Fryderyk Chopin and Dimitry Ablogin - Interview and Review in Warsaw of a renowned CD of the Late Works of Chopin Op.45-64 played on Chopin's last Pleyel of 1848 (Chopin Museum) - 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'
A timely moment to read this again, think and listen concerning Chopin interpretation in 2025 ….. The last Pleyel 14810 piano of 1848 played by Fryderyk Chopin in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum Warsaw Endymion (1818) John Keats (1795-1821) A Poetic Romance (excerpt) BOOK I A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. One may wonder why in Warsaw I open an important music review of a recording of the music of Chopin played on his last Pleyel piano with a quotation from the immortal English poet John Keats. In the domain of music, the poem arouses a singularly appropriate emotional feeling in my heart. This is one of the most significant recordings one can imagine in these benighted times of human barbarity. I have always found Keats similar in tender yet p...