Fryderyk Chopin 1810-1849
Part Five
Friday 21 October 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 28 October 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
In the final programme in this series, Donald Macleod takes the composer's temperature and looks at how the variable state of Chopin's health affected his music.
Playlist
Funeral March
Excerpt from Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, op 35
Marta Argerich (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 4190552
CD1 Track 3
Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72/1
Peter Katin (piano)
Olympia OCD254
CD1 Track 1
Excerpts from 24 Preludes, op28.
No 15 in D flat major
No 23 in F major
No 24 in D minor
Hċvard Gimse (piano)
NAIM CD 028
Tracks 18, 26 and 27
Scherzo No. 4 in E Major Op. 54
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Philips 4126102
Track 4
Mazurka in F minor, Op 63/2
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
RCA 09026625422
Track 5
Barcarolle in F sharp major op. 60
Studio Recording, London , 20 Feb 1947
Dinu Lipatti (piano)
Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS6397/99
CD1 Track 8
Waltz no 1 in E flat major op. 18
Live Recording. Besançon, September 16, 1950
Dinu Lipatti (piano)
Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS6397/99
CD3 track 17