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Chopin in 1831

𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 — 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃, 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 Julian Fontana (1810–1869) was one of Frédéric Chopin’s closest Polish friends, and his importance in Chopin’s life went far beyond ordinary…

𝐉𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒𝐙𝐘Ń𝐒𝐊𝐈 — 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃, 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Jan Edward Matuszyński (1808–1842) was one of Frédéric Chopin’s closest and most trusted friends, a companion from his Warsaw youth who later…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟎–𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟐 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐉𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐀Ł𝐎𝐁Ł𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐈, 𝐉𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒𝐙𝐘Ń𝐒𝐊𝐈, 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐀, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐘𝐓𝐔𝐒…

𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐕 — 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 From Baroque opera and historically informed Mozart to Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Maxim Emelyanychev has built an increasingly important discography both as conductor and keyboard player. 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓 𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄…

𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐕 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 Maxim Emelyanychev has become one of the most distinctive conductors of his generation: restless, spontaneous, theatrical and intensely communicative. Born in Russia in…

𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 — 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧: 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘, 𝗔𝗥𝗧, 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗬 I am delighted to announce the publication of two complete illustrated volumes devoted to the extraordinary…

𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 — 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧: 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘, 𝗔𝗥𝗧, 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗬 Dear subscribers, I am delighted to share with you these two complete illustrated volumes devoted to the…

Mozart - Symphony 36 - Karl Bohm

𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓 — 𝐈𝐋 𝐒𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐎 𝐃𝐈 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄, 𝐊. 𝟏𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐙𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐣 𝐍𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐤𝐢 — Scipione 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐨 — La Costanza 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐨 — La Fortuna 𝐈𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 — Publio 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 — Emilio 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚…

𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐒 — 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐍𝐎. 𝟑 𝐈𝐍 𝐅 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑, 𝐎𝐏. 𝟗𝟎 I. Allegro con brio Herbert von Karajan

𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐒 — 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐍𝐎. 𝟑 𝐈𝐍 𝐅 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑, 𝐎𝐏. 𝟗𝟎 - III. Poco allegretto - Herbert von Karajan

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 Ł𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐊𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 The celebrated monument to 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 stands in the western part of 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 Ł𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 in 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐰, close to the 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 and the Warsaw University Botanical…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐔𝐌 — 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 The 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 is located in the historic 𝐎𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬𝐤𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, at 𝟏 𝐎𝐤ó𝐥𝐧𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 in central 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐰, close to the Vistula escarpment and the city’s…

𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 Between 1817 and 1827, the 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 lived in a building adjoining the 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐳 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 at the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐰. Today, the building is marked by a commemorative profile of…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 Ż𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐖𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐀 The modest manor house in 𝐙̇𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐚, near Warsaw, is traditionally recognised as the birthplace of 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧, who was born there in 1810. Surrounded by peaceful gardens, the…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 Ż𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐖𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐀 The monument dedicated to 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 at his birthplace in 𝐙̇𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐚 was designed in 1955 by the distinguished Polish sculptor 𝐉𝐨́𝐳𝐞𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐬ł𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢. However, the sculpture was…

𝐓𝐘𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐘𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐒𝐊𝐈 — 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐲𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 (1808–1879) was a Polish nobleman, industrialist and patron of the arts, but he is remembered above all as 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧’𝐬 most trusted childhood friend. The two…

𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 (1812–1827) was a younger sister of the Polish composer 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧. As a child, she showed literary and artistic talent, but she died on 10 April 1827, aged just 15. The cause…

𝐈𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 (1811–1881), later known by her married name 𝐈𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢ń𝐬𝐤𝐚, was 𝐅𝐫é𝐝é𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧’𝐬 younger sister. While 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐤𝐚 was his closest confidante and 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚 his childhood playmate before her early death, 𝐈𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐚 held a…