Formative Influences
Donald Macleod focuses on Chopin's student years in Warsaw and an encounter with Paganini. Including Variations (Souvenir de Paganini) and Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor.
Donald Macleod concentrates on Chopin's student years in Warsaw and an encounter with Paganini.
Variations (Souvenir de Paganini)
Fou T'song (piano)
Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11
Martha Argerich (piano)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Berceuse in D flat
Alfred Cortot (piano).
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- Mon 12 May 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Mon 12 May 200822:00BBC Radio 3
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