Chopin/ Hohenrieder/ Orchestra La Scintilla - 1st Piano Concerto, Op. 11 in E Minor; MazurkasFor years, Margarita Hhenrieder was searching for the authentic sound of Frdric Chopin's piano works. Which instrument of it's time most convincingly reflected Chopin's music? Chopin himself had given the answer in 1831: "Pleyel's instruments are the non plus ultra"! The choice for the recording therefore fell on a Pleyel fortepiano, built around 1855 in Paris and expertly restored using historical materials and methods. It is absolutely identical in

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