Connecting Ireland with American jazz, Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps Chopin's inky Nocturnes Op. 9. Stops include Baroque longings, a teenage Mendelssohn's symphony and an operatic kiss. Show more Connecting ...

Jan Lisiecki is more than at home with the music of Frédéric Chopin, with recordings of his Études and Works for Piano and Orchestra released in 2013 and 2017 respectively. In this most recent release ...

When Frédéric Chopin composed the Nocturnes, Op. 9 between 1830 and 1832, when he was around 20 years old, the only way for listeners to hear them was through a live pianist. Nearly two centuries ...

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 ...

Connecting Ireland with a teenage Mendelssohn and American jazz, Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps Chopin's inky Nocturnes Op.9. These three pieces became the template for Romantic nocturnal musings, and there ...