This week, Bruce not only had the style of Frederic Chopin in mind. He modeled the Puzzler on a specific piece: the Polonaise, Op. 53, the "Heroic" Polonaise. Pianist Martha Argerich plays it.

From a concert Garrick Ohlsson played in Portland, Ore., two pieces — first the Sonatina No. 6 by Busoni, followed by Chopin's Polonaise, Op. 53.

It took Eric Guo a few moments find his centre in his Stage 2 opener, the F sharp minor Polonaise, Op 44. By the time his curvaceous central mazurka section commenced, the pianist already was settled ...

Nelson Goerner’s recent performance of Skryabin’s Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms is fresh in the memory, as indeed is this all-Chopin recital he gave at London’s Wigmore Hall last autumn. Goerner, in ...