, was hardly impressed; he found the piece "less artistic" than its predecessor, with the more intense episodes seeming a mere afterthought. This is a curious pronouncement, since those episodes, though brief, are essential to the ballade's structure and emotional impact. Chopin's literary inspiration may have been Adam Mickiewicz's poem "Switez," in which maidens escaping a besieged city drown themselves and are transformed into deadly flowers at the water's edge; this legendary Lake of the Wilis also inspired Mickiewicz's ballet Giselle. Chopin's composition begins as a simple idyll, the opening, gently rocking scene-setting phrases of a balladeer. At length a violent episode arises, full of impulsive but sonorous chords in the bass, with the right hand rushing up and down the keyboard. This soon subsides and the opening theme returns, only to hesitate and then mount in tension (as if the balladeer were becoming caught up in his story). Violence again erupts and the music reaches the height of its passion, the opening theme struggling to maintain a presence amid the onslaught. All this collapses, after which comes a brief, quiet conclusion, the opening theme bathed in melancholy and pessimism. ~ James Reel, All Music Guide
| Abbey Simon Plays Chopin, Vol. 2 |
1990 |
| Alexander Paley plays Chopin |
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| Alfred Cortot plays Chopin |
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| Allison Lovejoy, Piano |
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| An Anniversary Tribute [Box Set] |
2003 |
| Anatole Kitain Plays Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Brahms |
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| Andrei Gavrilov |
1999 |
| Ashkenazy plays Chopin |
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| Bach: French Overture / Chopin: Four Ballades |
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| Ballades: Brahms, Chopin |
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| Basics |
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| Beethoven: Two Rondos/Bagatelles/Chopin: Etudes Op.10 &25/Ballades |
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| Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Chopin, Vol. 1 |
2000 |
| Brahms, Chopin: Ballades |
1997 |
| Chopin |
2001 |
| Chopin Complete Edition (Box Set) |
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| Chopin [Hybrid SACD] |
2003 |
| Chopin the Dramatist |
1994 |
| Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; 4 Ballades |
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| Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28; 4 Ballades |
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| Chopin: 4 Ballades |
1994 |
| Chopin: 4 Ballades |
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| Chopin: 4 Ballades, Tarantelle and 14 Waltzes |
1998 |
| Chopin: 4 Ballades/Barcarolle, Op.60/Fantasie in F |
1988 |
| Chopin: 4 Ballades/Fantaisie/Berceuse |
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| Chopin: 4 Ballades; 4 Scherzi |
1995 |
| Chopin: 4 Ballades; 4 Scherzi |
1990 |
| Chopin: 4 Ballades; Barcarolle; Fantaisie; Berceuse |
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| Chopin: 4 Ballades; Fantaisie, Op. 49; Prelude, Op. 45 |
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| Chopin: 4 Ballades; Fantaisie; Barcarolle; 4 Mazurkas |
2008 |
| Chopin: 4 Ballades; Scherzos; Mazurkas |
2005 |
| Chopin: 4 Ballads; 4 Scherzi |
1999 |
| Chopin: 4 Impromptus / 4 Mazurkas / 4 Ballades |
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| Chopin: Ballades |
1992 |
| Chopin: Ballades & Etudes |
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| Chopin: Ballades & Nocturnes |
2009 |
| Chopin: Ballades & Polonaises |
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| Chopin: Ballades 1 & 2; 4 Scherzos; Fantasia; Barcarolle |
1977 |
| Chopin: Ballades No1; Ballades No3 |
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| Chopin: Ballades No1; Ballades No3 |
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| Chopin: Ballades No1; Scherzos No2 |
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| Chopin: Ballades No1; Scherzos No2 |
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| Chopin: Ballades No1; Scherzos No2 |
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| Chopin: Ballades Nos 1-4; Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie |
1997 |
| Chopin: Ballades and Fantasies |
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| Chopin: Ballades, Impromptus |
