Sunday, August 23, 2015

BARENBOIM ---Chopin Nocturne no:20

Today's Classical Corner.. Chopin's Nocturne # 20! 


Chopin dedicated this work to his older sister, Ludwika: "To my sister Ludwika as an exercise before beginning the study of my second Concerto".

This piece was famously played by Holocaust survivor Natalia Karp for the Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Goeth, with Goeth being so impressed with the rendition, that he spared Karp's life.

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