One of two pieces in Chopin's Opus 48 collection, the Nocturne in C minor, No. 13, is seen as one of the composer's greatest emotional achievements. Mournful, stately, and beautiful - in just over six ...

I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...

The coloristic allure distinguishing Xiaoxuan Li’s Stage 1 performance of the Chopin C minor Nocturne, Op 48 No 1, filled me with anticipation for his opening Stage 2 round. Each one of the first 12 ...

The artist formerly known as Yundi Li is a superstar in his native China. His face shows up on billboards and ads almost as much as that of his colleague and contemporary, Lang Lang, but the young ...

The beauty of Chopin's music, rare and unique, verges - one is tempted to say - on a miracle. Since this opinion runs somewhat counter to the fixed, common ideas about greatness in music, it has often ...