Chopin: Sonata in B minor; Berceuse; Barcarolle; Polonaise-Fantasy | CD review

Stephen Hough(Hyperion)"Late masterpieces" is the uncontroversial title of Stephen Hough's wonderful collection, for this sequence of pieces from the last four years of Chopin's life includes some of his most remarkable achievements, which would rank high on any list of the greatest of all 19th-century piano works. The largest-scale piece here is the third sonata, in B minor, the smallest the four jewel-like mazurkas – two from Op 63 and one each from the Op 67 and Op 68 sets – and...

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