Anton Lesser

Frédéric Chopin

Featuring
Release date July 23, 2001

Tracklist

1
Chopin and the Soul of the Piano
1:49
1:49
2
Berceuse Op. 57
2:18
2:18
3
Chopin the Pole
1:49
1:49
4
Polonaise in G minor
1:05
1:05
5
Early Education
3:06
3:06
6
Variations on a German Air
1:34
1:34
7
Encounters With the Polish Peasantry
1:02
1:02
8
Mazurka in G major
1:13
1:13
9
Chopin as Industrious Pupil
0:58
0:58
10
Sonata in C minor (opening)
1:50
1:50
11
He Finds His True Voice as a Composer
1:50
1:50
12
Rondo à la mazur, op. 5
1:05
1:05
13
The Fun - Loving Teenager
1:17
1:17
14
Ecossaise, op. 72 no. 3
0:46
0:46
15
Onset of Illness and the Death of a Sister
2:05
2:05
16
Nocturne in E minor
4:32
4:32
17
"Hats Off, Gentlemen! A Genius!"
1:37
1:37
18
Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", op. 2
3:41
3:41
19
The Influence of Paganini
1:20
1:20
20
Souvenir de Paganini
2:11
2:11
21
The First Etudes
0:45
0:45
22
Etude in C-sharp minor, op. 10 no. 4
2:16
2:16
23
Success in Vienna
5:58
5:58
24
Nocturne in C-sharp minor
1:24
1:24
25
Chopin in Love
5:20
5:20
26
Polonaise for Cello and Piano
1:34
1:34
27
Stagnation, Celebrity and the First Concerto
2:18
2:18
28
Concerto in F minor, op. 21
1:42
1:42
29
Return of Vitality and Inspiration
5:10
5:10
30
Concerto in E minor, op. 11
10:50
10:50
31
Farewells and the Final Departure From Poland
1:38
1:38
32
Europe and Chopin in Crisis
7:43
7:43
33
Scherzo no. 1 in B minor
4:29
4:29
34
Arrival in Paris
2:24
2:24
35
Waltz in E-flat, op. 18
5:31
5:31
36
Paris, Politics, Poles and Performance
7:40
7:40
37
Impromptu in A-flat, op. 29
4:27
4:27
38
Chopin and the Opera
1:49
1:49
39
Andante spianato, op. 22
4:37
4:37
40
Chopin and Kalkbrenner
2:15
2:15
41
Etude in G-flat major op. 10 no. 5 "Black keys"
1:47
1:47
42
The Cholera Epidemic; The Fashionable Teacher
7:53
7:53
43
Etude in C minor, op. 10 no. 12 "Revolutionary"
3:02
3:02
44
Teaching in Earnest
4:59
4:59
45
Etude in A minor, op. 25 no. 4
1:47
1:47
46
"Souplesse avant tout!"
2:25
2:25
47
Nocturne in B flat minor, op. 9 no. 1
5:34
5:34
48
The Wodzinska Affair
3:44
3:44
49
Nocturne in B major, op. 32 no. 1
2:08
2:08
50
"An Elegant, Pale, Sad Young Man"
2:14
2:14
51
Nocturne in D‐flat major, op. 27, no. 2
6:11
6:11
52
George Sand and a Majorcan Winter
22:08
22:08
53
Preludes, op. 28
6:18
6:18
54
Misanthropy, Hypocrisy and Prejudice
3:38
3:38
55
Mazurkas
7:25
7:25
56
At Nohant: An Idyllic and Creative Summer
2:34
2:34
57
Impromptu in F-sharp
5:47
5:47
58
The Idyll Continues
4:58
4:58
59
Sonata in B-flat minor: Funeral March and Finale
10:42
10:42
60
The Return to Paris
2:27
2:27
61
Ballade no. 4 in F minor
12:11
12:11
62
Chopin Grows Moody, Petulant and Volatile
5:57
5:57
63
Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58: Finale
5:33
5:33
64
Failing Health and Mounting Tensions
4:35
4:35
65
Barcarolle, op. 60
8:43
8:43
66
The Break With Sand; Illness; London
12:34
12:34
67
Prelude in F-sharp, op. 28 no. 8
1:54
1:54
68
Scotland, London, Paris; Decline and Death
14:01
14:01
69
Polonaise op. 53 in A-flat
7:14
7:14