Ultimate Chopin: The Essential Masterpieces

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso
  21:43
• 2
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romance - Larghetto
  10:02
• 3
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo - Vivace
  11:02
• 4
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: I. Maestoso
  14:27
• 5
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto
  9:08
• 6
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace
  9:34
• CD 2
• 1
  Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1
  5:49
• 2
  Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
  4:03
• 3
  Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9, No. 3
  6:50
• 4
  Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15, No. 1
  4:31
• 5
  Nocturne No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2
  3:47
• 6
  Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15, No. 3
  3:49
• 7
  Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1
  5:29
• 8
  Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2
  5:49
• 9
  Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32, No. 1
  5:06
• 10
  Nocturne No. 10 in A-flat major, Op. 32, No. 2
  5:43
• 11
  Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37, No. 1
  6:13
• 12
  Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37, No. 2
  5:35
• 13
  Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
  6:28
• 14
  Nocturne No. 14 in F-sharp minor, Op. 48, No. 2
  7:33
• CD 3
• 1
  Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1
  4:56
• 2
  Nocturne No. 16 in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2
  5:21
• 3
  Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62, No. 1
  7:01
• 4
  Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62, No. 2
  5:57
• 5
  Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72
  4:19
• 6
  Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth.
  4:05
• 7
  Nocturne in C minor (1837)
  3:09
• 8
  Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
  9:50
• 9
  Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
  7:42
• 10
  Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
  7:33
• 11
  Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
  11:27
• CD 4
• 1
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 1 in C major
  0:45
• 2
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 2 in A minor
  1:49
• 3
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 3 in G major
  1:05
• 4
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 in E minor
  2:01
• 5
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 5 in D major
  0:41
• 6
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 6 in B minor
  2:20
• 7
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 7 in A major
  0:54
• 8
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 8 in F-sharp minor
  1:59
• 9
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 9 in E major
  1:27
• 10
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 10 in C-sharp minor
  0:34
• 11
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 11 in B major
  0:41
• 12
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 12 in G-sharp minor
  1:09
• 13
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 13 in F-sharp major
  3:14
• 14
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 14 in E-flat minor
  0:49
• 15
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 15 in D-flat major
  5:32
• 16
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 16 in B-flat minor
  1:10
• 17
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 17 in A-flat major
  3:27
• 18
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 18 in F minor
  1:00
• 19
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 19 in E-flat major
  1:22
• 20
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 20 in C minor
  1:45
• 21
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 21 in B-flat major
  2:10
• 22
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 22 in G minor
  0:54
• 23
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 23 in F major
  1:01
• 24
  Prelude Op. 28, No. 24 in D minor
  2:28
• 25
  Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
  5:30
• 26
  Prelude in A-flat major, Op. Posth.
  1:07
• 27
  Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29
  4:51
• 28
  Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 36
  6:11
• 29
  Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51
  6:28
• 30
  Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-impromptu'
  5:44
• CD 5
• 1
  Waltz No. 1 Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18
  4:57
• 2
  Waltz No. 2 Valse brillante in A-flat major, Op. 34. No. 1
  5:04
• 3
  Waltz No. 3 Valse brillante in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2
  5:32
• 4
  Waltz No. 4 Valse brillante in F major, Op. 34, No. 3
  2:12
• 5
  Waltz No. 5 Grande valse in A-flat major, Op. 42
  3:32
• 6
  Waltz No. 6 'Minute Waltz' in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1
  1:36
• 7
  Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2
  3:02
• 8
  Waltz No. 8 in A-flat major, Op. 64, No. 3
  2:43
• 9
  Waltz No. 9 'Farewell Waltz' in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1
  3:34
• 10
  Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2
  2:55
• 11
  Waltz No. 11 in G-flat major, Op. 70, No. 1
  1:41
• 12
  Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70, No. 2
  1:35
• 13
  Waltz No. 13 in D-flat major, Op. 70, No. 3
  2:34
• 14
  Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. Posth.
  1:13
• 15
  Waltz No. 15 in E major, Op. Posth.
  2:02
• 16
  Waltz No. 16 in A-flat major, Op. Posth.
  2:53
• 17
  Waltz No. 17 in E-flat major, Op. Posth.
  1:45
• 18
  Waltz No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. Posth.
  1:13
• 19
  Waltz No. 19 in A minor, Op. Posth.
  2:43

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Release credits

• Andrew Cornall
  producer [11-12]
• Charles Dutoit
  conductor [1-6]
• Claudio Arrau
  piano [1-30]
• Colin Moorfoot
  recording [11-12]
• Hans Lauterslager
  engineer [1-19]
• James Walker
  producer [2.1-10, 2.13-14, 3.5-11], recording [2.4-6, 2.13, 3.5-6, 3.11]
• John Dunkerley
  engineer [9], recording [3.1-4, 3.10-11, 2.4-6, 2.13-14]
• Jorge Bolet
  grand piano [1-6]
• Kocsis Zoltán
  piano [1-19]
• Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
  performing orchestra [1-6]
• Richard Beswick
  producer [1-4], recording [2]
• Simon Eadon
  engineer [8], recording [3.8, 3.10, 2.1-3, 2.13-14]
• Stanley Goodall
  engineer [7], recording [11-12]
• Vladimir Ashkenazy
  piano [2.1-14, 3.1-11]
• Wilhelm Hellweg
  producer [1-19]

Issues

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  Ultimate Chopin: The Essential Masterpieces

  5x CD
  16 October 2006