Garrick Ohlsson and Chopin´s Complete Works on Hyperion

“This is an oustanding achievement, which any genuine Chopin lover and student of Romantic music should own … A landmark in the recording of Chopin’s music … Garrick Ohlsson and Hyperion deserve the greatest success in bringing this important undertaking to such a consistently impressive conclusion” (International Record Review)

Garrick Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in 1970.
In recognition of the bicentenary of Chopin’s birthday Mr. Ohlsson just performed at the Chopin Birthday Concerts in Warsaw and Zelazowa Wola and will present a series of all-Chopin recital programs in Seattle, Berkeley and La Jolla culminating at Lincoln Center in fall and winter of 2010. In conjunction with that project a film based on Chopin’s life and his music, co-produced by Polish, French, British and Chinese television stations, is planned for simultaneous release.
A prolific recording artist, Mr. Ohlsson can be heard on the Arabesque, RCA Victor Red Seal, Angel, Bridge, BMG, Delos, EMI, Hänssler, Nonesuch, Telarc, and Virgin Classics labels. His undertaking of the complete Beethoven sonatas for Bridge Records has already resulted in 8 discs, the third of which won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance.

The English label Hyperion has now re-released his 16-disc set of the complete works of Chopin.

Link: Audio samples of ALL of Chopin’s piano works!

A sparkling fresh performance of Piano Concerto no 1 in e minor from Polish National Opera, Warsaw on Chopin’s 200th birthday, 1st March 2010:

Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Sheet music of Chopin’s Piano Concerto no 1 to download: