Samson François - Samson Francois: The Chopin Recordings

This box set features the works of Frederic Chopin, performed by the pianist Samson Francois. Francois spent a lot of his early career, from the end of the 1940s, recording works by Chopin. His true stardom lies in his performances of the ballades and nocturnes with his use of pedal and his contrast between the visual and the narrative aspects.

Disc 1:
1) Allegro Maestoso (19.57)
2) Romanze (8.49)
3) Rondo (10.55)
4) Maestoso (13.49)
5) Larghetto (8.19)
6) Allegro Vivace (9.07)

Disc 10:
1) Nocturne No. 14 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 48, No. 2 (6.19)
2) Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (4.25)
3) Nocturne No. 16 in E Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2 (3.59)
4) Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1 (5.49)
5) Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62, No. 2 (5.21)
6) Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1 (3.24)
7) Prelude No. 1 En Ut Majeur (0.37)
8) Prelude No. 2 En La Mineur (1.59)
9) Prelude No. 3 En Sol Majeur (0.52)
10) Prelude No. 4 En Mi Mineur (1.42)
11) Prelude No. 5 En Re Majeur (0.37)
12) Prelude No. 6 En Si Mineur (1.54)
13) Prelude No. 7 En La Majeur (0.41)
14) Prelude No. 8 En Fa Diese Mineur (2.07)
15) Prelude No. 9 En Mi Majeur (1.18)
16) Prelude No. 10 En Ut Diese Mineur (0.32)
17) Prelude No. 11 En Si Majeur (0.47)
18) Prelude No. 12 En Sol Diese Mineur (1.26)
19) Prelude No. 13 En Fa Diese Majeur (2.29)
20) Prelude No. 14 En Mi Bemol Mineur (0.27)
21) Prelude No. 15 En Re Bemol Majeur (4.32)
22) Prelude No. 16 En Si Bemol Mineur (1.02)
23) Prelude No. 17 En La Bemol Majeur (2.54)
24) Prelude No. 18 En Fa Mineur (0.54)
25) Prelude No. 19 En Mi Bemol Majeur (1.17)
26) Prelude No. 20 En Ut Mineur (1.19)
27) Prelude No. 21 En Si Bemol Majeur (1.40)
28) Prelude No. 22 En Sol Mineur (0.49)
29) Prelude No. 23 En Fa Majeur (0.50)
30) Prelude No. 24 En Re Mineur (2.32)

Disc 2:
1) Polonaise No. 1 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1 (6.30)
2) Polonaise No. 2 in E Flat Minor, Op. 26 (7.51)
3) Polonaise No. 3 in a Major, Op. 40, No. 1, 'Military' (4.42)
4) Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2 (5.58)
5) Polonaise No. 5 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 44 (11.14)
6) Polonaise No. 6 in a Flat Major, Op. 53, 'Heroic' (7.04)
7) Polonaise No. 7 in a Flat Major, Op. 61, 'Polonaise-fantaisie' (12.27)
8) Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 (13.40)

Disc 3:
1) Polonaise No. 8 in D Minor, Op. 71, No. 1 (4.41)
2) Polonaise No. 9 in B Flat Major, Op. 71, No. 2 (6.39)
3) Polonaise No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 71, No. 3 (6.06)
4) Fantasia in F Minor, Op. 49 (13.21)
5) Tarantella in a Flat Major, Op. 43 (3.40)
6) Barcarolle in F Sharp Major, Op. 60 (8.30)
7) Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73 (9.12)

Disc 4:
1) Ballade No. 1 En Sol Mineur, Op. 23 (7.42)
2) Ballade No. 2 En Fa Majeur, Op. 38 (6.49)
3) Ballade No. 3 En La Bemol Majeur, Op. 47 (7.03)
4) Ballade No. 4 En Fa Mineur, Op. 52 (9.21)
5) Scherzo No. 1 En Si Mineur, Op. 20 (8.26)
6) Scherzo No. 2 En Si Bemol Mineur, Op. 31 (10.14)
7) Scherzo No. 3 En Ut Diese Mineur, Op. 39 (6.42)
8) Scherzo No. 4 En Mi Majeur, Op. 54 (11.51)

Disc 5:
1) Waltz No. 1 in E Flat Major, Op. 18, 'Grande Valse Brillante' (5.01)
2) Waltz No. 2 in a Flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1, 'Valse Brillante' (5.23)
3) Waltz No. 3 in a Minor, Op. 34, No. 2 (4.47)
4) Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3, 'Grande Valse Brillante' (2.35)
5) Waltz No. 5 in a Flat Major, Op. 42 (4.28)
6) Waltz No. 6 in D Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, 'Minute Waltz' (1.55)
7) Waltz No. 7 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (2.55)
8) Waltz No. 8 in a Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 (4.10)
9) Waltz No. 9 in a Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1 (4.20)
10) Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2 (3.26)
11) Waltz No. 11 in G Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (1.59)
12) Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2 (3.03)
13) Waltz No. 13 in D Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3 (1.58)
14) Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. Posth (3.06)
15) Impromptu No. 1 in a Flat Major, Op. 29 (3.08)
16) Impromptu No. 2 in F Sharp Major, Op. 36 (5.39)
17) Impromptu No. 3 in G Flat Major, Op. 51 (4.21)
18) Impromptu No. 4 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66, 'Fantaisie-impromptu' (4.18)