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| Chopin: Ballades/Barcarolle/Berceuse |
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| Chopin: Ballades; Third Sonata |
1993 |
| Chopin: Ballades; Third Sonata |
1993 |
| Chopin: Ballads/Andante Spianato |
1994 |
| Chopin: Ballady; 3 Nokturny |
2006 |
| Chopin: Bolero |
1998 |
| Chopin: Compact Edition (Box Set) |
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| Chopin: Complete Piano Music (Box Set) |
1995 |
| Chopin: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 |
1999 |
| Chopin: Complete Works [Box Set] |
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| Chopin: Complete Works [Box Set] |
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| Chopin: Complete Works [Box Set] |
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| Chopin: Complete Works [Box Set] |
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| Chopin: Etudes, Ballades, Waltzes |
2001 |
| Chopin: Etudes; Ballads; Dufourt: La ligne gravissant la Chute |
2008 |
| Chopin: Famous Piano Works |
2006 |
| Chopin: Famous Pianoworks 2 |
2000 |
| Chopin: Four Ballades & Four Scherzos |
2004 |
| Chopin: Four Ballades and Fantaisie |
2002 |
| Chopin: Four Ballades: Liszt: Sonata in B minor |
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| Chopin: Four Ballades; Barcarolle |
1981 |
| Chopin: Impromptus No4; Ballades No1 |
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| Chopin: Impromptus; Ballades; Berceuse |
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| Chopin: Intégrale de l'oeuvre pour piano seul (Box Set) |
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| Chopin: Majorque - Nohant (1838-1839) |
2003 |
| Chopin: Nocturnes; 4 Ballades |
1997 |
| Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Ballade Op. 38; Scherzo, Op. 54 |
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| Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; The 4 Ballades |
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| Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
2008 |
| Chopin: Piano Masterworks [Box Set] |
2008 |
| Chopin: Piano Music (Complete) Vol. 3 (Box Set) |
1993 |
| Chopin: Piano Sonatas 2 & 3; Scherzi; Ballades |
2003 |
| Chopin: Piano Works |
1998 |
| Chopin: Piano Works |
1997 |
| Chopin: Piano Works |
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| Chopin: Piano Works |
2001 |
| Chopin: Piano Works [Box Set] |
1997 |
| Chopin: Piano Works, Vol. 2 |
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| Chopin: Piano Works, Vol. 4 |
2001 |
| Chopin: Polonaise Op. 53; Ballade Op. 38; Scherzo Op. 20; Etudes; Nocturne; Preludes Op. 28 Nos. 13-18, 21-24 |
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| Chopin: Preludes & Ballades |
1993 |
| Chopin: Preludes & Ballades |
2001 |
| Chopin: Préludes, Op. 28 |
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| Chopin: Scherzos & Ballades |
2005 |
| Chopin: Scherzos & Ballades |
1996 |
| Chopin: Solo Piano, Vol. 1 |
2003 |
| Chopin: Sonatas for piano No2; Ballades No1 |
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| Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3: Ballades |
1991 |
| Chopin: The Complete Works [Box Set] |
2008 |
| Chopin: The Four Ballades; Berceuse Op. 57; Barcarolle Op. 60; Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54 |
1999 |
| Chopin: The Four Ballades; F Minor Fantasie; Berceuse; Liszt: Liebesträume; Petrarch Sonnets; Three Concert Studies |
1995 |
| Chopin: The Piano Works [Box Set] |
1995 |
| Chopin: The Piano Works [Box Set] |
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| Chopin: The Romantic Pianist |
2003 |
| Chopin: The Scherzos, Ballades, and Waltzes |
1989 |
| Chopin: The Three Sonatas; The Four Scherzos; The Four Ballades; The Barcarolle; The Fantasy |
1999 |
| Chopin: Works For Piano |
1997 |
| Chopin:Four Ballades/Four Scherzi |
1994 |
| Chopins Balaldes & Scherzi |
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| Classical Top 1000 [Box Set] |
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| Claudio Arrau Performs Chopin [Box Set] |
2003 |
| Claudio Arrau Performs Chopin [Box Set] |
2003 |
| Cortot Plays Chopin |
1991 |
| Cortot Plays Chopin: The Legendary 1925-29 Recordings |
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| Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection, 1978-1987 (Box Set) |
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| Early London Records: Chopin, Beethoven |
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| Edward Auer Plays Chopin |
1992 |
| Famous Piano Works |
1994 |
