Chopin - The Very Best of Chopin (Various, 2005)

The Very Best of Chopin (2005)

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)



Composition / (Performers):


1 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
(Idil Biret)

2 Etude, Op. 10: No. 3 in E major, "Tristesse"
(Idil Biret)

3 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
(Idil Biret)

4 Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65: III. Largo
(Maria Kliegel / Bernd Glemser)

5 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64/1, "Minute"
(Idil Biret)

6 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2
(Idil Biret)

7 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
(Idil Biret)

8 Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth.
(Idil Biret)

9 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto
(Robert Stankovsky / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Idil Biret)

10 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15/2
(Idil Biret)

11 Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17/4
(Idil Biret)

12 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March": III. Marche funebre
(Idil Biret)

13 Etude, Op. 10: No. 12 in C minor, "Revolutionary"
(Idil Biret)

14 Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
(Idil Biret)

15 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72/1
(Idil Biret)

16 Waltz No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante"
(Idil Biret)

17 Andante spianato in G major, Op. 22: II. Grande polonaise brilliante
(Idil Biret)

18 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D flat major
(Idil Biret)

19 Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33/2
(Idil Biret)

20 Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
(Idil Biret)

21 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2
(Idil Biret)

22 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53, "Heroic"
(Idil Biret)

23 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
(Idil Biret)

24 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza - Larghetto
(Robert Stankovsky / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Idil Biret)


"The Very Best of Chopin", retail 2005.

This is the 2CD "very best of" compilation from the naxos series with the cartoonish abomination album covers. The original front cover album art is obviously not embedded, but replaced with decent custom 600x600.

Codec profile is Opus VBR at bitrate 96 (libopus 1.1) ,
genre marked as Classical - and tracks are as always tagged and pretty.

Support your local naxos dealer.

enjoy ! /dussin