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Piano Mondays: Yulianna Avdeeva

Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva plays music by Chopin, including his 24 preludes, and The Life of the Machines suite by Wladyslaw Szpilman at the Patio de los Arrayanes, Alhambra.

Star Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva - a former winner of the Warsaw Chopin Competition - presents a recital focusing on the music of Chopin, including his much-loved 24 preludes. Avdeeva also includes works by the 20th-century Polish Jewish pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, who inspired Roman Polanski's film The Pianist, set in the German occupation of Warsaw.

Recorded in June at the Patio de los Arrayanes, Alhambra, as part of the at Granada International Festival of Music and Dance, and presented by Sarah Walker.

Chopin: Two Nocturnes, Op. 62
Wladyslaw Szpilman: Mazurka in F minor
Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
Wladyslaw Szpilman: The Life of the Machines, suite
Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat, Op. 22
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 (includes all preludes)
Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. (encore).

Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Two Nocturnes Op.62

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • Władysław Szpilman

    Mazurka In F Minor

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantasy In F Minor Op.49

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • Władysław Szpilman

    The Life Of The Machines - Suite

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat, op. 22

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie Espagnole Op 21: 5th Movement, Rondo (Allegro)

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Homage to Heifetz.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op.28

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne In C Sharp Minor Op.Posth

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.

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