People have been singing ballads since the beginning of human history, and poets have been writing them for almost that long. But it took Frederic Chopin to turn the ballad (or ballade, as he called ...

This epic Chopin ballade takes its time to get going, but once it does you'll be completely swept along. Chopin initially composed his set of one-movement ballades between 1831 and 1842, and quickly ...

102 Chopin, Frederic: Ballade in F Major, Op. 38 / Piano 103 Chopin, Frederic: Ballade in A Flat Minor, Op. 47 / Piano 201 Chopin, Frederic: Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52 / Piano 202 Chopin, Frederic: ...

As a pianist, Frederic Chopin possessed talents beyond emulation. He had an impact on other musicians entirely out of proportion to the number of concerts he gave — only 30 public performances in 30 ...

Stephen Johnson is joined by pianist Cedric Tiberghien for an exploration of Chopin's Four Ballades and their possible hidden links to literature. With conductor and researcher Christopher Gayford, ...

A balladeer is someone who tells a story in song, so you’d expect something called a ’ballade’ to be something like a story in notes. But Chopin left no clue about what stories had in mind - so ...

How lives were shaped and changed by hearing and playing Chopin's technically demanding, emotionally turbulent music. From 2008. Show more Chopin's Ballade clearly tells a story, and yet that story ...

Adam Neiman lets his fingers do the talking, tearing into the dramatic Ballade No. 4 by Chopin. The young American pianist says the music tells a... A Chopin Ballade To Blow You Away A Chopin Ballade ...