Disc 6:
1) Grave (5.25)
3) Marche (6.26)
5) Allegro (9.43)
6) Scherzo (2.53)
7) II. Largo (7.31)
8) Finale (5.57)
9) No. 1 En Fa Diese Mineur (1.34)
10) No. 2 En Ut Diese Mineur (1.37)
11) No. 3 En Mi Majeur (1.34)
12) No. 4 En Mi Bemol Mineur (0.29)
13) Mazurka No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 (1.12)
14) Mazurka No. 6 in a Minor, Op. 7, No. 2 (1.24)
15) Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3 (2.09)
16) Mazurka No. 8 in a Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 4 (0.50)
17) Mazurka No. 9 in C Major, Op. 7, No. 5 (0.31)
18) Mazurka No. 10 in B Flat Major, Op. 17, No. 1 (1.47)
19) Mazurka No. 11 in E Minor, Op. 17, No. 2 (1.56)
20) Mazurka No. 12 in a Flat Major, Op. 17, No. 3 (3.32)
21) Mazurka No. 13 in a Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (4.10)
22) Mazurka No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1 (1.43)
23) Mazurka No. 15 in C Major, Op. 24, No. 2 (1.51)
24) Mazurka No. 16 in a Flat Major, Op. 24, No. 3 (1.07)
25) Mazurka No. 17 in B Flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4 (3.48)

Disc 7:
1) Mazurka No. 18 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 1 (1.27)
2) Mazurka No. 19 in B Minor, Op. 30, No. 2 (1.13)
3) Mazurka No. 20 in D Flat Major, Op. 30, No. 3 (2.14)
4) Mazurka No. 21 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4 (3.21)
5) Mazurka No. 22 in G Sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 (1.38)
6) Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2 (2.20)
7) Mazurka No. 24 in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 (1.42)
8) Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4 (4.41)
9) Mazurka No. 26 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (3.18)
10) Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 2 (2.21)
11) Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41, No. 3 (1.08)
12) Mazurka No. 29 in a Flat Major, Op. 41, No. 4 (1.42)
13) Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 1 (1.57)
14) Mazurka No. 31 in a Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2 (2.16)
15) Mazurka No. 32 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3 (4.25)
16) Mazurka No. 33 in B Major, Op. 56, No. 1 (3.32)
17) Mazurka No. 34 in C Major, Op. 56, No. 2 (1.29)
18) Mazurka No. 35 in C Minor, Op. 56, No. 3 (5.45)
19) Mazurka No. 36 in a Minor, Op. 59, No. 1 (2.50)
20) Mazurka No. 37 in a Flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2 (2.29)
21) Mazurka No. 38 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3 (3.18)
22) Mazurka No. 39 in B Major, Op. 63, No. 1 (2.13)
23) Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor, Op. 63, No. 2 (1.33)
24) Mazurka No. 41 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3 (1.43)
25) Mazurka No. 42 in G Major, Op. 67, No. 1 (1.14)
26) Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2 (1.06)
27) Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 3 (1.33)
28) Mazurka No. 45 in a Minor, Op. 67, No. 4 (1.36)
29) Mazurka No. 46 in C Major, Op. 68, No. 1 (1.14)
30) Mazurka No. 47 in a Minor, Op. 68, No. 2 (2.38)
31) Mazurka No. 48 in F Major, Op. 68, No. 3 (1.19)
32) Mazurka No. 49 in F Minor, Op. 68, No. 4 (1.47)
33) Mazurka No. 50 in a Minor (2.50)
34) Mazurka No. 51 in a Minor (3.03)

Disc 8:
1) Etude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 10 (2.19)
2) Etude No. 2 in a Minor, Op. 10 (1.28)
3) Etude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10 (3.58)
4) Etude No. 4 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 10 (2.08)
5) Etude No. 5 in G Flat Major, Op. 10 (1.47)
6) Etude No. 6 in E Flat Minor, Op. 10 (3.02)
7) Etude No. 7 in C Major, Op. 10 (1.35)
8) Etude No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10 (2.26)
9) Etude No. 9 in F Minor, Op. 10 (2.24)
10) Etude No. 10 in a Flat Major, Op. 10 (2.06)
11) Etude No. 11 in E Flat Major, Op. 10 (2.42)
12) Etude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10 (3.02)
13) Etude No. 1 in a Flat Major, Op. 25 (2.53)
14) Etude No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 25 (1.53)
15) Etude No. 3 in F Major, Op. 25 (1.46)
16) Etude No. 4 in a Minor, Op. 25 (1.51)
17) Etude No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 25 (3.12)
18) Etude No. 6 in G Sharp Minor, Op. 25 (2.13)
19) Etude No. 7 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 25 (5.18)
20) Etude No. 8 in D Flat Major, Op. 25 (1.08)
21) Etude No. 9 in G Flat Major, Op. 25 (1.09)
22) Etude No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 25 (4.05)
23) Etude No. 11 in a Minor, Op. 25 (3.21)
24) Etude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 25 (2.57)
25) Nouvelle Etude No. 1 En Fa Mineur (2.03)
26) Nouvelle Etude No. 2 En Re Bemol Majeur (1.49)
27) Nouvelle Etude No. 3 En La Bemol Majeur (2.16)

Disc 9:
1) Nocturne No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 (5.14)
2) Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (4.15)
3) Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 (6.17)
4) Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 (3.48)
5) Nocturne No. 5 in F Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2 (3.32)
6) Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3 (4.04)
7) Nocturne No. 7 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (4.53)
8) Nocturne No. 8 in D Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 (5.33)
9) Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32, No. 1 (4.00)
10) Nocturne No. 10 in a Flat Major, Op. 32, No. 2 (4.56)
11) Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1 (4.56)
12) Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37, No. 2 (5.19)
13) Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (6.32)