Now playing: András Schiff - Chopin: Préludes, Op. 28 (Selection: Nos. 7, 8 & 20) by Deutsche Grammophon - DG. Paused, Muted
András Schiff - Chopin: Préludes, Op. 28 (Selection: Nos. 7, 8 & 20)
Listening to Chopin's 24 Preludes is like leafing through the secret diary of Romanticism.
Our upcoming mid-week premiere juxtaposes three of the preludes (Nos. 7, 8 & 20), performed by András Schiff in a concert in Paris from 1998, into a mini-set to give a feel for the whole 24 Prelude cycle.
Watch that full cycle in our streaming service STAGE+: https://www.stage-plus.com/video/vod_concert_APNM8GRFDPHMASJKBSOJ2E9G
In the words of Liszt, these extraordinary miniatures are "compositions of a"