'The almost orchestral splendour and variety of sonority that he extracts from the keyboard in the Bach/Busoni Chaconne makes it hard to believe that he was already 83 at the time. Besides being ...

Chopin rarely sounds as noble or as fascinating as in the hands of Arthur Rubinstein. Yet Rubinstein remained true to Liszt’s description of Chopin’s creative genius as “imperious, fantastic and ...

Chopin was born 200 years ago on Monday, but it’s a tricky anniversary to celebrate. His oeuvre, almost exclusively for piano, offers little scope for repackaging. There is nothing to be dug up or ...

In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...