mozartslastbreath:

Chopin’s autograph of first 32 bars of Polonaise in A flat major, 1842

(via endlessnocturnes)

leadingtone:

livebach:

I recommend you watch this if you are interested in a Biography of Chopin by Andras Schiff. It is in six parts, and you can find them all on youtube. 

Here, I will get you started!

http://youtu.be/P-tpRMb6aEw

Ah, yes—I love this one. András Schiff cracks me up, too. Thanks!

leadingtone:

Chopin - Nocturne in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 1
Artur Rubinstein, piano (1965, remastered) 

Godowsky: 53 Studies After Chopin’s Études No. 43 (Winter Wind). 

What an excellent player.

These studies have been infamously dubbed as the “most impossibly difficult things ever written for the piano” (Harold C. Schonberg). The 53 Studies are so technically and musically difficult that only two pianists (Marc-André Hamelin and Carlo Grante) have recorded the entire set. 

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Frederic Chopin’s signature and what looks to be a snippet of Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2. 

Frédéric Chopin in het salon van Prins Anton Radziwill

Painter: Henryk Siemiradzki

Godowsky - Chopin Etude “Badinage”: Op. 10 no. 5 + Op. 25 no. 9 - Marc-André Hamelin

Ashkenazy plays “Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1” 

My family and I are going to Chicago tomorrow for the week, but I will begin filling my queu now! I will also take my laptop with me to make a couple more posts when I have time. 

Also, just so you know, you are the best followers ever. 

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