Medical Matters
Chopin suffered from respiratory problems for most of his life. While on a recuperative holiday in Majorca, he began to cough up blood-flecked sputum. Three doctors were called, and tuberculosis was suspected. There is now some debate as to whether this was really what he had and whether it ultimately killed him, but Chopin was always in frail health, and died at just 39.
Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor (3rd mvt)
Maria-Joao Pires , Royal Philharmonic, conductor Andre Previn
Chopin, orch Stokowski Funeral March (from Piano Sonata No 2) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Mathias Bamert
Moscheles Terpsichore , Op 95 No 9 Caroline Weichert (piano)
Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor (2nd, 3rd and 4th mvts)
Mstislav Rostropovich , Martha Argerich (piano)