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0:09 The most popular piano music ever composed
1:01 Performing Chopin Ballades as an integral cycle
1:47 Ivan Moravec's poetic virtuosity
2:20 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
3:19 Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
4:23 Krystian Zimerman's reference Ballades
5:31 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
6:36 György Cziffra's underrated nobility
7:42 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Hosted and created by Ben Laude.

Thanks to Jed Distler for sharing his years of careful listening.
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This video is part of my partnership with the Chopin Foundation of the United States, which presents the National Chopin Competition every 5 years. The partnership was forged on the eve of the 11th National Chopin Competition, to be held in Miami in January 2025.

The Chopin Foundation is a national non-profit organization founded by its President, Blanka A. Rosenstiel in 1977, and inspired by the first US Chopin Competition she presented in Miami in 1975.

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Special thanks to Abby Tilton for her assistance in the production of this video.