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Chopin: Polonaises, Etc / Vladimir Ashkenazy


Release Date: 06/10/1997 
Label:  London/Decca Double Decker Catalog #: 452167   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 25 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Polonaises (3) for Piano, Op. 71 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1825-1828; Poland 
2.
Polonaise for Piano in B flat minor, B 13 "Adieu" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1826; Poland 
3.
Polonaise for Piano in G flat major, B 36 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1829; Poland 
4.
Polonaise for Piano in G minor, B 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1817; Poland 
5.
Polonaise for Piano in B flat major, B 3 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1817; Poland 
6.
Polonaise for Piano in A flat major, B 5 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1821; Poland 
7.
Polonaise for Piano in G sharp minor, B 6 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1822; Poland 
8.
Polonaises (2) for Piano, B 90/Op. 26 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1834-1835; Paris, France 
9.
Polonaises (2) for Piano, Op. 40 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838-1839; Paris, France 
10.
Polonaise for Piano in F sharp minor, B 135/Op. 44 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840-1841; Paris, France 
11.
Polonaise for Piano in A flat major, B 147/Op. 53 "Heroic" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1842; Paris, France 
12.
Polonaise-fantaisie for Piano in A flat major, B 159/Op. 61 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845-1846; Poland 
13.
Allegro de concert in A major, B 72/Op. 46 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832-1841; Paris, France 
14.
Nouvelles Etudes (3) for Piano, B 130 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1839; Paris, France 
15.
Tarantella for Piano in A flat major, B 139/Op. 43 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841; Paris, France 
16.
Fugue for Piano in A minor, B 144 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841-1842; Paris, France 
17.
Album Leaf for Piano in E major, B 151 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Paris, France 
18.
Andantino for Piano in G minor, B 117 "Wiosna" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Paris, France 
19.
Galop Marquis for Piano in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
20.
Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Paris, France 
21.
Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845-1846; Paris, France 
22.
Bourées (2) for Piano, B 160b by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846; Paris, France 

Sound Samples

Polonaise No.8 in D minor, Op.71 No.1
Polonaise No.9 in B flat, Op.71 No.2
Polonaise No.10 in F minor, Op.71 No.3
Polonaise in B flat minor, "Adieu" Op.posth.
Polonaise in G flat, Op.posth.
Polonaise in G minor, Op.posth.
Polonaise in B flat, Op.posth.
Polonaise in A flat, Op.posth.
Polonaise in G sharp minor, Op.posth.
Polonaise No.1 in C sharp minor, Op.26 No.1
Feuille d'album in E, Op.posth.
Wiosna, B117 (arr. from Op.74/2)
Polonaise No.2 in E flat minor, Op.26 No.2
2 Bourrees, B160b
Polonaise No.3 in A, Op.40 No.1 - "Military"
Galop Marquis
Polonaise No.4 in C minor, Op.40 No.2
Berceuse in D Flat, Op.57
Barcarolle in F Sharp, Op.60
Polonaise No.5 in F sharp minor, Op.44
Polonaise No.6 in A Flat, Op.53 -"Heroic"
Polonaise No.7 in A flat, Op.61 Polonaise-Fantaisie
Allegro de concert in A, Op.46
Etude in F minor, Op.posth. " Méthode des méthodes "
Etude in A flat, Op.posth. " Méthode des méthodes "
Etude in D flat, Op.posth. " Méthode des méthodes "
Tarantelle in A flat, Op.43
Fugue in A minor

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