The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin - from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Alexander Tharaud, Chopin Currency, May Third, Mihaela Ursuleasa, Military Polonaise, Polish Constitution, Preludes, William Kapell on May 4th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
New Recordings of Legendary Pianist
New York Times - United States
This Tuesday privately made recordings of the American pianist William Kapell’s last concerts will finally be available. Sony/BMG is releasing this two-disc set, which has works by…
Posted in Alexander Tharaud, American Ballet Theatre, Buffalo NY, Chopin Currency, Chopin Singing Society, Dance, Dear Fredric, Dyngus Day, Preludes, Videos on Mar 24th, 2008
Dyngus Day to proclaim Polish pride
Buffalo News - NY, United States
Today we tip our hat to the venerable Chopin Singing Society, proud keepers of the Dyngus Day flame in Western New York…
For the clueless, Dyngus Day is a Polish-American tradition…
Posted in Alexander Tharaud, Artur Rodzinski, Chopin Currency, Etudes, Eun Joo Chung, Frederic Mompou, Hans Graf, Impromptu (movie), Lang Lang, Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Vienna State Opera Orchestra on Mar 7th, 2008
Chopin News, Previews, Rants, and Reviews:
Yesterday we brought you two views of Yundi Li; today it’s the “other” superstar Chinese pianist’s turn. Mark Swed of the LA Times is both impressed and appalled:
Tuesday night, he [Lang Lang] returned…
Posted in Alexander Tharaud, Chopin Currency, Hugh Grant, Impromptu (movie), Ingrid Fliter, Judy Davis, Sonia Rubinsky, The Chopin Manuscript on Feb 12th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; 3 Nouvelles Etudes; Prelude in A-flat …
Audiophile Audition - USA
“Moravec–and now Tharaud–remind us how much of the Romantic keyboard rhetoric the Preludes subsume.”
Tharaud performs his recital on an eight-year-old Steinway D,…
Chopin 2010: Chopin in the News