Some time ago I have discovered a beautiful piece for piano in a web radio program. I was immediately fascinated by this music and found out that is was the Nocturne No. 21 by Frédéric Chopin.
I had to search for more videos of this piece, and so I discovered also the Nocturne No. 20 which is also very beautiful. The following playlist contains some beautiful recordings of the Nocturnes No. 20 and No. 21.
Playlist Chopin Nocturnes No. 20 / No. 21
The pieces by Chopin have always been arranged for other instruments. The previous playlist does also contain an arrangement for violin and piano played by Itzhak Perlman, and another transcription for guitar.
The next playlist contains a selection of arrangements of pieces by Chopin for guitar:
Playlist Chopin – Bearbeitungen für Gitarre
In my third playlist I have collected some videos of pieces by Chopin played on mandolin, bandurria, bandolim, domra or balalaika.
Playlist Chopin – Mandolin, Bandurria, Balalaika, Domra
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC878J8mcBo8yezmnwRW4YMsxoMTjXQKy
Additional Information
Chopin in the sound archive of the British Library
The complete works by Chopin in historical recordings can be found in the sound archive of the British Library:
http://sounds.bl.uk/Classical-music/Chopin
Link collection about Frédéric Chopin
https://pinboard.in/u:mandoisland/t:chopin/
Arrangements of pieces by Chopin for mandolin at Devon Strings Workshop:
http://www.devonstrings.co.uk/music.html
Free sheet music by Frédéric Chopin at IMSLP:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Chopin,_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric
Shet music for the Sonata for piano No. 2 in B-Flat minor, Op.35 for an orchestra of Russian folk instruments (balalaika, domra, tubular bells, triangel, cymbals):
http://www.musicaneo.com/de/sheetmusic/sm-941_sonate_fur_klavier_nr_2_in_b-moll_op_35.html#1833
Free sheet music for plucked strings ensemble:
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=21130
Chopin for classical guitar at free-scores.com: