Chopin's 24 Preludes are universally recognized as some of the composer's most characteristic works. Not only are they quintessential of his style, but are also deeply tied with upheavals in Chopin's ...

Among record collectors there are desert-island discs –the handful of discs you’d take to said isolated island. Now, Mikhail ...

But the main attraction was the rare opportunity to experience Frédéric Chopin’s “24 Preludes,” arguably the romantic era’s consummate musical short story collection. And Andsnes made them a ...

"Scriabin was the composer who liked Chopin the most and was deeply immersed in Chopin's music. The fact that Scriabin composed 24 preludes like Chopin proves this. This concert, which performs the 24 ...

Alexewicz is one of four Polish contestants who have qualified to the second stage. During his performance on Thursday, he played all 24 preludes from Opus 28. Reflecting on how his interpretation of ...

ARGENTINIAN pianist Nelson Goerner is particularly associated with the music of Chopin: he was a multiple prizewinner with his Chopin recordings. You can hear why in his latest CD, where he delivers a ...

NOW here's a name we haven't heard in a while. Once-heard-never-forgotten Russian master-pianist Grigory Sokolov will be remembered by many for his individualistic character traits as much as for his ...

In the winter of 1838-39, Chopin and his lover George Sand set off to the Balearic Islands to escape the Parisian winter. Chopin took with him the partially completed manuscript of his Preludes, plus ...

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), whose 200th anniversary it is this year, is the overwhelming favorite composer for the piano. He possessed the most subtle intuitions and fathomed the mysteries of the ...

The Royal Ballet’s new triple bill features as its centrepiece Alexei Ratmansky’s first ever work for a British company. Set to Chopin’s 24 Preludes, the four-couple work is a necklace of solos, duets ...