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Chopin: 4 Ballades - Kawamura

Sony Classical (Japan)  SICC-10191

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Chopin: Ballades
Liszt: The Maiden's Wish (Chopin) S480 No. 1; My Darling (Chopin) S480 No. 5; Die Forelle (Schubert) S563 No. 6; Gretchen am Spinnrade (Schubert) S558 No. 8; Der Muller und der Bach (Schubert) S565 No. 2; Isoldes Liebestod (Wagner) S447

Hisako Kawamura, piano

All

Recording

DSD recording

Works (16)

• Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
• Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in A minor, Op. 38
• Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
• Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
• Frederic Chopin: Polish Songs (17), Op. 74 No. 1 Życzenie
• Frederic Chopin: Polish Songs (17), Op. 74 No. 12 Moja pieszczotka
• Franz Liszt: Chopin: My Darling, S. 480 No. 5
• Franz Liszt: Chopin: The Maiden's Wish, S. 480 No. 1
• Franz Liszt: Schubert: Die Forelle, S. 564
• Franz Liszt: Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, S. 565 No. 2 Der Müller und der Bach
• Franz Liszt: Schubert: Lieder, S. 558 No. 8 Gretchen am Spinnrade
• Franz Liszt: Wagner: Isoldens Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde), S. 447
• Franz Schubert: Die Forelle, D 550
• Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (20), D 795 No. 19 Der Müller und der Bach
• Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118
• Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 Act III: Liebestod

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