Chopin Gold

As multi-pianist, bits-and-bobs Chopin showcases go, this one is enjoyable enough. There’s a magical, passionate E major Etude from Freire, a windswept Ballade No. 1 from Pollini, and Horowitz, Argerich and Pires put in appearances too. Beware Grimaud’s scarily aggressive Berceuse. Jessica Duchen

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Jessica Duchen

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm

COMPOSERS: Chopin
LABELS: DG
WORKS: Various piano works
PERFORMER: Various pianists
CATALOGUE NO: 477 8727

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.