© AI Training forbidden - Selected Classical Music in the Poland of Chopin - Reviewer's Notebook

Cyprien Katsaris At certain times a vitally important recording is delivered to me which affects me deeply and in dimensions  I rarely experience musically. This disc from the Fryderyk Chopin Institute is one such remarkable production. We are living through a brutal and cruel period of humanity where the emotion of peaceful 'nostalgia' is more intense than ever, a refuge in time from the present expressive  retreat  from the truthful, creative music of the heart. The human emotions and values of love, empathy, civilized elegance, dignity and gravitas that I was raised with seem to be fast fading.  The music of Fryderyk Chopin and his immense melodic gifts are among the most essentially  and profoundly  nostalgic  ever conceived . Here we are given even more....  I cannot improve on the detailed  description given by the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute below. The notes and transporting period photographs which accompany  this single d...

  Review of Eric Lu's Fryderyk Chopin  216th Anniversary Birthday Concert  1st March 2026 Chopin's  Polonaise - A Ball at the H ôtel  Lambert in Paris  by Teofil Kwiatkowski now in the National Museum,  Poznań For some unknown technological reason you will need to view this review on a Desktop. Too wide for the screen of a smartphone. February 26th 2026, 7:30 p.m. Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Jan Lisiecki – piano I was unfortunately unable to attend this concert Program: Bohuslav Martinů: Three Czech Dances, H. 154 Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance, No. 2, No. 1 Karol Szymanowski: Four Polish Dances for Piano, M60 Franz Schubert: 16 German Dances, D. 783 Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Alberto Ginastera: Argentine Dances, Op. 2 *** Fryderyk Chopin: Grand Valse Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 3 Fryderyk Chopin:  Waltz Op. 34 No. 1, No. 2 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 Astor Piazzolla: Libe...

Review of Eric Lu's Fryderyk Chopin  216th Anniversary Birthday Concert  1st March 2026 Chopin's  Polonaise - A Ball at the H ôtel  Lambert in Paris  by Teofil Kwiatkowski now in the National Museum,  Poznań February 26th 2026, 7:30 p.m. Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Jan Lisiecki – piano I was unfortunately unable to attend this concert Program: Bohuslav Martinů: Three Czech Dances, H. 154 Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance, No. 2, No. 1 Karol Szymanowski: Four Polish Dances for Piano, M60 Franz Schubert: 16 German Dances, D. 783 Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Alberto Ginastera: Argentine Dances, Op. 2 *** Fryderyk Chopin: Grand Valse Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 3 Fryderyk Chopin:  Waltz Op. 34 No. 1, No. 2 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 Astor Piazzolla: Libertango Isaac Albéniz: España, Op. 165 No. 2 (Tango) Manuel de Falla: Fire Dance Fryderyk Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 Mar...