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Frédéric Chopin
Poland
Fryderyk
01.03.1810
17.10.1849
- Piano Concerto No. 2 F minor op. 21
- Piano Concerto No. 1 E minor op. 11
- Scherzo No. 2 B-flat minor op. 31
- Nocturne No. 20 C-sharp minor op. posth. P 1,16
- Piano Sonata No. 2 B flat minor, Op. 35
- Polonaise A-flat major op. 53, "Héroïque"
- 24 Préludes op. 28
- Ballade Nr. 3 As-Dur op. 47
- Nocturne No. 13 C minor op. 48,1
- Nocturne No. 5 F-sharp major op. 15,2
- Waltz op. 18 No. 1 E-flat major, “Grande valse brillante”
- Etudes op. 10
- Polonaise F-sharp minor op. 44
- Walzer As-Dur op. 34,1
- Nocturne No. 18 E major op. 62,2
- Nocturne No. 10 A-flat major op. 32,2
- Nocturne No. 8 D-flat major op. 27,2
- Nocturne No. 2 E-flat major op. 9,2
- Cello Sonata G minor op. 65
- Barcarolle
- Piano Sonata No. 3 B minor op. 58
- Ballade No. 4 F minor op. 52
- Ballade No. 1 G minor op. 23
- Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante op. 22
- Polonaise-Fantaisie A-flat major op. 61
- Waltz E minor op. posth.
- Four Mazurkas op. 67
- Rondo in E-flat major op. 16
- Ballade No. 2 F major op. 38
- Scherzo Nr. 4 E-Dur op. 54
- Four Mazurkas op. 17
- Nocturne No. 19 E minor op. 72,1
- Nocturne No. 17 B major op. 62,1
- Nocturne No. 16 E-flat major op. 55,2
- Nocturne No. 15 F minor op. 55,1
- Nocturne No. 14 F-sharp minor op. 48,2
- Nocturne No. 12 G major op. 37,2
- Nocturne No. 9 B major op. 32,1
- Nocturne No. 7 C-sharp minor op. 27,1
- Nocturne No. 4 F major op. 15,1
- Nocturne No. 3 B major op. 9,3
- Nocturne No. 1 B-flat minor op. 9,1
- Berceuse D-flat major
- Piano Trio G Minor op. 8
- Waltzes op. 64,1-3
- Four Mazurkas op. 24
- Scherzo No. 3 C-sharp minor, Op. 39
- Impromptu No. 2 in F major, Op. 36
- 12 Etudes op. 25
- Nocturne No. 11 G minor op. 37,1
- Nocturne No. 6 G minor op. 15,3
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Popular compositions
- Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
- Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz 112
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 F major op. 68 "Pastoral Symphony"
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 D minor op.125
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- Gershwin: Piano Concerto F major
- Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 1
- Korngold: The Miracle of Heliane, op. 20
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat Major
- Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Octet in E-flat major op. 20
- Mozart: Requiem Mass D minor KV 626
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C major K. 551, "Jupiter"
- Mozart: The Magic Flute K. 620
- Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
- Offenbach: Overture from "La vie parisienne"
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Popular conductors
- Andrés Orozco-Estrada
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- Paavo Järvi
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- Ton Koopman
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Popular soloists
- András Schiff
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- Fazıl Say
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- Isabelle Faust
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- Martha Argerich
- Mstislaw Rostropowitsch
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja
- Renaud Capuçon
- Sol Gabetta
- Yuja Wang
Popular orchestras
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Ensemble intercontemporain
- France Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Frankfurt Radio Symphony
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- Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
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