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Background:

• Frederic Chopin’s solo piano works represent the pinnacle of the Romantic era.
• The Ballades are his most ambitious and dramatic pieces, pushing the piano to its limits.
• The Etudes are two sets of 12, with a final set of three, profound concert music.
• The Impromptus exhibit a free-form, spontaneous structure.

Recordings:

• Four Ballades & Four Scherzos.
  Stephen Hough.
  Hyperion.
  Gramophone Magazine (2004): Disc of the Month.
  Radio 3 Building a Library (2020): Recommended.

• Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
  Pavel Kolesnikov.
  Hyperion.
  International Classical Music Magazine (2019): Nominee Solo Music.

• Etudes
  Yunchan Lim.
  DECCA,
  Gramophone Awards (2024): Winner Piano.
  Gramophone Magazine (2024): Recording of the Month.
  Gramophone Magazine (2024): Critics’ Choice.
  Presto Recording of the Week(2024).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2024): Finalist.
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2024): Finalist, Shortlisted Debut Solo Album.
  Sunday Times: 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024.
  BBC Music Magazine Awards (2025): Newcomer of the Year.
  BBC Music Magazine Awards (2025): Recording of the Year and Instrumental Award.
  International Classical Music Magazine (2025): Nominated Solo Instrument.
  
  
• Murray Perahia plays Chopin: Concertos, Sonatas, Ballads, Mazurkas, Etudes, Preludes, Impromptus and More.
  Murray Perahia.
  SONY.
  Gramophone Awards (1995): Winner Instrumental.
  Grammy Awards (2002): Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording.
  Gramophone Awards (2003): Winner Instrumental.
  Gramophone Magazine (2014): Re-Issue of the Month.

• 4 Ballades, Waltzes, Nocturne, Mazurkas, Etudes.
  Murray Perahia
  SONY.
  Gramophone Awards (1995): Winner Instrumental.
  Penguin Guide (1995): Rosette.
  Gramophone Magazine (2026): 100 Greatest Recordings.
  
  
• Etudes: Opus 10, Opus 25.
  Murray Perahia.
  Sony.
  Grammy Awards (2002): Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording.
  Gramophone Awards (2002): Winner Instrumental.
  Gramophone Magazine (2002): Disc of the Month.

• Chopin chez Pleyel.
  Alain Planes.
  Harmonia Mundi.
  BBC Music Magazine (2011): Instrumental Finalist.
  
  
• Chopin Complete Edition.
  Maurizio Pollini, Anatol Ugorski, Yundi, Krystian Zimerman,
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2010).
  Radio 3 Building a Library (2010): First Choice.
  
  
• Etudes.
  Maurizio Pollini.
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Radio 3 Building a Library 2006): First Choice.

• Etudes Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
  Beatrice Rana.
  Warner Classics.
  Diapason d’Or (2021): Nouveaute.
  Diapason d’Or de l’Annee (2021): Piano.
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2021): Finalist.
  Gramophone Awards (2022): Shortlisted Piano.
  International Classical Music Awards (2022): Nominated Solo Instrument.
  Opus Klassik (2022): Instrumentalist of the Year.
  Gramophone Magazine (2026): Critics’ Choice 2021.

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