Remarkably, this is the only piece of Chopin solo piano music that has been a permanent fixture of the Classic FM Hall of Fame since its inception in 1996. As with the concertos, this particular ...

Courtesy of Valentina Lisitsa... Chopin Nocturne E Flat Major Op.9 No.2 Raymond’s practice session has recently been widely shared on Facebook, with over one million views. He offers a full pdf of his ...

York Zhou performs Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin. Meet the April Student Musician of the Month: Pianist York Zhou attends Union Vale Middle School in Dutchess County.

10 no. 12. It's pretty hair-raising stuff, but Chopin wrote it in a politically-induced rage after Poland's failed revolution against Russia in 1831. The Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 is also ...

Listening to Lisiecki play Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor ... 10, No. 6, étude with the famous Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2, and it seemed Lisiecki knew that the piece was somewhat ...

Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7 ... I was entranced by his exceptionally slow but never slack unfurling of the D-flat-major Nocturne. Still, Hough, whose reading is nearly two minutes shorter, wins ...

The idea of writing a work of concert music with an introduction had been born before Chopin left Warsaw. He started from the Polonaise, leaving the introduction till later, and commented jokingly on ...

From wistful Waltzes and sensual Nocturnes to fiery Sonatas, what's not to love about Chopin? Perhaps even more than the works of Bach and Mozart, Chopin's music is almost universally admired ...

Listen to just a few first strokes of the Etude in E major Opus 10 No. 3 to ... states is discernible even in the nocturnes, a genre that would seem to be associated with only one kind of emotion.

Runner-up: J.T. Sterle, Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 Chopin Apprentice (12-14) Winner: Rachel J. Sohn, Etude Op. 25 No. 7 C-Sharp Minor. Runner-up: Ryan Guo (last year's Young Chopin winner ...