Listening to pianist Jocelyn Swigger's new album The Complete Chopin Études isn't like hearing these famous pieces for the first time again. But it is sure to give listeners a fresh perspective on ...
In a review earlier this week, I wrote, “They will never stop coming, these excellent young performers—these pianists, violinists, et al. Never. There will never be a shortage of them.” The occasion ...
How did Chopin's three sets of Études become one of the piano repertoire's most enduring and defining works? Find out with our handy guide… Chopin's reputation for piano composition is pretty ...
Frederic Chopin began composing his 27 piano etudes when he was 19 years old. They are technical exercises, systematically moving from one petrifying set of challenges to the next. Of course, when ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Little music so combines poetry and mystery with the most formidable technical challenges as Chopin's Etudes, the two sets of 12 studies ...
The Complete Nocturnes, Tom Hicks brings historic insights and artistic intuition to a cherished part of the piano repertoire ...
Pianist Dubravka Tomsic plays a pair of Chopin Etudes, from her = concert at this summer's Rockport Festival in Massachusetts. The Etude = in F minor, Op. 10, No. 25. And the Etude in C minor, Op. 25, ...