Extra Tracks

Below are tracks from our library that never made it onto one of our compact discs. They can be downloaded here as high quality 320kbs AAC encoded (MP3) files. Those originating on 78rpm discs are raw and no attempt to clean up the surface noise had been made although we have removed some loud cracks and bangs. Please note the previews are compressed files so the sound is not as good as that on the whole track.

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Chopin's compositions were written primarily for the piano as a solo instrument. Though they are technically demanding, the emphasis in his style is on nuance and expressive depth rather than sheer virtuosity. Chopin invented musical forms such as the instrumental ballade and was responsible for major innovations in the piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, etude, impromptu and prelude. For the Chopin bicentenary year we feature the Piano Sonata No2 often performed by Sergei Rachmaninov who took liberties with the score that would receive disapproval from today's critics, Elgar's orchestral version of the Funeral March from the Sonata and the E minor Piano Concerto in two versions, one orchestrated by Balakirev and played by Friederick Gulda the other, a cut version, performed by Polish pianist Arthur Rubenstein in 1937.

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Buy the whole concerto for only GBP1.95

!st movemnet Alegro maestoso Listen and buy

2nd movement Romanza Listen and buy

3rd movement Rondo Listen and buy

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Buy the whole concerto for only GBP1.95

!st movemnet Alegro maestoso Listen and buy

2nd movement Romanza Listen and buy

3rd movement Rondo Listen and buy

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