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This Week's Composer Frederic Chopin

on BBC Radio 3

1810-1849
Chopin's orchestral and chamber compositions were mostly confined to his ear]y years up to the age of 21, before he left Poland. However, the piano was always the instrument through which he felt he could best express himself and. consequently, all this week's works have prominent piano parts.
Piano Trio in G minor
BEAUX ARTS TRIO
Menahem Pressler (piano) Isidore Cohen (violin)
Bernard Greenhouse (cello) gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Isidore Cohen
Cello:
Bernard Greenhouse

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