72 No. 2

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Contredanse in G flat major, B. 17

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Rondo in C major, Op 73

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8:38

Variations on a Theme of Moore in D major, B. 12a

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7:36

Disc 13

Variations in A major, B. 37 "Souvenir de Paganini"

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Variations brillantes on Hérold: "Ludovic": "Je vends des scapulaires" in B-flat major, Op. 12

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Introduction in C minor and Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16

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9:50

Bolero in A minor, Op. 19

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7:17

Cantabile in B-flat major, B. 84

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1:02

Variation on the Bellini: Hexaméron, No. 6 "I Puritani": March in E major, B. 113

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1:38

Largo in E-flat major, B. 109

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Allegro de concert in A major, Op. 46

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11:36

Nouvelle étude in F minor, B. 130 No. 1

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Nouvelle étude in A-flat major, B. 130 No. 2

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1:32

Nouvelle étude in D-flat major, B. 130 No. 3

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1:27

Tarantelle in A-flat major, Op. 43

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3:06

Fugue in A minor, B. 144

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2:10

Moderato in E major, B. 151 "Albumleaf"

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1:19

Andantino in G minor, Op. 74 No. 2

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0:58

2 Bourrées, B. 160

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1:09

Galop in A-flat major, KK IVc/13 "Marquis"

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0:45

Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57

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5:01

Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60

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In print

First pressed 1989, still pressed 2010 — 7 pressings across 3 countries.

Credits

Lucy Gowans

Art Direction

Aileen Reese

Artwork · cover [design]

B. Franz

Artwork · cover [illustration: "frédéric chopin"]

Illustration · painting [uncredited]