Chopin on YouTube


 Note:  Chopin's most highly regarded works are in bold typeface.

Piano with Orchestra: 

      Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11  (1830)  Very good!

                Evengy Kissin, piano  (40:00)  (Play)
                Martha Argerich, piano  (1970 - black & white)  (43:00)  (Play)

      Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21  (1829)  Very good!

                Yuja Wang, piano (w/ Michael Tilson Thomas)  (31:00)  (Play)


      Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" in B-flat major, Op. 2  (1827) 

                 Yuya Tonouchi, piano  (21:00)  (Play) 

                 Excerpt (piano only)  -  Valentina Lisitsa, piano  (4:50)  (Play

      Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13  (1828 - 1829) 

                 Justyna Gabzdyl, piano  (14:00)  (Play)

      Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14  (1828) 

                 Garrick Ohlsson, piano  (13:39)  (Play) 

      Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat, Op. 22  (1830 - 1834)  Pretty good.  

                 Dominika Grzybacz, piano  (15:00)  (Play)


Chamber Music: 

      Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op.3  (1829-30) 

                Lynn Harrell, cello - Pauline Yang, piano  (9:00)  (Play) 

      Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 8  (1830)  His best chamber work. 

                 Trio Fibonacci  (30:00)  (Play) 

      Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65 (1845–46)  Pretty good.  

                 Natalia Gutman, violin & Sviatoslav Richter, piano  (30:00)  (Play)


Solo Piano Music:


      Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op 4  (1828; pub. 1851)  Not very good.

              Vassily Primakov  (22 min)  (Play)

      Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor,  Op. 35  (1839–40, Funeral March fr. 1837)

               Vladimir Ashkenazy  (25 min)  (PlayExcellent, his most famous sonata!!

      Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58  (1844–45)  Very Good.

               Daniil Trifonov  (26 min)  (Play)  


      24 Preludes Op. 28  (1839)  A Masterpiece!!!

               Yuja Wang  (39 min)  (Play)  

               Vladimir Ashkenazy  (40:25)  (Play)


      12 Études Op. 10  (1833)      -   Valentina Lisitsa  (26 min)  (Play)  Very good.

      12 Études Op. 25  (1837)       -   Louis Lortie  (28 min)  (Play)   Very good.


       Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49  (1841)   Anna Fedorova  (14 min)  (PlayExcellent!

       Barcarolle in F♯ major, Op. 60 (1845–6)  Very good! 

               Krystian Zimerman  (9:30)  (Play)  

       Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22  (1830-31, 1834) 

               Kate Liu (Solo Piano Version)  (15:00)  (Play)  

       Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61  (1846)   Excellent!!  

               Kate Liu  (14:30)  (Play)  
               Daniil Trifonov  (12:10)  (Play)

       Allegro de concert in A major, Op. 46  (fin, 1841) 

               Mei-Ting Sun  (13:00)  (Play) 


       Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23  (1831)  Very good!

               Valentina Lisitsa  (10:10)  (Play)  

       Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38  (1836-39) 

               Seong-Jin Cho  (8:00)  (Play)  

       Ballade No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47  (1841)  

               Seong-Jin Cho  (7:45)  (Play)  

       Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52  (1842, rev. 1843)  A masterpiece!! 

               Anna Fedorova  (12:15)  (Play)  



       Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20  (1831–35) 

               Vladimir Horowitz  (8:00)  (Play)  

       Scherzo No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 31  (1836–37)  Very good!  

               Martha Argerich  (10:00)  (Play)  

       Scherzo No. 3 in C♯ minor, Op. 39  (1839–40)  Very good! 

               Danill Trifonov  (7:00)  (Play)  

       Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 (1842–43)

               Rafal Blechacz  (11:30)  (Play)  


       Rondo in C minor, Op. 1  (1825; arr. piano 4-hands 1834)  

               Dmitry Shishkin   (9 min)  (Play)  

       Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5  (1826)  

               Daniil Trifonov  (8 min)  (Play)  

       Rondo in E♭ major (or Introduction and Rondo), Op. 16  (1832)  Very good!

               Vladimir Horowitz  (10:45)  (Play)  

       Rondo in C major for 2 pianos, Op. posth. 73:  (1828; arr. piano solo 1840) 

               Furmańska & Kuchniak Piano Duo  (9 min)  (Play)  


       Impromptu No. 1 in A♭ major , Op. 29  (1837) 

               Dmitry Shishkin  (4:10)  (Play)  

       Impromptu No. 2 in F♯ major, Op. 36  (1839) 

               Daniil Trifonov  (5:50)  (Play)

       Impromptu No. 3 in G♭ major, Op. 51  (1843)

               Kate Liu  (5:15)  (Play)  

       Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor Op. 66 (post)  (1834)  Excellent and very famous!

               Valentina Igoshina  (4:35)  (Play) 



       Variations Brillante,  Op. 12     

               Tiffany Poon  (8:00)  (Play

       Tarantelle in A flat major, Op. 43  (1841)  

               Danill Trifonov  (3:10)  (Play)  

       Berceuse in D♭ major, Op.57  (1844)

               Arturo Michelangeli  (4:40)  (Play)

       Boléro, Op. 19  (1834)   Ingolf Wunder  (7:45)  (Play)



          Zoltán Kocsis plays the complete (19) Chopin waltzes  (Audio only)
 


           Arthur Rubinstein  (audio only):   

                  The Compete (21) Nocturnes    (2 hours)  (Play)  Excellent! 

                  The Complete (51) Mazurkas    (2 hours, 20 min)   (Play)  Very good.


           Mikhail Voskresensky  (audio only):

                 The Complete (16) Polonaises    (1:40)        (PlayExcellent!


          17  Polish Songs  [audio only, song list is below video display]  (46 min)  (Play)  Unimportant.  



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