Anyone like listening to Chopin ?

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Chopin is one of my top favorite composers. I especially love his nocturnes. They are so intense and beautiful. It amazes me how they convey such a depth of emotion!

Chopin fan here. Being the completionist that I am, I've owned two different box sets of his complete works, the one with Mauricio Pollini on piano and the other with pianist Garrick Ohlsson. The Pollini is gone but I still have, and listen to, the Ohlsson. Tres magnifique!

Yes! It’s generally my go to music whenever I am doing homework or revising. Chopin is excellent; for my last birthday I invited a few friends and for a while all we did was eat dinner quietly with Chopin playing on the background (it was very awkward, eventually my mum told me to switch the music to something a bit more lively or to start a conversation, so I switched the music to ELO and we started to talk). I also enjoy playing Chopin on the piano.

I like his solo piano music. He never really wrote anything meatier than that, as far as I know (with the obvious exception of a few piano concerti, which never made any impression on me). They're nice for relaxing, but I prefer something a little more demanding.