The Real Chopin (Boxed Set)

The Complete Works of Frederic Chopin on historical instruments is a project realised on instruments from Chopin's times: pianos by Erard (Paris, 1849) and Pleyel (Paris, 1848). Both instruments are excellently preserved, meeting every requirement for concert performance, and they allow Chopin's music to be heard just as it was written.

Key features of the instruments' construction and mechanism, allied to their characteristic tonal qualities, create a different set of possibilities for interpretation from those of modern-day pianos.

These new recordings of the complete works of Chopin allow contemporary listeners to discover the historical models, bringing us closer to Romantic times and revealing the long forgotten soundworld of that era.

Contents:
· Fou Ts' ong
- Mazurkas

· Nelson Goerner
- Ballades, 3 Nocturnes

· Ka Ling Colleen Lee
- Polonaise-fantasy in A flat major, Fantasy in F minor, Sonata in B minor, Mazurkas, Preludes

· Dang Thai Son and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century/Frans Brüggen
- Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, Concerto in E minor, Op. 11

· Wojciech Świtała
- Preludes

· Tatiana Shebanova
- Waltzes, Barcarola, Berceuse, Ecossaises

· Tatiana Shebanova
- Etudes

· Janusz Olejniczak
- Sonata in B flat minor, Op.35, Scherzo in B flat minor, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Waltzes

· Nelson Goerner
- Works for piano and orchestra

· Kevin Kenner
- Scherzo in C sharp minor, Polonaise in c minor, Op.40/2, 4 Impromptus, Nocturnes, Op.32 No.1 and 2, Mazurkas, Op.59, Prelude in C sharp minor, Prelude in A flat major

· Janusz Olejniczak
- Polonaises in F sharp minor Op.44, in A major Op.40 No.1, in A flat Op.53, Nocturnes, Mazurkas

· Dina Yoffe
- Scherzos in B minor and E major, Polonaise in E Flat minor, Mazurkas, Nocturnes

· Andrzej Bauer, Jakub Jakowicz, Krzysztof Broja
- Chamber music: Introduction and Polonaise in C major for piano and cello Op.3, Trio in G minor for piano, violin and cello Op.8, Grand duo concertante in E major for piano and cello Sonata in G minor for piano and cello Op.65

· Dang Thai Son
- Nocturnes (selection)

· Aleksandra Kurzak, Mariusz Kwiecień
- Songs

· Tatiana Shebanova
- Variations, Mazurkas, Rondos

· Raul Koczalski
- Historical live recordings 1948

· Ewa Pobłocka
- Sonata in C minor, Op.4 Mazurkas Op.6, Op.7, Op.41

· Tatiana Shebanova
- Polonaises, Mazurkas, Rondo

· Marek Drewnowski
- Waltzes, Polonaise