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Chopin: Piano Works - Ashkenazy

Decca Classics  470 608-2

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor Op. 52, Berceuse Op. 57, Polonaise-fantaisie Op. 61, Two Nocturnes Op. 62, Three Waltzes Op. 64, Three Mazurkas Op. 59, Barcarolle Op. 60

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

All

Recording

PCM recording

Recorded at Kuopio Music Centre, Finland - June 1999

Works (10)

• Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
• Frederic Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
• Frederic Chopin: Berceuse, Op. 57
• Frederic Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 59
• Frederic Chopin: Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1
• Frederic Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2
• Frederic Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61
• Frederic Chopin: Waltz No. 6, Op. 64 No. 1 in D flat major 'Minute'
• Frederic Chopin: Waltz No. 7, Op. 64 No. 2 in C sharp minor
• Frederic Chopin: Waltz No. 8, Op. 64 No. 3 in A flat major

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