| Freddy Kempf Plays Chopin |
2000 |
| Frederic Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op 28 |
1996 |
| Frederic Chopin: Four Ballades [DVD Audio] |
2002 |
| Frederic Chopin: Four Ballades, Grande Polonaise Brillante/Polonaise-fantaisie |
1995 |
| Frederic Chopin: His Famous Piano Works |
1995 |
| Frédéric Chopin: Ballades, Impromptus & Preludes |
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| Frédéric Chopin: Piano Works |
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| Frédéric Chopin: Solo Piano Works |
2004 |
| Frédéric Chopin: The Original Piano Roll Recordings |
1992 |
| Gary Gillispie Plays Chopin |
2006 |
| Gramophone Editor's Choice, May 2004 |
2004 |
| Great Chopin Performers |
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| Great Conductors: Rattle, Furtwängler, Sinopoli |
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| Great Pianists of the 20th Century: The Complete Edition (Box 1) (Box Set) |
1999 |
| Great Pianists of the 20th Century: The Complete Edition (Box 1) (Box Set) |
1999 |
| Great Pianists of the Century |
1996 |
| Greatest Works: Chopin |
2008 |
| Harmonia Mundi 50: The Fiftieth Anniversary Boxed Set [Box Set] |
2007 |
| In Mir Klingt Ein Lied: Die schönsten Klavierstücke von Frédéric Chopin |
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| Ivan Moravec Plays (Box Set) |
2001 |
| Ivan Moravec Plays Chopin |
2001 |
| Ivan Moravec Plays Chopin, Vol.2 |
1994 |
| Jerome Rose Plays Chopin Live in Concert [DVD Video] |
2007 |
| Jorge Bolet Plays |
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| Les Grands Pianistes du XXème siècle, Vol. 1 |
2003 |
| Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1; Chopin: Four Ballades |
1998 |
| Live In Concert |
2007 |
| Malcuzynski plays great romantic piano music |
2000 |
| Mannes College of Music Faculty Recital |
2005 |
| Maria Tipo, Piano |
2000 |
| Maria Tipo: Piano |
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| Masterpiece: Piano Works, Vol. 1 |
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| Michael Ponti Live Vol. 7 |
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| Moiseiwitsch in Recital: Chopin, Stravinsky, Liszt Transcriptions |
1999 |
| Music of the Night: The Essential Chopin Collection |
1998 |
| Paul Komen plays Chopin |
1997 |
| Pianist [Original Score] |
2003 |
| Piano Classics |
2000 |
| Piano Dreams (Box Set) |
1996 |
| Piano Dreams [10CD] [Box Set] |
2001 |
| Piano Dreams [Pink] [Box Set] |
2001 |
| Piano Dreams: Songs Without Words |
1996 |
| Piano Dreams: Songs Without Words: For A Lazy Day |
2003 |
| Poetic Chopin |
1996 |
| Pollini Plays Chopin, Opp. 33-36 & 38 |
2008 |
| Presenting Vanessa Perez |
2005 |
| Raindrop Prelude |
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| Raul Koczalski: Pianist & Composer, Vol. 4: Chopin, Koczalski |
1998 |
| Richter and Ashkenazy in Concert |
1994 |
| Richter in Prague |
1999 |
| Robert Casadesus plays Chopin, Schumann, Ravel, Fauré, De Séverac |
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| Roland Pöntinen Plays Chopin |
1995 |
| Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 45 |
1999 |
| Russian Piano School: Sviatoslav Richter, Volume Six |
1995 |
| Ruth Slenczynska Plays Chopin and Liszt Live |
1997 |
| Samson François |
1999 |
| Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor; Chopin: Ballades Nos. 2 & 3; Scherzo No. 1; Etc. |
2004 |
| Shura Cherkassy: The Complete HMV Stereo Recordings |
2009 |
| Simon Abbey: Chopin |
2001 |
| Survival & Beauty: The Heroic Music Of Chopin |
2003 |
| Sviatoslav Richter plays Chopin |
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| Sviatoslav Richter à Prague [Box Set] |
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| The Chopin Ballades & Scherzos [Hybrid SACD] |
1984 |
| The Chopin Collection [Box Set] |
1991 |
| The Chopin Collection [Box Set] |
1991 |
| The Chopin Collection: The Ballades; The Scherzos |
1984 |
| The Chopin Experience |
1994 |
| The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1936-1939 |
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| The Great Pianists Volumes 1-10 |
1995 |
| The Great Pianists, Vol. 6: Eugène d'Albert |
1992 |
| The Magic Of The Piano |
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| The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) [Box Set] |
1999 |
| The World Of Chopin |
1995 |
| The World Of Chopin (1931-1943) |
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| The Young Ashkenazy Vol. II |
1994 |
| Ultimate Chopin [Box Set] |
2006 |
| Vlado Perlemuter Plays Chopin (Box Set) |
1993 |
