Chopin: Warsaw Recital - Daniel Barenboim 2010 1080i  Blu-ray  AVC  DTS-HD MA 5.1

Synopsis

Frédéric Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboim’s stage début, and as a pianist he has decided to devote this year to the great Romantic master of the keyboard.

Chopin was born on 1 March 1810 in a small village near Warsaw, and on the eve of the 200th anniversary of this date Barenboim gave this wildly acclaimed Warsaw recital as part of an extensive European tour.

The program comprised some of the composer’s best-known works, including the great B flat minor Sonata with its famous Funeral March, which sounded to many “as the composer may well have imagined it”.

While Chopin used to advise his piano scholars to take singing lessons, Barenboim, as an experienced conductor of operas is most familiar with the human voice as well. With his brilliant virtuosity, he lead the audience through a most colorful program, once again proving his talent for this composer.

Celebrating Frédéric Chopin’s 200th birthday. Live from the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)

Chopin:

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funebre'
Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1
Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Heroique'
Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'