Life and Works of Frederic Chopin

Disc 1
1: Chopin and the soul of the piano
2: Music: Berceuse, Op.57
3: Chopin the Pole
4: Music: Polonaise in G minor
5: Early education
6: Music: Variations on a German Air
7: Encounters with the Polish peasantry
8: Music: Mazurka in G major
9: Chopin as industrious pupil
10: Music: Sonata in C minor (opening)
11: He finds his true voice as a composer
12: Music: Rondo a la Mazur, op.5
13: The fun-loving teenager
14: Music: Ecossaise, Op.72 No.3
15: Onset of illness and the death of a sister
16: Music: Nocturne in E minor
17: 'Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!'
18: Music: Variations on 'La ci darem la mano', Op.2
19: The influence of Paganini
20: Music: Etude in C sharp minor, Op.10 No.4
21: The first Etudes
22: Music: Etude in C sharp minor Op.10 No.4
23: Success in Vienna
24: Music: Nocturne in C sharp minor
25: Chopin in love
26: Music: Polonaise for cello and piano
27: Stagnation, celebrity and the first Concerto
28: Music: Concerto in F minor, Op.21
29: Return of vitality and inspiration
30: Music: Concerto in E minor, Op.11
31: Farewells and the final departure from Poland

Disc 2
1: Europe and Chopin in crisis
2: Music: Scherzo No.1 in B minor
3: Arrival in Paris
4: Music: Waltz in E flat, Op.18
5: Paris, politics, Poles and performance
6: Music: Impromptu in A flat, Op.29
7: Chopin and the Opera
8: Music: Andante spianato, Op.22
9: Chopin and the Kalkbrenner
10: Music: Etude in G flat, Op.10 No.5
11: The cholera epidemic: the fashionable teacher
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13: Teaching in earnest
14: Music: Etude in A minor, Op.25 No.4
15: 'Souplesse avant tout!'
16: Music: Nocturne in B flat minor, Op.9 No.1

Disc 3
1: The Wodzinska affair
2: Music: Nocturne in B major, Op.32 No.1
3: 'An elegant, pale, sad young man'
4: Music: Nocturne in D flat, Op.27 No.2
5: George Sand and a Majorcan winter
6: Music: Preludes, Op.28
7: Misanthropy, hypocrisy and prejudice
8: Music: Mazurkas
9: At Nohant: an idyllic and creative summer
10: Music: Impromptu in F#
11: The Idyll continues
12: Music: Sonata in B flat minor - Funeral March and finale

Disc 4
1: The return to Paris
2: Music: Ballade No.4 in F minor
3: Chopin grows moody, petulant and volatile
4: Music: Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58 - Finale
5: Failing health and mounting tensions
6: Music: Barcarolle, Op.60
7: The break with Sand; illness; London
8: Music: Prelude in F sharp, Op.28 No.8
9: Scotland, London, Paris; decline and death
10: Music: Polonaise in A flat, Op.53

Composer: Fryderyk Chopin

Number of Discs: 4

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