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