Chopin - The Essential Collection

Chopin - The Essential Collection represents the very best and notable works of this legendary Polish composer. Magnificent!


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Tracklist:

1. Nocturne Op.9 - No.2 (0:00)
2. Raindrop Prélude (2:17)
3. Étude Op. 25 - No.1 (7:15)
4. Minute Waltz (9:26)
5. Étude Op. 25 - No.2 (12:06)
6. Barcarolle - Op. 60 (13:40)
7. Étude Op. 25 - No.3 (21:15)
8. Ballad Op.38 - No.2 (22:35)
9. Grande Valse Brilliante (31:42)
10. Étude Op. 25 - No.4 (37:13)
11. Ballad Op.47 - No.3 (38:43)
12. Revolutionary Étude (44:53)
13. Étude Op. 25 - No.5 (48:18)
14. Scherzo Op.31 - No.2 (49:02)
15. Ballade Op.52 - No.4 - Op.57 (50:41)
16. Berceuse - Op.57 (58:02)
17. Étude Op. 25 - No.6 (1:08:00)
18. Heroic Polonaise (1:12:29)
19. Étude Op. 25 - No.12 (1:22:45)
20. Funeral March (1:24:39)

Bio:

Chopin was a Polish composer of the Romantic era. A child prodigy, Chopin was born in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw. He grew up in Warsaw, which after 1815 became part of Congress Poland, and there completed his musical education and composed many of his works before leaving Poland, aged 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising.

All of Chopin’s compositions include the piano; most are for solo piano, although he also wrote two piano concertos, a few chamber pieces, and some songs to Polish lyrics. His keyboard style, which is highly individual, is often technically demanding; his own performances were noted for their nuance and sensitivity. Chopin invented the concept of instrumental ballade; his major piano works also include sonatas, mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, études, impromptus, scherzos, and preludes, some published only after his death.

Many contain elements of both Polish folk music and of the classical tradition of J.S. Bach, Mozart and Schubert, whom he particularly admired. His innovations in style, musical form, and harmony, and his association of music with nationalism, were influential throughout and after the late Romantic period.

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Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 - No.2

The Nocturnes, Op. 9 are a set of three nocturnes written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1832, published that year, and dedicated to Madame Camille Pleyel. The second nocturne of the work is widely regarded as Chopin's most famous piece, and is regularly featured in films, television programs and video games.


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Chopin - Raindrop Prélude

The Prelude Op. 28, No. 15, by Frédéric Chopin, known as the "Raindrop" prelude, is one of the 24 Chopin preludes.

Usually lasting between five and seven minutes, this is the longest of the preludes. The prelude is noted for its repeating A-flat, which appears throughout the piece and sounds like raindrops to many listeners.


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Chopin - Étude Op. 25 - No.1

Étude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat major is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836, and published in 1837. The work consists entirely of rapid arpeggios and harmonic modulations based on A-flat major.

It is also sometimes known as "The Shepherd Boy," following an unsupported tale by Kleczyński that Chopin advised a pupil to picture a shepherd boy taking refuge in a grotto to avoid a storm playing the melody on his flute.


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Chopin - Minute Waltz

The Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, popularly known as the Minute Waltz, is a piano waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is dedicated to the Countess Delfina Potocka.


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Chopin - Étude Op. 25 - No.2

Étude Op. 25, No. 2, in F minor, is an étude composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is based on a polyrhythm, with pairs of eighth-note (quaver) triplets in the right hand against quarter-note (crotchet) triplets in the left. The étude is sometimes known as "The Bees"


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Chopin - Barcarolle - Op. 60

The Barcarole in F sharp major, Op. 60 is a piece for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed between autumn of 1845 and summer 1846. Based on the barcarole rhythm and mood, it features a sweepingly romantic and slightly wistful tone.

Many of the technical figures for the right hand are thirds and sixths, while the left features very long reaches over an octave.


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