Essay on Chopin’s life and work – useful source of information about the composer and his output. more »
An interesting source of detailed facts from Chopin's life; an excerpt from the compendium 'Chopin. The man, his work and its reception' by Prof. Mieczysław Tomaszewski. more »
Variations in B flat major on La ci darem la mano from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni Op. 2
About the composition »First Editions:
German - Haslinger » French - M. Schlesinger » English - Wessel & Co. »Manuscripts:
Stichvorlage autograph » Working autograph » Incomplete autograph » Rejected public autograph »
Artur Szklener Polish musicologist, director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. more »
Pavel Gililov Russian pianist, chamber musician and pedagogue, 4th Prize winner, 9th International Chopin Piano Competition. more »
Tatiana Shebanova Famous Russian pianist and teacher, prize-winner of numerous international piano competitions. more »
Vladimir Ashkenazy Russian piano-virtuoso, chamber musician and conductor. Ashkenazy is Music Director of the European Union Youth Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of both the Iceland and NHK symphony orchestras. more »