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The Nocturnes, Op. 37 are a set of two nocturnes written and published by Frédéric Chopin in 1840, though it is thought that the Nocturne in G major, Op. 37, No. 2 was composed in 1839 around the time of his stay with author George Sand in Majorca.Unusually, neither piece carries a dedication.

Opening bars of No.1

The Nocturne in G minor is initially marked as andante sostenuto and is in 4/4 meter. In measure 41, the key changes to E-flat major and returns to G minor in measure 67. The piece is a total of 91 measures long, ending with a Picardy third, and is in ternary form. One of Chopin's students once claimed that Chopin himself forgot to mark the increase in tempo for the chorale, which led to the section being played too slowly.

Performer:Arthur Rubinstein.

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What is your opinion of beethoven's music?

I adore Beethoven’s music. He is my second favorite composer.After all Chopin said: ‘’Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit.’’.

I had an idea of creating a Blog about Beethoven,but i don’t have the same knowledge of him as i have on Chopin.Maybe one day.

Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op.65, I. Allegro Moderato

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The Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65, was written by Frédéric Chopin in 1846. It is one of only nine works of Chopin published during his lifetime that were written for instruments other than piano (although the piano still appears in every work he wrote). Chopin composed four sonatas, the others being piano sonatas. The cello sonata was the last of Chopin's works to be published in his lifetime.

Opening bars of the sonata.

The sonata was written for and dedicated to Auguste Franchomme. The sonata is remarkable for the concentration of its material: much of the music of the first movement grows out of the cello’s opening statement, and certain theme-shapes appear in all its movements. The last three movements were first publicly performed by Franchomme and Chopin at the composer's last public concert, at the Salle Pleyel on 16 February 1848.

Performers: Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax.

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Happy Birthday, Frédéric Chopin!

Frédéric Chopin was born on this day at Zelazowa Wola in Mazovia, in the Warsaw region of Poland.

Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola.

Happy Birthday, Grandmaster.

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Piano Concerto No.2 in F Minor, Op. 21-II.Larghetto(A Flat Major)

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The Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, is a piano concerto composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1829. Chopin wrote the piece before he had finished his formal education, at around 20 years of age. It was first performed on 17 March 1830, in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist. It was the second of his piano concertos to be published (after the Piano Concerto No. 1), and so was designated as "No. 2", even though it was written first.

First Page of 2nd Movement(Larghetto).

Larghetto (A flat major): a work of "undescribable beauty", this music was inspired by Chopin's distant idolization of Constantia Gladkowska. The main theme (the "A" section) is introduced by the piano after an orchestral introduction and is later repeated twice and again, at measure 82 (the start of the coda), is enhanced by the sublime entrance of the bassoon in canon, followed by the bassoon transitioning to a counter-melody.

Performer:Arthur Rubinstein.Sublime, as always.Bravo Maestro.

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The Op. 50 mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin are a set of three mazurkas written and published in 1842.

Opening bars of No.3

A typical performance of all three mazurkas takes about eleven minutes.

One hardly wonders that George Sand, sensitive as she was to music, was all but euphoric. ‘Chopin has composed two adorable mazurkas’, she informed Eugène Delacroix, before adding, with perhaps deliberate hyperbole: ‘that are worth more than forty novels and express more than all the literature of the century’.

Performer:Vladimir Ashkenazy.

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What song of chopin best while sleeping ?

Valse Op. 69 No. 2Valse Op. 70 No. 2Valse brilliante Op. 34 No. 2Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 (One of the best for me)Mazurka Op. 41 No. 2Mazurka Op. 63 No. 3Piano Concerto No. 2 - II. LarghettoTrois nouvelles, No. 1

These pieces are best for sleeping, they are *almost* without forte in them.

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op.21 - I. Maestoso

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The Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, is a piano concerto composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1829. Chopin wrote the piece before he had finished his formal education, at around 20 years of age. It was first performed on 17 March 1830, in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist. It was the second of his piano concertos to be published (after the Piano Concerto No. 1), and so was designated as "No. 2", even though it was written first.

Opening bars of Piano solo.

The work contains the three movements typical of instrumental concertos of the period:

Maestoso (F minor)

Larghetto (A flat major): a work of "undescribable beauty",this music was inspired by Chopin's distant idolization of Constantia Gladkowska. The main theme (the "A" section) is introduced by the piano after an orchestral introduction and is later repeated twice and again, at measure 82 (the start of the coda), is enhanced by the sublime entrance of the bassoon in canon, followed by the bassoon transitioning to a counter-melody.

Allegro vivace (F minor)

In the finale, the violins and violas are at one point instructed to play col legno (with the wood of the bow). For the piano, the final sections are regarded as extremely technically demanding.

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

Soloist:Arthur Rubinstein.This is pure perfection. Chopin's soul shines through in this performance.

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Mazurkas, Op. 41 is a set of four mazurkas for piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed and published between 1838 and 1839. A typical performance of the set lasts about nine and a half minutes The set is dedicated to Chopin's friend Stefan Witwicki, a minor poet, ten of whose poems Chopin set to music as songs.

Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41, No. 2

Fortunately preserved is a sketch of this work, the note to which is signed by Chopin: 28 November (1838), Palma. This sketch was made at Son Vent on Majorca, shortly after Chopin and Sand arrived on the island, hence the name ‘Palman’ given to this Mazurka in E minor. Along with three others, composed slightly later, the ‘Palman’ Mazurka was published the year after Chopin’s return from Majorca in his Op. 41. In the Paris edition, it opens the set; in the Leipzig edition, it is in second place.

Opening bars of No. 2

The Mazurka in E minor, composed and first played on Majorca, seems to reflect Chopin’s flights of fancy into ‘a land more lovely than the one we behold’, as noted by George Sand.

Performer:Henryk Sztompka.

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The Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39, in C-sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain. This is the most terse, ironic, and tightly constructed of the four scherzos, with an almost Beethovenian grandeur.

Frédéric Chopin dedicated this composition to one of his closest pupils, Adolphe Gutmann.

Opening bars of No. 3

The piece begins in the key of C-sharp minor, then moves to D-flat major, and returns to C-sharp minor, concluding with a Picardy third. The composition opens with an almost Lisztian introduction, leading to a subject in octaves of pent-up energy. The key changes to D-flat major, with a chorale-like subject, interspersed with delicate falling arpeggios. Louis Kentner thinks of it as "a Wagnerian melody of astonishing beauty, recalling the sound of tubas, harps and all the apocalyptic orchestra of Valhalla.’’

Performer:Rafael Orozco.The best interpretation of No. 3 i have ever heard.

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Rest In Peace, grandmaster.

The romantic musician died of tuberculosis in 1849, aged 39, in Paris at the early hours of October the seventeenth.

Chopin on His Deathbed, by Teofil Kwiatkowski, 1849, commissioned by Jane Stirling. Chopin is in the presence of (from left) Aleksander Jełowicki, Chopin's sister Ludwika, Princess Marcelina Czartoryska, Wojciech Grzymała, Kwiatkowski.

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Hey can u post about scherzo 3.Thanks love your blog.Have a nice day

Surely.Thank you.

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The Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18, was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1833 and published in 1834. This was his first published waltz composition for solo piano, although prior to 1834 he had written at least sixteen waltzes that were either destroyed or eventually published posthumously.

Opening bars of Op. 18 in E Flat Major.

Chopin also gave the title Grande valse brillante to the next three waltzes in the Op. 34 set, published in 1838.

In 1909, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky made an orchestral arrangement of this waltz for Sergei Diaghilev's 1907 ballet Les Sylphides. Other composers who orchestrated this waltz for that ballet are Alexander Gretchaninov, Gordon Jacob, Roy Douglas, and Benjamin Britten.

Performer:Valentina Lisitsa.Wonderful rendition.

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The Nocturnes, Op. 15 are a set of three nocturnes written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1833. The work was published in January 1834, and was dedicated to Ferdinand Hiller.

Opening bars of No. 1 in F Major

Chopin’s fourth nocturne, it was composed in 1832 in simple ternary form (A-B-A). The first section in F major is marked Andante cantabile while the second section in F minor is fast and dramatic (Con fuoco).

Performer:Arthur Rubinstein.He is a master of interpretation when it comes to glorifying Chopin.But most of his recordings are copyrighted and i can only post a few of his interpretations.

And what are the last three minutes of silence for?

Contemplation.

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Could you link to the Op. 9 No. 2 please? I love that piece and I don't see it in your archive: only 9-1 and 9-3.

Here you go.

Did you ever post Nocturne Op.9 No.2? It's my absolute favorite piece and I cant live without it.

Yes i did it’s one of my first posts

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The Waltz in E minor is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was composed c. 1830 and published in 1868.

Opening bars of No. 14 in E minor.

It was the first of Chopin's posthumously published waltzes not to be given a posthumous opus number. It appears in Brown's catalogue as B. 56, in Kobylańska's catalogue as KK IVa/15, and in Chomiński (pl)'s as P1/15. Although this is the final (fourteenth) waltz in the older editions of Chopin (other waltzes being included in more recent editions), this waltz was likely composed before any of the waltzes published in Chopin's lifetime.

Performer:Vladimir Ashkenazy.

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