Chopin / Beethoven / Scriabin

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Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Chopin:
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44
Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major

Scriabin:
Étude Op. 8 No. 2 in F sharp minor
Deux poèmes, Op. 32

At the international Chopin competition in 1980, his spectacular failure to win the first price made him famous overnight. Martha Argerich, a member of the jury resigned in protest, claiming "Pogorelich is a genius!"