{"product_id":"marianna-shirinyan_ballades-scherzi_2023_disco-virgin-music-group","title":"Ballades \u0026 Scherzi","description":"The celebrated Armenian-born pianist Marianna Shirinyan performs some of Chopin's most fascinating and fiendish pieces: the four ballades and the four scherzos. Chopin invented the term \"ballade,\" recalling medieval minstrels singing poetic ballads. His four ballades are quite different in character, but share a sense of romantic storytelling in their dramatic contrasts and virtuosic display. The first three of Chopin's four Scherzos are fiery and dissonant; all four are exceptionally difficult. The Scherzo No. 1 is sometimes nicknamed \"The Infernal Banquet\" because of its diabolical character, which is juxtaposed with a central lullaby based on the Polish carol \"Sleep, Little Jesus.\" Schumann considered Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 to be Byronic in the grandeur of its passion, and the Scherzo No. 3 is also remarkably bold, with an almost Wagnerian chorale. Chopin's Scherzo No. 4 is the only one in a major key, but its relatively serene nature, with fluid and whimsical twists, also makes it one of the most demanding to play.","brand":"Marianna Shirinyan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57538721579352,"sku":null,"price":23626103.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/marianna-shirinyan_ballades-scherzi_2023_disco-virgin-music-group","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}