The Chopin Currency - Feb. 12, 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, and its seductive character reveals itself in the less popular of the Chopin Preludes (1838), ...
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Concert Review: Piano recital
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By URY EPPSTEIN Sonia Rubinsky, a Brazilian-born guest pianist from Paris, presented a recital ranging from Mozart to Villa-Lobos to Chopin at the Jerusalem ...
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Pianist Fliter will perform in Fresno
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA
Keyboard Concerts at Fresno State this week features Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter, a previous prizewinner at the Busoni and Chopin International Piano ...
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Chopin in the blogosphere:

I Like Chopin
By 330670996@qq.com(^-^)
I Like Chopin Remember that piano So delightful, unusual That classic sensation Sentimental confusion Used to say I like Chopin Love me now and again Woh... Rainy days, never say good-bye To desire when we are together ...
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Impromptu Part Deux
By admin
In response to a classmate who believes that French author Madam George Sand (Judy Davis) in James Lapine's 1991 film Impromptu, is "attracted to Chopin [(Hugh Grant)] because she unconsciously learned to be more feminine like he was," ...
- http://identitygang.com

Are audiobooks the same as reading?
By cjwriter
It’s an audiobook called The Chopin Manuscript and is being billed as the first-ever audio serial book. It’s written by 15 successful thriller writers; Jeffery Deaver conceived of the characters, story and wrote the first chapter, ...
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The Chopin Currency - Feb. 11, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:

Restoring Luster to Two 20th-Century Dance Legends
New York Times - United States
These mazurkas are danced to Chopin; Limón choreographed them after his company had enjoyed huge success in Poland, where he had visited the home of ...
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Pianist Ohlsson gets standing ovation
Thenews.pl - Warsaw,Poland
He played two pieces by Chopin as encores. The winner of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1970, Ohlsson is a frequent visitor to Polish concert halls. ...
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Keys to success
Daily News Tribune - Waltham,MA,USA
By Jeff Gilbride/Daily News staff For pianist Omar Soffan, the haunting melodies of Chopin's "Nocturnes" changed his life. "I first played piano when I was ...
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‘The Singularity’
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
By Afterburner Catherine McKay is more accustomed to mastering Chopin and arpeggios, than taking on acting roles. McKay expects her first acting role to be ...
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Music Society buys a piano: It's harder than you think
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
1, Bach's “Goldberg Variations,” Chopin's Concerto in E Minor and Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488. The one composition he played on every ...
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Chopin in the Blogosphere:

chopin maybe
By Joe(Joe)
The Chopin performance at the university last night was good. It was by Charles Foreman, if that means anything to anyone. One of the two nocturnes he played was especially nice, and I want to get the sheet for it, and set it as the ...
- http://nightmareworld.blogspot.com/

Impromptu
By admin
She drifts between the despair of being married and the despair of her freedom, searching for the happiness which can only be found in Chopin’s (Hugh Grant) love. Along the way, she makes her own rules just as she does within their ...
The Identity GANG - http://identitygang.com

Impromptu Deux
By Kim S. Clune
This post is in response to a classmate who believes that French author Madam George Sand (Judy Davis) in James Lapine’s 1991 film Impromptu, is ”attracted to Chopin [(Hugh Grant)] because she unconsciously learned to be more feminine ...
BRAIN DRAIN - http://atticfox.wordpress.com

Chopin's Ballade no. 1
By Joy(Joy)
I think Chopin was wanting to create a new atmosphere for an ancient gernre for this piece by writing a ballad for an instrument. In the structure, it could be broken down into a large strophic form. I also see similarities in sonata ...
Romantic Literature - http://joysromanticdream.blogspot.com/