Composer(s): Chopin, Fryderyk
Lyricist(s): Witwicki, Stefan
Conductor(s): Stankovsky, Robert
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Concerto; Instrumental; Orchestral; Vocal
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 9.00574
Barcode: 730099057417
Distribution Note(s):
Exclusively available for streaming.
Release Date: 04/2025

CHOPIN, F.: Early Years (The)

A child prodigy Chopin was performing in the salons of Warsaw from the age of eight at which time he published his first composition, the Polonaise in G minor. Regardless of genre all of Chopin’s compositions feature the piano, as illustrated in this album of works from the earlier part of his life.

Tracklist

Chopin, Fryderyk
Biret, Idil (piano)
1 Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22: Andante spianato 04:47
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
2 Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2 04:06
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
3 Polonaise No. 11 in G Minor 04:00
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
4 Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 04:31
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
5 Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20 10:45
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
6 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 04:29
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
7 Waltz No. 17 in E-Flat Major, Op. posth. 02:20
Biret, Idil (piano)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Biret, Idil (piano)
8 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza: Larghetto 11:39
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
9 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72: No. 3 in D-Flat Major 00:48
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
10 Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4: III. Larghetto 04:17
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
11 Mazurka No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 1 03:30
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
12 12 Etudes, Op. 10: Etude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys" 01:49
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
13 Boléro, Op. 19 08:31
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
14 Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 05:35
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
15 Mazurka No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 02:35
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
16 Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1 08:10
Biret, Idil (piano)
Chopin, Fryderyk
Witwicki, Stefan - Lyricist
Pasichnyk, Olga (soprano)
Pasichnyk, Natalya (piano)
17 19 Polish Songs, Op. 74: No. 1. Życzenie (The Wish) 01:43
Pasichnyk, Olga (soprano)
Pasichnyk, Natalya (piano)
Chopin, Fryderyk
Biret, Idil (piano)
18 Waltz No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. posth., "Sostenuto" 02:10
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
19 Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 04:37
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
20 Polonaise No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor 06:50
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
21 Variations brillantes on Je vends des scapulaires from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12 09:49
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
22 12 Etudes, Op. 10: Etude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 02:18
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
23 Variations on Là ci darem from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2: Variation 5: Adagio - Alla pollacca (version for piano and orchestra) 07:00
Biret, Idil (piano)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Biret, Idil (piano)
24 Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2 03:49
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
25 Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Major, Op. 13: II. Air, "Juz Miesiac Zaszedl": Andantino 03:46
Biret, Idil (piano)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Glemser, Bernd (piano)
26 Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3 08:49
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Glemser, Bernd (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
27 Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 04:16
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
28 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto 09:23
Biret, Idil (piano)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Biret, Idil (piano)
29 Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante" 05:33
Biret, Idil (piano)
Chopin, Fryderyk
Witwicki, Stefan - Lyricist
Pasichnyk, Olga (soprano)
Pasichnyk, Natalya (piano)
30 19 Polish Songs, Op. 74: No. 3. Smutna rzeka (The Sad Stream) 03:23
Pasichnyk, Olga (soprano)
Pasichnyk, Natalya (piano)
Chopin, Fryderyk
Biret, Idil (piano)
31 Rondo in E-Flat Major, Op. 16 11:15
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
32 12 Etudes, Op. 10: Etude No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11 02:45
Biret, Idil (piano)

Total Playing Time: 02:49:18