Ludwika
Donald Macleod focuses on Chopin's final moments and introduces some of the last music he wrote. Including Mazurka in F minor, Op posth 68 No 4; Piano Sonata No 2.
As Chopin's friends gathered around his death-bed, it was his sister Ludwika he called for. Donald Macleod looks back at Chopin's final moments and plays some of the last music he wrote.
Mazurka in F minor, Op posth. 68 No 4 (1849)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op 61 (1846)
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Melody, Op 74 No 9 (1847)
Olga Pasichnyk, soprano
Natalya Pasichnyk, piano
Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 (1839)
Murray Perahia, piano
Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53,'Heroic' (1842)
Maurizio Pollini, piano.
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka Op posth 68 No. 4 in f minor
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DG 00289 477 8445 GB17.
- DG.
- 20.
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Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major Op 61
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG 00289 477 8445 GB17.
- DG.
- 17.
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Frédéric Chopin
Melody Op post 74 No 9
Performer: Natalya Pasichnyk. Singer: Olga Pasichnyk.- NAXOS: 8.572499.
- NAXOS.
- 9.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony 88697648232.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG 00289 477 8445 GB17.
- DG.
- 6.
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