Given the amount of rock-music discussion on this forum, you could probably argue on that basis that classical music period doesn't get too much respect around here.
I don't think that lack of discussion about Chopin on Head-Fi means much of anything. Though some might disagree with me, where music for piano is concerned I believe that Chopin was easily the equal of Beethoven and Brahms. My favorite composition for solo piano is Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor.
Here are some suggestions you may find helpful:
Horowitz Plays Chopin
Horowitz on Television
This I beleive is out of print on CD but can still be found on eBay, and vinyl copies seem to be available as well. This not a Chopin recital, but there are three great Chopin pieces here, and a stirring performance of Ballade No. 1 in G Minor.
Arthur Rubintein - The Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 28
This disc contains the second set of Chopin Polonaises recorded by Rubinstein in 1951. The sound is in mono but it's great nevertheless. I have all three Polonaise sets from Rubinstein, 1935, 1951, and 1964. The final recording is in stereo but lacks some of the fire of '51 set.
Arthur Rubinstein - The Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 49
Nineteen Nocturnes spread across two CDs.
Arthur Rubinstein - The Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 50
Fifty-one Mazurkas spread across two CDs.
Also, there is a very competently performed survey of all of Chopin's piano music by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
--Jerome